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This week, David Smith finds himself, yet again, scrambling to pull an event together, and doing so with a celebratory spirit. This was his reality 30 years ago with the deadline for the dedication ceremony for the Old General Store just week’s away.

The Bruno spent Sunday and Monday docked in Snug Cove for no reason other than the fact that its owner needed a break. “Until yesterday, I haven’t had a week off in thirteen weeks,” said Mike Shannon, owner and operator of the English Bay Launch.

Round-table at the Orchard Recovery Centre focuses on “Vanessa’s Law”

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.