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The ban on outdoor fires is in full effect on Bowen Island and heading into its fourth week, is rated as “high” on the scale of risk. Bowen Island Fire Department Chief Ian Thompson says that there have been no fires to fight this summer.

Bowen Island’s Cultural Master Plan not only needs a new coat of paint, but also a modern update. That’s the message the Bowen Island Arts Council brought to council in a presentation at its Monday night meeting.

In a recent email to the Undercurrent, RCMP Cst. Bryan Mulrooney, of the Sea to Sky detachment, noted the details of a recent collision as follows.

With the looming mid-life upgrade for the Queen of Capilano ferry, at least one group of locals are brainstorming ways to make the four-month period without it less painful.

It’s still overcast in the early morning as a small sea of backpacks, flipflops and sunglasses load onto the Bowen Island ferry for the short ride from Hoseshoe Bay.

“Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” — William Morris, English textile Designer They came from all points of Bowen Island.

Thanks to many hands and hearts hard at work, Bowen Island Community School has a shiny, new addition.

For some athletes, going to the B.C. Summer Games might be a little nerve wrecking, but Bowen Island resident Tobin Sparling was taking it all in stride just a short time before the competition.

Last summer, the pages of The Undercurrent, the signs on the streets, discussion on the Bowen Forum, and many council meetings were consumed with the issue of the proposed mega-docks at Cape Roger Curtis.

Over the past few days I have been asked a number of questions about “what BC Ferries is doing to us now?” Some are specific to the impending reduction in service during the mid-life upgrade of the Queen of Capilano, and others are more general.