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Vision for Community Lands
“Light Industrial,” housing and hospitality on the table for Lot 1
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MoeMakes reveals small secrets of baking empire
Yoga studio expands, Nature Encounter Tours becomes Squirrel
Deer remains found at CRC Conservation officer seeking information on investigation
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Angie McCullough and Connie Smudge having a blast at the Legion’s late night bingo.
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On the morning of November 14, Bowen Island residents called BC’s Conservation Officer Service after finding the remains of three deer on the roadside near Pebbly Beach on Cape Roger Curtis. Officer Clayton Debruin says the service is working in co-operation with the Bowen Island Municipality on its investigation, and both would like to urge anyone who might have any information on the incident to contact the Conservation Office Rapline (1-877-952-7277) or the
Municipality (947-4255). Debruin would also like to remind people that hunting on Bowen requires a liscence as well as a species license. Hunting is also subject to municipal bylaws that require hunting to be done with a longbow only, on private property with written permission of the property owner, and a permit for the use of longbows. “Those conditions are in place for public safety and proper wildlife management,” says Debruin. Improperly disposing of an animals remains, he adds, can cause a situation problematic to human health.
Shelter advocates seek municipal support MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
Two weeks following the opening of the library’s upper level to create a temporary extreme weather shelter for Bowen’s homeless, a group calling itself the Bowen Emergency Shelter Team (BEST) is hoping that the board of Collins Hall will offer the space up for a shelter after it was initially turned down. Members of the group says this location is a good start, but not ideal and they want council’s support in finding a better long-term solution. “We’ll go with Collins Hall for now if that works out, but we really need something in the Cove for the long-term,” says Aryana Rayne. “According to our research, most municipalities in British Columbia have emergency shelters. Grand Forks, a
community of roughly 4,000 people has one and is considering the creation of a year-round shelter, for example.” Rayne adds that there is still no formal outreach program. “The only person doing any kind of outreach is Michael Chapman,” she says. “We put a call out last week asking people to step forward and help - Michael said he would go out with anyone interested and help make introductions, but the only reply was one individual who offered to cook.” On Tuesday, Rayne met with the municipality’s Emergency Services Co-ordinator, Jennifer McGowan, to sort out what needs to be done in order to get a shelter funded by BC Housing. Members of BEST met the following morning to start crafting an emergency response plan. “If we do get Collins Hall is offered up as an extreme weath-
er shelter, we’re going to have to sort out a lot of details to get it running. We’ll need to know who is going to run it, set it up, do outreach - and we’re going to have to define extreme weather in order to access funding from BC Housing,” says Rayne. “What we do know, is that the cold weather will be back soon, and we’ve got a moral duty to get a shelter set up. From there, we can look to longer term solutions, including housing options for our most vulnerable residents.” S H E LT E R S A N D S M A L L C O M M U N I T I E S I N B C :
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Trail BC, Shelter open 24 hours just opened Merritt BC, Shelter open every night from Nov - April Salt Spring Island - Extreme Weather Shelter open every night, funded by BC Housing when the weather is “extreme” and by private donations on other nights.
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Meeting Calendar November 27, 2017 9:30 am Regular Council Meeting
November 27, 2017 11:30 am Public Hearing
November 28, 2017 7:15 pm Transportation Advisory Committee Meeting
November 29, 2017 7:00 pm Finance Advisory Committee Meeting All meetings are held in Council Chambers unless otherwise noted.
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Notice of Public Hearing
7:00 PM on Monday, December 4th, 2017 in Council Chambers Municipal Hall, 981 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island
11:30 AM on Monday, November 27th, 2017 in Council Chambers Municipal Hall, 981 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island
Bowen Island Municipality Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 439, 2017 Bowen Island Municipality Land Use Bylaw No. 57, 2002 Amendment Bylaw No. 440, 2017
Bowen Island Municipality Land Use Bylaw No. 57, 2002 Amendment Bylaw No. 438, 2017
GRAFTON LAKE LANDS Amendments to the Official Community Plan and the Land Use Bylaw are being considered by Bowen Island Council for a series of properties surrounding Grafton Lake in the centre of Bowen. Highlights of the proposed development include:
• Permit the development of up to 120 market dwelling units; • Provide 45 units of affordable housing, in a mixture of rental and home ownership dwellings; • Expand the site for the Orchard Recovery Centre, and allow Recovery Care Housing for up to 40 clients on their site; • Dedicate 91-hectares (227 acres) of land as a Nature Preserve; and • Provide land for a municipal water treatment plant to serve the Cove Bay Water System
An amendment to the Land Use Bylaw is being considered by Bowen Island Council for the municipally owned property known as Area 1 of Lot 2 (located at the corner of Bowen Island Trunk Road and Senior Road). This amendment would: • Allow greater residential development within the current allowable floor area of 2,500 square metres; • Remove the restriction on number of storeys, while retaining the existing height limit; • redraw the zone boundaries to match the current property boundaries; and • Reduce the required setback on Senior Road to match a recent Development Variance Permit.
Starting Monday November 27th, 2017, the proposed bylaw and background material may be viewed at Municipal Hall between 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday (excluding statutory holidays) or on the Municipal website at www.bimbc.ca/planning.
Council is also considering a recent amendment that would exclude parking areas from the Floor Space Ratio (FSR) calculation. These changes have required a second Public Hearing, to be held this November. Starting Monday November 20th, 2017, the proposed bylaw and background material may be viewed at Municipal Hall between 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday (excluding statutory holidays) or on the Municipal website at www.bimbc.ca/planning.
Written submissions may be delivered to Municipal Hall (contact information below):
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• In person • By mail • By fax • By email to bim@bimbc.ca Submissions may also be made to the Mayor and Council at the public hearing. To ensure a fair process, submissions cannot be accepted once the public hearing has ended.
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Penelope White holding the Remembrance Day wreath for the Unknown Soldier. photo submitted
An activist’s last wish EDITOR
Laurie Gourlay of Cedar, BC, spent decades on various environmental protection initiatives, and spent the past year pushing forward the dream of having Salish Sea protected by th UN as a World Heritage Site. Parks Canada is set to announce the Canadian sites on the list to be added
to the list for potential World Heritage Sites. Sadly, Gourlay passed away suddenly on November 14. His final wish was for people t sign the House of Commons Petition E-1269. This was Laurie’s final push to see his World Heritage Site application recognized and the link can be found by visiting: https://petitions. ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/ Details?Petition=e-1269
New Mannion Bay Regulations in effect
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2nd WAVE: enforcement
If you have a mooring buoy in Mannion Bay, you will be required to: Pay an annual fee of $240 to Bowen Island Municipality in one installment by the first day of the calendar year Ensure your vessel is safe, seaworthy and in compliance with the Licence of Occupation Ensure the use of your vessel complies with the Use of Beaches and Water Areas Bylaw No. 418, 2016, including the restrictions related to live-aboards and floating storage units
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Little things It’s dark and cold and wet, oh so wet, out there... the bright lights, the music and all lovely things in shop windows are meant to cheer us up. But it’s 2017 and we know the problems are big. Even right on our own doorstep there are people without a place to call home, without access to a nice warm bath, a roaring fire, a pot of soup on the stove and a cozy bed to warm up in. We don’t even have an emergency cold weather shelter, and even if we did it would be inadequate the moment the temperature rose to six degrees and wet (or whatever temperature we deem to count as “emergency-worthy”). The problem is big, and when we start to think about it, the solutions are even bigger. They are long-term and complicated, requiring fundraising, political will, societal shifts... and while we’re planning it all we just get overwhelmed. Instead of calling it quits how about this: keep chipping away at the big picture, and find the little things you can do to brighten things up in the meantime: the change that goes into the donation pot, the last minute quiche you can throw together to help warm a belly, the fundraiser you can help clean-up at. So if you’re going to buy, buy local, but remember this is the season of giving not buying, and enjoy the lovely letter below. -- the editor ps: write me a letter
Non-Toxic Living: Three ways to quit keeping up with the Joneses JOANNA RUNCIMAN SQUAMISH CHIEF
Mahatma Gandhi said: “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs but not every man’s greed.” Conspicuous consumerism is rife today. Cast your mind back a little over a year, to the scenes of people queuing up for the last “latest” Apple iPhone. It was chaotic, all for a phone — not a queue for food or medical care but a line up for a mobile phone. I would hazard a guess most people in the queue already had a working mobile phone. That must-have phone is old news now, as this week sees the launch of the latest mobile phone. We’re no longer on numbers; it’s letters now. Do please keep up! Perhaps in 12 months time, the hamster wheel of technology will have new rich pickings for those who want to be on trend? New skis or snowboards, the must-have style of jeans or shoes, the on-trend fashions, “the latest” cocktail and restaurant trends. How exhausting to even think of keeping up, let alone achieve it. I’ve just read a fascinating book by Meik Wiking called The Little Book of Lykke, the Danish search for the World’s happiest people. Find a copy at Armchair Books. Wiking discusses, in chapter four on “Money,” the concept of two worlds: one where you make $50,000 a year and everyone else makes $25,000. In the second world you make $100,000 per year and everyone else makes $200,000. Prices are constant and a cup of coffee, for example,
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will cost the same in each world. You choose which world you want to live in. Usually, Wiking says, over 50 per cent of the audiences choose to live in the first world. Yes, you read that right. Apparently this is due to us caring, quite a bit so it would seem, about our position in the social hierarchy. I thought I had read it wrong initially as (to me at least) it seemed obvious that living in the second world would be considerably more advantageous. One hundred thousand dollars a year, thank you very much. Who cares whether someone has more? There will always be folks with more. The consumerism arms race is never ending, and seems like such a waste of time; the ultimate hamster wheel. Social media hasn’t helped, nor has email, as we now have these offers and temptations thrown at us all day long on our out-of-date phones! There’s a lot to be said for not having notifications on your phone when wishing to ignore the Jones. Remember “unsubscribe” and “unfollow” are your friends. Unplug. Leave the “attention economy” behind. There’s a reason companies want you to stay logged in and why they so kindly store your credit card details; it
makes it easier to buy stuff with just the press of a button or an innocuous swipe! Limiting apps on your phone, having a clear home screen and consciously reducing time on social media is becoming popular — now those are trends I will happily follow. I cleared my phone 18 months ago and I just love it, I choose when to connect. We’re actually very productive when only checking email at set times, rather than constantly being notified, which equates to being constantly interrupted, if we’re really honest. Give “twice a day email” a go, you may discover newfound focus? Here are three ways to ignore the proverbial Jones: Limit time on social media and on your phone. Choose one. If you’re a
fan of Facebook, fine, but do you really need Instagram and Snapchat too? Buy quality over quantity. Not only is this environmentally sounder, it’s actually cheaper in the long run. Cost per wear, or cost per use, is a calculation worth using your phone’s calculator for. Spend time in nature. It’s a good leveler and brings you back to reality. Your dog, or your friend’s dog, doesn’t mind what sort of phone you have, or whether you have one at all! It’s worth getting out into the forest around us and getting a reality check. Being fully focused is relaxing, why not give it a go? Editor’s note: This letter first appeared in the Whistler Question on Oct. 30
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It took a village to make Earnest, thank you to all
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On the calendar Friday November 24
3pm – 6pm. Lantern Workshop create a one of a kind umbrella lantern to carry at Light UP Dinner at the Legion Doors open at 5:30, dinner starts at 6pm
Saturday November 25
11 am – 3pm Little Red Church Christmas Craft Fair at Collins Hall 1 pm – 2:50 pm Bowen Island Conservancy AGM “Our wild salmon”, presented by Bob Turner and Tim Pardee
Sunday November 26
12pm – 4pm Little Red Church Christmas Craft Fair at Collins Hall 11 am – 3pm Bowen Legion Christmas Craft Fair at the Legion.
Monday November 27
SKY will have exercise at 9:00, coffee at 9:45, author Pauline Le Bel talking about her book at 10:00, and Yoga at 11:00.
Tuesday November 27
The wonderful cast of TOTI’s production of The Importance of Being Earnest. From left: Ainsley Szewchuck, Sue Clarke, Frazer Elliott, Susanna Braund, Katalina Bernard, Graham Ritchie, Calder Stewart.
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Last weekend the curtains came down to raucous applause at the concluding performance of The Importance of Being Earnest - written by Oscar Wilde and expertly directed by Martin Clarke. A sold-out run with standing ovations in all six performances underpins the success of the latest of TOTI’s productions and can be attributed to the hard work and dedication of everyone involved. The fine Cast was made up of nine Bowen Islanders who transformed themselves from being our neighbours and friends, to the absorbing characters in the play. Kudos to Frazer Elliot, Calder Stewart, Ainsley Szewchuk, Katalina Bernard, Susan Clarke, Susanna Braund, Graham Ritchie, Michael Epp and Marc
Bowen Island Community Lunch at the Legion This week’s soups: Potato Leek and Ham and Pea $5 includes home made soup, bread, dessert, tea or coffee Adults only. Please join us! Starting at 11:30
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Gawthrop for making us believe. The stage and set design was magnificent, in no small thanks to Maureen Sawasy as Stage Manager, Judi Gedye as Props Master, Shirley Wrinch & Nadyne Hindle for such gorgeous costumes, Jonathan Ritchie for sound, and finally to the creative Set Design and Construction team of Michael Epp and Ian Davidson. Promotion and ticket sales was skilfully executed by the Publicity team of Jacqueline Massey, Tina Nielsen and Kate Coffey. Frazer Elliot designed and printed the superb Program. Appreciation too to Barbara Wiltshire at Bowen’s Forum and Meribeth Deen at the Undercurrent for their support.
Thank you as well to The Bowen Island Pub for the food! And last but not least, much thanks to Quinn Buchanan at Phoenix Books for much of the brisk ticket sales, to Jack and Julie Headley for making the Tir na nOg Theatre available to us and to the Bowen Island Arts Council for sponsorship of the ever-important insurance. My oh my, it really does take a village, doesn’t it? More theatre is on the way. Please watch out for Graham Ritchie’s upcoming production of All’s Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare. Sincerely, Martin Clarke
Positively Fit Turns 20! MARY LETSON SUBMISSION
Sometimes the most rewarding life decisions are less about precision and planning and more about a multitude of moving parts miraculously aligning and creating an opportunity. All you need to do is see it, and have the courage to jump on it. That was how Positively Fit began 20 years ago. I had just quit a soul destroying, full time job in the city and I was juggling numerous part time jobs to make ends meet. The one and only personal trainer on Bowen Island was moving away, and Bowen Island Community Recreation was looking to fill the position. Although leading group fitness classes had been a part time passion for me since 1984, I had never considered fitness coaching as a career. With pencil and paper I brainstormed how I could make a go of personal training while keeping my other part time jobs. Five years later Positively Fit was a full time endeavour, and in 2006 after a year of planning and permit applications we built Positively Fit’s home in our backyard on Miller Road. Despite the global financial crisis and a serious health issue forcing me to step back from day to day operations for a year, Positively Fit continued to thrive. Our award winning fitness services and community events have changed Bowen Islander’s lives for 20 years. I am bursting with gratitude for the extraordinary team of trainers – both past and present – that have delivered outstanding coaching that defines Positively Fit’s success. That gratitude extends to our amazing clients and Studio members, you are the reason we are celebrating a big Birthday and I am ever so grateful! Join us on November 24th, 5 – 7pm. Refreshments served!
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6 pm Bowen Island ESS volunteer team meeting the BI Main Firehall (Grafton Rd) at 6pm. Contact ESS Director Carolyn McDonald at BowenESS@bimbc.ca
Friday, December 1
Family Place Festival of Trees Decorating Party at the USSC Lawn by the Marina, 3 - 4:30pm The Ladies Madrigal Singers Cates Hill Chapel, 7:30 pm
Saturday, December 2
Light Up Bowen, starts in Cates Village 6pm
Sunday, December 3
CSA Craft Fair at BICS 10am - 3pm
Saturday, December 9
Bowen Island Winter Market 10am - Noon, BICS Knick Knack Nook Kids Shopping Day For children ages 3 - 12. The Nook will be closed to adults ALL DAY Bowen Island Community Choir (BICC) winter concerts 2 & 7:30pm, Cates Hill Chapel
Sunday, December 10
West Coast Symphony Winter Concert 2pm in the BICS gym, admission by donation
Bring your lanterns, your festive spirit, your friends and family and your Santa-hats to Light Up Bowen on December 2. Above, Chad and Kieran sneak a peak at Santa at last year’s light up.
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“Take a Seat” another success at the Gallery
MARCUS HONDRO CONTRIBUTOR
TOP from left: Baiba Thomson, Greta Smith (co-curator), Aubin van Berckel and Betty Dhont (co-curator). BOTTOM: Vikki Michèle Freckelton painted this wildly colorful art-chair, part of the exhibit and fundraiser ‘Take Another Seat.’ Marcus Hondro, photo
The Bowen Island Arts Council hosted a gala and silent auction on Saturday, Nov. 18 at the Gallery at Artisan Square, part of the exhibit and fundraiser, ‘Take Another Seat.’ Fifty or so islanders munched on hors d’oeuvres and bid upon artchairs designed and painted by local artists. Thirty-nine artists had been given wooden chairs, in some cases stools, to do with as they pleased. Some painted extremely colorful patterns on their chair, others played less with color and more with creating a setting or mood. The results were compelling to view and the chairs made for unique seats.
Betty Dhont, co-curator of the first “Take a Seat” exhibit in 2012, said this latest show, which opened October 20th and closed Sunday, was again a huge success and almost every chair was bid upon and purchased. Coral Louie, Robbie Savoie, Paula Love, Marysia McGilvray, Gregg Simpson, Nicola Murray and VikkiMichele Freckelton all painted chairs for the exhibition. In a departure from the theme, Marie Neys painted the gallery’s small grand piano, turning it into what is surely one of the most striking pianos the world has seen. All funds raised will be going into the Cove Commons project’s the outdoor plaza and special equipment for th new gallery.
It’s a wrap at the Gallery...
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The Bowen Island Arts Council’s end-of-the year holiday season art exhibit and sale, “It’s A Wrap,” is coming up this week. Featuring unique art and handcrafted giftware, this popular show at the Gallery @ Artisan Square is a great opportunity to buy locally for holiday gift-giving, supporting the many fine artists and crafters on-island. The show runs Thursday November 23rd to Sunday, December 24th, with gallery hours Wednesday-Sunday 10am-4pm — plenty of open hours to snag the perfect gift for the art-lover in your life. Some examples of unique items submitted this year are tea towels featuring the art of Vanessa Hall-Patch, jewellery boxes showcasing local landscapes by Marie Neys, Janet Esseiva’s ode to last year’s snow-covered trees on Bowen and lovely ceramic pears handcrafted by Catherine Epps.
It’s also an important exhibit in the history of the Bowen Island Arts Council. This exhibit will be the last one in this space, making it truly “a wrap” for the Gallery @ Artisan Square, an arts space that has seen over two decades of fine art, music, performances, photography, book launches, spoken word nights, theatre, classes, workshops, and arts clubs, as well as community use of the space. Artistic partnerships have flourished, arts policy has been formed, and creativity has long been celebrated and supported by the island in this amazing space. Before the Bowen Island Arts Council moves into the brand new Gallery @ Cove Commons in the new year, join us at the reception on Friday December 1st, 7-9pm, to do some holiday shopping, share in some food and drink, and celebrate not only the holiday season but the Gallery @ Artisan Square and all it has been for the arts community, one last time.
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Bowen Island: year-over-year changes in detached-home real estate TIMOTHY RHODES CONTRIBUTOR
This snapshot of real estate yearover-year shows a definite cooling of Metro Vancouver’s over-heated detached-home market. Generally, across the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV). the median sales price is holding but flat, sales are sluggish, both dollar volume and sales volume are down almost 30%, and the number of new listings is down. Several areas in the REBGV, most notably Bowen Island, Squamish, the Sunshine Coast, and Whistler bucked the trend and showed MLS® Housing Price Index increases over 20 per cent. As an internationally recognized resort, Whistler has a level of built-in protection from market fluctuations. In the case of Bowen, the Sunshine Coast, and Squamish, growth can be attributed to buyers looking for alternatives to the
high real estate prices and traffic congestion of the Lower Mainland. However, in small communities the impact of just a few outlier sales can have a significant impact on the statistics; a factor which could account for some of the dramatic differences illustrated below. Notwithstanding this, the numbers do show that in most categories Bowen Island is up where the REBGV is up, and down where REBGV is down. There were 58 detached-home sales on Bowen Island from 1 November 2016 through 31 October 2017. For purposes of comparison with REBGV, the 12 vacant land properties sold over this period are not included in these statistics. Statistics are for closed sales of MLS® listed detached homes yearover-year unless noted otherwise.
DOLLAR VOLUME: DOWN 34 Bowen Island homes sold for less than $1 million and 24 sold for more than $1 million, with a total sales volume of $62,520,200, down 5 per cent. West Vancouver took the biggest hit over the last year with the dollar volume of closed sales down 47.6 per cent.
can be attributed to the backlog from 2009 which was sold prior to this year.
MEDIAN PRICE PER SQ. FT.: UP Properties between $800,000 and $1.4 million accounted for just over half of all sales and the median price paid per square foot was $494, up 17.1 per cent.
MLS® HOUSE PRICE INDEX: UP At 23.6 per cent, Bowen Island was one of 4 areas with increases over 20.0 per cent, second only to Squamish at 24.3 per cent, and ahead of the Sunshine Coast at 23.1 per cent and Whistler at 21.2 per cent.
SALES VOLUME: DOWN The number of sales on Bowen Island dropped 23.7 per cent, while sales across the REBGV jurisdiction dropped 29.3%. Given that new listings and dollar volume was relatively flat, the drop sales volume on Bowen
MEDIAN SALES PRICE: UP Bowen’s increase in median sales price, up 19.8% year over year (tied with New Westminster), was surpassed only by the Sunshine Coast at 23.6 per cent and Whistler at 24.7 per cent.
NEW LISTINGS: UP Bowen Island saw 91 new listings over the past year, up 1.1 per cent from the total for the previous year. Most areas in the REBGV were down.
REAL ESTATE PER CENT CHANGE - DETACHED HOMES: 1 November 2016 - 31 October 2017
SNAP SHOT OF ACTIVE LISTINGS BOWEN ISLAND 20 NOV 2017 Active Detached Housing Listings: 18 Active Listings Dollar Vol: $35,763,900 Median list price: $1,362,900 MLS® Housing Price Index: $958,900 Median No. of Days on Market: 78 Single Family Houses: 64 Houses with Acreage: 91 DAYS ON MARKET: DOWN The median number of days on the market for a home on Bowen was down by 15.2 per cent, although the median as of 20 November 2017 is 78 days, suggesting the quick sale is still relatively rare. In this market is questionable whether one can predict the future from the past. Bowen Island property has more than regained value lost after the 2009 slump, but it may be unrealistic to anticipate the rate of growth seen since 2014 to continue, especially given that ongoing changes to mortgage requirements, like the OSFI Stress Test coming on-stream in January of 2018, effectively reduce buying power for many. However, as density and congestion throughout the Lower Mainland escalates, the appeal Bowen Island as a place of respite, combined with its proximity and limited inventory, should help to safeguard the equity in property, if not its rate of growth. Data source: Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (http://www.rebgv.org). Data deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
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New mortgage rules may spur on family help, but could they deplete the nest egg? KIAH GRANT CONTRIBUTOR
There is the expectation by many experts that first-time homebuyers will be shuttered out of the housing market. The effect could be a reduced number of people to whom seniors can sell their homes to. As a result, industry analysts indicate new borrowing rules coming into effect on January 1, could give the reverse mortgage market an indirect boost. A reverse mortgage – a.k.a. CHIP mortgage - are available to people 55 or older. It’s a type of home loan for older home owners which requires no monthly mortgage payment while the homeowner retains ownership of their home. The purpose of the loan can be used for a purchase or a tax-free equity take out. These are attractive to older borrowers on a static income as the applicant doesn’t need to qualify. OSFI’s new lending rules are widely expected to affect first-time buyers more than any other buying group. The route to home ownership for
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them may be seeking assistance from family for a larger down payment to get to the price point they need. The trend of using a reverse mortgage in Greater Vancouver is already in play. However, the source of the down payment for the kids is as likely to come from the grandparents as it is to come from the parents. It’s a choice which grandparents make who want to see their grandkids get a head start on establishing a life in a competitive and pricey market. With older generations sitting on so much equity in their homes, it could be a smart way to unlock it to help the younger ones. On the other hand, the side effect could result in seniors being stuck in their homes by pulling out equity once earmarked for retirement rather than selling. There are market analysts who harbour doubts that seniors will be immune from any harmful effects the OSFI rule changes might have on the housing market. While first time buyers are expected to struggle with the new underwriting rules, there may be a domino effect. With a loss in buying power, sellers could have a harder time selling their homes.
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Various levels of government have talked about how real estate equity is a major component of seniors’ retirements. If there is a market adjustment capital depreciation is a realistic concern. A secondary effect of the new rules may result in erosion of future retirement funds. Parents and seniors need to be careful and consult with a Financial Planner. While the older generation wants to generously help the younger one, they may want to keep in mind that their asset may not continue to appreciate at the same rate that it has in the past. They need to keep an eye on the amount of capital they require for retirement. For the right individual however, a reverse mortgage could be a great way to keep home ownership in the family. Kiah Grant is a new Bowen Islander and an experienced mortgage broker with Verico Paragon Mortgage Inc. Call Kiah at 604-924-3700, e-mail at kiah.grant@telus.net, or online at kiahgrant.com.
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Bowen Island Yoga realizes a dream with expansion into Gallery space Supporters gather to celebrate business and book launch MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
In 2012, Chantal Russell and Saskia Tait were both new to Bowen Island. Russell was a relatively new mom (her son was one) and Saskia would soon become a mother. They were both dedicated yoga teachers and practitioners, and they happened to be neighbours. It didn’t take long for the two to become friends and start making plans. In June 2013, the two launched Bowen Island Yoga at Artisan Square. “We wanted to create more than just a yoga studio,” says Russell. “We wanted to create a gathering space where people could have meaningful conversations, where people could connect and find sanctuary.” The studio now hosts over 5 different styles of weekly yoga classes, workshops by local and guest teachers, immersions and training programs, and monthly Kirtans, a devotional kind of sing along. “We really had no idea how well this would be received, so it is really exciting to be growing, and moving into the space I had always envisioned for the studio.” That space is currently known as the Gallery at Artisan Square, which will be moving upon the completion of the Cove Commons project (the addition to the Bowen Island Library). Bowen Island Yoga also plans to take on a new name: The Well. Inspired to evoke a gathering place where people come to be nourished and tap into their depths, The
Well is also an acronym for what it means to be well. “The Well stands for what we believe to be the facets of a healthy life; wild, embodied, liberated living. Wild is to align with nature; to live in harmony with the seasons and the planet. Embodied is to love and care for our physical selves through yoga and good nutrition. Liberated, means to remember our “non” physical spiritual self through meditation and creativity, and our innate freedom to create the world we want to see. Living, refers to our relationships and community; how we bring our spiritual practice out into the world through the way we parent, show up in relationship, and find purpose through our work. To experience well being, we must nourish all of these life areas. It’s not just about drinking green juice and getting into fancy yoga poses.” shares Russell. For Russell, the growth of this business has also coincided with her own healing journey: while giving birth to her son in 2012, a lump appeared above her collar bone. Two weeks later, she was diagnosed with Hodgkins-lymphoma. The year that followed forced her on a quest to discover the true meaning of health and happiness. At Saturday evening’s open house and goodbye to the old yoga studio, Russell also informally launched the book that tells her story through and beyond cancer. Wildfire Within is available for purchase at Phoenix Books, Bowen Island Yoga, and on Amazon. As local yogis say goodbye to Bowen Island Yoga in its current form, they look forward to gathering at The Well, set to open in mid January 2018.
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 23 2017 • 11 THURSDAY NOVEMBER 23 2017 • 11 An excerpt from The Wildfire Within: The tantric yogis understood that there is a great pulsation at the heart of the Universe that creates the rhythm of life. This sacred throb or holy vibration is found throughout all of creation. In Sanskrit, they call it spanda, the recognition that everything in the Universe is vibrating and always pulsing between expansion and contraction. Through allurement, stars contract energy into their centre, then expand with light. The moon appears to wax and wane, ocean waves rise and fall with the ever-ebbing and flowing tides. Our heart beats, our lungs expand and contract with every breath; orgasms and childbirth are full of spanda. Everything is pulsating with this eternal breath of creation, the living heartbeat of the Universe. As a culture, we tend to favour the expansion part. We love the moreness of life, and are always seeking to grow. But we forget that we cannot experience expansion without seasons of contraction. We don’t value the necessary release process that must come before any further expansion. In fact, we put a lot of effort into avoiding contractions, or times of apparent loss and simplification. But if we are willing to really ride the wave, embrace the fullness of being human, and allow the necessary contractions of life to occur, then we open ourselves to the greater expansion that always, inevitably follows. If we resist the contractions, labour becomes painful and development is arrested as we fight against our own growth. We “fail to progress.” The more we can align with nature’s wild yet wise rhythms and waves of pulsing energy, the more we can harness the inherent power of the current, live with more ease and ow, and experience deeper wellbeing. For it is only in the descent, in the moving through the dark and deep mysterious phases of our soul’s journey, that we can truly rise up and come to know who we really are. It is only by giving way to the contractions, that we can truly expand. The full moon can only be made new again, by turning toward the dark. The Wildfire Within is available at Bowen Island Yoga, Pheonix on Bowen and Amazon.
RISING FROM THE ASHES Chantal Russell
Top left: Chantal Russell talks about her new book, The Wildfire Within. Top Right: Harmony Shire Davison and Maple Bottom Right: Jack Resels and Ellen Hayakawa Bottom Left: Leo and Darwyn Chan
Bowen Island Conservancy ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25TH 2017 BOWEN ISLAND COMMUNITY SCHOOL, MULTIPURPOSE ROOM
Agenda:
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Formal business meeting
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Coffee break
- 2:00 pm:
“Our wild salmon”, presented by Bob Turner and Tim Pardee
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Closing remarks
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In the kitchen with Maureen Sawasy Welcome to the season of over-indulgence. For those of us who like get creative in the kitchen, we will likely be spending more time there in the coming month. Maureen Sawasy is one of these Bowen Islanders. When she’s not being an administrative whiz at Island Pacific School or stage managing one of the local theatre productions, she can be found working away in her kitchen either to make pies and treats for her business, Moe Makes or food to share with family and friends. She let The Undercurrent in to her kitchen for a chat, but didn’t give away any secrets.
What’s your favourite kitchen utensil? (of all time, or maybe of the moment) My food processor is probably my all-time favourite because of it’s versatility. I also use it to make my pastry for pies which is a huge time saver when making 40 pumpkin pies for Thanksgiving. My favourite utensil of the moment is definitely my nutri-bullet. I use it to make everything from green smoothies and vegan pureed soups to my Saturday morning breakfast of a puffed apple pancake, which is sometimes called Dutch baby pancake. Sooooo good! What’s your comfort food? Really anything savoury. I love a good roast chicken with mashed potatoes, stuffing, brussel sprouts, true home cooking. I also love cheese and have this horrible guilty pleasure of using cream cheese as a dip for potato chips! Either flavoured cream cheese and plain chips or flavoured chips and plain cream cheese. It doesn’t matter, just the idea of fried potatoes and cheese….mmmmm… Mo, of MoeMakes, hanging out in her kitchen with her favourite utensil and cook book. Meribeth Deen, photo
If you could only have one cook book… Mark Bittman’s “How to bake Everything”. Maybe a baker shouldn’t admit to wanting
that book but I have a copy of his “How to Cook Everything” and it is so useful. He really is a valuable source in the culinary world. He has a recipe for everything and often two or three! He’ll have an ‘easy’ recipe then something more complex. I love using him as resource for when I want to be adventurous and have the time or for when I have a ½ hour to cook everything.
Who’s your biggest culinary influence, and what did they teach you? Definitely my Mom. Sounds hokey but it’s true! My Mom is a great cook and like her mother, always seemed to do it effortlessly in my eyes. Both my Mother and my Grandmother taught me to make pastry and the difference between dough for bread and the dough for pastry. As a kid I was fascinated by my Grandma in the kitchen and how she would whip up breakfast for 20, then lunch then dinner and it was all delicious! My Mother was the one that ‘found’ the chocolate chip cookie recipe almost 40 years ago that I still use today. When did you realize you loved to cook? When the aforementioned chocolate chip cookie recipe became the hit of the neighbourhood and my elementary school. I remember kids at school coming up to me and asking when my Mom was going to make cookies again. A lot of my school mates didn’t have Mom’s that baked, so home made cookies were hugely sought after. I soon startedmaking them with my Mom then on my own to keep my classmates happy. I think in some ways it sounds like a way to win over friends but ultimately it just made me happy to see them happy! continued p13
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Bowen forces dessert-maker to embrace veganism
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I love having customers come up to me or post on my FB page about how much they loved their MoeMakes treat or how their guests raved about the dessert. I like that people are just happy eating what I bake!
Tell me about a culinary challenge, and how you overcame it. Vegan has been challenging. The secret to my baking is really the butter. I use it in everything including pies! So searching for ideas and recipes was a challenge. My Mom found this old Betty Crocker recipe for a ‘snack cake’. She sent it to me telling me that she had made it for Dad and her and they loved it. It was very simple but instead of butter had vegetable oil. Yuck. So I swapped
it out for melted coconut oil and it has since become a hit of the summer markets!
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Bowen Island Winter Market 2017 Bowen Island Community School Sat. Dec. 9, 10 am - noon,
How has living on Bowen influenced your cooking? Living on Bowen has forced me to explore the vegan option. There a lot of gluten free folk as well and I have done some experiementing but my baking is truly traditional home baking so using wheat flour substitutes has not yet become part of my repertoire. Although the marshmallows I make are gluten free! MoeMakes will be at the Legion Christmas Market on Sunday Nov 26, from 11 -3pm.
Crafters, sauces, jams, preserves, food, fruit leather, kale, squash, Winter vegetables, baked goods, seeds, artisans and more! All ages welcome
Moe’s marshmallows (are a twist on the recipe below!) • • • • • •
3 packages unflavored gelatin 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar 1 cup light corn syrup 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting
Combine the gelatin and 1/2 cup of cold water in an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment and allow to sit while you make the syrup. Combine the sugar, corn syrup, salt, and 1/2 cup water in a small saucepan and cook over medium heat until the sugar dissolves. Raise the heat to high and cook until the syrup reaches 240 degrees on a candy thermometer. Remove from the heat. With the mixer on low speed, slowly pour the sugar syrup into the dissolved gelatin. Put the mixer on high
speed and whip until the mixture is very thick, about 15 minutes. Add the vanilla and mix thoroughly. With a sieve, generously dust an 8 by 12-inch nonmetal baking dish with confectioners’ sugar. Pour the marshmallow mixture into the pan, smooth the top, and dust with more confectioners’ sugar. Allow to stand uncovered overnight until it dries out. Turn the marshmallows onto a board and cut them in squares. Dust them with more confectioners’ sugar
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Light industrial, housing and tourist accommodation proposed for Lot #1 Mayor sees industrial zone as critical to island economy MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
Purchased from Metro Vancouver in 2005, the chunk of land known as Lot #1 has been re-imagined by the Mayor’s Standing Committee on Community Lands. Last week, councilors discussed whether housing and an industrial area should go together, and whether such a project should even be a pri-
ority with so many others in the works. Council voted to take the proposal one step forward by having it reviewed by the Islands Trust and nearby residents before refining the bylaw changes any further. Currently, the Official Community Plan (OCP) sees the land (which runs mostly along Mt Gardner Rd. across the street from the school, behind the gas station and approaching Killarney Lake) designated as R-Rural, which means it could be immediately divided into 10 acre lots with single family homes. The creation of a light industrial area on Bowen is a priority in the OCP. This also happens to a priority of Mayor Murray Skeels. “The only light industrial land we’ve got is where the Recycling Depot is, where the municipal works yard is behind the gas station, and where the building centre is. When the municipality acquired the land in 2005, people started getting serious about this idea, talking about creating an area like Function Junction in Whistler,” he says. “When the OCP was created in 2010, this is where the a light industrial area was envisioned.” Skeels adds that before the Municipality purchased this land from Metro Vancouver, he tried to buy it with this vision in mind. He called it, “Flat Iron Junction.”
Without this kind of space, we simply become a suburb of West Vancouver. -- Mayor Murray Skeels
TOP: The dirt road “that goes nowhere” across the street from BICS, and the beginning of Lot 1. BOTTOM: Lot 1 has been divided up into four areas. Map from the Staff Report on the proposed OCP amendments and rezoning.
“I was hesitant to put this proposal on the table as mayor for any perceived conflict of interest, but I am not in a stage of my life where I want to take a project like this on,” he says. “It’s just that an area like this is needed. It is no longer affordable to buy 5 or 10 acres of land and put your workshop on there, and with so many estate properties it would likely lead to neighbourly conflict if you did. Looking back, we’ve lost growing businesses on Bowen Island because there was no space where their operation could expand. Miller Mechanical was one, and I believe the brewery was another. Without this kind of space, we simply become a suburb of West Vancouver.”
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The light industrial zone (area 1) would stretch from the dirt “road that goes nowhere” (as the mayor called it at a previous meeting) to the gas station. The staff report on Lot 1 explains that this zone would be unlike any other currently existing on Bowen Island: The Light Industrial Area would permit the types of cottage and artisan industries now recognized in Village zones, as well as a broader spectrum on manufacturing, assembly, processing, repair and warehousing uses. This could include food production and processing. Additionally, the zone would permit indoor entertainment and recreational facility to cover the potential use of space for sports training or other uses. Retail and Office uses are also proposed. Area 2 would become a residential zone, permitting a maximum of 20 detached and attached housing units within the 1.88 hectares of land. Staff has recommended that the housing in this area conform with the OCP’s policy on affordable housing, meaning 15% of the gross floor area of a development. Area 3 would remain in the R-Rural zone, and area 4 (0.4 hectares) would be zoned for tourist/commercial and hospitality. Mayor Skeels says that he is confident that this project could be completed by the next election. “Anything that we’re not going to get done by then, we shouldn’t start,” he says. COMMENTS ON LOT 1:
PETER FRINTON (lives on neighbouring land to this lot): It would be very difficult to attain the stated goals of providing affordable housing and a financial return to the municipality on a difficult, more remote site The experience of Belterra was that even with attached condos, development costs were considerably higher than anticipated The picture has only gotten worse. The duplex initiative on Cates Hill bears that out the price points or cost-reduced housing simply do not provide affordability and return on investment. SUSAN SWIFT (lives at Belterra Co-Housing) Our business (Bowen Island Sea Kayaking), relies on tourism. Still, I feel like this plan prioritizes tourism over housing and while there are places for people to stay short-term on the island it is much more challenging to find housing for our staff. GARY ANDER (Councilor) How much time is this going to take up with staff? We have a lot of other issues that are a much higher demand than this right now. But I do suggest that we take a draft and put it to the public, and see what happens there. SUE ELLEN FAST (Councilor) One community need I think there is, is more trails. Through the Parks and Greenways Committee we’ve identified a loop, a two hour walk that starts over here at the mail boxes… it takes you HERE (on the map of Lot #1) past the best waterfalls on Bowen Island. It’s public land, and not identified as a valuable feature for the community.
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Entrepreneurs follow their passions MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
Two and a half years ago, Caro Johnson started working at the Nature Encounters Tour shop in the Cove. She’d never worked in retail before (her previous career was as an equestrian coach) but quickly proved herself to be a proficient sales person, and also very capable of keeping the store running when its owner, Carol Petersen, was away. Now, the shop is in transition as Carol hands her retail business over to Caro, who will make it her very own. Petersen says her retail business grew out of her travel business: Nature Encounters Tours specializes in tours to Africa, India and the Galapagos. She started with selling her photography, and then arts and crafts purchased from her trips at the summer market and the Pacific Arts Co-op. Twelve years ago, she opened up the store.
The past few years, though, have been very good, and I credit that to the work of Tourism Bowen Island. “Being in retail on Bowen has had its ups and downs,” she says. “2008 was really bad, and we’ve been slowly re-building since then. The past few years, though, have been very
good, and I credit that to the work of Tourism Bowen Island. Being supported by locals is great, but it’s really not enough.” Petersen has had five employees to help manage her business (including the shop, her tours and a bed and breakfast) at any given time, yet she has also taken on other work herself to help make ends meet. “You make a living however you can on Bowen, and it can be tough,” she says. “Last summer, I took a job working in a travel office three days a week because that’s what needed to be done.” Petersen says that since turning 60, she’s realized she wants to focus on what she’s really passionate about and that’s travel (she’s been to Africa more than 83 times). In the coming year, she plans to be away for roughly three months. “For 20 years now, I’ve been building relationships with people in India and Africa and trying to help them by the selling their work,” says Petersen. “So I will miss that part of having the store, but it is really time for me to focus on my passions by putting more energy into the travel side of my business. It is also time for Caro to focus on her passions, and she really has been very passionate about this store the whole time she’s worked here, which is why it has been so successful.” Johnson says that in her work at the Nature Encounters Tours store, she was always simply curious about the way things worked, and wanted to know the story behind everything. “I’ve always got a story about every item,” she says. “And I imagine it will be the same
Carol Petersen of Nature Encounters Tours and her former employee Caro Johnson. Caro says, “I would never have even entertained the idea of taking over this shop without all the support and encouragement that Carol has given me. Meribeth Deen, photo
when the store is made up of items I’ve stocked. My sister said, whatever you do, don’t open a gift shop! Well, that made me realize that I have got to be passionate about everything in the shop or I will be bored to tears. This means I will continue to support small African businesses through Carol, but also,
companies and artists that are local, sustainable and ethical. I want people to feel good about the purchases they make in my shop.” The shop officially changes hands on December 1. A new sign, and a new name, Squirrel (after Johnson’s nickname, Squirrel on Redbull) are coming too.
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