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At Monday's council meeting, planning consultant Judy McLeod presented the minutes of the Public Hearing on Bylaw 335 to council, noting that this was an opportunity to make adjustments to the bylaw and address public concerns.

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 22 Applications for "Me to We" Youth Leadership program available at BICR office, at the Bowen Island Youth Centre, at Bowen Island Community School, and at Island Pacific School.

Anyone who's raised a baby knows that although sleepless nights dominate the headlines, keeping little socks and shoes on little feet (and getting them there in the first place) makes for a major parenting challenge.

Island Pacific School Head Ted Spear will be at Leftbank this week to deliver his annual "Ed Talk" for the general public. This year, he'll be joined by the Assistant Head of IPS to add concrete examples of the philosophical ideas presented.

Early this summer (on June 29), some 100 Bowen Islanders participated in a hike to the top of Mount Gardner, a fundraising event organized by Bowen Island Gives (BIG!).

Inspired by both a fear of Christmas shopping and all the host of Bowen-oriented Facebook group's that have popped up in the past year, web-developer Denise Lawson has decided to bring as many local products as possible onto one website.

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.