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Bowen residents come to rescue of fellow islanders
BOWEN BEAT
Love Boat dance raises funds for children’s centre
HERITAGE WEEK
Bowen Heritage Commission members make trek to the historic Lieben lands
There were lots of smiling faces on the Bowen Guardian on Monday morning, when the water taxi from Bowen Island to Coal Harbour resumed its commuter service. Photo supplied Bas Brusche
Bowen water taxi back in business
Harbour Cruises will let Bowen Land and Sea Taxi pick up and drop off passengers at its Coal Harbour dock MARTHA PERKINS CONTRIBUTOR
The water taxi commuter service between Bowen Island and downtown Vancouver is back in business. Owner Mike Shannon was able to secure docking privileges at Harbour Cruises’ facilities in Coal Harbour. Starting Monday morning at 6:30, Bowen Land and Sea Taxi will be picking up passengers in Snug Cove and dropping them off
at the foot of Denman Street in Coal Harbour and doing the return trip in the afternoon. On Feb. 9, the Vancouver Park Board told Shannon he could no longer use the Harbour Green public dock near the convention centre. The park board said that an engineer had deemed it unsafe and that, as of his last run that afternoon, he’d have to find a new location. The decision left Shannon and his passengers scrambling.
He had to shut down the service for the week while he tried to find a space that suited his and his passengers’ needs. “It was a long week,” Shannon said Sunday morning. “I was chasing down lots of leads but finally something came through.” Shannon used to work in the boatyard business and has mutual friends with the people who run Harbour Cruises. “They were happy to help,” he says, adding that they have a backup location nearby. The dock is a brand-new replacement. Passengers will also appreciate that there is a covered waiting area for rainy day commutes. So far reaction has been positive, Shannon says.
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Meeting Calendar February 22, 2018 9:00am Snug Cove Improvements Working Group Meeting
February 26, 2018 9:30am
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Seeking Public Comment For DVP-10-2017 (Lots 1-5 Russell Lane) PROJECT DESCRIPTION: A Development Variance Permit application has been submitted for Lots 1-5 Russell Lane (shown on map) to reduce the setback to the road to 1.5 metres from 4.6 metres, to match the required minimum front yard setback for these lots.
Regular Council Meeting
Council will be meeting in a Committee of the Whole to review housing work to date for Bowen Island Municipality. The meeting is open to the public, and we encourage the community to attend in person or watch the live video stream. Thursday, March 1, 2018 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Municipal Hall 981 Artisan Lane Watch the live video stream: www.bowenislandmunicipality.ca/council-meetings (scroll down the page to “Committee of the Whole Meetings”)
February 26, 2018 7:00pm Advisory Planning Commission Meeting
February 27, 2018 7:00pm Transportation Advistory Committee Meeting All meetings are held in Council Chambers unless otherwise noted.
MORE INFORMATION AT MUNICIPAL HALL: The application 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 http://bowenislandmunicipality.ca/planning
YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELCOME: Written submissions may be delivered to Municipal Hall (contact information below): • In person • By mail • By fax • By email to bim@bimbc.ca Submissions may also be made to Mayor and Council at the meeting:
Correction re: compostable bin liners Last week in our “helpful tips for curbside garbage and organics pick-up” article we erroneously said that compostable plastic bags are not allowed. Metro Vancouver confirmed in 2017 that compostable plastic bin liners that are marked with the code ASTM D6400 are permitted in the organics bin.
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Howe Sound pollution tracker launched Scientists at DFO lab to ID ocean containments and impacts on marine life JANE SEYD CONTRIBUTOR
From the beach just outside the Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ lab in West Vancouver, the waters where Burrard Inlet meets Howe Sound sparkle in the sunlight. But the picture-perfect scene masks a less pristine reality. Not far from this site, at the entrance to Howe Sound, pollution in mussels measured by scientists with the Coastal Ocean Research Institute ranked second for dioxin and furan contamination and most contaminated for hydrocarbons out of 54 sites in coastal B.C. that they measured. That site also ranked fifth worst for mercury levels in and tenth worst for pharmaceuticals measured in sediment, as well as containing pesticides, lead and fire retardant chemicals. Closer to Bowen Island, a site off Little Popham Island ranked eight worst for a class of flame retardants and ninth worst for a type of chemical used as a stain repellant. Mussels there also ranked ninth worst for a type of chemical used in detergents and industrial processes and ninth worst for pesticides currently in use. But the waters off Burrard Inlet and Howe Sound aren’t unique. Of the 54 sites sampled by scientists, “Every site in B.C. was contaminated by a variety of different pollutants, including remote locations” said Peter Ross, vice-president of research and executive director of the Canadian Ocean Research Institute. Ross’s research team, which works under the Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Wise umbrella group, is now working in partnership with the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans and other groups including the port authority, regional Metro Vancouver
government and the Tsleil-Waututh Nation to more fully identify possible contaminants and their potential to impact the marine environment. Data from the first round of sampling has now been mapped and can be viewed on an interactive online map at pollutiontracker.org. On Monday, the federal government announced continued funding for the next phase of the $1.3-million project, which will further research contaminants in coastal waters, including micro plastics, and their impact on southern resident killer whales and other marine species. The announcement was made at the West Vancouver lab by West VancouverSunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country MP Pamela Goldsmith-Jones and Burnaby NorthSeymour MP Terry Beech, parliamentary secretary to the fisheries minister, along with Tsleil-Waututh Nation Chief Maureen Thomas. Thomas said it’s hard to believe looking at a beautiful scene in Burrard Inlet that there are “hurtful things in the water.” Thomas said her nation is keenly interested in finding out more about pollution in the inlet. “You think about all the industry along there. How much is too much?” she said. “How do you know that if you don’t know what harm its doing underneath?” Even a site off Bowen Island in Georgia Strait ranked seventh worst for levels of lead, as well as containing higher mercury, dioxin and furan levels than many of the 54 sites sampled. Ross, who has been studying marine pollutants for 30 years, said that’s not surprising. Some of the contaminants are coming from continuing industrial and household sources while in some cases substances being detected have been banned for decades but still persist in the environment.
West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country MP Pam Goldsmith-Jones (top) outside the federal research lab in West Vancouver with Burnaby North-Seymour MP Terry Beech, following the funding announcement. Photo Mike Wakefield, North Shore News. Interactive map showing some sample sites where pollution was tested around Howe Sound and Burrard Inlet. Graphic supplied
Those include various kinds of pesticides and flame-retardants which are either being phased out or have already been banned. Southern resident killer whales are “among the most PCB-contaminated marine mammals in the world,” said Ross, even though PCBs were banned in North America 40 years ago. That’s because those pollutants persist in the environment and bio-accumulate at higher levels in the food chain. In the case of many chemicals, “we really lack an understanding” of possible impacts, said Ross. “There is a bit of a big black box out there.” Tracing hydrocarbons from fossil fuels is one component of the research. Having a baseline of data is important because in the event of an oil spill, the fuel will leave a unique hydrocarbon “fingerprint,” said Ross. In the case of the Marathassa English Bay oil spill in 2015, scientists traced the oil all the way to a beach in Port Moody. Another important focus of the research is examining micro-plastics and their role in the marine environment. The ocean research institute published an earlier study showing there are about 3,200
plastic micro-particles per cubic metre of sea water in the Strait of Georgia. More recent research has shown zooplankton at the bottom of the food chain are mistaking the micro-plastics for food. “Where is it coming from? All of us,” said Ross. “Estimates are most Canadians use two to three times their own body weight in plastic every year.” Much of that is plastic packaging that breaks down to tiny particles. Some of it is fibre from clothing, ropes or nets. Ross’s research team is working with Metro Vancouver’s sewer treatment operators and with companies like Arc’teryx, Mountain Equipment Co-op, REI and Patagonia to see how much fibre from polyester clothing like fleece is washing into the environment in laundry and makes it through the water treatment process. Ross said having the scientific information on contaminants in the marine environment will be the start of “difficult conversations.” But he added those are preferable to “naively and blindly assuming everything’s going to be fine.”
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Sounds of of science In 2014, a Canadian Press reporter asked to interview a scientist about algae. A flurry of 110 emails fluttered between 16 government communications officers, illuminating nothing about algae but volumes about a bloated bureaucracy dedicated to providing relevant information purely as a last resort. But that culture of silence has been broken. Scientists recently examined the waters off Burrard Inlet and Howe Sound, revealing mercury, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, flame retardants and micro-plastics. And then they talked about their findings, explaining the extent of the pollution in our waters and the fact that those bodies of water aren’t unique. Research has shown about 3,200 plastic microparticles per cubic metre of sea water in the Strait of Georgia. It’s an environmental calamity that’s been easy to ignore because it’s so hard to notice; even zooplankton gobble up those tiny bits of plastic. But with information at our disposal, Canadians can finally have a fulsome debate on where our tax dollars should go and how our government policies should be crafted. We thank Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for lifting the cone of silence from science, while also hoping the $2.7 million announced Canada-wide toward research on pollution in the marine environment will be a beginning rather than an end. It’s one thing to talk about environmental disaster, it’s another thing to do something about it. We’re glad this information is in the public eye. Now it’s up to all of us not to blink.
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One of the first things I did when I got to Bowen Island? I picked up a copy of this paper.Inside were stories about a community, from updates on local events to news and culture — and a whole lot of in-between.It was pretty clear Bowen Island wasn’t just a beautiful spot to visit for the day, it was a great place to plant roots. Soon my husband, dog and I were going about five knots up the Strait of Georgia in our 21-foot tug-boat, heading towards our new home.So as you can imagine, I’m more than happy to be your new editor at the Bowen Island Undercurrent, starting mid-March. A
little about me? I was a reporter at The Vancouver Sun and I have my master’s degree in journalism from the University of B.C. And a year and a half into life on Bowen, I’m more smitten than ever with this island.t’s not just because of the endless trails for hiking and biking, or the many wonderful places to eat and shop. Nope. It’s you guys. I look forward to working with you and to hearing your feedback, comments, ideas, questions and more. Thank you! Chantal Eustace
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Cat headbands not cool at recycling centre A.A. Milne had the right of it when he said, “Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.” Spending time at the recycling depot, watching everyone as they come and go, has be an education in different organizational approaches taken to recycling and what it is like when things do get “all mixed up”. Everyone’s idea of sorting is different. Some families come into the depot with large plastic containers that are carefully labelled - tin cans, plastic bags, newspapers, etc. Others come in with giant green garbage bags or boxes filled with assorted materials. The carefully sorted bins usually result in a fast, efficient visit as recyclables are quickly deposited into their proper collection area. The green garbage bags and boxes result in a much a longer visit, as it takes time to sort the contents. Sometimes it can result in sorting the recyclables from the non-recyclables. There is an advantage to taking an organized approach to recycling. It means that there is less likelihood that items such as dirty diapers, cat ear headbands, used sharps, or egg cartons full of dryer fluff will end up being deposited in with other recycling. Unhappily, these are but a few of the items that staff have pulled out of the collection bins recently.
Innocuous recyclables like cat ear headbands and dryer fluff can potentially get mixed up with dirty diapers and syringes at the Bowen recycling depot. Photos supplied, Bowen Waste Service
At the Bowen Island Recycling Depot the contamination rates are between 1 to 2 per cent. That is good news! It is due, in part, to the good work being done by the many Bowen Island families who are taking an organized approach to recycling. Even so, staff are still finding contaminants in the bins on a daily basis. So why not help them out and make 2018 the year of organized, contaminant-free recycling. - Susan Redmond, Bowen Waste Service
Bowen resident Jane Ferguson’s long driveway was cleared by local Good Samaritan Mike Shannon. Photo supplied Jane Ferguson
Shannon a snow angel After the most recent snowfall, my entire driveway up my vast property was snowbound and impossible for even 4x4 vehicles. My kind-hearted neighbour, Mike Shannon, owner of the Bowen Island water taxi and Bowen’s only taxi service, plowed my entire road, (1,760 feet long) right up to my front door.
Mike did this on his own with his snow removal machine. Not an imaginable feat in the big city. This is the best example of Bowen Islanders helping each other. Thank you Mike, for your kindness in helping me. - Jane Ferguson, longtime Bowen Island resident
HERITAGE WEEK 2018
ICS youth curators dig into Bowen history Bowen Island has heritage sites and buildings that offer insight and education about our past that have “stood the test of time” and can still be enjoyed and utilized by all generations. The Bowen Island Museum and Archives and Bowen Heritage joined forces to work with youth curators at the Bowen Island Community School. At our first meeting the students indicated that the picnic grounds in Snug Cove, Davies Orchard, Collins Hall, the Catholic Church, the Legion and the library were treasured heritage sites that still existed. They were also able to point out many historic items that “stood the test of time” in their neighbourhoods, such as old tree forts, farm equipment, houses and big trees. It was inspirational to witness the enthu-
siasm of the students as they interpreted the heritage theme in preparation for their exhibit. This year the topics chosen include: the Dynamite Factory, Mines and Mining, Higgins Cabin, Davies Orchard, Farming and Logging and the use of Horses and Oxen, and “Pit Ponies” used in the mines. The Youth Curators’ exhibit honours our historic legacy and offers everyone a chance to explore and learn about Bowen’s special heritage spaces – those that stood the test of time and those that did not. It is our hope that the youth curators will inspire others to think carefully about the importance of saving our heritage. - Catherine Bayly, archivist, Bowen Island Museum and Archives
Bowen resident Jane Ferguson’s long driveway was cleared by local Good Samaritan Mike Shannon. Photo supplied Jane Ferguson
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Bowen affordable housing focus of new group
Meeting to introduce BIRCH to community scheduled for Saturday at Belterra MARCUS HONDRO CONTRIBUTOR
Bowen’s problems with affordable housing are chronic and well-documented and, despite the efforts of many over many years, a solution has not been found. A new advocacy group hopes to change that. This weekend a new group is being introduced to islanders, Bowen Island Resilient Community Housing, one that has tasked itself with helping to create more affordable housing on island. BIRCH will host its meeting at 2 p.m. on Saturday at the Belterra Common House. A communication release on their website (birchousing.org) notes that BIRCH’s purpose is “to develop and manage affordable housing on Bowen.” Architect Robyn Fenton is the acting executive director of the registered non-profit organization. From Richmond, B.C., Fenton has been living on Bowen for more than three years. She told the Undercurrent this week that she cared about affordable housing before coming here and her desire to be a part of creating an entity here like BIRCH is an extension of that. She added that affordable housing became an issue for her, too, when she first moved over. “I rented when I first arrived on Bowen,” she said. “And soon found out myself how difficult it was to find a rental, never mind an affordable/reasonably priced rental.”
She investigated housing on island and met Tim Wake, who has been involved with efforts to increase affordable housing here. Fenton heard from Wake and others, and did her own research, and learned about the work that has been done before and how badly affordable housing was needed here. She has her own architect company, ReForma Architecture, and has done what she called “minor renovation” work on homeless shelters for the Salvation Army, and has other experience, and felt she could contribute. That lead to her doing groundwork and forming BIRCH. Members of the volunteer board for BIRCH listed on the website include Wake along with the general manager of the Whistler Housing Authority, Marla Zucht, John Sorensen of Victoria Fine Homes in Victoria and Tom Matzen, an entrepreneur and speaker. The group doesn’t simply want to tell Bowen about who they are, Fenton says they hope also to hear from locals at the gathering. They plan on the event being an interactive one with islanders sharing what they feel a non-profit housing society should work to accomplish on Bowen Island. To that end, on Saturday Fenton and BIRCH will facilitate brain storming on potential projects, funding avenues and on what the role of BIRCH should be in the community, and on other issues. Fenton said the meeting is open to everyone with an interest in affordable housing.
We rushed you. Sorry about that. We were too excited to get your great, community-improving ideas. We get it: these things take time.
But we still have $35,000 to grant to projects that improve our community. We need two things from you (in addition to your great idea): a 500-word proposal and that you partner with (or just are) a charitable organization. The detailed application package is available on the Foundation’s website: bowenfoundation.com You might want to have a look at our 2017 Vital Conversations Report to see the issues that our community is interested in addressing.
**Deadline Extended** to March 14, 2018, at 11:59pm. All applicants must e-mail their proposal to: grants@bowenfoundation.com Successful applicants will be announced at the Bowen Island Community Foundation AGM on May 4, 2018.
Architect and Bowen resident Robyn Fenton is the acting executive director of the new non-profit organization, Bowen Island Resilient Community Housing. Photo supplied Lorraine Ashdown
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BOWEN BEAT Love Boat dance raises funds for Children’s Centre Bowen Children’s Centre raised more than $2,000 during its annual preschool fundraiser on Saturday evening at the Legion. What a great party it was – we danced the night away to the fabulous sounds of Black Molly. Thank-you to the BCC volunteers who made the evening possible from decorations to food and drinks and clean up. A huge thank-you to our safe ride home – Peter King who even in a snowstorm pulled it off! And to all of the Boweners who came out – thank you! Congrats to Jodi Simon who won the grand
prize - an overnight and breakfast at the Vancouver Coast Hotel. The Foxglove Fund (financial support for children to attend preschool) is generously supported by the Allan Family (Allan Financial) and managed by the Bowen Island Community Foundation. Even though you may not have had your dancing shoes on Saturday evening, you may still donate to the Foxglove Fund at bowenislandfoundation.com and send a child to preschool! - Ann Silberman, Bowen Children’s Centre
Black Molly performs at the fundraiser for Bowen Children’s Centre. Photo supplied Suzanne Williams
Bowen Children’s Centre parents Alexis Cooper, Christine Hardie and Jocelyn Huinink (top) join other revellers at the lively event. Nick and Nadine Mitchell (bottom) get in the spirit during Saturday night’s Love Boat dance fundraiser for Bowen Children’s Centre. Photos supplied
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New Bowen arts era begins at Cove Commons
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A new era has begun in the Bowen arts scene with the opening of the Gallery at the Cove Commons over the weekend. After nearly 31 years as an organization, the last 20 housed in the Gallery at Artisan Square, the Bowen Island Arts Council has moved to Snug Cove. The first uses of the new space came over the weekend when BIAC held a painting class and opened an exhibit of mini artworks. The Mini Gala exhibit continues throughout this week before ending with an art exhibit and fundraiser on Saturday. Still to come is the grand opening of the entire Cove
Commons, which includes the new space for the library along with the gallery, on April 8. The two entities are in separate structures but in a clever design there is a common area – the interior of that space not quite completed – which each has access to. The Cove Commons project adds some 2,800 square feet of new space to the nowhybrid site. The mini exhibit opened last Friday night and Ross Cone was the first to enter the new space to view artwork. Kathleen Ainscough also has the distinction of claiming a first. The exhibit continues all this week and an evening class Ainscough taught Saturday, Feb. 17, called Eat. Drink. Paint! was the first event to be held and completed in The Gallery at the Cove Commons. The artist and teacher used Paul Cezanne’s Le Vase Bleu for inspiration as she worked in the new environs with a
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group of 12 budding Maud Lewis and Bill Reids, each creating their own version of the Cezanne masterpiece. Eat. Drink. Paint! returns to the space May 19; Ainscough said she will have that class take inspiration from a Frida Kahlo piece. For the Mini Gala exhibit, which continues from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, 64 artists contributed an eight-by-eight canvas of original artwork (paintings, photographs, even 3D multimedia). Visitors can bid on the works. This historic first exhibit in the gallery space culminates this Saturday, Feb. 24 with the Curtain Up! art exhibit and fundraising event, with the doors opening at 6:30 p.m. and an auction beginning at 7:30 p.m. BIAC Exec Director Jacqueline Massey said unsold pieces will remain up for sale on Sunday. The auctioneer for this inaugural evening at the gallery is veteran impresario and actor (The View) David Cameron; musician and actor (The Importance of Being Earnest) Marc Gawthrup will be at the piano. Massey extended gratitude to Aubin and David van Berkel of Opus Framing for donating the 64 canvases and frames, and to the artists for their work. Creating the Cove Commons involved many. Bowen’s own James Tuer of JWT Architecture was the architect and he delivered an esthetically compelling-toview gallery that includes a vaulted ceiling and a beautifully designed fibreglass skylight that diffuses light and is situated such that it will cast no shadows. Tuer said much important early design work was done by retired architect,
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Robert (Bob) McGilvray, who worked pro bono. The project is being achieved by a team including project manager David Luksha of Z.E.I. Project Management and contractor Paul McGillivray. Tina Nielsen of the library noted that Luksha, a longtime fixture in Bowen’s fastpitch league, also worked pro bono, while Mr. McGillivray and crew brought the project in on time and, with help from Luksha, on budget. A section phase called of the project, The Plaza, will be realized once additional funding is completed. The Plaza will be a multi-functional outdoor town square/ public plaza that includes a courtyard and a garden. Events, such as public art showings and all manner of performances, and library programs, will be conducted in this outdoor space.
In related news, BIAC is on the hunt for volunteers to serve as Gallery Hosts. The host role includes promoting exhibits, administering art sales and greeting visitors at events. Details at biac.ca. The Gallery at the Cove Commons will also be used
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HERITAGE WEEK 2018
Bowen Heritage Commission treks to Lieben lands ALLIE DRAKE BOWEN HERITAGE COMMISSION
The Bowen Heritage Commission was established in 2016 under municipal designation. In these first years it is working to establish criteria for heritage value, and to involve community in a heritage vision for the island. On a sunny day last summer, members of the Heritage Commission and the Parks, Trails and Greenways Advisory Committee met for a walk through the Lieben lands. This is a lovely 10-acre property on the Eaglecliff side of the island, bequeathed to the Crown in 1977 upon the death of the owners, Einar and Muriel Neilson. There is little left to define the home and surroundings of this once famous artists’ colony, but many written memories, photographs and artifacts remain to tell a very unique Bowen story. Einar, born in Norway, later lived in Manitoba and worked at the Winnipeg Grain Exchange. He left and came to Bowen Island in 1941 in search of solitude, constructing his home of wooden beams and large windows looking out over Howe Sound. The interior was filled with his hand crafted furniture. He called it Leiben – “love.” His dream was that Lieben be a place for artists to meet to create and discourse, to live freely in the natural surroundings. Over time it became a centre of inspiration and stimulation for many famous Canadian writers, artists, musicians and intellectuals. Some of the well-known ones were Margaret Lawrence, Lemoine Fitzgerald, Alice Munro, Malcolm Lowry, Eric Nicol, Earle Birney, Watson Thompson, Lister Sinclair and Dorothy Livesay. As Muriel and Einar grew older, Lieben was abandoned and allowed to sink back slowly onto the forest floor. Today it is still possible to see some of the house stone foundations, the
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The home of Einar and Muriel Neilson on the Lieben property. Photo supplied Bowen Island Museum and Archives.
fallen chimney, rock walls and pathways, and to imagine the once vibrant community life. This year, the theme for National Heritage Week is Heritage Stands the Test of Time and, though Lieben is decidedly not a site that shows an enduring physical presence, its legacy certainly stands the test of time. It should be cherished for the historical record, for the memories it preserves of Bowen’s past and its importance for future generations.
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a new experience for us,
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and occasionally we face
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vous because we had not
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finalized the roof style(s)
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and configuration for the
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On the calendar THURSDAY, FEB. 22 Duplicate Bridge Bowen Court, 6:45-10 p.m. For info call Irene 604-947-2955 FRIDAY, FEB. 23 Library Storytime 10:30 a.m. FRIDAY, FEB. 23 Dinner at the Legion Event starts at 5:30 p.m. Dinner at 6:30 p.m., all welcome FRIDAY, FEB. 23 Shakespeare’s As You Like It directed by Graham Ritchie 7:15 p.m. Cates Hill Chapel Tickets at the library and Phoenix Books.
SUNDAY, FEB. 25 Community Meditation Circle 7:15 p.m. in the Seabreeze building above the barber shop MONDAY, FEB. 26 S.K.Y. Seniors Keeping Young Exercise at 9 a.m. followed by coffee. Yoga at 11 a.m. Bowen Court TUESDAY, FEB. 27 Bowen Island AA Collins Hall at 7:15 p.m. THURSDAY, MARCH 2 Duplicate Bridge Bowen Court 6:45-10 p.m. For info call Irene 604-947-2955
SATURDAY FEB 24 Shakespeare’s As You Like It directed by Graham Ritchie 7:15 p.m. Cates Hill Chapel Tickets at the library SATURDAY, FEB. 24 Curtain Up! Mini Gala exhibit and art auction fundraiser. The Gallery at the Cove Commons, 6:30 p.m. Tickets at Phoenix Books and online at biac.ca/mini-gala.php SUNDAY, FEB. 25 Parent & Tot Gym Time BICS gym at 10 a.m. $3 per child
Wednesday February 28 1-2:30pm
SUNDAY, FEB. 25 World music vocalist Tamar Ilana and her trans-Mediterranean ensemble Ventanas 7 p.m. at Tir-na-nog Theatre Tickets at Phoenix Books or ventanasmusic.com
FRIDAY, MARCH 2 Library Storytime 10:30 a.m. FRIDAY, MARCH 2 Dinner at the Legion Event starts at 5:30 p.m. Dinner at 6:30 p.m., all welcome FRIDAY, MARCH 2 Shakespeare’s As You Like It directed by Graham Ritchie 7:15 p.m. Cates Hill Chapel Tickets at the library
World music vocalist and dancer Tamar Ilana will bring her trans-Mediterranean ensemble Ventanas to Tir-na-nog Theatre on Feb. 25. The vibrant ensemble embraces the varied instrumental and melodic traditions of North Africa, the Balkans, Turkey and Spain to create fresh interpretations of classics and inspired original songs. Flamenco guitar, violin, darbuka, fretless bass and percussive flamenco footwork intertwine with surprising harmony, joy and yearning. Tickets: $20 advance, $25 at the door. Purchase in person at Phoenix on Bowen or online at ventanasmusic.com. Photo supplied
SATURDAY, MARCH 3 Eleanor Rosenberg & Karen Watson Painted Stories Exhibition Opening Reception The Gallery at the Cove Commons 6 p.m. Free SATURDAY, MARCH 3 Shakespeare’s As You Like It directed by Graham Ritchie 7:15 p.m. Cates Hill Chapel Tickets at the library and Phoenix Books
SATURDAY, MARCH 3 Tunstall Bay Jazz Tunstall Bay Clubhouse at 7:30 p.m. Tickets at the door, no minors SUNDAY, MARCH 4 Parent & Tot Gym Time BICS gym at 10 a.m. $3 per child
TUESDAY, MARCH 6 Bowen Island AA Collins Hall at 7:15 p.m. SATURDAY, MARCH 10 Bowen Island Community Choir presents the Coffee House 7 p.m. Cates Hill Chapel
SUNDAY, MARCH 4 Community Meditation Circle 7:15 p.m. in the Seabreeze building above the barber shop
LAST STAND: The Vanishing Caribou Rainforest
Join us for a film and conservation talk at Island Pacific School This film brings you to their home in the world’s largest remaining inland temperate rainforest, and shows critical human choices that will ultimately decide the fate of this stunning ecosystem.
READY, SET, LEARN Saturday, March 3 | Doors open 9:45 am Event time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am BOWEN ISLAND COMMUNITY SCHOOL
Then learn about the important conservation work happening in British Columbia to help caribou in a talk from Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Iniative’s Tim Burkhart.
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