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After this winter, Karen Munro is calling the stretch of road where the Bowen Island Dog Ranch sits “Adams Pass,” as the region has proved itself to be the island’s snow belt.

Every year, the season to build large fires often required in the clearing of land, extends between October 15 and April 15.

The Frid family drives a Toyota Prius and an electric vehicle. They eat a mostly vegetarian diet, with no red meat, and they don’t fly off on annual vacations.

In early March, the Bowen Island RCMP received information pertaining to thefts from the “honour” system parking box located in the parking lot adjacent to the General Store on Bowen Island Trunk Road.

Over a five year period, Bowen’s municipal council has developed a strategy aimed at “revitalizing” Mannion Bay, located just north of Snug Cove.

Bowen Islander named as NDP candidate for West-Vancouver Sea to Sky riding

Launched in June, the fictional Bowen-based family saga, The Dancehall Years, is one of five finalists for this year’s Ethel Wilson Fiction category of the BC Book Prizes.

Scientists from the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre recently extracted 60 day-old mussels grown off of Norma’s dock in Snug Cove as part of a wider program, named PollutionTracker, to measure pollutants in British Columbia’s coastal waters.

Vehicle fares on three BC Ferries routes will increase by 1.9% starting in April, but fares for route 8, Horseshoe Bay to Snug Cove, will stay the same alongside fares on all the other minor, northern and Horseshoe Bay sailings.

Erin Naismith, her husband Qurban, her daughters and her father have found a new home, but their sense of instability on Bowen Island remains as they know they will face uncertainty again in a year’s time.