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Pam Cleary and Nancy Joyce came to the special council meeting on December 10 with the idea to establish an off-leash dog park on Bowen Island.

When Dewey 'Decimal', book organizer extraordinaire, assigned the 600s to the category of technology around 1876, he could not have had much of an inkling what the word would come to mean.

The B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has a delegation travelling around the province to conduct a dialogue with BC Ferries-served communities and it was Bowen's turn Wednesday, November 28.

The need for a community centre is widely acknowledged on Bowen Island but opinions diverge on how to best accomplish building one, even on the Bowen Island Community Centre Implementation Committee (BICCIC) and municipal council.

Until Sunday, December 16, Bowen residents have a chance to participate in a survey that gauges the health and well-being of North Shore residents. While the survey does not exclusively focus on islanders, Dr.

Bowen Island RCMP will be asking for support to "Cram the Cruiser" with food for the Bowen Island Food Bank on Friday, December 14.

On Saturday, December 1, BC Ferries' ticket purchase slips show one less line-item as fuel surcharges have been dropped.

In the summer of 2012, approximately 65,000 visitors came through the information centre in Snug Cove that was operated by the Bowen Island Arts Council (BIAC) from the May long weekend until Labour Day.

Bowen Island residents had half a year to get used to separating food scraps from their garbage in preparation of the date of January 1, 2013, when Metro Vancouver will cease to allow organics as part of the non-organic waste stream coming from the i

Thursday nights at the Bowen Island Youth Centre just got a whole lot better - they sound better too. It's the evening when local youth can hone their musical talents.