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On July 6, 2015, His Holiness The Dalai Lama celebrates his 80th birthday. On July 5, 2015, quite brazenly, His Fartness The Cartoonist celebrates his 80th birthday.

Rotary hears pitch on Gigabit for Bowen idea

Of the 21 incidents of “dog aggression” that the municipality’s senior bylaw officer, Bonny Brokenshire, reported to have occurred between the beginning of 2014 and April, 30 percent of those occurred in Snug Cove.

In a press release sent out on the afternoon of Tuesday June 23, BIM announced that planner Cari St. Pierre is no longer a municipal employee. Hired at towards the end of the summer in 2014, St.

Canada Day is a communal celebration of everything we love about this country. And on Bowen Island, that sense of being part of one big happy family is almost palpable.

The province’s Wildfire Management Branch is still allowing campfires in Coastal British Columbia, but Bowen Island’s Fire Chief Ian Thompson has banned all open fires on Bowen Island.

Digital tracking and passenger ferry from Horseshoe Bay help set new records for trips from downtown Vancouver to Snug Cove

On Sunday May 24, Jeff Ballou parked in the ferry line-up near Cates Pharmacy to wait for the 3:15 ferry. When the ferry loaded, Ballou drove on but was shocked to realize that his vehicle was one of the last to be allowed on to the ferry.

As Eaglecliff Road winds north from Scarborough, there’s a sharp turn to the left where the trees have been cleared exposing a sharp drop-off which has recently had a driveway installed alongside framing for a new house.

Bowen Island is often the model of a sharing economy so the local RCMP detachment is willing to give the benefit of the doubt to the person who picked up a Weber barbecue from the side of the road.