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To the Editor: Mayor Jack Adelaar owes Melissa Harrison and the people of Bowen Island an apology for telling her to shut up while she was giving a presentation on the CRC docks at a recent Municipal council meeting.

Dear Editor, This week our small isle has been lost in the fog. Not only the fog drifting up the Sound, but an ethical fog of misplaced blame in the face of blatant bullying.

The volunteers and staff of the Bowen Island Museum and Archives have been working hard behind the scenes to organize an oral history writing workshop.

The letter regarding smart meters that appeared in The Undercurrent Sept.

For the second year in a row, Applefest raised over $1,500 to support our heritage preservation efforts. We couldn't have wished for a more glorious weekend. We had a lot of fun and hope you did, too.

Dear Editor, The visit of Fisheries Minister Gail Shea to the North Shore last Tuesday reflected two key elements of a healthy democracy engaged citizens and a responsive government.

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.