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Council approves use of collection agency to enforce bylaw infractions

At council this week the municipality’s chief bylaw officer, Bonnie Brokenshire offered statistics proving that Bowen Islanders don’t pay fines when they are ticketed. In a typical year, she said, just 30 percent of bylaw notices are paid.
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User fees to be implemented for waste drop-off days

On Tuesday, September 30th, Bowen Island Municipal Council is scheduled to consider adoption of Bowen Island Municipality Special Waste Fees Bylaw No. 370, 2014.
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2014: A strange summer in Howe Sound

2014: A strange summer in Howe Sound

Until last week, Suzanne Schloegel had never seen a humpback whale in the waters around Bowen. When it finally happened, she was a little too panicked to take a good look.
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Digital tools help to grow vacation rentals market

Purveyors of accommodation on Bowen Island had a typically busy summer this year, with those who are a part of the Accommodations Association being booked up into mid-September by mid-July.
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Union of BC Municipality members vote unanimously in support of resolution on BC Ferries

On Wednesday morning, community leaders attending the Union of BC Municipality’s (UBCM) annual convention in Whistler voted unanimously in support of a resolution requesting the province of British Columbia to reverse changes made to ferry services a
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Report examines feasability of composting green waste locally

Back in May, when council rejected a request for $10,000 to study the feasibility of using the Gore Composting method to process Bowen’s domestic organic waste-on island, the Knick Knack Nook stepped in with funding.
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Study shows that $2.3 million in provincial GDP lost because of BC Ferries

The economic impact of the ferry system stretches well beyond impacts to coastal communities and, in an era of rising fares and increasingly limited services, those impacts come at a high price.
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Number of summer tourists through Bowen Visitor’s Centre reaches new low

According to the statistics released by the Bowen Island Visitor’s Centre, the total number of visitors greeted by staff there this summer was 5,388.
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The tide turns: Teachers express optimism about getting back to school

The tide turns: Teachers express optimism about getting back to school

The sun shone for Bowen’s teachers picketing outside the Bowen Island Community School grounds on Tuesday morning, but the greater gift for them was the morning’s news that the BC Teachers Federation and the provincial government had reached a tentat
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Duntz pitches major development proposals as key election issue

Duntz pitches major development proposals as key election issue

Former municipal councilors Wolfgang Duntz and Daron Jennings took the floor at this week’s council meeting to pitch two large developments that they say are connected through the demographic necessities of Bowen Island.
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