Opinion

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.

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,

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.

Dear Editor, Today is the final day that Metro Vancouver will welcome public comment on the proposed Killarney Meadows Garden—A Pollinator Initiative & Demonstration Garden.

I mistakenly signed Neil Boyd’s letter as Dr. Neil Boyd, even though he is not a Dr., and did not sign his letter in that way. My apologies for this misrepresentation. Meribeth Deen, editor

Dear Editor, On behalf of The Black Sheep Morris Dancers I’d like to send out a huge thank you to the Bowen Pub, and the many, many people who came out to support our ‘2015 Get the Flock off the Rock’ fundraising celebration this past Saturday! It wa

Dear Editor, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the paramedics (Jen and Bailey), the Fire Department members (Lloyd Harding, among others) and I believe Brian Biddlecomb was at the helm of the water taxi that who ferried me across How

Dear Editor, Notwithstanding the potential sinking of the Annapolis in Halkett Bay, the actual sinking and beaching of sailboats during the past few weeks in Mannion Bay and another stray dock on the beach at the Cape, the January 16 Undercurrent gav

Dear editor, I would like to state my concerns about the Pollinator Garden proposal in Crippen meadow that the Bowen Agricultural Alliance has before Metro Vancouver Parks.

Winters on Bowen can be a challenge for many. So a few survival suggestions might be in order. Here’s my list of fourteen things you can do when the dark and the wet is getting to you: Pop into Phoenix in Village Square.