Opinion

Since the last municipal election, when 1,920 out of the 2,292 eligible voters on Bowen Island cast their ballots, countless hours of meetings, both open and closed, have been clocked at our Municipal Hall.

A project like the infill building on Dorman Road that houses the new branch of First Credit Union doesn’t come easily. It takes the will and determination of many players and the skill and talent of many artisans and trades-people.

When I was in school, it seems a million years ago, I had a science teacher who insisted on the existence of the ‘ether’ affording structure to space. This in spite of Albert Einstein’s 1905 and 1915 proofs that it does not exist.

Thanks to everyone who worked with me over a busy summer to shrink the distance to Ottawa. Ministers and other MPs came to our riding to work with constituents and me on pressing national issues that affect us here, where we live.

At the Vital Conversation sponsored by the Bowen Island Community Foundation in May, there were many good suggestions to enhance our island community: respectful public discourse, community gathering spaces, a car-sharing program, and, one of my favo

Dear Editor, In response to the article “Summer’s over - Parents want their kids learning,” in last week’s Undercurrent.

Dear Editor, Thank you for your leading article on the plight of children and parents during the teachers vs. government dispute and strike.