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Over the summer, Bowen Islanders for Ferry Fairness (BIFF) continued advocating for and facilitating change in transportation services on Bowen Island. The focus this season shifted from protest to conversation.

We do NOT talk much about how we die. Yet facing death is thoroughly interesting and absorbing and challenging. I have choices which I have reviewed, and either adopted or discarded. I think I have hit upon the right choice for me.

By the time this paper is published and delivered, chairs of Ferry Advisory Committees from coastal communities will have met in person, in Vancouver.

Side-stepping, Fire Chief Ian Thompson can walk comfortably, but with little extra room between the front of the fire-truck and the garage door that the truck will exit when necessary.

On Tuesday morning at 6:45 a.m., the Bowen Island Fire Department received a call about a brush fire on the wooded hillside between the upper ferry line-up and Artisan Square.

RCMP Constable Kory Hendricks has been waiting four years to call Bowen Island home, and after five weeks, says he is settling in and getting accustomed to the speed limit.

This week, David Smith finds himself, yet again, scrambling to pull an event together, and doing so with a celebratory spirit. This was his reality 30 years ago with the deadline for the dedication ceremony for the Old General Store just week’s away.

The Bruno spent Sunday and Monday docked in Snug Cove for no reason other than the fact that its owner needed a break. “Until yesterday, I haven’t had a week off in thirteen weeks,” said Mike Shannon, owner and operator of the English Bay Launch.

Round-table at the Orchard Recovery Centre focuses on “Vanessa’s Law”

The ban on outdoor fires is in full effect on Bowen Island and heading into its fourth week, is rated as “high” on the scale of risk. Bowen Island Fire Department Chief Ian Thompson says that there have been no fires to fight this summer.