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BUILDING UP THE COVE FRONT: Bowen architect James Tuer poses outside of FIrst Credit Union, one
of three Snug Cove buildings he’s designed over the past few years. In the reflection behind Tuer is the peak of the new Bowen pub, another one of Tuer’s designs. The islander received the 2019 Wood Desgin Architect Award this week.
No matter where you live on Bowen, if you don’t know his name, you definitely know his work. James Tuer, architect of Cove Commons, the Bowen Island Pub, the First Credit Union-Ruddy Potato expansion and the Buddhist International Society Retreat (if you’ve circumnavigated Bowen you’ll have seen its swooping cedar outline) received the Wood Design Awards in B.C. 2019 Architect Award Monday evening. The award recognized his career portfolio of wooden buildings, many of them on Bowen, where Tuer’s lived since 2004. “The jury was impressed with the portfolio of wood buildings, both residential and nonresidential, that have inspired other designers to take advantage of BC’s extensive and beautiful wood resources,” read out presenter Hardy Wentzel, CEO of Structurlam, at the awards gala at the Vancouver Convention Centre. “I didn’t think I was going to get it, I’m a small firm and I’m doing smaller projects and the work is just so beautiful there,” said Tuer, who runs a one-man firm, JWT Architecture and Planning, based on the island. “The Wood Design Awards is really the preeminent design awards that we have in B.C. now,” said Tuer. “And there’s just so many people entering it. There’s such amazing work.” This is Tuer’s third Wood Design Award. He received the Western Red Cedar award in 2016 for his design of the Buddhist International Society retreat and the Interior Beauty of Wood in 2014 for his design of a Bowen home. A dozen other awards and accolades for the architect include 2015 Eco Designer of the Year for Western Living and the 2009 AIBC Emerging Firm Award. Tuer’s first professional award was in 2005, for another home on Bowen. It was an excellence in concrete design award at the now defunct Connies. But these days, Tuer’s focus is on wood and strategic use of concrete. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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Island Trust holds tense joint council meeting BRONWYN BEAIRSTO
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It was standing room only Monday night, when the Islands Trust executive committee and key staffers visited the island for a joint council meeting. The topic at the tip of Bowenites’ tongues was the $332,658 2019 tax levy from the Islands Trust, an increase of 13 per cent over last year. Pleas from six impassioned public commenters and 46 letters from islanders ranged from support for the trust, negotiating down Bowen’s contribution, to Bowen leaving the Trust entirely. Of officials, Islands Trust Chair Peter Luckham spoke first, noting that Bowen is a full member of the federation, with two representatives and full voting privileges. “None of us live here in isolation,” he said, highlighting the Trust’s mandate to “preserve and protect” the islands in the Salish Sea. “Bowen Island shares in the wealth of a protected islands Trust
area. We are proud of this and it is, got to try to mend it. And that’s honestly, what gets me up in the the first thing we have to do. And morning,” concluded Luckham. if we can’t do that, then we’ve Bowen mayor, Gary Ander, got to part company,” said Ander. spoke next, addressing the ele- “Which…hopefully we aren’t ever phant in the room. going to get there.” He said that Bowen councillor Bowen has many Michael Kaile read “[As with] any partners to which from a letter from a the island pays Bowener, urging the relationship, we’ve taxes. Islands Trust to exact got to try to fix it. “Unlike other less from the island. partners, we have “The Trust is like a We’ve got to try to nothing tangible parent whose children mend it. And that’s to show for our were well brought up,” increase, except he read. “They should the first thing we advocacy,” he said. be looking at easing have to do. And if we “which we appreback, realizing distant can’t do that, then ciate.” He noted oversight from Victoria for other services, is less needed as the we’ve got to part such as TransLink, local government has Bowen can see the matured.” company.” benefits, like a bus Councillor Maureen –Mayor Gary Ander service. Nicholson noted that “If we were not there’s nothing in to pay our [requisimotion at council at tion] this year, there would be zero the moment in terms of Bowen change to Bowen Island, sort of looking to split from the Trust and physically or something we could that changing the levy will be a put our hands on.” long term process and won’t be “[As with] any relationship, solved by lining up on one side or we’ve got to try to fix it. We’ve the other.
Islands Trust chief administrative officer, Russ Hotsenpiller ran through the Islands Trust’s functions. He clarified that Bowen’s requisition contributes to the Trust Council, Executive Committee, policies, provincial advocacy and cooperation, administrative support and functions and the Trust Conservancy Board, which acquires and manages land (Bowen has three nature reserves that come under the purview of the Islands Trust Conservancy). It does not go toward local trust committees, community land use planning, land use regulation and development management, services that other trust areas pay for. He said that the costs for those services are not factored into Bowen’s contribution. Claire Frater, director of Trust Area Services summarized some of the Trust’s advocacy, covering BC Ferries, groundwater, species at risk, Trans Mountain pipeline advocacy, anchorages, derelict and abandoned vessels and more locally, the threat of logging on Bowen’s Crown lands in 2017. Then came the crux of the pre-
sentation – the requisition. The Islands Trust director of administrative services, Julia Mobbs, explained that Bowen’s contribution to the Trust is on the one hand mandated in Section 47 of the Islands Trust Act, that the amount is to be “approportioned between the municipalities and the local trust areas on the basis of the converted value of land and improvements in the trust area.” The tax calculation, however, is codified in Islands Trust Policy 7.2.6, adopted in 2004. Due to recent requests from Bowen Island Trustees, Michael Kaile and Sue Ellen Fast (who is also on the Trust’s Executive Committee), the Trust’s Financial Planning Committee has asked Trust staff to review the policy with the concept of “fairness” in mind. The committee meets next in May. However, Hotsenpiller and Mobbs did say that islanders are paying the same tax rate as the rest of the Trust. Bowen has the second highest property values in the Trust area (after Salt Spring), which contributes to its levy.
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“Wood is beautiful and it’s cutting edge and it’s an advancing technology in B.C,” said Tuer. “The building code has really embraced wood all along but now [it] is really being designed around using wood for midrise and high rise projects as well.” “And then wood is the major export from B.C., so it’s a huge part of the economy,” he said. “So we really want architects in B.C. to use wood as their primary material.” “It’s also highly sustainable. It sequesters carbon,” Tuer noted. “[Carbon]’s getting stored in buildings…unless the building gets recycled or something. So it’s a great way to fight climate change as well.” Tuer said that a great deal of his focus is on sustainable architecture, in part an inheritance from his grad school days at the University of Oregon in the ’90s. “It was the birthplace of sustainable architecture,” he said. “A lot of the profs I had, their careers started in the ’60s in the ’70s, and it was all based around sustainability and green building practices.” “So when I approached my first projects, I didn’t really have to research sustainability or even think about it, it was just what I did.” The awards jury also noted Tuer’s sustainable slant, noting his use of passive heating and cooling. “Passive heating and cooling is using the sun and the
wind and the earth to shape the environment inside your building, rather than using electric heaters and gas heaters and gas boilers,” explained Tuer to the architecturally plebeian Undercurrent. “The sun’s a very powerful thing if you know how to harness its energy.” Tuer explained that use of south-facing windows and using the thermal mass of concrete to store heat are tricks of the sustainable architecture trade. But beyond sustainability, there’s also beauty and function. Tuer’s work in Snug Cove is a prime example. “The Bowen Pub …it’s really about the heart of the village,” said Tuer. Tuer’s signature cedar shingling and exposed beams feature heavily on the crossroads building but he also designed its surroundings. With his background in landscape architecture and inspired by his time living in Whistler and his experience drawing up the master plan for Sun Peaks ski resort, Tuer designed expansive covered walkways for the pub. “[Pedestrians], now they have this beautiful way of walking through the village under cover when the weather’s bad,” he explained. Tuer spent some time studying cove architecture for a cove master plan during Bob Turner’s tenure as mayor. Tuer said that the addition of the First Credit Union, Cove Commons and Pub buildings add a robust element to cove architecture.
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“Larger windows, a heavier structure, more durable, it just looks a bit more timeless and it looks like it’s been thought through more than some of the original buildings,” he said. “I don’t want to bash the original buildings because I think they’re really beautiful and quite pleasant. “It’s just when you start getting into design and you start taking it to the next level… you do raise the level of awareness for design.” As Tuer’s cove buildings settle into their landscapes, as if they’d always been there, he delights in seeing new cove developments, like the distillery. “It’s nice to see other people working in the cove,” he said. “Villages need lots of different flavors. They shouldn’t be just done by one hand.” “I’ve been very fortunate but probably fortunate enough.” As for the future, Tuer said he’s working on a once-ina-lifetime project, another house on the island, which he hopes will be on the cover of a magazine in the coming year. He also hopes inspire young people in wood design and architecture. To this end, Tuer has taught at UBC and University of Guelph, is often a guest critic for architectural students’ final reviews. “It’s great to see the young people getting inspired by what us older guys and gals are doing and to see that succession as well.” “At the end of the day, I want to make an impact. I want environments that people live in to be beautiful.”
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DEAR EDITOR: Thank you Bowen for supporting theatre on the island and dropping in on the sixth annual production of the Bowen Shakespeare Winter Festival. And for expressing your appreciation for the skill and enthusiasm of the sixteen-strong cast of this year’s Much Ado About Nothing. Thanks to stage manager Maureen Sawasy as always for running the performances and rehearsals. Thanks to the wondrous Shirley Wrinch for her awesome costumes and to Shirley and Nadine Hindle for tucking the actors into them. And thanks to Emily Angus for helping Shirley. Ian Davidson’s lighting and front-of-house skills were as fine-tuned and sure as ever. Trevor Tunnacliffe’s musical creations and performances were a marvel to behold. Tanya Voormeijde Zwart conjured up the poster and tickets with her usual creative serenity. Actor Frazer Elliott volunteers for everything including the design and production of the programs and, with the other actors, putting together and taking apart the stage and set. Pete Ryan of Ryan Metalworks continues to support the festival, this year creating scary-looking halberds for the Watchmen. Jon Ritchie produced the sound, Rosalind Leggatt made masks and Sue Ritchie produced intermission cookies in biblical proportions. Cates Hill Chapel provided its lovely space and furnishings with its usual encouragement and generosity, and thanks to Island Pacific School for the actor’s dressing-room. And many thanks to the volunteers and staff of the Bowen Island Public Library for their time and patience in handling ticket sales. For those of you in the audience who were seated behind the first couple of rows, there may be relief coming one fine day in the form of a space with seating that will allow everyone to have an unobstructed view. Thanks to efficient retractable raked seating technology, performance events would be one of the many possible uses of one part of the proposed island community centre, municipal hall complex. You’ll have a chance to vote on this proposal in the May referendum. Graham Ritchie
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Council plans could delay health centre DEAR EDITOR, We members of the Health Services Committee of the Bowen Island Health Centre Foundation would like to reach out to the community to encourage support for our project to establish a health centre here. Our committee’s role is to advise the foundation board about the health services that should be included in the new health centre and how to recruit them. The work of our committee began several years ago with the hard work of previous, as well as some of the current, committee members and has already included feedback from many individuals and community groups as well as from local healthcare providers. We know that there is support for the concept of a health centre that offers expanded medical and dental services on-island as well as preventative and rehabilitation programs by allied healthcare professionals working together in a team-based environment. Our goal is to reduce the number of times that we have to leave Bowen Island to access healthcare-related services, something that is important to all of us but especially to those with young children, those who are older and those who have health challenges. Our goal is to improve the health outcomes of our island. We had hoped to be able to soon progress to the work of recruiting
individuals (for example, another Family Physician) and healthcare programs (through collaboration with the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority). In order to do this we needed the assurance that we had a suitable Lot 3 location and facility plan to accommodate those services. We thought that we had that assurance, but recently learned that this may not be the case. If the decisions around the Lot 3 location and facility plan are to be revisited, we cannot in good faith start recruiting and this will likely set the project back at least another year, with no certainty that it will be able to go ahead . We ask the community to think about these concerns and please voice your support for what we believe is a project that will support the health and wellness of our community members closer to home. B.I. Heath Centre Foundation, Health Services Committee Dr. Ailve McNestry Dr. Susanne Schloegl Dr. Matt Blackwood Dr. Clive Jones Sandy Logan Sujata Connors Jen McGowan
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What will the firehall really cost? DEAR EDITOR: On a summer day, August 2017, when no doubt a goodly number of people were off island, a very important financial decision was put to a referendum. The turnout of 32 per cent of registered voters were in favour of borrowing a maximum of $3,000,000 to replace the main fire hall. As it turns out, this is for the structure only. This does not include the land cost and kitting out of the hall and firefighters. Currently our firefighting costs take up approximately eight per cent of BIM’s annual budget. Where this number will eventually end up is anyone’s guess. On the bare bones side of the ledger, we will be in debt for 30 years to pay this off. There is an outstanding example in North Vancouver of how public goods transactions like this can work in the public interest. North Vancouver is replacing their aging community centre. To help offset the $237 mil-
lion cost of the new state-of-the-art centre they are swapping the current site land for less valuable land across the street. The current site will be leased for $210 million. Why can’t BIM make a similar sound business decision? Can we not take the Miller Road site, a prime piece of real estate, and create a long term lease with a land use partner and use those funds to assist in building a new fire hall at an alternate site? In addition, a referendum is not a sound way to set public policy. We elect our councillors and mayor to make sound financial decisions on our behalf. It is my opinion this has not happened. I believe the vast majority of Bowen Islanders are in favour of the fire hall, but not at this site when a best-use, better financial option is available. Bob McKnight Bowen Island
Hollbrook is right Trust protection DEAR EDITOR: I’m in agreement with Adam Holbrook’s contention that we should be withholding funds to the Islands Trust until it is proven that we are getting value for the dollars that Bowen’s membership costs. Bowen’s membership cost is approximately $300,000 per year. And 71 per cent of the Trust’s budget is supposedly for local planning. The Islands trust admits that we get no local planning because the municipality does its own. They reason that, instead of returning $200,000 to us, these funds go to the nebulous area of “conservancy and other Islands Trust services.” This seems more like a rational than a reason. Now the Trust want to raise the overall membership fee by 13 per cent, bringing our annual bill up to one third of a million dollars. It seems to me that given the Island’s trust boasts a surplus of about $250,000, what is the additional 13 per cent for?... the creation of more programs and studies and naturally more staff? If there is no other benefit than to map eel grass and fly our representative over the islands, I think that same money could be well wasted locally. Think of the number of studies that could be commissioned and reports shelved and maybe even hire some more municipal staff for the purpose of policing more by-laws. When it comes to wasting taxpayers’ money, we should be thinking more locally! Richard Best
DEAR EDITOR, I write to express my concern about the current movement to remove Bowen Island from the Islands Trust. Proponents of this idea seem to be forgetting that our little island is a very, very small rock next to a continent. We on Bowen have many concerns that are unique to island life and shared only by our island siblings in the Salish Sea. Moreover, a significant proportion of our island’s economy is dependent upon attracting visitors to enjoy the natural beauty and recreational resources of our island home. The protection, planning and ecosystem mapping services offered by the Islands Trust were a bargain at four per cent of the property taxes collected in 2018, which was less than the Translink taxes. This year’s potential increase for growing some of the Trust’s Conservancy programs seems have prompted some to suggest we don’t need the Islands Trust now that we have our own municipal planning service. This is strangely short-sighted, ignoring as it does our dependence on the health of our Salish Sea for our own well-being. If money is the issue, then let’s negotiate. But let’s not isolate ourselves. Maintaining a political alliance with our island brethren “to preserve and protect the trust area and its unique amenities and environment for the benefit of residents of the trust area and of the province generally,” is a no-brainer to me. Emily Erickson McCullum
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DEAR EDITOR It was a very interesting meeting Monday with the representatives of the Islands Trust. It was wonderful to hear about their mandate, plans and programs. However, there seemed to be no interest whatsoever in investigating how the Bowen Island tithe can be reduced. I was interested in a couple of initiatives they are involved with: Advocacy – they purport to represent the islands on all preserve and protect areas. They also showed their carbon mapping program. I would like to see an Islands Trust Advocacy program tailored to BC Ferries to electrify its entire fleet for the shorter, protected water routes to reduce the carbon footprint to all of those islands served. Bowen has an extremely high carbon footprint because of the pollution of the ferry service. I mentioned this idea to councillor David Hocking who had a very favourable immediate reaction to the concept and I believe talked to Kate Emmings, Community Stewardship Award – Clare Frater mentioned this award. The Islands Trust website states: “Let’s celebrate our community champions who support the preservation and protection of the Islands Trust Area by nominating them.” I would ask council to nominate Bruce Russell, champion of the Friends of Manion Bay movement. No one has worked harder to bring Manion Bay back to a safe, swimmable, non-toxic harbour that can be enjoyed by visitors and island families alike. I applaud Islands Trustees, Sue Ellen Fast for her dedication to the island’s natural resources and her advocacy on our behalf to ensure we have an island we can all be proud of, and trustee Michael Kaile for his dedication to get Bowen a fair and equitable membership contribution for the Islands Trust and for overall fiscal responsibility. I do not believe we would have had such an informative meeting as was held in Council Chambers today without his presence at the Trust’s table. Murray Atherton
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DEAR EDITOR: I really appreciate you and Marcus coming to my home and seeing my collection of Bowen Island art. It is very important to me that the many artists whose work is represented in my collection of various mediums have recognition in the community, and your article did a lot to help me earn respect for those artists. We are blessed with such rich talent here on Bowen and we all appreciate their contribution to life on Bowen Island. It is a privilege for me to enjoy their work every day. I hope to have an Open House on a weekend sometime when the summer arrives. Again, many thanks to you and Marcus. Ian Henley
Undercurrent letter perpetuates a misconception of Trust DEAR EDITOR: I read the letter from Adam Holbrook in the February 28 edition of the Undercurrent. I believe his letter perpetuates a misconception about the Islands Trust and our membership in this federation of islands in the Salish Sea. Bowen Island opted to become a municipality in 1999. At that time, all those voting in the referendum were assured this choice would not affect Bowen Island’s membership in the Islands Trust federation. After becoming a municipality, as promised, Bowen Island remained within the Islands Trust and the legislation governing the Islands Trust, the Islands Trust Act, was amended to include “island municipalities.” This provincial legislation can only be changed by the provincial government. It cannot be changed by a vote of Bowen Island residents even if a majority opted to do so. The reason for this is very simple and is found in the section of the Islands Trust Act that states: “The object of the trust is to preserve and protect the trust area and its unique amenities and environment for the benefit of the residents of the trust area and of British Columbia generally, in cooperation with municipalities, regional districts, improvement districts, other persons and organizations and the government of British Columbia.” We who are lucky enough to live on Bowen Island and other islands in the Salish Sea who belong to the Islands Trust are stewards and caretakers of these lands – for all British Columbians to be able to enjoy. We are not just another municipality totally free to make choices as to what development may occur on these lands. As such, any decisions made by our local council must be considered in light of this mandate. Our island munic-
ipality benefits from this oversight by the Islands Trust, whether it is the approval required for any amendments to our Official Community Plan or for reviews and feedback on our bylaws. Belonging to a larger federation makes our voices much stronger when it comes to lobbying for things like money for derelict vessels cleanup, monitoring oil tankers, beach cleanup and environmental protection of our foreshore. As a single entity, with only a population of 3,800, the lone voice of Bowen Island Municipality does not have the same impact that the larger Islands Trust has when it comes to influencing either provincial or federal government decisions. We benefit greatly from the work of the Islands Trust in a number of areas. Our municipality has benefitted and continues to benefit from the mapping initiatives done by the Islands Trust, with the eel grass mapping project as an example. Again, as a small island municipality, we do not have the same resources to apply to these initiatives and to ensure that we have the necessary tools so that decisions on our island are made with full consideration of the environmental impact. A good example of the advocacy work done by the Islands Trust is the deferral of any logging on Gambier Island. It was the Islands Trust Council, along with the Gambier Conservancy, who lobbied hard to prevent this going ahead in an area of pristine natural beauty on Gambier. Bowen Island is still in danger of being logged and the stronger voice of the Islands Trust federation along with local groups wanting to remove us from any logging initiatives by the Province will, I hope, achieve our objective of being free of
the threat of commercial logging. We also benefit from our connection to the Islands Trust Fund, now the Islands Trust Conservancy (the ITC). Thanks to the ITC, Bowen Island now has access to the Natural Areas Protection Tax Exemption Program, a tool that is the envy of many small municipalities that wish to be able to ensure conservation of special areas held by private landowners. The ITC also provides our island with information about other covenanting processes and eco gifting to further protect special areas on our islands. The ITC owns the nature reserves on our island, including Fairy Fen, Singing Woods and David Otter Nature Reserves. Our own Bowen Island Conservancy manages these reserves with financial assistance provided by the ITC. In addition, our island benefits from being able to learn about new policies on the other islands, including information about well water, short-term rentals and affordable housing initiatives. Withholding our tax contributions to the Islands Trust, as suggested by Adam Holbrook, would be illegal. I am very grateful that our island has this oversight by the Islands Trust and I am also grateful that it is only provincially elected members of the legislature who have the ability to make the decision to remove us from this federation. I strongly believe that no provincial government will sacrifice our island to the whims of a few residents who fail to see the protections and benefits we receive by being a member of the Islands Trust. Nerys Poole Former BIM councillor and Islands Trustee, 2008 to 2011 Board member, Bowen Island Conservancy
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BOWEN’S DIARY BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
Islanders on vacation
Wishing this beautiful boy, wonderful young man and lifelong best friend a very happy 21st birthday on March 7. Love you Devon Thomson! –Jasmine, Katherine, Phil and the 4 legged crew
Birthdays in the coming week: March 9
Anton van Walraven Mimi Jones
March 10
Tamsin Miley Jude Neale
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Jeanie Seward-Magee Peter Parkin Larry Waldman
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Janet Esseiva David Hocking
The Pearces and Stevensons escaped the snow in favour of a Hawaiian Luau on Kauai. Pictured: Vivian Pearce and grand-friend Livea Stevenson. – Sheana Stevenson
My staff and families accepted my invitation to visit the Turks and Caicos Islands last week. – Jerry Kaehne
THINGS WE SAW AND LOVED
Hummingbirds: Emily fell in love with a hummingbird. Really. – David
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BOWEN BEAT Behind the ado
As the cast of island thespians prepared for their final show of Much Ado About nothing (and the lucky closing night audience waited in anticipation to learn the fates of Beatrice, Benedick, Hero, Claudio, Don Pedro and the scoundrels Don John and his men), their director snapped a few final shots. PHOTOS BY GRAHAM RITCHIE
Don Pedro, Claudio and Benedick (David Cameron, Frazer Elliott and Calder Stewart) scheming behind the scenes.
The women of Much Ado About Nothing line up for a quick pic.
Left: Watchmen, David McCullum, Leah Cline and Erin Little prepare to go on guard.
Sarah Cormier and Amanda Szabo get ready to do some matchmaking as Margaret and Leonata.
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Shakespearean rivals Claudio and Don John, rather Frazer Elliott and Adrian de Lidth de Jeude duke it out pre-play.
Left: John Parker, Adrian de Lidth de Jeude and Doug Elliott prepare to wreck havoc as the scoundrels of Much Ado About Nothing.
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One of Canada’s premiere drummers, and island resident, Buff Allen, sets up his Craviotto drumkit at the Bowen pub on Friday, March 1. The versatile Allen, who has played with a who’s who of Vancouver, and beyond, musicians, played jazz on the evening with Steve Fisk, John Stiver and Cindy Fairbank.
A COMMUNITY MEETING ON FINANCING THE TRANSITION TO A LOWER CARBON ECONOMY, MARCH 23
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Anthropogenic climate change – climate change due to the activities of humans - presents the greatest challenge of this century. Canada exports approximately $85 billion in value of crude oil, refined petroleum products and natural gas annually, and our economy is heavily dependent on the very resources that generate some of the most egregious greenhouse gas emissions. Canada has a higher rate of warming than most other regions of the world and consumption is an important part of the challenge - the oil and gas sector accounts for 26 per cent of total emissions nationally, followed closely by the transportation sector at 24 per cent. Climate change affects almost every aspect of our lives, from water supply and agriculture to security of our communities. Across B.C., average temperatures are increasing and extreme weather is becoming more frequent, with communities devastated by floods, forest fires and rising sea levels. There is broad consensus that financing the shift to a low carbon economy will require hundreds of millions of dollars in Canada alone for new technologies for clean energy, reduction of waste, and other strategies for reduction of emissions. Managing these risks is essential to protecting our health and well-being. While climate change mitigation and adaptation is much discussed in our community, one aspect, how to finance it, can be complex, and to some, incomprehensible. On Saturday March 23, researchers, performing artists and community members will come together on Bowen Island to discuss how to finance climate change adaptation and mitigation, and how to use the performing arts to foster public policy discussion. The community meeting’s format is five speakers plus a performance aspect and then an open exchange of ideas. Dr. Sally Aitken is a professor in the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences and the associate dean of research and innovation at UBC. She will talk about the capacity of trees to absorb carbon and the stresses and limits we may be placing on forests with current forest management practices and extreme weather events. She is currently researching the capacity of forest populations to adapt genetically to projected future climates and will discuss why trees alone will not solve our carbon problem. I am a professor of law at UBC and will be talking about the fiduciary obligations of corporate directors and officers, pension trustees and asset managers to address climate-related financial risk. Fiduciary duty requires that directors are undertaking efforts to identify risks to their business from climate change; that they have put appropriate strategies in place and that they are monitoring the actions of the individuals charged with the move to lower carbon use and best environmental practices. I will also discuss the recent national Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance and new ideas for financing the transition to a sustainable economy. Dr. Sumudu Atapattu of the University of Wisconsin Law School will speak on the issue of justice, climate finance and developing nations. Her research includes the phenomenon of “disappearing states,” climate change-induced human migration, examining how small island states, low-lying cities and poor and Indigenous communities will experience the adverse effects of climate change more than others. Climate finance must therefore take account of human rights in addressing climate change and developing new adaptation strategies. Professor Cheryl Wade, St. John’s University School of Law, New York, will provide insights into the challenges for tackling climate change, faced with a resistant Trump administration and the rise of a “post-racial America”. African American and Latinx communities are already disproportionately impacted by climate change and she will discuss how climate harm will be irreparable as a result of Americans’ unwillingness to engage in honest discourse about racism. The discussion will then shift to the potential of the performing arts to help our conversations about climate finance. Dr. Helen Eastman and Alex Silverman from Oxford UK will discuss use of the performing arts in communicating complex issues such as climate finance. They are the creative director and composer of the Foreclosure Follies, a Greek-chorus styled cabaret that grew out of a knowledge exchange with scholars, economists and others that examined fairness in financial markets and toured New York, London, Vancouver, Montreal and Athens. With the help of the Live Canon ensemble, they will give a “musical lecture” on climate finance. All are welcome to attend the community meeting, from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturday March 23, 2019 at Cates Hill Chapel.
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Police From the archives: March ’79, ’94, ’09 statistics CATHERINE BAYLY
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PAULO ARREAGA
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Bowen Island RCMP responded to 61 calls for service in the month of February. These are files of interest: • 1 impaired driving investigation • 5 road blocks • 1 utter threats • 2 missing persons investigations • 1 breach bail investigation • 5 cause disturbances reports • 6 suspicious person/vehicle/occurrence • 3 thefts • 2 thefts of auto • 1 assault Fabruary traffic stats not yet available. January saw 17 traffic violations issued. Bowen Island RCMP would like to remind everyone that u-turns are illegal on Bowen Island Trunk Road between Miller Road and Mt Gardner Rd. If you have anniversaries, birthdays, engagements, significant life events coming up, funny things you overheard on Bowen, send them in to Bowen’s diary! Editor@bowenislandundercurrent.com
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40 years ago - March 1979 “Editor, UNDERCURRENT I was, and I think many others were, browned off when we read the article in your paper about High School People. I would like to bring to your attention that it is not all of the high school people who caused the problem and that the men, if you could call them men, who operate the boat are not the best around. Would you be shocked if you heard one of the students had water dumped on him by a ferry person, or that if you walked off the ferry, which many of us do, you face the risk of having the rope thrown in your face. By the way, taking the ferry in the morning is no treat especially if you have to look at people like the crew members in the morning. A Student Hello, Highways, Hello Many thanks for the nice new road signs. After saying “That-a-way” for so long, now we can say - Oh! yes, Davies Road, just up to the Crossroad, and turn left twice”. Makes life easy. Sorry to mention it but: ‘Hummingbird’ is one word. ‘Langois’ is quite unheard of - perhaps should be Mt Gardner Road Where is the sign for Eaglecliff Boulevard?
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Local naturalist to lead late-night “hoot” Island naturalist, Sue Ellen Fast will lead an evening interpretive program. Discover how to call for owls, then take a magical forest walk along the dusky park trails to practice your new skill. Perhaps you will spot an owl searching forward tasty dinner of salamanders, deer mice or other creatures.
Softball season expected to attract 150 players The Men’s Bowen Island Softball League will see six teams. Play will begin in early May and continue the league championship in mid-July. The team will be attempting to unseat the defending league champions, the Steamers coached by Sean Davies while this year will see the retirement of Bill Taylor, coach of the fine Canadians team. Mixed slow pitch is hoping to field five teams. If you are new to the island or league play in Men’s league contact Rick Burrows or Terry Cotter The Bowen Arrows woman’s softball team will once again participate in a number of tournaments, the biggest being the National Slow Pitch held in Mission in early July, for more information call Sue Williams or Rena Goth.
10 years ago - March 2009 Council to get public information process underway. Differing visions expressed for Cape Roger Curtis lands. By Julie Andrés Cape Roger Curtis is a beacon of hope for many Bowen Islanders. Some hope that the Cape will remain in its pristine natural state,
it’s flora and fauna unaffected by the complexities inherent with development. Others hope that the diverse community of people can share the area with existing natural systems and that both can thrive there. These two sides of the Cape Roger Curtis coin were presented at Monday evening’s Committee of the Whole meeting at the municipal hall. Well over 100 people crammed council chambers, the foyer, hallways and stairs to take part as speakers, supporters of speakers or observers interested in the process. Mayor Bob Turner began by setting the tone of the meeting by asking people to “speak well and listen well”, to be respectful of one another and to be “thoughtful and creative.” With a few exceptions in the form of emotional outbursts, this tenor was held throughout the 4 1/2 hour gathering.
Bowen Shares – an exchange with children in Ghana Here in the heat of dry season in Ghana, the Bowen Island Christmas Craft Fair seems figuratively and literally a world away. But it’s not. Right now at the Royal Seed Orphanage outside Accra, money that was raised at the Bowen Craft Fair is being used to buy building materials and pay wages for carpenters and masons. The Royal Seed Orphanage is home for about 120 orphaned or abandoned children. These kids, from six weeks to 15 years old, are fed, clothed, housed and educated there. Naomi Amenya is the dynamic young Ghanaian Woman who started and runs the orphanage. She and her largely volunteer staff provide these children a safe caring environment and in education, hopefully enabling them to take the first got out of poverty. Jennifer Harrison, Accra, Ghana
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Inclusion strategist Alden Habacon presents to a room of more than 40 people at BICS Saturday.
We welcomed Alden Habacon, one of Canada’s leading diversity and inclusion strategists and facilitators, to Bowen Island March 2. Habacon offered a thought-provoking 90-minute workshop geared to helping participants explore ideas and understandings about inclusion literacy. Habacon shared relevant research, knowledge and experience in his animated presentation and involved the participants in discussions, audi-
ence polling and a lively question and answer period. The event was hosted by the BICS Diversity Group, composed of BICS educators and parents and guardians. Habacon graciously offered the workshop free of charge and was generous with his time, staying longer than expected and interacting with an interested and engaged group of participants. Just over 40 islanders attended the workshop, representing a wide cross section of the community, and many expressed keen interest in having Habacon return.
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THURSDAY MARCH 7
Friday Night live with the Snug Cove Blues Band Bowen Island Pub 7 p.m. Live music, dinner special, and no cover
Duplicate Bridge Bowen Court 6:45 - 10 p.m. Info call Irene 604-947-2955
FRIDAY MARCH 8
Storytime Library 10:30 a.m. Free dropin for 2-4 year olds Through the Looking Glass Tir-na-nOg Theatre 7 p.m. Island Discovery students present a one act version of Alice in Wonderland
FRIDAY MARCH 8
Dinner at the Legion Bowen Island Legion Doors at 5:30 Dinner at 6:30 Members and guests welcome
SATURDAY MARCH 9
Daddy & Me Drop In Family Place 9 -noon BREAKFAST & PLAY Join Qurban and Stewart for a morning of food and fun for your little one(s). Open to all parents, grandparents. and carers. Free. Seedy Saturday & Veggie Talk BICS multipurpose room 10 - 12:30 p.m. For more info contact BowenAgAlliance@gmail.com Free fun event!
Beyond the brush: Texture with Kathleen Ainscough BICS multipurpose room 9:30 - 2 pm Kathleen (see her work at kathleenainscough. com) takes you on a deep dive into creating texture to your artwork. Register at bowencommunityrecreation. com
Conservancy Talk: Marine Habitat Protection BICS multipurpose room 1 p.m. Devon Page, Executive Director of Ecojustice, will discuss Marine Habitat Protection. Admission is by donation. Please bring questions for Devon: all are welcome to attend (you don’t have to be a Conservancy member).
Singing Back the Light-a food bank benefit concert (SOLD OUT) Cates Hill Chapel 7:30 p.m A Bowen collaboration, conducted by Alison Nixon, featuring soloists Lynn EllisWilliams and Carlos VelaMartinez, narrator Martin Clarke, and a full chorus accompanied by Sheilagh Sparks on the piano, flautist Shasta Martinuk, and bassist Brian Hoover Advance Tix $20 at the Phoenix
David Graff album release Party Legion 8 p.m. Murfitt & Main warm up the evening at 8 pm. David and his band start at 9:30 p.m. A party and evening of music from David’s new album, ‘Supposed to Fly’. Tickets $15 at Phoenix Knacker’s Yard Bowen Island Pub 9 p.m. midnight Celebrate St Paddy’s Day early with authentic Celtic and English folk song. Guaranteed to get you on the dance floor! $10 cover at the door.
SUNDAY MARCH 10
Outdoor Meditation Circle Meet at the picnic tables at the entrance to Crippen Park 11 a.m. Open to everyone. Dress warmly. Tea will be served. No cost. More info: lisa.shatsky@gmail.com
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Former islander Bronwyn Churcher (centre) returns to Bowen Saturday, playing at the Bowen Island Pub with her band Knacker’s Yard for the second time. The traditional Celtic ballad band will be playing a pre-St. Patrick’s Day gig. Pub goers can expect a Celtic dance party, with high-energy folk songs. Churcher grew up on Bowen and taught at English and Social Studies at Island Pacific School for a couple of years before moving to Victoria.
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Jane Reid – Author Talk Bowen Library 2 p.m. Whistler author Jane Reid presents on her new book Freshly Picked: A Locavore’s Love Affair with BC’s Bounty. Free Through the Looking Glass
Tir-na-nOg Theatre 2 p.m. Island Discovery students present a one act version of Alice in Wonderland
MONDAY MARCH 11
Bowen Island Community Recreation Spring/Summer Brochure Arriving in your mailbox today, fun events and activities for every age! You can also check out what’s new at bowencommunityrecreation. com Seniors Keeping Young 1070 Miller Road Exercise at 9 a.m., coffee at 9:45, Guest speaker at 10 and yoga at 11:15. Yearly membership $20. Drop in $3
MONDAY MARCH 11
Regular Council Meeting BIM 6:15 p.m.
TUESDAY MARCH 12
Emergency Support Services meeting 7 p.m. “Meet every second Tuesday of the month. contact ESS Director to let us know you’re coming BowenESS@bimbc.ca.” Bowen Island AA Collins Hall 7:15 p.m. Eat, Drink, Write Gallery@Cove Commons Enjoy a hands on writing evening with local award winning author, Carol M. Cram $37.50 per person includes beverage and snacks. No experience required. Register bowencommunityrecreation. com
WED. MARCH 13 WorkBC Career Advisor Library Flex Room 2-5 p.m. Free drop in sessions every second Wednesday -receive resume, interview, career help. THURSDAY MARCH 14
Duplicate Bridge Bowen Court 6:45 - 10 p.m. Info call Irene 604-947-2955 The Doppelgang Cates Hill Chapel 6:30 pm. Collectively created by Jen Zdril and the Island Pacific Players. Tickets $15 at IPS, Phoenix, and at the door.
FRIDAY MARCH 15
Vinyl Social Swap Artisan Eats 6:30 - 10 pm Back by popular demand the 2nd edition of the Vinyl Social Swap. Free to drop in and shop! To reserve a table ($10) for your collection contact nicholas@sangredefruta.com -proceeds go to Bowen Island Community Foundation. Live DJ Dinner at the Legion Bowen Island Legion Doors at 5:30 Dinner at 6:30 Members and guests welcome The Doppelgang Cates Hill Chapel 6:30 pm. Collectively created by Jen Zdril and the Island Pacific Players. Tickets $15 at IPS, Phoenix, and at the door.
SATURDAY MARCH 16
The Naturals Bowen Isand Pub, Just in time for a St Paddy’s eve party, The Naturals, return to the pub $10 cover at door
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