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Bike park plans move forward

Bike park plans move forward

On Monday evening, Bowen’s council chamber hummed with the sound of children doing their best to sit still and stay quiet. The packed audience, alongside council, heard from Jennifer Henrichsen about the vision for a bike park on Bowen.
Peter King lets go of Bowen’s bus service

Peter King lets go of Bowen’s bus service

The contract for running the TransLink buses on Bowen Island expires at the end of December. In keeping with standard practices, TransLink has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for potential service providers.
Alternative energy on the curriculum

Alternative energy on the curriculum

Solar panels installed on school roof

Expect detours from Horseshoe Bay, September 10

The RBC GranFondo Whistler cycling event will disrupt traffic for people travelling through Horseshoe Bay on the morning of Saturday, September 10.
Guide book helps Bowen kids navigate first year at Rockridge

Guide book helps Bowen kids navigate first year at Rockridge

G raduating grade sevens from Bowen Island face the leap into the world of high school alongside a commute across Howe Sound and suddenly being thrown in to a much wider social circle.
Road safety remains top priority for RCMP

Road safety remains top priority for RCMP

When Alan Mills and Jen Rosling moved into their place on Miller Road right before the cross walk to Crippen Park, they say realized that speeding on their stretch of road was a problem.

Council tackles vacation rental issue through noise bylaw

Mayor Murray Skeels told council this week that “the game is being stepped up” against illegal vacation rentals on Bowen Island.

Councilor voices opposition to pipeline expansion

Bowen Island Councilor Sue Ellen Fast brought a Bowen Island perspective to a Ministerial hearing on the Kinder Morgan Trans-Mountain pipeline expansion project last week.

New group on affordable housing to pick up where others left off

New group on affordable housing to pick up where others left off The Bowen Island Affordable Housing Facebook page hosts daily, and often lively conversations.

Human Rights Tribunal hearing for Bowen Montessori postponed

The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal (BCHRT) informed the Bowen Island Montessori School (BIMS) and a local couple who made a complaint against them that a hearing into an alleged case of discrimination has been postponed.