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Hope for the best, plan for the worst

Hope for the best, plan for the worst

RCMP shares tips on what to do if fire prompts need to evacuate Bowen Island
Fires spark need for emergency evacuation plan

Fires spark need for emergency evacuation plan

Bowen Island Municipality is working with partners to come up with procedures to follow should there be a big fire on Bowen
Campfire and bbq ban in effect on Bowen Island

Campfire and bbq ban in effect on Bowen Island

All open flames are prohibited; smokers urged to use extreme caution
How I Got Here: Kate Coffey

How I Got Here: Kate Coffey

As soon as she came to Bowen Island, Kate Coffey knew that this is where she was meant to be
How I Got Here: Sarah-Jane Curry

How I Got Here: Sarah-Jane Curry

When Sarah-Jane Hayes was nine, she and her parents and two brothers left South Africa on a 41' sailboat. Destination: Canada
How I Got Here: Joong Kim

How I Got Here: Joong Kim

It took a lot of hard work for the owner of Bowen Island Sushi To Go to make a new home for himself

Bowen Island tops the charts for transit referendum's Yes side

62% vote in favour of new tax for expanded transportation services in Metro Vancouver
Municipality tackles hogweed “hot zone”

Municipality tackles hogweed “hot zone”

On Tuesday of last week, the municipality’s parks and environment manager, joined by the new park operations and Snug Cove maintenance lead Mark Edmonds, who has a horticulture background, headed to the Scarborough neighbourhood to inspect a number o

Through bus gets TransLink approval to continue service

A call by mayor Murray Skeels to the executive director of the Metro Vancouver Mayor’s Council, Mike Buda, brought good news for Peter King and the people who ride his bus: TransLink has approved the contract that will allow the service to continue o
Legal petition filed against municipality

Legal petition filed against municipality

The owner of lot 17 at the Cape on Bowen, Shu Lin Dong, filed a petition against the Municipality of Bowen Island on June 23 in the Supreme Court of British Columbia asking for a declaration by the courts that Bylaw No.