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When Noah Carson received the assignment of drawing a map for his cartography class at UBC, the subject of his map was not even in question.

On the weekend of May 3, public access to Tunstall Bay beach will be blocked off so that the Bowen Island Fish and Wildlife Club can complete a project that aims to restore Explosives Creek as a salmon spawning habitat.

The idea of composting the collective mass of Bowen Island’s household food scraps and garden waste was enthusiastically researched by the municipality’s former Solid Waste Resource Management Advisory Committee (SWRMAC) with the primary objective to

According to Marion Moore, back in 1935, when the Union Steam Ship Company gave the land that is now Bowen Court for Bowen Island’s second school, and subdivided the land along Miller Road for housing, the company placed a covenant on the land to pre

Staff from Bowen Island Municipality presented a plan for what the southern half of the community lands Lot 2 might look like if the proposed rezoning for the area goes forward.

At this week’s municipal council meeting, Bowen Island Library’s chief librarian, Tina Nielson, presented draft plans for expanding the Bowen Island Library, and asked for council’s approval on the project.

Local shift workers cope with cuts to weekend ferry sailings

Last Wednesday, Pam Dicer saw two pairs, and a single heron, perched in the trees across the street from the Snug Coffee House. “That’s the more than I’ve ever seen before at one time,” says Dicer.

It’s not always easy co-existing with wildlife on this island, but it’s definitely an aspect of rural living that most locals appreciate and respect.

On Friday, March 28, the municipality held a special council meeting to address concerns about the cancellation of “free clean-up days” previously scheduled three times per year.