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On the morning of Thursday, January 8, I held a vigil in Snug Cove in honour of the people killed in the Wednesday attacks in Paris. It was just me on that very cold morning, and my little sign, “not afraid.

Last week, the Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia announced its plan to sink the decomissioned Canadian naval destroyer, the HMCS Annapolis, off of Gambier Island on January 16.

It was 1903, says Marion Moore, when her father James Collins acquired the contract to come to Bowen Island and clear what is now the meadow in Crippen Park so that the cows belonging to Captain Cates would have a place to graze.

Council asked to investigate the possibility of creating a community-owned fibre optic network

With four dock applications pending at Cape Roger Curtis and others still outstanding on other parts of the Island, the “dock” issue is back on the table of Bowen’s municipal council.

Just before Christmas holidays, on a chartered trip with Island Pacific School, the odometer on Peter King’s bus hit the 625,000 mile mark. In kilometer’s, that’s more than a million, 1,005, 840 kilometres to be exact.

After years of sitting in Gambier Island’s Long Bay, the 110 metre former warship, the HMCS Annapolis, has a sink date.

Starting Monday January 5, there’s a new boat in town. The Queen of Capilano is heading to the the Esquimalt Drydocking Company for an upgrade.

The Bowen Island Health Resource Guide produced by the Caring Circle describes the process whereby a patient can get a “medical assured loading letter.” This system is presently in place for travel on BC Ferries from the Horseshoe Bay Terminal.

Gustaaf Tasseron considers himself a mere visitor to Bowen Island. He has been traveling around the world for 35 years, and has a base here because of the presence of his daughter and four grandchildren.