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Guillaume Gros has a seven-year history as a seasonal worker on Bowen (you may recognize him from Tuscany), and as his fiancée and business partner Yuki Goto says, he just completely loves this place.

Leah May Walker says she had recently had someone over to look at the trees in her yard, and had a few that were marked to come down. Then on Tuesday, a gust of wind blew and she heard a huge crash.

Snow and storms have forced workers to stop construction repeatedly throughout the winter on the new pub building at the corner of Bowen Island Trunk Road and Dorman Road.

At an open house held last Wednesday by D.K. Harris properties about the rezoning for its medical centre project, attendees offered almost universal support and said there was little standing in the way of council’s approval.

Louise McIntosh, owner operator of Bowen Waste, says that due to a high level of participation in the refundable beverage containers program at BIRD (Bowen Island Recycling Depot), has put $44,000 into the hands of local community groups in the past

West Vancouver School District Superintendent Chris Kennedy spoke to parents at Bowen Island Community School (BICS) last week about what makes the school unique, and what lies ahead now that BC teachers have won the right to negotiate class size and

Members of the Bowen Island Fire Department were called to a total of 182 incidents in 2016. Only seven of these calls were fires. “Ninety percent of our calls are medical and most happen between 6pm and 6am,” says Fire Chief Ian Thompson.

If you don’t know Ines Ortner from your day to day Bowen life, you may know her as one of the curators behind the History of Bowen theatre exhibit at the Museum & Archives in 2008, or from the Wearable Art show at the Gallery at Artisan Square in 201

Planner Emma Chow brought council’s attention to the section of Grafton Road where it takes a sharp turn at Charlie’s Lane. Pedestrians and cyclists navigating this turn, she said, tend to find themselves forced into the vehicle lane.

On Saturday, January 21, at least 214 Bowen Islanders (and quite a few dogs!) assembled outside the Library at 9:45 am. Many people were decked out in pink hats, scarves, jackets, and even garden baskets, and waving pink placards.