Local News

The RBC GranFondo Whistler cycling event will disrupt traffic for people travelling through Horseshoe Bay on the morning of Saturday, September 10.

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.

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.

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

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 The Bowen Island Affordable Housing Facebook page hosts daily, and often lively conversations.

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.

Scientist urges public to keep a close eye on life in local waters

According to statistics collected by the Bowen Island Visitors Centre, Bowen Island has welcomed more visitors this year than last - but only since the weather has improved.

Bowen Islanders Betty Morton and Anton Van Walraven jumped at the opportunity to stand outside the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in West Vancouver while federal ministers and members of parliament an action plan on sockeye salmon Tuesday.