Opinion

The binary voting system “support/oppose”, though essential to our Parliament, often obscures the true nature of debate in our democratic institutions.

How often do you ask for what you need? And how often are you invited to offer your gifts? That’s what happened at the Bowen In Transition meeting last week. The focus for the evening was a Gift Circle. But we didn’t come bearing gifts.

With his Celebration of Life just behind us and Christmas drawing near, there is no better time to express our family’s gratitude for the loyalty, encouragement and love shown to our husband and father (Mayor Jack) by his treasured friends here on Bo

Dear Editor, The Bowen Island Wellness Centre, located at 597 Artisan Lane, is pleased to announce the addition of Courtney Morris, Registered Acupuncturist, homeopath, to our Traditional Chinese Medicine team.

Dear Editor, Sporting fashionable felt antlers, 29 Reindeer pranced across our fair isle Saturday morning via the lesser known cross-island trail raising over $2000 for the Bowen Island Christmas Hamper.

It’s all too easy to feel down in the dumps when the non-working hours in the day are spent in the dark. My mind tells me constantly that it’s bed time. My child, however, reminds me that it is not. And I am very glad that he did on Saturday evening.

Three children, five schedules, multiple personalities and fifteen years of marriage: I tell you, sometimes the only thread that holds this family together is the intangible bond of ritual.

Dear Editor, The Bowen Island Fire Department thanks all Grades 1 to 4 students who created a Home Fire Escape Plan as part of our team’s recent fire safety talks at BICS and IDLC.