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At the council meeting on November 13, a delegation was seeking council's support for the $10/day plan that addresses early childhood education.

Once again, plans for the Government Road corridor were presented to council. Yet at the November 13 committee of the whole meeting, the accompanying report mapped out a series of phases that could be initiated as early as this year.

The Solid Waste Resource Management Committee is conducting a vehicle use and carbon footprint analysis and is asking Bowen residents to share the details of their driving habits, including the number of trips to the cove and to the mainland.

Kinder Morgan held a public information session this past Saturday at BICS to introduce the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project. 27 participants showed up to observe, learn and most importantly ask questions about the proposed pipeline.

Keith Wahlstrom, the Bowen Island Municipality's manager of development and operations, has examined documentation relating to the drain pipe construction and cut trees in Seymour Bay to find out whether Bowen Island Properties had proper authorizati

Maria Steernberg has just been appointed as the new manager of the Bowen Island Chamber of Commerce and she is asking members of the community to share their ideas on what role they envision the chamber to take on.

Bill Newport, Tim Pardee and Jim Bydak of the Bowen Island Fish and Wildlife Club have been looking closely at local creeks.

Around 900 island residents put out food scraps to be collected by Bowen Waste Services, according to Don Marshall, chair of the Solid Waste Resource Management Advisory Committee (SWRMAC) and the committee is taking a close look at the choices of ei

LifeLab technicians Shannon Faust and Kristie Malkin would like Bowen Island residents to be aware of the fact that they have priority loading on the 9:30 a.m.

The Bowen Island Undercurrent's new publisher, Mary Kemmis, presents Vera Keogh and her daughter Enya with an IPad. Vera Keogh's name was drawn from the 45 respondents to an online survey.