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Responsible boat owners in The Bay

Responsible boat owners in The Bay

Dear Editor, In response to “As winter storms sink boats, Friends of Mannion Bay await progress on Bay management plan” (January 22), let all us who are active recreational boaters and avid users of Mannion Bay hope that a solution is found that resp
Thank you

Thank you

To the editor: Last Thursday evening a lovely event was held at the Tunstall Bay Clubhouse to celebrate my retirement from the West Vancouver Board of Education.
Thank you for Bee Time

Thank you for Bee Time

Dear Editor, This week I had the great pleasure of introducing Mark Winston, author of Bee Time: Lessons from the Hive, at his book reading at the Rustique Bistro.
Thank you for hotdogs and hammers

Thank you for hotdogs and hammers

Dear Editor, Irly Learning Skills is a free parent-child activity program made possible thanks to the generosity of Irly Bird Building Centre.
This week in Undercurrent history

This week in Undercurrent history

25 years ago in the Undercurrent In her column, “Island News”, Laura Cochrane commented on being singled out as being the mouthpiece for a “sinister group of elected officials” by what she described as a “newcomer to the island”.
Keeping the home fires burning

Keeping the home fires burning

Three reasons to build a pollinator garden - elsewhere

Three reasons to build a pollinator garden - elsewhere

To the Editor, We are writing to express our concern regarding the proposed “pollinator garden” for the Crippen Park Meadows. In our opinion, this is a commendable idea in the wrong location on Bowen Island.
We support the project, not the location

We support the project, not the location

Dear Editor, The Board of the Bowen Island Conservancy supports the idea of a pollinator garden on Bowen Island, and the initiative taken by the Bowen Agricultural Alliance (BAA) to create one for education and interpretative purposes.
Pushing the pollinator initiative: a response to last week’s letters

Pushing the pollinator initiative: a response to last week’s letters

Dear Editor, With all the respect I have for Neil Boyd, I find disappointing his manipulative decision regarding the Pollinator Initiative in Crippen Park, to refer copies of the proposal to faculty colleagues at Simon Fraser University, Dr Winston,
The “so-called expert” deserves an apology

The “so-called expert” deserves an apology

Dear Editor, In regard to the Pollinator Initiative letters in last week’s issue, I was appalled by Neil Boyd’s dismissal of views other than his own as “claims from self-described local experts,” a reference to Will Husby.