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Dear Editor, Council's lack of response to the Mayor's emotional outburst during the Oct 14th meeting was unacceptable. I accept that.

For those of you that know me, and those of you that don't, I feel I need to take the time to introduce and re-introduce myself from this new post.

When Gregory Ronczewski attempted to sign up his son for taekwondo classes on Bowen Island four years ago, his name was instantly placed on a two-month-long waiting list. "There was no room, too many students, it was so popular," he recalled.

A representative from the Tsleil-Wauthuth Nation told Bowen Island's Mayor and Council that Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project puts the entire Salish Sea at risk by a increasing the number of tankers carrying raw bitumen.

The Power of Just Doing Stuff. That's the title of Rob Hopkins' latest book, available at our local library.

The Caring Circle Advisory Committee is happy to announce that the Driver Initiative Program will be phased in over the next few weeks.

This week, a team of scientists, joined by a Juno Award winner, a politician, a journalist and others, ventured beneath the waves of Howe Sound to examine local Glass Sponge Reefs.

Many of us see the Earth as a planet, but few of us regard her as a living, evolving being with whom we can have a rich and rewarding relationship.

Downing a caffeine-rich shot of espresso barely makes Gino Rutigliano blink.

Despite the extensive tree pruning measures BC Hydro undertook this past summer, Bowen Island has seen an increase in power outages compared to 2012.