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On July 8, the Bowen Island Municipality received a letter from Vancouver Coastal Health stating that the Cove Bay water system is inadequate to address the issue of protozoan contamination.

After reviewing the Economic Development Committee’s (EDC) suggested changes to the twenty-three sections of Bowen Island’s Official Community Plan, the municipal Advisory Planning Committee has approved a majority of the planned amendments.

According to Metro Vancouver, some 20 thousand hectares of land within the Agricultural Land Reserve is not being farmed.

Bowen Island’s Municipal Transportation Committee (BIMTAC) announced the successful applicants to fill two seats to advocate and organize for the improvement of local transportation, as well as transportation to and from the Island.

On June 18th, the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (FLNRO) sent out a letter stating that it would announce the winning bids for two new woodlots on Gambier Island.

The parking problems in the Cove are the exact same as they were 12 years ago, and the solutions are much the same too, commented David Wrinch following this week’s municipal council meeting.

In years past, the most popular swimming beaches on Bowen Island were found on the shores of Mannion Bay.

It is possible, that if negotiations go well students will be back in class to finish up the school year, but year-end tasks such as the collection of school textbooks, library books and the cleaning-out of desks was completed last Friday at BICS in

The Bowen Island Municipality Transportation Advisory Committee (BIMTAC) met with senior officials of BC Ferries (BCF), led by their VP Customer Relations, Corrine Storey, Tuesday, June 10th at the Municipal Hall, at its semi-annual meeting with BCF.

Imagine being woken up in the middle of the night.....something is horribly wrong.