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Early on Monday morning, Cst. Bryan Mulrooney of the Bowen Island RCMP detachment received a call about a firearm being discharged at Cowan Point.

Cpl. Don Southern arrived at the November 14 council meeting planning to give an update on policing on Bowen. After finishing his short presentation, he received a farewell present and a standing ovation.

The preliminary results of the community vote about the national park are in and the majority of voters have said no. Of the total of 1990 votes, 901 were a yes and 1089 were a no.

Named by a little girl who, upon seeing the fen, believed it fit for fairies, Fairy Fen Nature Reserve is one of Bowen's most magical and best kept, secrets. It is an undisturbed wetland filled with plant species rare to this type of terrain.

As the community vote on the national park approaches, the question has been raised whether this will be the final opportunity for the public to weigh in.

The ongoing success of the Knick Knack Nook, Bowen's re-use it store, has manifested itself in the form of a bursary.

At the council meeting on Monday, Nov.

Operation Red Nose provides safe rides for people who had something to drink most Friday and Saturday nights from the last weekend of November until New Year's Eve.

Aaron Van Pykstra, publisher of the Bowen Island Undercurrent, is pleased to announce that Susanne Martin is the paper's new editor.

A seasonal residence burnt to the ground at Dorman Point Tuesday night, and more than 20 Bowen volunteer firefighters fought throughout the night to successfully extinguish the blaze, fire chief Brian Biddlecombe said. No one was in the home.