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Jodi Henrickson is more than a case file and a new YouTube video underlines that fact with a slide show that follows her through 17 years of her life.

Flyers have gone out to everyone who's purchased a garbage decal and additional notices were left at waste collection stops.

At the June 11 council meeting, mayor Jack Adelaar proclaimed July 7 to 15, 2012 as Bowen Island Steamship Days.

There are a number of outlets that carry containers suitable for collecting food scraps and for putting them out at the road-side for pick-up.

On June 2, as a result ofan ongoing investigation,Bowen Island RCMP officers arrested aman fortrafficking cocaine.A small amount of cocaine packaged for resale was seized.

The Bowen Island Community Foundation received its charitable status 10 years ago and it is bearing fruit that were distributed at the organization's annual general meeting on May 29.

On the table were seven requests for community grants plus six applications for spring grants in aid.

Shortly after noon on June 5, Cpl Nancy Joyce of the Bowen Island RCMP got a call about a group of people illegally harvesting oysters on Sandy Beach. This was not the first time local police has been alerted to activities like this.

The Cape on Bowen has recently announced the launch of phase two for oceanfront properties.

The streets of Montreal have been the arena for protests against the hike of tuition fees for over three months and Bowen Islander Riley Sparks has been right in the thick of things.