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Through bus service to be extended until end of June

Through bus service to be extended until end of June

On May 5, a revamped Queen of Capilano will be back in action between Horseshoe Bay and Snug Cove, with room for 15 extra cars on deck.

Five Year Financial Plan builds in room for community centre, firehall, water treatment plant

On Wednesday, municipal councilors unanimously approved of a 2.4% increase in property taxes for this year as well as a plan for the next five years of the Bowen Island’s financial future.
Islanders hear from Federal Liberal Environment Critic

Islanders hear from Federal Liberal Environment Critic

“This past week has not been a good week for the environment, not that we’ve had many good weeks in the past 10 years,” Liberal Member of Parliament John McKay told Bowen Islanders last weekend. “This past week was budget week, and Mr.
Bowen’s beaches help to feed the Salish Sea

Bowen’s beaches help to feed the Salish Sea

A healthy shoreline is good for human security, ecology and economics, and Bowen’s shores have a lot of potential, says biologist Ramona DeGraaf.
Leash laws considered in order to address “dog aggression” incidents

Leash laws considered in order to address “dog aggression” incidents

At 10:30 on Sunday evening, Áine Corrigan-Frost was walking to a friend’s house near the Bowen Island Legion when she saw a large, “fluffy” brown and black dog emerge from what appeared to be a shared driveway.
Council adopts new Heron policy and construction of tourist gazebo moves ahead

Council adopts new Heron policy and construction of tourist gazebo moves ahead

Year eighteen of heron nesting season in Snug Cove is underway, and as Senior Bylaw Officer Bonny Brokenshire told council last week, Bylaw Services has yet again received numerous inquiries about activities that may or may not contravene the municip
Islander actively seeking kidney donor

Islander actively seeking kidney donor

At 35 years of age, Bowen Islander Monika Sabathil was diagnosed with a kidney disease called Glomerulonephritis, a condition, she says, that she has probably had since she was a teenager and may not have ever been diagnosed in earlier times.

Learning to feel: a workshop

I worked for years as a priest and now for the last two in a private practice dedicated to soul work. The most surprising thing I’ve learned from my work is this: people don’t know how to feel.
Commuter chaos caused by broken ferry ramp in Snug Cove

Commuter chaos caused by broken ferry ramp in Snug Cove

As the ferry docked at Snug Cove on Tuesday evening, the hydraulic cylinder that helps to raise and lower the ferry lamp broke off from the pin that attaches it to the ferry ramp, causing long delays for Bowen commuters eager to get home on the 5:30
New municipal action group to work on extension of downtown commuter bus

New municipal action group to work on extension of downtown commuter bus

With less than one month until the return of the Queen of Capilano and the official end to the lifespan of the “Super Bus” that shuttles commuters to downtown and back, Bowen Island’s municipal transportation committee (BIMTAC) has struck up a specia