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LETTER: Sept. 3 letter mischaracterizes performing arts and community space

LETTER: Sept. 3 letter mischaracterizes performing arts and community space

Dear Editor: Steve Rio does a disservice in his Sept. 3 letter. Not because of his opinions, but because of the mischaracterization of the 2600 sq. ft. Performing Arts & Community Space (PACS) as a ‘dream of a very small percentage of the island’.
LETTER: No adequate public venue for performing arts on-island

LETTER: No adequate public venue for performing arts on-island

Dear Editor: We at Kingbaby Theatre are thrilled by the opportunity before us to finally realize a dedicated space for the performing arts on Bowen Island.
LETTER: Proposal doesn’t offer a community centre

LETTER: Proposal doesn’t offer a community centre

Dear Editor: I am confused and misinformed by facts presented to date, showing variations of municipal halls, performing arts centers but no community centre.
LETTER: Cynicism is a comfortable chair: reacting to Sept. 3 letter on community centre

LETTER: Cynicism is a comfortable chair: reacting to Sept. 3 letter on community centre

Dear Editor: Last week, Steve Rio asked an interesting question.
This box-office winner of 411 B.C.E. a hit in 2020: Lysistrata review

This box-office winner of 411 B.C.E. a hit in 2020: Lysistrata review

Lysistrata delights sold-out and socially distanced audience
The old-fashioned root cellar: time to bring it back on Bowen

The old-fashioned root cellar: time to bring it back on Bowen

Marion Moore’s Bowen memories stretch back to the 1920s. She grew up on Collins Farm, which was then 160 acres and produced enough food and dairy for her father to sell to summertime residents and to keep their large family fed throughout the winter.
Here are some of the benefits of and obstacles to farming on Bowen Island

Here are some of the benefits of and obstacles to farming on Bowen Island

Farming is more than an occupation; it’s a relationship with the land, an ongoing honing of knowledge, and often a calling. Unfortunately, here and many other places, it is not a living. This has huge implications for food security on Bowen Island.
Forgoing pesticides for soil health on Bowen

Forgoing pesticides for soil health on Bowen

For the past several months, a subcommittee of the Bowen Island FoodResilience Society (BIFS) has been meeting to discuss the possibility of a ban on the use of pesticides and herbicides for cosmetic purposes on Bowen Island.
What's the Agricultural Land Reserve and why should we care?

What's the Agricultural Land Reserve and why should we care?

Founded in the 1970s, the ALR was to preserve land for agricultural purposes, did it work?
Migrant labour: systemic racism on Canadian farms

Migrant labour: systemic racism on Canadian farms

Canadians have been witnessing, talking about, and maybe even participating in the demonstrations about race and inequality that have been rocking the globe.