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An insult, an embarrassment, monstrosities… These are a few of the descriptions for the docks built along the shoreline of Cape Roger Curtis written in letters by citizens supporting a series of resolutions made by council on Monday night.

In three weeks time, Bowen Islanders will experience yet another increase in the cost of their ferry trips – this time, by 4.1 percent. Many coastal communities are organizing protests and strategies to show their dissatisfaction with the situation.

On Monday afternoon, mayor and council heard from two delegations who spoke in defense of the development of the Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) industry in British Columbia.

Checking in with councillors (and the mayor) after 3 months in office

Bowen Island is a community of 3,600 and many more in the summer, with one full-time doctor equivalent, when the Ministry of Health recommends a one doctor per 1,200 person ratio.

Measles outbreaks in Europe, California, Ontario and Quebec have made vaccination a hot topic in the news.

Bowen Island Municipal Councillor Maureen Nicholson and Economic Development Committee Chair Gordon Ganong met with MLA Jordan Sturdy last Friday in order to discuss local economic development and other issues related to Bowen Island.

The Canadian Education Association (CAE) has awarded Bowen Island’s Island Discovery Learning Community (IDLC) with the Ken Spencer Award for innovation.

This week’s municipal council meeting started with a plea to hold-off on a resolution made by councillor Sue Ellen Fast that recommended taking a position on the Woodfibre LNG project.

Hired at the end of the summer, Municipal Planner Cari St. Pierre has settled in with a Bowen address and is, as she says, is getting her feet on the ground, literally.