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TOURISTS CAUGHT OFF-GUARD BY QUEEN OF CAP’S TLC EVENING

BRONWYN BEAIRSTO

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Keen-eyed Bowen Islanders noticed the Queen of Capilano steaming off into the sunset Saturday evening, deviating from its regular five-kilometre sea route. Of course, Cap was just headed off for scheduled maintenance April 17 but on a sunny spring evening, it left behind a Cove in some chaos.

Ferry delays earlier in the day

Earlier that day, at about 3 p.m., there was an impaired vehicle driver requiring medical assistance on the ferry, causing the boat to hold in dock. Paramedics had to medically clear the vehicle’s occupants and a tow truck had to remove the vehicle before the sailings could resume, which they did at 4 p.m. Bowen Islanders took to Facebook, voicing distress with delays.

Hundreds caught unaware

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BLIND CONTOURS HOMAGE SERIES: Marlene Lowden’s touring show opened atThe Hearth Gallery

April 15 and is on until May 3. Lowden is a West Coast-based abstract painter and alumni of Thrive Art Sudios, an international collective of women artists. “This series emerged from Marlene Lowden’s captivation with female Canadian artists, many of whom are significantly under-recognized in the Canadian art canon,” reads Lowden’s artist statement on the Hearth website. “Their contributions deserve to be celebrated as singular expressions of dedication, endurance, and rebelliousness.” “Lowden’s encounters with this work transformed her understanding of Canadian art history. Thus this series operates as an homage to those artists whose work was overlooked and turned aside, even as it helped to shape the Canadian aesthetic landscape we know today.” The Hearth is open Thursday to Monday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The pieces are also viewable at thehearthartsonbowen.ca.ca

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But it was the tourists who were left inconvenienced after the Queen of Capilano’s last sailing from Bowen Island at 6:15 p.m. Hundreds of tourists – unaware of the cancellations – were left stuck on the island, said Cpl. Adam Koehle of Bowen Island RCMP in an email. Cormorant Marine had been hired to provide water taxi service instead of the scheduled sailings (three Bowen to Horseshoe Bay sailings were cancelled) but were shuttling people back to the mainland well after 11 p.m. said Koehle. There was a line of well over a hundred people on the Government Dock waiting for the water taxi and 30 to 40 more who chose to sleep in their cars, said Koehle. CONTINUED ON P. 8

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Events April 26, 2021 6:15 pm Regular Council Meeting

Seeking Public Comment

Council will be considereing the following two Development Variance Permit (DVP) applications at: 6:15 pm on Monday, April 26, 2021 at the Regular Council Meeting via Zoom.

Council will be considereing the following Development Variance Permit (DVP) applications at: 6:15 pm on Monday, May 10, 2021 at the Regular Council Meeting via Zoom.

DVP-2021-0009 1195 Fairweather Road

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION: A DVP application has been submitted for 1195 Fairweather Road (shown on map) to increase the allowable lot coverage and reduce the required side lot line setback. The proposed house is to replace a previous house destroyed in a ﬁre. The applicant wishes to utilize the existing foundation to the greatest extent possible. Changes in the allowable lot coverage require a variance to rebuild with a similar footprint.

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DVP-2021-0020 1160 Ecclestone Road

Vary the lot line setback, adjacent public beach access setback, and public beach access provision.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: A DVP application has been submitted for 1160 Ecclestone Rd (shown on map) to vary the lot line setback, adjacent public beach access setback, and public beach access provision so as to create a new statutory right-of-way agreement linked to the approval of a proposed private dock that will ensure long-term improved public access to the public beach along the shoreline of the lot.

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION: A DVP application has been submitted for 1291 Fairweather Road (shown on map) to increase the allowable lot coverage and reduce the required front lot line setback. 1291 Fairweather Road wishes to extend an existing carport to increase outdoor storage. The existing MORE INFORMATION AT MUNICIPAL HALL: The applications may be viewed at Municipal Hall between 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM, house exceeds the allowable lot coverage, so the proposed Monday through Friday (excluding statutory holidays) or on the addition would further increase the nonconformity.

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or just wait for the cyclist to wave them by. I would not pull alongside a rider in a car. Either stick in front or behind them.” Under B.C. law, drivers must allow at least one metre between car and cyclist.

accidents. “My former cycling coach told me, there’s only one rule when it comes to sharing the roads with cars and it’s that cars always win.” Horses and pedestrians have the right of way on the trails and “bell or yell” if you’re coming up on someone, said Robertson. For those cycling in the dark, lights are a very good idea. Also, wearing a helmet while cycling is B.C. law.

Sharing the road on Bowen: bike safety for drivers and cyclists Editor@bowenislandundercurrent.com

The weekend stream of cyclists peddling down Grafton Road has grown in recent weeks as sunny skies and warm temperatures beckon bikes to Bowen roads. But, our island’s potholed roads, blind corners and many, many hills also mean that cyclists and drivers have hazards not seen in the city. The Undercurrent talked with Brendan Robertson – a former competitive triathlete and owner of Bowen E-Bikes in the Cove (where the Espresso Hut used to be) – about some safety tips for all.

Bikes are speedier

E-bikes gaining popularity means that bikes are travelling faster than drivers might expect, said Robertson. “We need to almost reset expectations of drivers, because bikes will be moving up hills at a much greater speed,” he said. Where regular bikes typically travel uphill at five to ten kilometres an hour, a top-tier e-bike can travel 20 kilometres an hour uphill. A driver coming up to an intersection, may not expect a bike to catch up at the speed it does. Furthermore, regular bikes can turn into e-bikes with a conversion kit. “Anybody on a two-wheeled device…good advice is to just think of it as an e-bike, because that’s what we’re seeing a lot more on Bowen Island,” said Robertson, “now that the technology is so much more accessible for people to go out there and just pick up e-bikes.”

Bowen hazards

Bowen E-Bikes down by the ferry terminal rents and sells e-bikes as well as sells conversion kits.

Watch for cyclists travelling closer to the middle of the road on Bowen as our roads tend to be rough along the edges, said Robertson. “They definitely have every right to be there,” he said. “Cyclists, I would say, should stick to the edges of the road as much

as possible. However, on Bowen Island specifically, it can sometimes be a little bit rough. “So drivers need to watch out for cyclists veering in and out of those potholes on the right.”

Passing

Bowen has many narrow roads and hills adding difficulty to passing cyclists. “One thing that I’ve noticed drivers tending to do is they see a cyclist slowing down for the hills, they’ll be patient for a little bit, and then that patience wears off just as they’re about to crest the hill,” said Robertson. “That’s a pretty poor area to pass the cyclist at because you don’t know what’s coming over that hill. You don’t have the room to manoeuvre there.” When passing a cyclist, Robertson recommends a 200metre line of sight and a slight uphill (so the cyclist is travelling slower). He also recommends spending the least amount of time possible beside the cyclist (without speeding past as that can also be dangerous). “Drivers taking more than 12 seconds to pass a cyclist can lead to dangerous situations on our narrow roads, where the car inadvertently runs the cyclist into a pothole or off the road,” said Robertson. “Passing should take a relatively short amount of time,

Eastward journey more dangerous

“When locals are driving to their homes, I find that they tend to be a lot more forgiving of cyclists,” said Robertson. “They tend to take their time – they’re an island time.” But on the Eastward journey to the Cove, there’s often the pressure of making the ferry. “It rarely happens on Bowen but that’s the time when you’re going to see drivers making poor decisions,” he said. “[The Eastward trip] is when I tell my groups, if you see a line of cars forming behind you please pull over to the side wave them by because they’re trying to make the ferry,” he said.

Cyclists’ responsibilities

“At the same time there is a major responsibility of cyclists to adhere to stop signs, and traffic laws if they want to be on the road ways,” said Robertson. “Burning through stop signs is not a great way to share the road with two-ton vehicles.” Stop signs are where Robertson, in his earlier cycling life, saw the most

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“Cyclists need to watch out for doors being opened inadvertently in front of them from parked cars,” said Robertson. “Generally I say to cycle 1.5 to 2 metres away from parked cars. This is especially true with our ferry lineup situation.” On the other hand, drivers and passengers opening doors should check blind spots and mirrors before slowly opening their doors – Government of B.C. guidance states.

Everybody signal

Cars and bikes should signal. Robertson reminds of cyclists’ signals: “Left arm up (turning right), left arm out (turning left), left arm down (stopping), left arm waving back to front (signaling it’s a good spot for the car behind to pass and I will hold my line (keep riding in a straight line).”

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VIEWPOINTS LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Help needed for Bowen family DEAR BOWEN: Please help Keith and his family. For the last 12 months we have not seen many of our friends, neighbours and fellow islanders because of the COVID-19 pandemic. We are going through so much, but the reality is many Bowen families are going through even more. Many of you will realize that you have not seen Katherine McMahon at Cocoa West Chocolatier. She has been at home with her husband Keith and their teenage daughter Anna. Keith has a very rare form of cancer. The doctors are working overtime to help him. He is unable to work and Katherine has left her job to care for him and Anna is helping out the best she can. When the family cannot work, everything that is already tough just becomes even tougher. Layer on a pandemic and a rare cancer and 2021 just plain sucks! Joanne Mogridge (owner of Cocoa West Chocolatier) and I are asking for help. The McMahons’ bills are piling up, treatment is needed, as well as healthy prepared meals. We are looking for donations to help them out financially. Any help would be so appreciated. Let’s show them some Bowen Island love. After many failed attempts at setting up a Facebook fundraiser for them I enlisted my husband Paul to organize one on his Facebook page. It was quite successful. We

were getting very close to our goal. Then the fundraiser was pulled from his page. Completely deleted from Facebook and all monies returned to our amazing donors. This broke my heart to say the least. But I am not going to give up. We will do this another way! Joanne pulled together some amazing prizes for a fundraiser raffle for Keith and his family. The raffle tickets are $25 for one or five for $100. Each ticket gives you the chance to win this package: one night at the Chocolate Suite, brunch and lunch at Artisan Eats, dinner at Barcelona, Cocoa West Chocolates, health products from Sangre de Fruta, original Simon James print and a Fred & Ethel (Shed Works) Bowen Island Tea Tray. Keep it for yourself or re-gift this wonderful prize, all donated by some truly fantastic Bowen Island Businesses! Draw date has been extended to May 7 at Cocoa West. For those who have already donated by e-transfer we have your tickets. Donations can be e-transferred to: boweneventrentals@gmail.com or contact@ cocoawest.com or by direct deposit into Bowen Event Rentals savings account at the First Credit Union or by purchasing tickets at Cocoa West Chocolatier. Our goal is to reach $8,000. If you would like to contribute in another way please contact me: basialieske@gmail.com Thank you Bowen Island. Basia Lieske

NeitherYours Nor Mine (For Earth Day) In the beginning there was only sky, and the feline creep of sun rising on the swordferned bank. The Thompson rushed like a demon to the the lake, amidst the woods. Dragonflies and butterflies

fanned the air with their light. They painted the wild orchids, with their fluttered, swooping flight. The heat and cool water, combined,

fences and ownership of land— the sky and water vowed an oath, to never be forgotten or stolen like a coin.

and made a veil,

This earth is a living anthem raised for beauty,

over the dark and foaming froth.

that is neither yours or mine.

In this time before

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

It’s coming up on the last week of Bowen Island Trail Society’s April 30 x 30 Outside Challenge: “ We’re challenging you to get outside for a minimum of 30 minutes every day in April. You can run, walk, hike, bike, golf, paddle, swim heck you can rollerskate or chop firewood if you want. Sign up by emailing: bowenislandtrailsociety@gmail.com to get your April 30 X 30 Outside Challenge tracking sheet.” See islanders’ outdoors photos on BITS’ Instagram page.

In praise of Jude Neale’s The River Answers

DEAR EDITOR: Through my involvement with writing and representing artists for over 40 years, I have become highly aware of the vitally essential role of artistic expression in a modern society with an ever-increasing need for deeply human creative communication. I recently had the great pleasure of virtually attending Jude Neale's launch of her recent book of poetry The River Answers (Ekstasis Editions). The poems Jude read in her 20-minute presentation fully embody the reasons this much-loved and respected Bowen Islander has become a nationally and internationally acclaimed poet, as well as gaining widespread recognition as an exquisitely talented spoken-word artist. While I normally have a facility with words, I cannot pay a greater tribute to Jude's deeply soulful, classic poetry and spoken art and to her immense depth of feeling than to say that her reading left me overwhelmed and speechless. Jude's natural ability to bring her deeply heartfelt, soulful poems to life through the spoken word gives voice not only to her own heart but also to the universal heart we all share. In doing so, her poetry attains the level of transcendence that reaches beyond the words, the transcendent manifestation of love itself. And here we arrive at the crux of the matter, at the vitally essential role in the quintessential purity of Jude Neale's soul revealing and affirming poetry. By pouring every drop of her humanity and feeling into each of her poems, Jude's poetry lays bare the essence of our own humanity and the ever compelling reality of love at the centre of each human life. In doing so, her poetry also opens the portal to the healing and reintegration of our true human nature. In showing us a complete surrender to the path of love, Jude's poetry points the way to humanity's fundamental salvation and transformation. Her poetry contains the message of all great art, visionaries and spiritual masters, which is to reclaim our hearts and the love within them in all of our thoughts, feelings, words and actions. In Jude's own words: "I try and transform people in all of my interactions, be it singing, teaching or writing. If I can leave a wake of love behind me, I'll have lived a good life.” In poems such as "My First Date,” Small Gifts,” "The River Answers,” "The Discovery,” "The Bird,” "The Knowing,” "Deliverance,” "Something To Say,” "Teddy Bear's Picnic,” "The Beautiful Truth of You,” "The Bowl,” "Where We Stood" and "Dancing Free," Jude leaves her wake of love in all of life's interactions, with a compelling depth of feeling that educates and moves the human heart in each turn of phrase. These are poems that weave a tapestry of life experiences that reflect the common thread of daily human lives. The implicit cry of the heart in each molecule of Jude's writing is the impassioned exhortation to fully live life from the depths of one's being, within the diamond clear, full hearted

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Jude Neale with The River Answers, her latest published book of poetry. Neale just finished writing her 11th book of poetry. conviction that to live life is to live love with each breath of our existence. In an unbroken stream of poetic expression, the reader is transported on the river that freely flows within that woven tapestry of life and love. A tapestry revealed in poems such as "My First Date,” the sweet gentleness of an earnest teenaged love, "Small Gifts,” a childhood reminiscence of a father's story in the warmth of a "love happy" family, "The Bird,” the blissful wonderment at the trail of beauty in the flight of a hummingbird, "The Bowl," a mother's fathomless love for a son who has bestowed a gift upon her, and "Dancing Free,” a grandmother's "longing to go higher and deeper within each moment," expressed as her heartfelt gift for her beloved grandchildren "dancing forward unencumbered and free." In Jude's poems, we find essential meditations on living love in our daily lives, meditations that connect us fully with the beating heart of our shared, fundamental humanity. As Jude writes in "Teddy Bear's Picnic": "He told me love was simple, that it always comes down to yes or no.” Resoundingly, compellingly, passionately and open-heartedly, Jude Neale's poetry brings us face to face with that simple, yet momentous choice that holds the key to the transformation of our world, this act of the heart of saying yes to love in each moment of our lives.

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OPINION

Foresight is a bit less certain

Crisis: a cause of breakdown or an opportunity for change? ROB WYNEN

Contributor

Several issues ago I had my first poem printed in the Undercurrent. It was the first poem I had written since high school and pretty much done off the top of my head. I wonder what the poets on island thought about it? The title, “Hindsight is 2020,” was a take on a conversation I had with my mother. We agreed that looking back in hindsight we will get some but by far not all of the answers to what we did well and not so well during these crazy times. Looking ahead is another story and predicting what this year will bring and what life will look like post, assuming there will be a post, pandemic is much more difficult. Will we go back to our old ways? Will we increasingly separate ourselves from one another? How far will our desire for safety go and what price are we willing to pay for this safety? On a recent industry Zoom meeting with various participants in the fitness and health industry, the future of fitness was the topic of discussion. Many of the participants were putting on a brave face when discussing how they had needed to pivot their business models. How they are dealing with constantly changing health orders and in short, how to keep staff and pay the bills at the end of the month. No one was discussing, as in years past, how to grow and prosper in the fitness sector. Survival was the topic

of conversation. No one is immune to the situation, even on-island we have seen the closure of a well-known yoga facility. The growth of home equipment sales, online virtual personal training and the challenge of putting fewer clients in a workout space with continually increasing rents does not bode well for the traditional model. I have worked for around 25 years in physical rehabilitation and the fitness sector. It is and hopefully will remain, a line of work that allows me to help others and bring people together. I question whether the next generation of fitness professionals will get these same goals met in the new fitness norm. Several weeks earlier I attended a Zoom event, the new meeting format which may permanently replace many of our face to face interactions with our fellow homosapians, to listen to a talk by renowned Bowen author Wade Davis. I received his book, Magdalena: River of Dreams, over Christmas. The talk was put on by the Rotary Club and featured beautiful photographic images by Wade of this majestic river forming the backbone of Columbia. What stood out for me was the beauty of both the people and the country juxtaposed against the brutality of the country’s history over 500 years. The resilience of both the environment and human spirit is on full display in the book. The book gave me hope that we as a species can be very resilient but unfortunately this resilience is often in response to terrible suffering and changes that are brought about not to thrive but as in my industry, to just survive. A crisis can bring about opportunity for change, re-evaluating our priorities and doing things in a new manner. A crisis can also cause fear, a break down in the social fabric and what worries me most, forgetting what makes life special. Just a year ago we could not have imagined that our government would dictate how many people we could have in our home, that we would all be wearing masks, keeping a six-foot dis-

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Navigating the road ahead will be challenging. This is not necessarily bad. Growth, whether it is muscle growth, personal growth or societal growth only happens when the comfortable norm is stressed. In my day-today job I put stress on the human body to encourage muscle, organ and bone growth. Not enough stress and nothing changes, the right amount of stress can produce amazing physical benefits but the wrong or too much stress can create irreversible injury. It is a very delicate balance. How we deal with stress in our community on Bowen but also on a global scale will determine to a large extent our future. Here is hoping that we as a community can meet the stresses we have already encountered and will likely continue to encounter for the foreseeable future with an eye on a future we can thrive in. The conditions right now are not ideal for good decision-making but we will have to make do with the situation and tools on hand.

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tance from one another or spraying disinfectants on almost all of our physical surfaces. The rate of societal change has been remarkable and I suspect more is to come. Change is often preceded by analysis of the issue at hand and hopefully by good solid and robust public discussions. This has not been the case with this pandemic. Change has been very reactionary and made under duress to a largely unknown virus by a population that is scared out of their wits. It has been tough to even analyse the effectiveness of the changes we are making before more changes are introduced. We are so beyond normal that many of the safeguards we have in our society are gone. The road ahead could lead in so many different directions. It could lead to new opportunities that our old way of thinking may have prevented but it could also lead to a very negative place. Our foresight is anything but 20/20, it is much more like my latest eye exam, somewhere between blurry and blind.

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Dreaming green ISLANDER RE-FOCUSES HER GREEN CHAIR RECYCLING BUSINESS AND SOCIAL EFFORTS FROM VANCOUVER TO BOWEN

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Meet Lilliana Segal. Originally from Santiago, Chile, she’s an event planner, entrepreneur, mother of four boys, and a Bowen Islander of several years now. Until March of 2020, she didn’t spend much time on-island. She was off on the ferry early in the mornings and back late in the evenings. Her business, Green Chair Recycling, won her plenty of awards (Small Business BC Top 5 Best Green Business; the Canada Business Leader Volunteer Award; Recycling Council of BC’s award for Environmental stewardship) and kept her busy diverting waste from some of Vancouver’s biggest events – sometimes for up to 60 hours per week. The complete shutdown of large public events brought the business to an abrupt stop. After a year of slow and thoughtful walks with her aging dog, Rumba, Lilliana has decided to bring her business out of hiber-

nation and refocus its efforts on Bowen Island. The business will focus on environmental residential cleanups and disposal of construction/renovation materials. Green Chair will take all materials and recycle or donate them in the most environmentally friendly way possible. “We treat your ‘junk’ like precious materials and see the best home for each item,” says Lilliana of Green Chair’s approach. “We have many partners that will accept donations that the Knick Knack Nook does not have the capacity to deal with, including textiles and building materials.” Green Chair has operated as a social enterprise since its beginning in 2008 and Lilliana is particularly excited about re-engaging in the work of educating and inspiring volunteers to get involved with their community. This week the world marked the 50th annual Earth Day, the perfect time to launch with a community-wide clean up. Lilliana will park her Green Chair truck outside the Library this Saturday, April 24,

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Lilliana Segal of Green Chair Recycling is hosting a community cleanup day April 24, starting at the Library. from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in order to hand out litter pickets and buckets to all participants. Please wear a mask and bring re-usable gloves, and be prepared to pick up even the tiniest pieces of litter. This will be the first of many events Lilliana is hoping to make happen here on Bowen. So bring

your good cheer (mask and gloves) and head down to the library to meet Lilliana and celebrate spring with some cleaning up. “I get very excited thinking about all we can accomplish together, working as a community,” says Lilliana. “A re-use it store for building

materials is a possibility now on Bowen and if we all collaborate, projects like these will be here sooner than we think.” To connect with Green Chair or request a quote for a residential or site clean-up, please email operations@gogreenchair.com or call 604-806-8680.

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Premier John Horgan announced Monday that travel restrictions are coming to B.C., limiting travel between health authorities to essential travel and enacting road stops to discourage leisure and recreational travel. There aren’t to be “random individual stops” but rather check points (like impaired driving check stops during the holiday seasons) “at places like BC Ferries or on Highway 1 leaving the Lower Mainland, to discourage recreational travel,” said Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth in a statement April 20. On April 21, Farnworth said there wouldn’t be roadblocks set up between VCH and the Fraser Health regions. BC Ferries is also to cancel any reservations for recreational vehicles or camper vans, Horgan said Monday. The announcement left many with questions. For example, would travellers be allowed to come to Bowen Island, which is part of the Vancouver Coastal Health region (of 1.25 million people)? As well, what is considered “essential travel”? More clarity is expected Friday when Farnworth formally introduces the new restrictions. Watch bowenislandundercurrent.com for details.

Municipality can’t do much: Ander

With warm weather beckoning Lower Mainlanders outdoors while COVID-19 hospitalisations rise, some Bowen Islanders have taken to social media, asking Bowen Island Municipality to take measures to discourage visitors. Bowen Island Municipality will wait until the provincial travel orders are enacted Friday to decide what its next move is, said Mayor Gary Ander Tuesday. But, Ander noted that it looks like travel will be restricted by health authority and VCH is vast. “Unless they…restrict that, we don’t have the authority to tell people they can’t come here,” he said. A likely move is, after the press conference Friday, depending on what’s said, putting out a press release discouraging visitors from coming to the island, as was done last spring. “We’re not in a position to stop the people coming over. But we can put out some press and say, ‘Hey… we’re just not really happy with it right now and we don’t recommend you come over at this point in time. We’d love to see it any other time.’” While some have suggested BIM could enact a state of local emergency to limit those coming to Bowen, Ander said that the still in place provincial state of emergency supersedes anything BIM would put in place. “At this point in time, we don’t have a lot of tools to use,” he said. “We have just a nice letter saying to people we’d rather you didn’t come right now. “I can certainly see the frustration of people that think that we’re in reasonable isolation because we are an island… we should be able to isolate ourselves totally. And we just can’t do it.”

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What is essential travel?

One of the major points of confusion is what constitutes essential travel. While more guidance is expected Friday, the BCCDC website says, “Essential travel is travelling for work, school, medical appointments, and to obtain groceries, medicines, and other essential items. It can also mean travelling to care for someone like a family member who is ill. “Non-essential travel is travel for tourism, entertainment, or recreation. Stay local for these activities. For example ski and snowboard at your local mountain.”

VCH-administered vaccinations

As of April 23, everyone over the age of 18 will be eligible to register for a vaccine appointment online at getvaccinated.gov.bc.ca/s/ or by calling 1-833-838-2323. This does not mean one will get an appointment immediately, it just means one is registered and the health authorities will contact them when they become eligible. VCH is curently administering first doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. There are no more Vancouver Coastal Health vaccination clinic days scheduled for Bowen Island – Bowen Islanders are instead being directed to West Vancouver or other VCH clinics. Island physician Dr. Susanne Schloegl said that there were so few people at the last Bowen vaccination day (on April 10, a drop-in vaccination clinic for those 70 and over) that they packed up early. “It was kind of embarrassing,” said Schloegl. “I thought there was going to be this big rush of people and the only people that were there were younger [non-eligible] ones.” When it comes to travelling to West Vancouver for a vaccination, Schloegl suggests it’s fairly low risk. “We’re not going that far out of our catchment area, but driving to Richmond or that sort of thing is a little bit pushing it.” The West Vancouver clinic is a “very well run clinic,” said Schloegl.

AstraZeneca Vaccinations for 40+

The province has opened its pharmacy-administered AstraZeneca vaccination program to those born in 1981 and earlier, Horgan announced Monday. Cates Medicine Centre is providing the AstraZeneca vaccine on Bowen but as of publication time is all booked up. The pharmacy advises islanders to watch its Facebook page facebook.com/CatesMedicineCentre/ for news of when more vaccine supply become available. When slots do become available, they’ll be bookable at b.telehippo.com/o/ catesmed. For those interested in heading to the mainland for an AstraZeneca vaccine, there’s more information on the B.C. Pharmacy Association website (bcpharmacy.ca/ resource-centre/covid-19/vaccination-locations) and there are some drop-in locations.

How many COVID-19 cases have there been on Bowen?

As per provincial policy, Bowen Islanders have never been told how many cases have been on-island. “I would just assume that it’s around because it has been sporadically since the beginning,” said Schloegl. “And people should act accordingly.” (VCH also doesn’t tell Schloegl how many cases there are or have been on-island – she only knows about them if people happen to be her patients).

BICS exposure

Bowen Island Community School sent out its second ever COVID-19 exposure notice. A grade two class was advised of possible exposure on April 14, 15 and 16 and asked to self-monitor. The individual is self-isolating with support from public health, said the notice. On a different BICS-related note, school staff in the VCH region are being offered vaccinations on “an evolving schedule,” said principal Scott Slater in an email. “We don’t have our date but by the end of the weekend I believe 50 per cent of school staff in our district will have had the vaccine or access to it.”

How many visitors are coming to Bowen?

Ander said that when he went to the Cove during the police incident on the ferry Saturday, the Cove was packed. “People aren’t being really good either, our visitors,” said Ander. “I just didn’t notice that there was a lot of social distancing. Certainly not a lot of masks.” However, Brendan Robertson of Bowen E-Bikes (which is beside the terminal) said that Easter weekend was particularly busy and in the weeks since, there’s been a drop off. The Hearth Gallery saw 23 visitors Saturday and 16 on Sunday, about the same as previous weekends, said executive director Jami Scheffer in an email. –With files from Jane Seyd, North Shore News; Alanna Kelly, Glacier Media; Elana Shepert, Vancouver is Awesome.

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A BOWEN MOMENT When Bowen Island Sea Kayaking owner Brent O’Malley got home Monday night and realized that he’d forgotten to bring the pier shop’s tip jar inside, he decided to trust Bowen Islanders. “I figured – you know, there’s probably a pretty good chance it’s still going to be where I left it,” said O’Malley. “And I didn’t feel like getting back in my car and coming down to the shop.” Come morning, the tip jar was gone. Not just the money, the entire jar. “To whomever took our tip jar last night (that we forgot to put inside) I expected more from Bowen Islanders,” wrote a dejected O’Malley on the Bowen Island Everything Else Facebook group Tuesday morning. But he spoke too soon. “I was open for a couple hours and when Branch opened up, the woman working today walked over with the tip jar and the money in it,” said O’Malley. A woman had been sitting on the pier with her kids the night before and saw the tip jar. Thinking that it probably wasn’t meant to be out, the woman gave the tip jar to the nearby eatery to hold onto. “Bowen is as awesome as I have come to expect,” O’Malley amended his Facebook post to read. O’Malley said he felt “awesome” that it

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Meet the directors of Beautiful Gate orphanage in Lesotho

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Bowen Island Sea Kayaking’s tip jar was thought stolen, but an observant bystander had retrieved the jar and left it for safekeeping at a nearby business. The jar backing’s design and tag line are by Carmen McKay. was returned but also laughingly admitted he regretted making the BIEE post. “I immediately jumped to conclusions – thinking the worst about people,” said O’Malley. “I wish I had waited just a little bit and maybe just asked around first before posting anything. “Somebody was just looking out for it,” said O’Malley. “So that was really nice.” “I said to my lead guide, ‘Well if nothing else, at least we got the word out on the island that we accept tips!’” O’Malley laughed.

Get to know your neighbour

The Beautiful Gate orphanage in Lesotho was the subject of an article in last week’s Undercurrent written by Matthew Harrison, whose second son arrived on Bowen several months ago from Lesotho. Lindiwe and Peter Kirstein, directors of the orphanage and their staff look after over 65 children, providing them with loving care and attention. The Rotary Club of Bowen Island is thrilled to announce that Peter and

Lindiwe will be guests at our Rotary Zoom meeting next Thursday, April 29, and we would be really happy for friends and community members to join us at 7:30 p.m. Check the bowenrotary.com website for the Zoom invitation, available from Tuesday 27 on. For everyone who has contributed to the Memphis Blues fundraiser sponsored by Charmaine and Park Heffelfinger, this is your chance to see where your

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Peter and Lindiwe Kirstein donor dollars are going and come and meet Peter and Lindiwe! Hilary Butler, Rotary Club of Bowen Island

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NEXT UP IN OUR Q&A SERIES: SUZANNE ALLAN

What would you like to know about your neighbours? Send suggestions for our Q&A series to editor@bowenislandundercurrent. com. This week’s neighbour: Suzanne Allan When did you come to Bowen? We moved to Bowen on April Fool’s Day, 1990 and just celebrated our 31st Bowenversairy with Liz and Ian Watson, our friends who moved here the very same day! How did you come to be on Bowen? We came to look at Bowen at the suggestion of our old friend Maryann Smith. We had told her we were looking for something bigger than our condo in Kits for our expanding family and she invited us over to have a look. Her husband Mallory, a realtor at the time, showed us around and we just fell in love with the island. We kept stopping young families to ask them what it was like to live here. At the time there were only about 10 houses for sale any given week and we found one in Miller’s Landing, where we lived happily for seven years. Where do you live on Bowen? We moved to our current house on Cates Hill 24 years ago. At the time, with a busy young family, we loved the quiet. We now love the neighbourhood that has grown up around us. Fill the ferry line up gap or don’t fill the gap? I’m a gap filler if the line-up is below the intersection. What’s your favourite Bowen fact? My favourite Bowen fact is that my in-laws met on Bowen in the early 50’s. Ross’s father John Allan was a deck hand

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on the Union Steamship’s Lady Alexandra and his mom Mary Messenger, worked in the old hotel. She always talked about how they had “good clean fun” back then but would never provide details. Hmmmmm. They also brought their kids here when they were young, so it has always been a special place for the Allan family. What do Bowen Islanders have in common? I think what we have in common is our desire to live more independently than we might in the city, while at the same time, many of us have a desire for closer community. We have the luxury of space, which in this COVID year has been an incredible blessing, and I think because we have space, we are more able to connect with our community. We also value greatly being in nature and protecting it. What’s your favourite COVID-19 balm or activity? My favourite COVID-19 balm has been walking, in all weather with a friend or with Ross on one of our many gorgeous forest and shoreline trails. Zoom church has “exceeded expectations” and golf is pretty balmy too! We have such a great golf course and community! Oh, and my garden! I am so grateful for these balms and more. We can’t imagine living anywhere else, in fact, our girls (Danielle, Emily and Lissy) have told us that we are never allowed to sell our house!

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T H A N K Y O U ! Bowen Island Municipality recognizes the essential role that volunteers hold in building a healthy, caring and vibrant community, contributing to the health and well-being of islanders. Thank you for sharing your skills, energy and time with us on Municipal Committees, Community Recreation, Bowen Island Fire Rescue and the Emergency Program over the past three years: Cathy Adkin Wendy Alexander Ily Allen Randy Arnott Merissa Bakos Andrew Bayly-Huinink Scott Begg Jonathan Bell Stephen Bellringer Corby Bernard Brian Biddlecombe DG Blair Ron Booth Donna Bottay Lucas Boyer Tanis Braraten Susanna Braund Kim Brooks Bill Brown Michael Ian Brown Steven Michael Brown Elle Burke Jonathan Burke Maya Cassidy Sienna Cassidy Ron Chalmers Diane Charette Judy Christensen Ron Cliff Glenn Cormier Mike Corney Gai Coutts Melisa Crenshaw Ishan Cruz

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