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When years of working too hard and traveling too much started to take its toll, Denise Lockett started looking for an alternative career that could keep her close to home.

A cut to the Senior's discount, a gaming pilot project, a 35 percent cut to minor coastal sailings and cuts to weekend sailings to and from Bowen Island are all part of BC Ferries new strategy to finding $54 million in "efficiency improvements" by 20

A group of 20 to 25 volunteers spent their Saturday haulingcchunks of styrofoam from the shoreline near lot 20 at Cape Roger Curtis up to an industrial sized bin in place in the nearby parking lot.

This year, 14 million girls under the age of 18 will be married. In developing countries, childbirth will be the number one cause of death for girls 15-19. In a single year, an estimated 150 million girls are victims of sexual violence.

With a total of $30 thousand to do the job, the process of removing "problem vessels" from Mannion Bay is now underway.

The Bowen Island Camera Club is set to meet again on Tuesday, November 26th at 7:30 at the Tunstall Bay Community Clubhouse. The club is open to all photographers on any level.

Bowen Library has produced a 2014 calendar featuring 13 photos of "famous" Bowen Islanders reading. The idea was inspired by the American Library Association's READ posters featuring celebrities and sports heroes reading.

Members of the public packed the Municipal Hall for Tuesday evening's public hearing on Bylaw #335, Bowen Island's Land-Use bylaw, and those who could not find seats stood listening in the hallway.

Friday November 15 Youth Centre 6pm-9pm Snacks, video-games, Movies, Food and Fun! Ages 12 + 7pm Lecture at Cates Hill chapel, the life of Charles Andrews Saturday November 16 Dad and Me: Balance and Motion, Juggling and Gym Games led by Paul Stewart

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