Opinion

Dear Editor, I think the proposed bylaw encouraging detached suites can solve some problems of availability & affordability of housing for people, and that’s a good thing. The downsides that I see could be fixed.

Dear Editor, Caring Circle would like to extend our deep gratitude to the Bowen Island Community Foundation for their generous donation to our Connections Program which is being launched this month.

Dear Editor, The above quote comes from our Mayor, Murray Skeels, speaking about the housing situation here on Bowen. It jumped out at me as I feel he spoke what I see as a sad truth.

Dear Editor: The news media has everyone doing the “Chum Run Hoochie Choocie Salmon Dance” with reports of huge chum runs on the coast.

Dear Editor: Last year, on the weekend before the federal elections, we did our very last pre-election-ferry-line-blitz and handed out over 500 small flyers.

Dear Editor: My mom’s first store, Antique Emporium, opened in the heart of Gastown in the late 1960s and was part of Gastown Emporium, the daring and innovative brainchild of my grandmother, Anne Davison.

If you have been following the news lately, you may have heard that according to new research, one in three children in B.C. are starting school with vulnerabilities in one or more areas that are critical to their healthy development.

Dear Editor: I would like to say thank you to everyone who made Saturday’s 10th annual Movement/Fashion show at The Gallery in Artisan square such a warm, cosy, stylish community event.

Dear Editor: One of the wonderful things about Bowen Island is that we have so many people committed to building our community through a variety of non-profit societies.