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Give a thumbs up to Bowen LIFT, Bowen LIFT might just give back

Give a thumbs up to Bowen LIFT, Bowen LIFT might just give back

Bowen LIFT (Linking Islanders through Friendly Transportation) wants to grow and we need your help. Over the next six months, Bowen LIFT is going to be running some programs to encourage ride-sharing.

Proposed OCP amendments raise alarm

Amendments remove limits on tourist accommodations, open door for camping and trailer parks
Former student looks to North Shore municipalities to save art school

Former student looks to North Shore municipalities to save art school

Less than one year ago, just weeks before the end of term at Capilano University, students in the fine arts program learned that their department was closing.
Bowen Rotary maps Mount Gardner

Bowen Rotary maps Mount Gardner

Rotarians want to enable community action to maintain trails
Local architect wins award

Local architect wins award

Congratulations to Bowen Island architect James Tuer, proud recipient of the 2014 Wood Design Award for Interior Beauty for the home of Michael and Jennifer Henrichsen, otherwise known as “the Forest House,” on Bowen Island.
Protestors air ferry grievances with MLA

Protestors air ferry grievances with MLA

Protest at the Horsehoe Bay ferry terminal draws diverse crowd of Bowen Islanders

Municipal Council, minus two

Councillors Wolfgang Duntz and Daron Jennings handed in letters of resignation to the Municipality on Friday, March 14th.

Fire department welcomes new chief

On Tuesday, the Bowen Island Municipality announced its decision to hire Ian Thompson as the new chief of the island's volunteer fire department. Former chief Brian Biddlecombe announced plans for his retirement last year.

"Mammography is how we are not dead”

When the BC Cancer agency approached Colleen O'Neil to get her friends together to film a commercial about mammograms, she responded positively, and invited her friends to meet her at Diane's Lingerie shop in Vancouver.

No need for a master plan

Following a brief presentation about the achievements of Bowen Island's Economic Development Committee (EDC) in the past year by committee chair Gordon Ganong, council debated the idea of creating an "economic development master plan.
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