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BIMTAC (formerly the Bowen Island Municipality Ferry Advisory Committee) meets with representatives from the BC Ferries twice a year. Our most recent meeting with BCF took place on Monday, April 8, (agenda and minutes will be on BIM website).

Bowen Island's economy can benefit from visitors and partnerships can help to implement initiatives that can boost the numbers, says Shawna Leung, director of community relations of the Vancouver, Coast and Mountains Tourism Region.

Bowen Island council approved an official business plan that was presented by planning consultant Tom Fletcher at the council meeting on March 25.

English Bay Launch has started operating a commuter service between Snug Cove and Granville Island and Coal Harbour and plans weekend runs from May to September.

The hedgerow and fencing that run for long sections along both sides of the community use trail at Cape Roger Curtis were the topic that was brought up in the public comment section of the special council meeting March 11.

On the morning of Friday, March 22, Bowen Island's municipal bylaw services officer Bonny Brokenshire was working with a colleague in Snug Cove near the Union Steamship Company Marina (USSC) when they were alerted to a "rainbow sheen on the water.

The Snug Cove House Society that plans to create a supportive island home for seniors received funding of $10,000 from Bowen's Royal Canadian Legion #150.

April 1 will see an increase of 4.1 per cent on average in passenger and vehicle fares on all routes across BC Ferries' fleet in accordance with the BC Ferries commissioner's order from October 1, 2012.

"It is a reminder to us all of the tremendous values associated with Pacific salmon in B.C. and that we all have responsibility for conserving and restoring this incredibly important natural resource.

February 22 was the deadline for community groups and non-profit organizations to submit their applications for spring grants-in-aid and community grants.