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More on the docks, and Bowen Island’s Official Community Plan (OCP)of 2009

More on the docks, and Bowen Island’s Official Community Plan (OCP)of 2009

Dear Editor, I am compelled to write one last time to the Undercurrent to provide a professional planner’s perspective on the docks at Cape Roger.
Meet Martha

Meet Martha

The two most common questions people ask me these days are: 1. Do you know the gender of your baby yet? 2. Have you found anyone to replace you as editor of The Undercurrent ? To the first question, the answer is no. I’m willing to wait.
Thank you, thank you, thank you...

Thank you, thank you, thank you...

Dear Editor Bowen Children’s Centre would like to thank everyone who supported our Annual Clothing Sale on May 9. Whether you donated items, helped sort clothing, volunteered on the big day or simply shopped ’til you dropped...
No affordable housing, no volunteers, no Bowfest...

No affordable housing, no volunteers, no Bowfest...

Dear Editor, Adam Taylor’s plea for Bowfest volunteers touched a nerve for any of us formerly involved with Bowen housing, as we had expressed concerns that there was a relationship between the relative affordability of housing and the future of volu
Culture shift

Culture shift

This week in Undercurrent history

This week in Undercurrent history

25 years ago in the Undercurrent “Marina eyed as tourist resort,” read the headline in the June 1, 1990 edition of The Undercurrent . The B.C.
LETTER: Respectful dialogue and docks

LETTER: Respectful dialogue and docks

Dear Editor, Recently Council voted 4-3 to put the Docks Bylaw into effect, which bans docks at Cape Roger Curtis. At the public hearing we heard there could be dialogue about docks between the owners at the Cape and the community – before the vote.
LETTER: Tyranny of the minority

LETTER: Tyranny of the minority

Dear Editor, So the usual council majority (the mayor and Councillors Fast, Mason and Nicholson) has passed the bylaw prohibiting docks at Cape Roger Curtis.
LETTER: Stick to the OCP to keep the community together

LETTER: Stick to the OCP to keep the community together

Dear Editor, There is a critical lesson for our community regarding the issue of inappropriate, monster docks in the open waters of Cape Rogers Curtis.
LETTER: Dock prohibition is about fairness

LETTER: Dock prohibition is about fairness

Dear Editor, Mr. Ho and his lovely daughter know very well that I have nothing against him or his family, but to sue a small community like ours is an unfriendly act.