Opinion

Dear Editor, As a local BC Green Party campaigner, I see the incredible benefits for BC Greens, if the NDP Government decides to move ahead with the Site C dam.

I am not quite sure how to pronounce the above word but, it’s translation is “Yule Book Flood.” This is an Icelandic tradition whereby family members give one another books on Christmas Eve, then curl-up and read for the rest of the night.

I took a friend’s 12 year old daughter to G Day - a day long rite of passage signaling, celebrating and supporting 10 – 12 year old girls on the cusp of womanhood. I could have really used an event like this when I was a preteen in the mid 70’s.

Dear Editor, Thank you for the front-page coverage on the recent havoc an unforgiving Mother Nature caused with the sinking of two boats and the beaching of another three in Mannion Bay.

Dear Editor, Metro Vancouver wants to licence all fireplaces and stoves. Then eventually restrict their use. Makes you wonder why Bowen Island is part of Metro Vancouver.

Last weekend the curtains came down to raucous applause at the concluding performance of The Importance of Being Earnest - written by Oscar Wilde and expertly directed by Martin Clarke.

Dear Bowen Islanders, Whew!! what a gathering! The chats and the wonderful feast: both so important in the life of our Bowen Island Community, and in the heart of Little Red Church! Thank you for making it possible.

Dear Editor, If Municipalities and their councils are an order of government charged with providing effective management and delivery of services in a manner that is responsive to community needs, it would follow that the priority would be the social