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Community Foundation announces grant recipients

Community Foundation announces grant recipients

Cove beautification, Youth Centre and Library expansion granted funds
New council compared to box of chocolates

New council compared to box of chocolates

Following a procession of municipal delegates, Bob Baker, from the Squamish Nation, offered a traditional song to help make the transition from old council, to new.
Naked no more

Naked no more

Bowen brand gets snatched up
Bowen Island Ladies League Golf

Bowen Island Ladies League Golf

Late November already, how is that possible? Time to remember some highlights from our golf season to warm up the chilly nights. The Bowen Island Ladies League wound up another great year of fun and games.
Snug Cove House lands cleared in preparation for sale of lots

Snug Cove House lands cleared in preparation for sale of lots

Last week, a digger cleared away the alders and blackberry bushes covering the 1.17 acres of land on Miller Road owned by the Snug Cove House Society.
Bowen-made film sends young director to Hollywood

Bowen-made film sends young director to Hollywood

In Between the Lines, a soldier trudges through trenches in a muddy battle surrounded by fog. He meets his end only to wake up as a young boy injured in a pretend battle. Sixteen year-old Emmett Sparling says the story, told in 6.

With rezoning complete, councillors say goodbye

Michael Corneliusson told the members of the council, elected in 2011, that he spent the morning writing a fifteen page list of their achievements, and thanked them for their hard work over the past three years.

Committee, council, clash over “giant scar” at Seymour Bay Park

Alternative solutions to the current look and condition of large boulders channelling storm water through Seymour Bay Park are a necessity, say members of the municipal Parks, Trails and Greenways Advisory Committee.
Spawning season in Bowen’s waterways

Spawning season in Bowen’s waterways

Tim Pardee, Martin Clarke, and volunteers with the Bowen Island Fish and Wildlife Club have seen several chum salmon preparing to spawn in Davies Creek and the Lagoon this year.

Not welcome at the ballot box

Election season forces non-citizens to contemplate their status