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The province’s Wildfire Management Branch is still allowing campfires in Coastal British Columbia, but Bowen Island’s Fire Chief Ian Thompson has banned all open fires on Bowen Island.

Digital tracking and passenger ferry from Horseshoe Bay help set new records for trips from downtown Vancouver to Snug Cove

On Sunday May 24, Jeff Ballou parked in the ferry line-up near Cates Pharmacy to wait for the 3:15 ferry. When the ferry loaded, Ballou drove on but was shocked to realize that his vehicle was one of the last to be allowed on to the ferry.

As Eaglecliff Road winds north from Scarborough, there’s a sharp turn to the left where the trees have been cleared exposing a sharp drop-off which has recently had a driveway installed alongside framing for a new house.

Bowen Island is often the model of a sharing economy so the local RCMP detachment is willing to give the benefit of the doubt to the person who picked up a Weber barbecue from the side of the road.

Jessie Perry-Cottrell has reason to be nervous of her backyard. The Scarborough resident learned from her downstairs neighbour, Andy Huinink, about a noxious weed growing in her backyard.

Motor vehicle accidents are up on Bowen Island; RCMP says "usually that’s an indication of people driving home drunk but when we do talk to them they say it was a deer that came in front"

Time cannot hold back justice in finding out who broke into two separate homes on Bowen Island. In 2008, Bowen Island RCMP seized DNA evidence from a break and enter at a residence on Grafton Road.

According to survey results released by Vancouver Coastal Health this week, Bowen Islanders eat lots of fruit and vegetables, have high rates of physical activity and a low rate of sedentary activity in front of television or computer screens.

“This is the sunniest patch of land, and technically the most arable,” explained garden designer Wynn Nielsen, surrounded by a small group of Bowen Islanders. “But the moment you irrigate this, the horsetails are just going to take-over.