Opinion

Dear Editor, The Bowen-based NDP candidate in the recent provincial election, Michelle Livaja, speaks for the great majority of B.C.

Dear Editor, My sincere thanks to all of those who came out last Saturday to help celebrate my retirement from Island Pacific School.

Dear Editor, Do you support the restoration of the orchard cottages; support the restoration of cottages with less architectural interest than some long abandoned roadside fruit stand? Thanks, but no thanks - the bulldozer can’t come soon enough.

Is there any word that describes the Federal Liberals did in their 2015 better than dishonest? Two years in, the governing party continues to break promises after they ‘won a majority’ with 39% of the vote and were handed the reigns of this country.

Dear Editor, Your May 26th issue was full of good stories as to the happiness enjoyed by many locals and visitors from the overdue arrival of sunny, warm weather on the May long weekend.

Warning: If you’re blissfully happy with your family screen-time usage, stop reading now. It was 2005 P.F. (Pre-FaceBook) when I first witnessed the addictive power of the screen.

Dear editor and community, With Bookfest 2017 now successfully completed, Friends of the Bowen Island Library want to express our deep appreciation to everyone who participated in this annual event.

Dear Bowen Island, The Green Man would like to pass along his deep appreciation to all of the children who came out for our Green Man Festival this May long week-end.

The messaging around aging pretty much goes something like this: you are old, so you are sick - take X to get fixed. Feel tired? Try this hormone supplement. Got some wrinkles? Try our newest Botox therapy.