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Thirteen year-old Finn Corrigan-Frost says he was one of four “hard-core” users of the bike park on Mount Gardner Road, and that there were at least four other kids who used the park two or three times per week, most weeks.

On Saturday, May 24, September Morn Beach and Mannion Bay hosted scenes of simulated marine rescues by the Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue (RCMSAR).

While council came to a decision to support the Bowen Island library in its efforts to build an extension this week, they were also confronted by a new request concerning the library’s property.

The bus drivers for Bowen Island Community Transit will be letting riders on for free on June 6th in order to celebrate the service’s 15th anniversary.

This Tuesday evening at 7p.m. the Bowen Island Garden Club welcomes west coast gardening expert Linda Gilkeson, Ph.D. for a presentation titled “Grow the Most Food in the Smallest Space (with the least work).

As Rudy North recalls, the fishing off the West side of Bowen Island was pretty good back in the 1970s. “When I got home from work in the summer, if I wasn’t dragging the kids around on water skis I was off fishing by myself,” he says.

Shawn Cole is a man with a plan, not to mention rations of non-perishable foods, water and a first aid kit.

The decision by Woodfibre LNG to run its operation off electric power was driven, according to the company, by feedback generated by community consultation and concerns about air quality.

Eoin Finn, an activist from Bowyer Island, presented information on the Woodfibre LNG project to Bowen Island Municipal Council last Monday and asked for the creation of a resolution to ban the passage of LNG tankers in Howe Sound.

Like most kids growing up in this part of the world, Luke McKenzie, Willem Young, and Angus Duguid, the chance to go to high school is a given.