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Parks plan
Highlights following the plan’s preliminary approval
Under-housed
Advocate lives on a boat, seeks data on homeless islanders
Scary stories
Bowen’s junior writers publish Halloween Anthology
Bowen to contribute to creation of Howe Sound Marine Reference guide
MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
Fearsome creatures appeared in the MacDonald Farm pumpkin patch on Harding Road last weekend. For more Halloween photos, see pages 6 & 7. Meribeth Deen, photo
RCMP investigate alcohol factor in Charlie’s Lane crash MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
At midnight on Sunday, October 29, the paramedics on Bowen informed the RCMP of a vehicle that drove over an embankment on Charlie’s Lane. Both driver and passenger were injured in the crash and taken to the hospital by water taxi. “Constable Chris Coulter escorted them to the hospital and demanded blood samples for alcohol analysis,” says Cpl Paulo Arreaga. “Both driver and passenger have now been released from hospital, but it the severity and long-term impact of their injuries is unclear. The vehicle is un-drivable.” Arreaga says that in 2016, the RCMP charged 11 people on Bowen Island with impaired driving. This year they’ve already
charged 15. “I believe the number has gone up because we’ve increased the number of patrols and roadblocks,” says Arreaga. “Really, most people are very cautious about drinking and driving and choose to get a ride or call the Bowen Taxi Service. There’s just too much to lose by being charged with impaired driving when you live in a car-dependent community. Still though, people make bad decisions, and the people around them allow that to happen.” Arreaga is urging Bowen Islanders to call 9-11 if they see what they believe to be an impaired driver. “Just get the license plate and the direction the car is traveling in,” he says, adding that the RCMP will be stepping up their roadblocks even more as the holiday season approaches.
Council confirmed Bowen’s commitment to community co-operation in Howe Sound by agreeing to annual contributions funding the creation of a marine reference guide. This is the first action item in the Ocean Watch – Howe Sound Edition (oceanwatch.ca), launched by Ocean Wise’s Coastal Ocean Research Institute last February. The Ocean Watch report focused on Howe Sound because of the recent revival of its marine ecosystems, and increasing regional development and population growth. “In response to this population growth, Howe Sound residents will have to figure out how to balance recreational, economic, and cultural values with protecting and restoring the marine environment on which we all depend,” says Fiona Beaty, with the Coastal Ocean Research Institute.“Like the Ocean Watch report, the Howe Sound Marine Reference Guide will combine scientific, indigenous and local knowledge all together in one place. It is a great tool that will come in the form of an interactive map with data tailored towards marine planning, collaborative management, and stewardship.” Beaty says that if a development proposal comes up, a municipality could go to the map and click on the various layers to find information on the significance of the area from various perspectives. “Instead of having to conduct their own independent consultations and studies, local governments will be able to refer to this source,” she says. “Also, because this map will be open for public use, it will be a great tool for education. Typically, what’s out of sight is out of mind. With this map, anyone can click on an area of Howe Sound’s marine environment, find out what kind of life exists there, and interact with it in a dynamic visual way.” The data collection will involve workshops, interviews, fieldwork and surveys. Some knowledge gathering has already occurred through the work of the Coastal Ocean Research Institute and the David Suzuki Foundation, who are making good headway on pulling information together on Howe Sound’s marine ecosystem. Media created by local advocates for Howe Sound including citizen scientists will also be included. This could mean a click on the Mannion Bay area of the map delivers footage from eelgrass beds there, connecting to a story about the area’s recovery. Pulling together all the information and creating this resource is expected to take roughly three years with a budget of $200,000 per year. Local governments throughout the Sound will make annual contributions to the project of about 5-10% of the total, with their funding being used to leverage contributions from other sources. Bowen Island has volunteered a contribution of $1,742.80 per year.
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Meeting Calendar November 4, 2017 9:00 am Green Shores Workshop
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Seeking Public Comment Two Development Variance Permit applications will be considered by Council at the meeting scheduled at:
10:30 am on Tuesday, November 14th, 2017 Council Chambers Municipal Hall DVP-05-2017 (1395 Eagle Cliff Rd) A Development Variance Permit application has been submitted for 1395 Eagle Cliff Rd (shown on map below) to increase maximum allowed projection of a roof overhand and a deck into a required setback. The variance would facilitate the construction of a new house. Questions? Please contact Emma Chow, Island Community Planner 1 at 604-947-4255 or echow@bimbc.ca.
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Re-connecting with Mannion Bay
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Chapman to survey homeless on Bowen
Housing activist counts himself among islanders with “inadequate housing” MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
Bowen’s Manager of Parks and Environment, Bonny Brokenshire, talks about the impact of garbage in Mannion Bay.
Grade 7 students Ella, Julia and Brinley worked with classmates to find creative solutions to ocean pollution.
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According to Ocean Ambassadors Canada, there are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic debris in the ocean. According to Bowen’s manager of Parks and Environment, Bonny Brokenshire, volunteer divers retrieved some 7,000kg of garbage from the depths of Mannion Bay between 2011 and 2015. Brokenshire gave a presentation to students from Bowen Island Community School (BICS) to kick off a day of ocean fun and learning led by the non-profit group Ocean Ambassadors spent
time on Sandy Beach last Thursday and Friday. The group’s mission is to instill a love and respect for the ocean into young people, and also to instill in them the belief that they can make a positive impact. Carrying out that mission means a fun day of paddle boarding, picnicking and swimming on the beach – with some learning about ocean currents, water columns and plastics weaved in. Part of Brokenshire’s presentation was a mini-history lesson on Mannion Bay: members of the Squamish Nation enjoyed the abundance of wildlife here, including the collection of shellfish on
the mudflats stretching out from what we now call Sandy Beach. Later, many residents and visitors enjoyed swimming and playing in the Bay. “Somewhere along the line, that sense of respect for the ocean shifted, and broke,” Brokenshire told the students. For her, thought, this event was symbolic of a shift towards community connection and use of the Bay and Sandy Beach. “It’s about socio-ecological integrity,” says Brokenshire. “This summer, Bowen Island Sea Kayaking had a permit to have their kayaks on the beach for the summer, and they ran their kids’ programs
out of there for the summer. With this event, we saw kids spending their time there again, so it is really heartening to see that happening. There has been a remarkable transformation in the area over the past few years.” To date in 2017, BIM has spent $10,193 on marine debris clean-up, submerged and beached wreck removal and environmental initiatives. The money collected from the approximately 35 federally conforming mooring buoys in Mannion Bay starting in 2018, i.e. $8,400/year, is less that what the Municipality has paid out in ecological restoration costs this year.
Council approves draft parks plan MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
Throughout a two and a half year consultation process, Bowen Islanders had their say about parks and trails on Bowen Island. Unsurprisingly, islanders said they enjoy walking, hiking, swimming and searching for dinosaur bones in these spaces. A parks plan working group, with assistance from municipal staff and a consultant, used the information gathered to create a plan for Bowen’s parks and trails in the next decade. Last week, council approved a draft of that plan. Final approval is expected to approve the final version in January. Here are a few key points from the Parks Masterplan:
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Promote walking, hiking, cycling and horseback riding through a connected system of trails across the Island. Protect Bowen Island’s shoreline and enhance habitat for marine species. Celebrate the Aboriginal experience on Bowen Island through naming and signage at key sites of significance. Continue to work with private and public landowners to enhance parks and trails for Bowen Island’s residents. Complete an inventory of the natural assets on Bowen Island. Support the contributions of volunteers and facilitate meaningful stewardship programs in Bowen Island’s parks, trails and beaches.
Since being fired from his job as Caretaker of Crippen Park and evicted from the Metro Parks-owned cottage he called his home, housing activist and former candidate for council, Michael Chapman, has been dabbling on the edge of homelessness. After moving out of the cottage on Cardena Road last February, Chapman headed to Terrace, BC, to visit family. He says health complications made him realize that Bowen was the right place for him to be. “This is where my network is,” he says. “I’ve been on Bowen since 1979 when I was 14 years old. Before coming back though, I did do a road trip across Canada. That made it clear to me that the housing problem is everywhere, I would rather stick with the community I know and try to come up with solutions that can work for us.” Since his return in July, Chapman has settled into life on his 23-foot day sailor, docked in the Bowen Island Marina. “I’ve got a cooler, a small wood-stove, a hot plate and I use the local public facilities, including the showers over at the Union Steamship laundry mat,” says Chapman. “My needs are pretty simple, I would be happy with a 300 square foot rental with cooking facilities and a washroom. But the options are severely limited.” Chapman says that he knows he is not the only one here on Bowen with housing that’s inadequate or unstable, but he wants to find out for sure. “I figure there’s probably a dozen people who are homeless on Bowen, maybe 20 more who are lacking stable housing,” says Chapman. “But I’d like to know for sure. I’m simply asking for age, housing situation, and gender.” Chapman adds that he does see hope in the fact that we are two years away from a federal election and one year away from municipal elections, so are more likely to see some action on the issue of housing. “I think we’re going to hear a lot about what’s being done,” he says. “But it’s important to scrutinize the talk by looking at what’s actually been done. Here on Bowen, there have been some really great solutions proposed, including Tim Wake’s Foxglove Housing plan, and Housing Bowen’s proposal to create rentals and low-barrier ownership based on the community land trust model.” To provide information on the Bowen Homelessness survey, write to housingbowen@gmail.com
Michael Chapman in the sailboat he calls home.
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Celebrating twists on tradition (and the remaining open to them!) Dear Editor, Living as we do at the end of a long driveway on a sparsely populated road, I have never had the pleasure of 300 plus children and their parents trouping by my door on Halloween. This year I got invited by my friends Mai & Gary who live on Melmore to help them hand out treats. They have a tradition of offering fresh cut fruit sprinkled with cinnamon and chocolate powder and stuck with toothpicks to make them easy to pick up. I was delighted to accept, and even more delighted at the reaction of the children and their parents as they walked up to our table by the road and called out “Trick or Treat!” We explained that we didn’t have anything for their treat bags, but they were welcome to have a fresh snack and eat it there. Most of them were only too happy to partake, and they said things like “Best snack ever!” and “Yum!” The parents were also invited to have a snack and were most appreciative. I’m so grateful to live in a place where it’s still okay to offer children food that doesn’t come out of a package and not be greeted with suspicion. On the contrary, the vast majority of people were so happy to see something that was fresh and healthy. And we got to have hundreds of short sweet visits with hundreds of short sweet people (and their parents). It was a win win win situation, and I’m already looking forward to Halloween next year in Deep Bay! Oh, and the fireworks were fabulous. Thanks firefighters! Shasta Martinuk
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Housing on the Happy Isle Dear Editor Thank you for the housing related stories in recent issues of The Undercurrent. I believe we need more projects like Wolfgang’s and Rondy’s and we need to support these projects, ensuring they benefit both the proponent and the community. It is vitally important that as neighbours and joint stewards of this beautiful island, we keep the conversation going about how we want housing to develop. I love having community conversations that are positive, thoughtfully critical, and solution focused - and we’ve had some great conversations through events I’ve hosted over the last year with the Bowen Housing Network and the Vancouver Design Nerds. If we want a diverse community on Bowen, we need diverse housing. Period. At present, the “market” is easily taking care of those who are fortunate enough to be able to afford single family houses. Those who are not being served need more options - we need permanently “affordable” (this is a loaded word, I know, but prices respectful of actual incomes people on Bowen make) homes for the people that make Bowen Island the wonderful, diverse place that it is. The effects (mental, emotional and physical) of a lack of secure housing cannot be underestimated. The strain of worrying about getting notice,
the time and energy hunting for the next rental, and the fear of having to leave the island if new housing can’t be secured, is a huge weight to carry. I believe it is limiting many of our neighbours from living full, enriching and rewarding lives. Through my work as an architect and (dare I say) housing advocate, I am working towards creating solutions for our current housing challenges. I believe we are reaching one of those times, when “the stars will align” and we will get that right mix of people with the skills and resources to make this happen, and the community and political will to support it. I am grateful to be part of a team actively working on such a proposal, including a non-profit organization formed specifically to serve our community housing needs. Our proposal will require input and support from you, my neighbours, if we are going to succeed in seeing anything built. I look forward to sharing it with you all and getting your input as the project takes shape in the coming months. Best regards, your neighbour, Robyn Fenton Architect AIBC ReForma Architecture Bowen Housing Network
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Thoughts on MOVEMBER ROB WYNEN COLUMNIST
I was killing some time recently on my lunch break walking along Lonsdale Ave past a “health” food store with a large poster on the front door advertising a book signing for: The effect of gender on your health. This is a topic that I have always found fascinating. However, this particular book was dedicated to women’s health, unsurprising considering that a gender and health book geared to men would sell about as many copies as a book dedicated to a historical perspective of the demise of the Wooly Mammoth (not many, I think). The topic of men’s health is simply not going to put food on the table for an author. The conversation is certainly needed but… it men, it seems, don’t have much interest in this conversation. A little extra wiggle room for this conversation grows, alongside mustaches, in the moth of November – otherwise known as MO-vember. Movember got it’s start in 2003 when a group of Australian men with an interest in bringing back the mustache started a friendly competition with 30 friends. The group decided to donate the proceeds from the competition to their local prostate cancer centre. Since then, the goal of the Movember organization has broadened from prostate cancer to men’s health in general, even talking about it! The statistics surrounding the health of men is not good. Men typically have a lifespan five years shorter than women and die at a higher rate than woman at every stage of their lives, even as infants. The reasons for this are multi-factorial and involve both physiological, behavioral, cultural and societal components. As a fitness and health care professional I have been shocked by the lack of attention men’s health issues have garnered. The lack of attention has come with many consequences, the examples are all around us: In the current opioid crisis, 83% of the victims are men,
many who have self-medicated themselves for pain relief. More than 75% of suicide victims are men, in fact in Canada 50 men a week will die from suicide, now the leading cause of death for middle aged men, ahead of car crashes. Men have less successful recoveries from almost all major diseases and are less likely to seek out treatment for health issues when they arise. Men suffer higher workplace injuries, traffic fatalities and even in times of war die at a rate 3 times that of women. To ignore this reality is to ignore a huge segment of our population, but it is sad to say that is what I believe many in our health care system have done. When I checked out the website for Movember it struck me how different a look and feel the site had to other health sites I frequently visit. The site captured my attention, whether it was the pictures of motor bikes or the very short pieces of information that were easy to digest, and I believer the website is a good example of the need to change messaging to fit the demographic we want to target. Comparing the need to check cholesterol to the need of checking your oil levels so your engine doesn’t seize up will get a lot more men interested in reducing their junk food intake than throwing a bunch of stats at them. Many men do treat their health similarly to how I deal with my motorbike: if there isn’t smoke billowing out the side of the engine we’re good to go. But this “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” mentality is probably not a good way to deal with our health. Proactively engaging men in health issues and getting away from the attitude that a “manly man” doesn’t fret about their health is a cultural concept that we still need to address. Maybe a man’s strength should not be related to the absence of disease but related to that of running a well-oiled high performing engine/body. I find much of our “medical speak” takes the tack of the former. Maybe a man’s body is not as strong as we make it out to be, the stats definitely don’t seem to indicate this. Having lived on Bowen now for several years I have always been impressed by the manner by which the community has taken up the cause of Movember. It is not a glamorous topic and most of the intended audience is largely disengaged from the subject but the need is definitely there. While talk may be cheap, talk is a precursor to action and as a community it is impressive how we have begun the conversation, and hopefully we can motivate the healthcare community to engage more as well. While the moustache is slowly coming back into fashion I am hopeful that what will also come into fashion is a heightened concern about the many preventable health issues that are needlessly and disproportionally taking far too many men.
Rob Wynen is a Health and Lifestyle consultant with a passion for policy issues relating to population and environmental health.
Red and white poppies to remember all those lost to war On Remembrance Day, consider the tragedy of war the universality of its impacts
ELLEN HAYAKAWA SUBMISSION
My grandfather’s youngest brother stood within 500 meters of the Hiroshima bomb and miraculously, survived. Their brother was a loyal American citizen. In other words, my American family dropped the bomb on their family in Japan. My parents and grandparents who were loyal first and second generation Canadians were wrongfully incarcerated by the Canadian government after Japan dropped the bomb on Pearl Harbour. My Aunt never quite got over her anger towards Japan for what they did at Pearl Harbour... I’ve had plenty of reasons to think about the impacts of war on my own family, and those of other families and nations. War has affected all of us, no one on this planet is excluded, even here on serene a peaceful Bowen Island. I invite you to think about how war has affected your family. For the last three years, a growing number of Canadians and people on Bowen have been wearing a white poppy. And many peo-
ple are wearing a red AND a white poppy, together. The two poppies represent two very complementary energies. The red poppy commemorates the deaths of Canadian military personnel in wars since 1914. The white poppy commemorates all victims of all wars including grandparents, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers and children. The white poppy also mourns the environmental devastation that war causes. The white poppy represents a commitment to ending war and living in peace on our planet. It’s a commitment to finding new ways to build a better world of peace here in our Bowen Island community, in our nation and in the world. Wearing a red poppy and a white poppy says, “Remember the fallen, including civilians, and work for peace.” White poppies are available by donation at the pharmacy. Each poppy costs $2 to produce, any donation greater than that helps provide white poppies free of charge to schools. For more information on the white poppies: http://www.peacepoppies.ca
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On the calendar FRIDAY NOVEMBER 3
Friday Night Dinner at the Legion 4 - 7:30. Members and guests welcome.
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 4
Wade Davis Talk: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters Presentation starts at 7pm, BICS Tickets online, at Pheonix or The Gallery
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 5 Parent and Tot Gym time 10am at BICS Gym
Launch of The Dancehall Tilts Tunstall Bay Clubhouse, 3:30pm Fall Supper hosted by the United Church At the Lodge By The Sea starts at 5pm and 7pm
MONDAY NOVEMBER 6
SKY will have exercise starting at 9:00, coffee at 9:45, a visit from BICS grade 6&7 students at 10:00, and yoga at 11:15. Family Play Night at BICS 5-6:30
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 8
Mindful Eating with Ellie McKay 7pm at BICS, presented by the Bowen Island Library
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 9
Strollers and Stories Meet at the Library, 11am. $250 drop-in fee
MONDAY NOVEMBER 6
Family Play Night at BICS 5-6:30
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 11
Remembrance Day Ceremony at the cenotaph after the 10:30 ferry leaves
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 12
Fix-it-Fair Collins Hall 1:30 - 3:30
Nov. 10, 12, 16, 17, 18
The Importance of Being Ernest play by Theatre On The Isle (TOTI) Tir-Na-Nog Theatre starts at 7:30pm, 2pm Matinee Tickets $20 at Pheonix, Gallery, Library
Mommy burn-out is a real thing
Lower your parenting stress in five steps JULIE HUGHES SUBMISSION
Being a mom to two young kids is the hardest thing I have ever done. I have had my share of “burnout” moments and they haven’t been pretty. So here is a simple list of five easy steps you can take right now if you are starting to feel overwhelmed with the responsibilities of parenting: 1 – Learn to Say No. As a social person I love to connect and make plans with others, as a woman with the tendency towards wanting to please I tend to over commit myself. A simple rule is to pause before saying yes and ask yourself this simple question: “Will this decision bring me joy and nourish my soul or will it continue to deplete me and take from my already limited reserves?” 2 – Take time away from your kids If you can take a whole night to yourself to rejuvenate and connect with your partner or friends, do it. But even a walk or a coffee with a friend can be beneficial. We are not meant to raise our kids alone and distance always makes the heart grow. 3 - Ask for help. This one is hard for me because I am usually the one people go to for help. It has also been ingrained in me from a young age that to be self sufficient and capable is more val-
ued in our culture than vulnerability and the ability to reach out for support. 4 – Take time to rest. Nap when the baby sleeps, go to bed early at least 1 night a week – that Netflix show can wait. My husband commutes and is up early, so mornings are a hectic time in my house with 2 kids on my own. Sleep is SO Important to our mental and emotional health. 5 – Accept yourself. Be OK with wherever you are at in life at the moment. If that means that your house is a mess, the dishes are pilling up and the dirty/ clean laundry is indistinguishable – just let it go. Don’t waste your energy on trying to be and do everything. Focus on self-care and taking care of your children and let the rest go. The model of parenting in our culture is a very isolating one. The expectations placed on parents these days are way too high. We need to be able to support each other and let go of the idea that having everything held together is any measure of success. By my standard being able to admit to the chaos and messiness of daily parenting while being honest and sincere is much more of an accurate measure in success in my books. Julie Hughes is a Registered Professional Counsellor with over 8 years experience working with individuals and couples. Julie works out of Birch Wellness in Artisan Square and you can book online with her at https://birchwellness.
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Halloween warm-up 2017
Bowen’s littlest trick or treaters enjoyed this year’s Halloween at Artisan Square. Left, little unicorns Cadence, Iona and Ruby. Bottom, Dacia (hot dog), held by her mom Angel (ketchup), greets Aubin Van Berkel (the cat).
There was no Halloween with Horses this year, so Trish Seaberly (bottom right) offered Halloween pony rides. Top, Chandy and three year-old Charlotte. Bottom, Charlie rides Little D. Meribeth Deen, photos
Een Amsterdammer is gestorven An Amsterdammer has died Sadly Hans Merkelbach quietly passed away in St. Paul’s palliative care on October 22. Hans was born in Amsterdam July 16, 1933. He is survived by his wife, Shannon Rondeau, sons Terry and Henry, his Dutch relatives, Puck Riedi and Astrid van der Werf Molling and a large extended family. His was a life well lived in the Netherlands, the BC Lower Mainland and on Bowen Island. While never straying far from his Dutch culture, on Bowen Island he found a community. Having always lived in a city his friends were surprised by how easily Hans adapted to Island Life. He loved his home at Hood Point West where in summer he would bask in the sunshine, in winter chop wood for the fire and in spring putter around the property. A rake was never far from his hands, a cherished cocker spaniel never far from his heels. Equally enjoyable was walking out his front door to join friends in a game of tennis on the nearby courts. Welcoming Hans and Shannon to Bowen Island 22 years ago was the Little Red Church where Hans sang in the choir. He also enjoyed singing with the “remarkable” Squires where, as a bonus, he made many lasting friendships. Hans was a life long student of politics, current events and the world of finance. He was also a veracious reader of non-fiction. This served him well as a trusted financial advisor. His Home Office looked out over the ocean, the soaring eagles, the marine life...all that he loved. A service for Hans will be held at the Bowen Island United Church on Saturday November 11th at 2 o’clock.
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Top left: Qurban makes a magical sugar skull. Top Right: Judd, Karen, Miranda, Leah and Heather (not in the photo) brought Wonderland to life in the loop. Left: Maya and her crew of veteran trick or treaters were helpful to the little ones on the loop,
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The West Vancouver/Sunshine Coast/Sea to Sky Country, Federal Green Party Association invites you to hear and meet our leader
‘Honestly I think it’s a miracle.’ Woman rescued after five hours in water
Elizabeth May
at the West Vancouver Library, Sunday, November 5, 2:30 - 3:30 pm The WV/SC/SSC, Federal Green Party Association, AGM starts at 1:30 until 2:30, same venue and anyone interested in joining the Green Party of Canada is welcome to attend the AGM.
Bowen Library will be closed Nov 6 through Dec 10 During our closure you can find e-books and other materials through our website, or you can borrow for free at any other Lower Mainland library. Thank you for your understanding while we make this important renovation to the library bowenlibrary.ca/news-events/renovation-2017/
The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in a Modern World A presentation by WADE DAVIS Photo by Xandra Uribe
Professor of Anthropology and the BC Leadership Chair in Cultures and Eco-systems at Risk. Named by the NGS as one of the Explorers for the Millennium.
Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017
BI Community School Doors open at 6:30 pm Presentation begins at 7 pm Tickets: $30 Available at: Gallery @ Artisan Square, BI Public Library, Phoenix; Online via PayPal: biac.ca/wade_davis.php Books by Wade Davis will be available for purchase.
Presented by the Bowen Island Arts Council and the Bowen Island Library in support of the Cove Commons Project.
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Members of West Vancouver’s Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue unit 1 say it was a “miracle” that a woman survived five hours in the water before being rescued Monday night. Crews from the Kitsilano Coast Guard Station, BC Ferries, a Royal Canadian Airforce Cormorant helicopter and the Coast Guard hovercraft from Lulu Island were called to the waters off Cape Roger Curtis on the southern tip of Bowen Island just before 6 p.m. when there was a report of a woman overboard from BC Ferries’ Queen of Cowichan. “The search commenced very quickly after that. We were on the water seven minutes later. It was a mayday call of course,” said Jane Maisonville-Phillips, RCMSAR 1 spokeswoman. For hours, rescue crews conducted an “expanding square search” of the area in calm but cold conditions. “The seas were calm and the moon was bright. It was a very good night for searching,” Maisonville-Phillips said. At 10:40 p.m. believing there was little chance of successfully saving the woman even if she was found, the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victoria stood down the search vessels, Maisonville-Phillips said. The West Vancouver volunteers were tasked with collecting the buoys and life rings deployed on the water as part of the search effort. When they went to collect one of their life rings, they were stunned to find the woman clinging to it.
She was sitting there with her arms crossed and waving at us. It was quite shocking because we had our brains turned off from search mode, “She was sitting there with her arms crossed and waving at us. It was quite shocking because we had our brains turned off from search mode,” said Robert Alexander, search technician. Alexander and a crewmate lifted the woman out of the water, wrapped her in thermal blankets and recalled the hovercraft, which has a makeshift hospital bed onboard and paramedic member of the crew. The water was only about 11 C at the time. Hypothermia would set in very quickly at that temperature. “Honestly, I think it’s a miracle. Five hours in the water. Most people would not have survived that,” Alexander said. “Even our most seasoned team member… was absolutely gob smacked that she was still alive.” Maisonville-Phillips agreed. “It’s unbelievable. It’s unprecedented. We couldn’t believe a person could be in that water for that period of time and still be conscious,” she said. “Which, statistically, is very shocking.” Alexander said he believes the woman saved herself by keeping her legs tucked underneath her and keeping her shoulders out of the water. That’s good advice for anyone who finds themselves overboard. “If you’re on the water, you have to remember that people are going to be out there looking for you. Make yourself as visible as possible,” he said. “Find a safe place. Try and find something to hang onto and try to maintain your body heat and wait for us to come and do our jobs.”
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Renters and hotels add voice to Vancouver’s Airbnb debate
The first night of public hearings on home-sharing rules in Vancouver heard from homeowners who said their space would not be turned into rental housing, even if it was taken out of the short-term rental market. The renters who spoke on the second night pointed to the commodification of housing as the culprit in Vancouver’s affordability problem. Vancouver Courier, photo
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The renters and home owners who spoke at Thursday’s public meeting might have had opposite points of view when it came to how to regulate Vancouver’s home-sharing economy but they all shared a common plea: help us afford to live in this city. “I do not accept responsibility for the housing crisis in Vancouver,” one home owner said. If her family is not able to rent out their garden suite on Airbnb to help pay the mortgage, they might have to leave the city. “It would probably be a crisis for my family.” One renter is in the midst of “selling off 15 years of her life” because she has to move into a motor home now that the house where she lives has been sold to a condo developer. “What about putting the people who live here first? Housing is treated like a commodity here, and until that changes there isn’t much hope for people like me.” Many of the representatives of the hotel industry took a middle path. In general they were not against people renting out suites in homes they occupy but said the city had to
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crack down on commercial operations and “Airbnb hotels” — buildings where every unit was being rented out on various home-sharing platforms. While their industry is doing well when it comes to filling rooms — the average occupancy rate is 80 per cent — the hotel managers also see the impact of high housing costs on staff who struggle to find affordable rents. Sascha Voth, the general manager of the Sheraton Wall Centre and chair of the Hotel Association of Vancouver, said he had 30 job vacancies that went unfilled this past summer. “We’re struggling to attract new talent because people can’t afford to live here.” The hotel owners’ primary concern, he said, is that “enforcement has teeth.” There were more than 120 speakers signed up for the two nights of public hearings at city hall, although many did not show up, especially as the hearings stretched into the night. (Thursday’s hearing ended at 11:15.) The city is proposing a licensing system that would allow people to rent out their principal residence but not secondary or basement suites or laneway houses. Its objective is that by taking these units out of the short-term rental supply, approximately 1,000 owners would make them available for long-term rentals.
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How do we begin? With your generosity, we already have. Powered by community donations, the Bowen Island Community Foundation granted $185,000 back to our Island home in 2017 alone. The Foundation’s largest grant to date was given to the Bowen Island Library Foundation tion to help build the Cove Commons; construction began on the West Side Children’s Children’ Park; the Bowen Island Community School was able to purchase a new screen and projector for the gym g so they can host community events, and plans are underway to build the Infant and Toddler Annex at The Bowen Children’s Centre, to name a few of the highlights from the past year. As well, this last year $5,000 was awarded in scholarships to Bowen students. These projects have truly had an impact on people of all ages in our community. Since its inception in 2002, donations from Bowen friends and neighbours have allowed the Community Foundation to support local causes and organizations through grants back to Bowen. We are grateful for what you have helped us accomplish, and we know that there is still much work to be done. With your continued support, we can invest in initiatives that benefit children and youth, families and seniors; that care for those who are marginalized in our community, and that protect our natural environment. This giving season, we hope you will give back to Bowen through our annual campaign: “For Bowen, For Ever.” A contribution to our Community Impact Fund provides the most flexibility, enabling us to respond to community needs as priorities emerge. Our Helping Hand Fund provides emergency assistance to Islanders in crisis. A gift to one of our endowed funds generates earnings that are reinvested in our community year after year. As our funds continue to grow, so will our ability to provide support for community projects, large and small, that matter most to you. You can donate online at bowenfoundation.com or complete the form adjacent. Please say “Yes!” to the future of Bowen by sending in your contribution today. No gift is too small and tax receipts are issued for all donations over $20.00. With your help, we can ensure that Bowen continues to be a place that nurtures intergenerational connections for many years to come. If you have any questions, I would welcome the opportunity to hear from you. On behalf of the Foundation Board, I wish you and your loved ones a warm and peaceful holiday season. Thank you for considering a gift to your community.
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On Tuesday night, most speakers were home owners whose arguments largely adhered to two central themes: 1) renting out basement and secondary suites was the only thing keeping the mortgage wolves at bay and 2) the city was infringing on their ownership rights by limiting who they could rent to. Many said that either their suites were inappropriate for longterm rentals or they needed to keep them available for visiting friends and family. All were in favour of licensing and a three per cent tax. Home owners made much the same pitch at Thursday’s meeting but there was also more diversity in the range of speakers. “Airbnb is a cancer that’s destroying communities. Destroying families. Destroying lives,” Rohana Rezel told council. “It takes a special kind of sociopath to vote to legalize a company that’s wreaking such havoc in this city.” Questioning whether the city was being run by “a bunch of venal politicians” — with the exception of Green Party Counc. Adrienne Carr — Rezel said, “The reason we are in this mess is because we have allowed international money launderers and tax evaders to speculate on our housing market, with near complete impunity.” Housing had to be recognized as a human right, he added. The evening’s first speaker, Dr. Brock Smith of the University of Victoria, cautioned against making policy decisions with insufficient data. The assumption that 1,000 units would be added to the rental stock needs to be tested, he said, also highlighting the economic boom generated by home-sharing. “Belief is not evidence,” he said, “and currently there’s no evidence in how short-term rentals affect long-term rentals. We don’t know how it factors into selling prices or the hotel industry…. While I applaud your efforts, much of the motivation is to protect long-term rentals and I’d hope research would be conducted to see if the bylaw did what it expected.” Renter Trevor Loke recommended that instead of penalizing homeowners who turn to short-term rentals to supplement their incomes, the city should be rewarding owners who create new long-term rentals by giving them property tax rebates. John Green said he is spearheading a project to add 150 rental units to Vancouver housing stock and is “acutely aware” of the housing crisis.
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Let Wade Davis take introduce you to the cultures our world’s threatened cultures MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
Bowen Islander, anthropologist, author and Explorer in Residence at the National Geographic Society will be showing more than 180 slides from his travel around the globe at the BICS gym on Saturday evening. He assures us that the event, which is a fundraiser for the Bowen Island Library, will be much more than a slide-show. The talk Davis will give is called The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in a Modern World and is based on his Massey Lectures, presented in 2009, and the book created from them. The work delves into the importance of
culture and the critical need to sustain its diversity. Davis points to the fact that of the 6,000 languages currently in existence, less than half are being taught to children. “Every language is an old growth forest of the mind, a watershed of thought, an entire ecosystem of spiritual possibilities,” explained Davis in an interview with Alex Chadwick from NPR. The loss of this cultural diversity is not trivial either, he says, as it is culture that gives meaning to human lives. “Anthropology suggests that when peoples and cultures are squeezed, extreme ideologies sometimes emerge, inspired by strange and unexpected beliefs. Al Qaeda, the Maoists in Nepal, the Shining Path in Peru, the Khymer
Rouge of Pol Pot -- all of these malevolent groups have emerged out of chaotic conditions of disintegration and disenfranchisement that come about when disaffected populations are cast adrift from their foundations,” he says. Purchase tickets at the Library, Gallery or Phoenix. All proceeds go to the Cove Commons Project at the library. Doors open at BICS at 6:30pm.
RIGHT: Anthropologist and National Geographic Explorer in Residence, Wade Davis.
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Airbnb described as “Pandora’s Box” But, as an Airbnb host, he argued against disallowing homeowners like him from renting out space he keeps available for visiting family, or buying a $500,000 investment property to rent out so his sons can have “a foothold” in the city once they graduate from university. Several renters argued against viewpoints such as Green’s. David Chen said short-term rentals today are where the internet was in the 1980s — a seemingly good idea that opens up a Pandora’s box of societal ills and dangers. He urged council not to concentrate on the number of home owners who will not revert Airbnb suites to long-term rentals and instead focus on the number of home owners who will convert long-term rentals to Airbnb if it is no longer illegal to rent out a suite for less than one month, as the rules currently state. “My impression is that Airbnb has been destructive to the communities I live and work in,” said Quentin Wright, executive director of the Mole Hill Community Housing Society. With more than 2,000 Vancouver suites offered on Airbnb, “people just can’t find a place to live.” In the West End, “there’s a lot of pain right now,” he said, and he believes the proposed rules would add a lot of units to rental stock.
“I hope it’s your first step and you keep hammering away to this to add as many of these suites to the rental market.” “Turning houses into investments is displacing so many people,” said Wendy Peterson of the Downtown Eastside SRO Collaborative and the Vancouver Fairbnb coalition. She asked for tougher enforcement and penalties. To those home owners who said that the city shouldn’t be able to tell them how to use their properties, a few speakers noted that there are already rules — such as whether you could run a home business in a residential area — which are deemed best for the good of society as a whole. One Coal Harbour strata owner talked of how hard it was to shut down home-sharing units in his condo building. Finally, and through a lot of research, they were able to fine condo owners $500 every time their condo was rented out short-term. Three owners sold their units and a fourth reverted it to long-term rental. Three of the homeowners who spoke said they were part of a 30-person consultation group convened by the city. They all said that none of their comments or points of view were reflected in the staff report. Given the lateness of the hour, council ended Thursday’s public hearing without debating the policies. The bylaw will be on the table at a meeting in early November.
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go instantly to the processing plant. This means that any food stuffs left in containers does what comes naturally – begin to grow mold, especially in hot weather! But even worse, the food can develop invisible bacteria that grow along with the mold. Once the recycled materials get to the processing plant, they may be stored for a while longer. This gives the molds and bacteria lots of time to grow and develop. Processing the materials releases the mold and bacteria into the environment resulting in a potentially hazardous workplace for the people who handle these materials. Did you know that these plants can refuse any materials they deem too dirty? This
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Bowen Island Library launches “Junior Writers”
Max Wild and Sam Florin hold the book that contains their first published work, “Bones & Groans.” Find the anthology in the kids section of the Bowen Island Library. Meribeth Deen
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Members of the Bowen Island Junior Writer’s Club launched their debut anthology featuring Halloween inspired poems, short stories and illustrations, at the library last weekend.
The Club started as a fun way to get kids who are homeschooling more engaged with writing. Elle Wild, author of Strange Things Done (published in 2016) describes the Club as a mini “Dead Poets Society.” “We’ve had lessons where we’ve used games and flashcards to get the kids going with their stories,” she says. “But now they are just really
into it and write all the time. They even get together on Friday nights and design book covers.” In the lead-up to the creation of this anthology and with news that it would be available for check-out in the kids’ section, young author Sam Florin re-wrote his story entirely. “It was too scary,” he says. “My new story is about a pumpkin in search of a body. It works out well, because the pumpkin meets a skeleton in need of a head.” Max Wild says that in this anthology, he is simply an illustrator for the late Thomas Greystone. “Currently, the cover is being redesigned, as the paint we had sprayed it with turned out to be a little… off-putting,” says Wild. “We plan to have the new cover on and re-release the book in time for the library’s re-opening in December.” The Bowen Island Junior Writers are also hoping to expand their ranks. “Right now, we really don’t have the space to house a larger group, but that is likely to change once the library expansion is complete.” Be sure to check out Bones & Groans: Spooky Stories for Children by the Bowen Junior Writers Club, to be found on the shelves at the Bowen Island Library in December. Below is an excerpt:
Fright Night On a Hallowe’en night The sheep had a fright Something was out in the night Would it bite?
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On a Hallowe’en night A kid had a fright He was dressed up as Frankenstein, Trick -or-treating in the night He spied on a jeep Ten sheep piled in a heap All ten asleep! CRAZY SHEEP! On a Hallowe’en night A monster and ten sheep Made friends in the night A Hallowe’en dance, Danced by. . . “Sheep in a Heap” - Hannah Florendo, the author of this poem, has written five books so far. Four of them she wrote when she was ten, the other one she wrote when she was eight. This is the first that has been published. She loves to read graphic novels, comic books and novels. She lives with her family and two dogs on Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada.
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