Local WWII veteran honours fallen comrades

It is time to remember those who served. At the ceremonies put on by the Bowen Island Legion on Nov. 11, at the cenotaph in Snug Cove there will be an islander who served in the Second World War – and who has been to every ceremony there since... more

TransLink review would force province, mayors to work together

TransLink should be overhauled to give area mayors more oversight powers and to place provincial government representatives along side them, a review has found. If adopted, the recommendations would make Victoria take some direct responsibility for TransLink decision making – something... more  

• BAA workshop draws big crowd
• True Green Bowen
• New owners refloat Granville Island water taxi service

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Pennington’s last minute heroics end inaugural soccer season

The Bowen Island Co-ed Play for Fun and Sport Semi-Competitive Soccer League (BICPFASSCSL) saved the most exciting game of the season for the end, as bitter rivals Team Red and Team White hooked up in a championship match that went... more

• Fundraiser to help Bowen gymnasts leap into National Gymnaestrada
• Artificial turf field up and being run upon

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The Seven Carters' show

The new exhibition at The Gallery at Artisan Square highlights diverse pieces of art that include landscapes and abstracts, oil paintings, watercolours, acrylics, scratchboard images, photographs and giclee prints. The common threads that tie them together are the artists’ connection... more

• This is Compassion!

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30 U 30: Emily Jubenvill, 23

When you’re trekking in New Zealand’s backcountry, it’s hard to get to a phone. “She’s going to try and call you when she finds a pay phone, in between hikes,” Emily Jubenvill’s mother Joy said. But Jubenvill never found that phone.... more  

• Flu season
• every WOMAN health and fitness conference takes place Saturday

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