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Cove Bay delay WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH THE NEW WATER TREATMENT PLANT? BRONWYN BEAIRSTO Editor@bowenislandundercurrent.com
NICOLA MURRAY PHOTO
DOUBLE RAINBOW: Bowen social media feeds filled with a stunning double rainbow in Mannion (Deep) Bay
last weekend. Nicola Murray caught the entire stunning arc from Pebbly Beach.
Gambier logging rouses resistance
KEILI BARTLETT Coast Reporter
While much media and local attention is focussed on a logging blockade at Fairy Creek on Vancouver Island, advocates in Atl’ka7tsem (Howe Sound) are turning their attention to a cutblock closer to home. On June 3, Gambier Island Conservancy launched an online petition against logging a six-hectare cutblock known as Woodlot 0039 near the Whispering Creek watershed on
Gambier Island. The petition calls for logging by private woodlot operator Gambier Forest Resources Ltd. to halt immediately before it causes “irreparable damage” to the watershed. On June 9, the petition had garnered more than 1,400 signatures. A video by Bob Turner, filmed in late April and uploaded to YouTube on June 6, shows Tim Turner walking through the area designated to be cut. Turner, who is a director of the Gambier Island Conservancy and on the board of My Sea to Sky, leans over a recently cut
tree stump, and says it looks like the Douglas fir was “well over 200 years” old. “A logging plan on paper and a logging plan in hand, on the ground, are two very different things,” Tim Turner told the Coast Reporter. He said that up until now the woodlot was confined to the Mannion Creek watershed, but the company ran a road over the drainage divide and into a new watershed. That is what triggered the public outcry, Turner said. CONTINUED ON P. 9
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It’s still same old water coming through Cove Bay Water System taps these days. While Bowen’s largest water system had been set to have its multi-million dollar water treatment plant come online in mid-May, the plant’s activation was postponed until further notice. Everything was going smoothly during commissioning, said Patrick Graham, Bowen Island Municipality’s director of engineering, in an email. The activation was set and announced for May 17 (and then postponed until later that week) but they ran into problems with the filter cleaning cycle and found a defective piece of equipment. “It’s a heater that heats up the water at the start of the filter cleaning cycle,” explained Graham in the email, adding that they’re working with the supplier to have the component fixed or replaced. “We also have to make sure that the issues with the heater haven’t or won’t affect other components of the treatment process,” said Graham. “Then we’ll complete commissioning and the water quality testing required by [Vancouver Coastal Health] before sending water to distribution.” None of the water from the new treatment plant has been sent to island taps, so Graham attributes any perceptions of improved quality to the placebo effect. While the objective is to get the plant online as quickly as possible, Graham is hesitant to put a date to it. “The delay is unfortunate, but the purpose of commissioning is to make sure that everything is functioning properly – and to resolve if it isn’t – before putting the facility into service,” he said.
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Career Opportunities: Chief Financial Officer
Events June 14, 2021 6:15 pm
Seeking Public Comment for DVP-10-2020 (1149 Senator Rd)
Bowen Island Municipality has a vacancy for a Chief Financial Officer. Reporting directly to the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is a member of the senior management team and is responsible for the supervision, planning, organizing, direction and control of the Finance Department, and for the efficient and effective administration of all Municipal financial affairs. The CFO provides advice on financial matters to Council, the CAO, the senior management team and performs statutory duties required by the Community Charter, the Local Government Act and other relevant statutes.
Regular Council Meeting
June 15, 2021 11:30 am Environment and Climate Action Committee All meetings are online via Zoom and
The CFO provides strategic leadership to a small department of dedicated professionals, collaborates across all departments, and engages with multiple community partners, stakeholders and the general public. The CFO supports the Finance Advisory Committee which provides financial advice to Council. The CFO has a close functional relationship with the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), assisting with the implementation of Council’s strategic direction and will at times be required to be the Acting CAO.
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The ideal candidate is a well respected financial professional, with a successful track record in senior financial management within a local government or similar public sector entity. As a Chartered Professional Accountant of Canada in good standing, the CFO requires exceptional knowledge of Public Sector Accounting Standards and the financial legislative framework for local governments in BC.
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Community Recreation Program Staff
Bowen Island Municipality has vacancies for two dynamic, community minded individuals to join the Recreation and Community Services Department. Working as a collaborative and respectful team, Community Recreation offers a diverse suite of recreational and cultural activities for all ages, abilities and interests within the Bowen Island Community. Two permanent, full-time positions are available:
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Community Recreation Program Supervisor - develops and oversees all aspects of the child & family portfolio; supervises other programming and office staff Community Recreation Programmer - develops and oversees all aspects of the adult program portfolio
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The application closing date is Friday, June 18th by 8:00 pm. Apply on our website at www.bowenislandmunicipality.ca/jobs
Contact Bowen Island Municipality ADVERTISEMENT June 10, 2021
Phone: Fax: Email: Website:
The application may be viewed online at:
www.bowenislandmunicipality.ca/planning, or at Municipal Hall between 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday (excluding statutory holidays).
The CFO has strong team building skills and is recognized as a flexible, visionary leader, with excellent communication skills, sound political acumen, and models a culture of continuous improvement. Being a small municipality, the CFO possesses functional knowledge of all financial operational processes and is keen to pitch-in on all aspects of departmental work. A desire and intent to live on Bowen Island is preferred. Written submissions may be delivered to Bowen Island Municipality: The application closing date is Friday, June 18th by 4:00 pm. Apply • By email to mayorandcouncil@bimbc.ca on our website at www.bowenislandmunicipality.ca/jobs • In person at Municipal Hall • By mail to 981 Artisan Lane • By fax to 604-947-0193
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A Development Variance Permit application has been submitted for 1149 Senator Rd (shown on map) to vary the side lot setback from 3.0 metres to 2.0 metres. The proposed work would allow for a small addition to the front of the residence. The proposal also includes the relocation of the existing shed from the road right-ofway to within the property.
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Please note, to be included in the published agenda, written submissions must be delivered by 1:00pm seven (7) calendars days prior to the meeting, and to be received by Council must be delivered before 4:00 PM on the meeting day. Read more about submission deadlines at:
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Verbal submissions may be made to Mayor and Council at the meeting:
6:15 PM on MONDAY, JUNE 14, 2021 Virtually via Zoom see www.bowenislandmunicipality.ca/council-meetings for meeting details
To ensure a fair process, submissions cannot be accepted after the meeting has begun. Questions? Please contact Daniel Martin at 604-947-4255 or dmartin@bimbc.ca.
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Notice of Public Hearing HAVE YOUR SAY.
Join us at a Digital Town Hall for the new Community Economic Development Plan. Bowen Islanders will be presented with a summary of the first two phases of engagement, and invited to ask questions and provide comments on next steps. These discussions will feed into the drafting of the plan over the summer, before it is circulated for public comment. Join us on:
Public Hearing July 12, 2021 4:30 pm
Wednesday, June 23, 2021 7:00 - 8:30 pm Online via Zoom
Online via Zoom or watch on YouTube
Land Use Bylaw Amendments Bylaw No. 528, 2020
About the bylaw Bowen Island Municipal Council is considering Bylaw No. 528 to make a series of amendments to Land Use Bylaw No. 57, 2002. The proposed changes include additions, removals, amendments, and consolidation of various land use definitions, changes to setback exceptions (buildings and structures that can be built in required setbacks), changes to Home Occupation regulations for Auto Repair, and changes to the method to calculate building heights.
Bylaw timeline
Registerr at: www.bowenislandmunicipality.ca/rsvp
Questions?
Questions? Please contact Stef Shortt at sshortt@bimbc.ca or 604-947-4255 x 253.
Contact Daniel Martin, Manager of Planning and Development
Virtual Public Open House: Happy Isle Cannabis The owners of Happy Isle Cannabis Company, operating at 203-992 Dorman Road, have applied to amend the zoning to permit their store, currently operating under a Temporary Use Permit, to have permanent zoning approval.
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In response, Bowen Island Council is considering changes to the Land Use Bylaw to permit the sale of retail cannabis anywhere a retail use is permitted, subject to receiving a Provincial Licence. Land Use Bylaw Amendment Bylaw No. 530, 2020 was given First Reading at the January 11, 2021 Council Meeting to enact those changes. Bowen Island Council is also considering a policy that would provide items for Council to consider when reviewing an application for a retail cannabis store. A virtual open house will be held to provide information and receive input from the public regarding this application. All members of the public are invited to attend. The Public Open House will be held on Thursday, June 24, 2021 from 2-4pm, through Zoom. For login information visit www.bowenislandmunicipality.ca/voh Inquiries regarding the proposed bylaws may be directed to Daniel Martin at 604-947-4255 or dmartin@bimbc.ca
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March 2021
PUBLIC 2nd HEARING Reading
May 2021
3rd Reading
July 2021
How to get more information
Final Decision
(Estimated) September 2021
Visit the municipal website to get the information package, including staff reports, presentations, and explanatory material at www.bowenislandmunicipality.ca/planning. You can also request this information from Municipal Hall, 8:30 - 4:30, Monday- Friday (closed on statutory holidays)
Ways you can Have Your Say 1.
Speak at the Public Hearing: Monday, July 12 at 4:30 pm: • Register for the speakers list: email the Corporate Officer (hdallas@bimbc.ca) BEFORE the start of the hearing with subject line: Public Hearing - Verbal Submission. • Get the Zoom meeting details at: bowenislandmunicipality.ca/council-meetings • Join the Zoom meeting and wait for your name to be called out.
2.
Write to the attention of Mayor and Council: E-mail: mayorandcouncil@bimbc.ca
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To ensure a fair process, written submissions are accepted up until the end of the public hearing. Council cannot consider any submissions received after the Public Hearing has ended. If your written submission is received after the public hearing has ended, your submission will be circulated to staff for information.
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VIEWPOINTS LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Dog danger in poop
DEAR EDITOR: Two dogs are happily running together down a quiet street on Bowen. One darts off into the empty wooded lot two doors from home. In the ensuing search through the thick brush, the retriever is finally discovered head first eating human feces and dirty restaurant napkins. I hauled her away from this disgusting all too common occurrence for dog owners. Before taking her home to get hosed off, I had to properly cover the stinking, horrible mess with big rocks, to ensure no other dogs or animals will get back into someone’s roadside bathroom. My three year old athletic dog returned home and had a big nap. Two hours later I looked at her and her eyelids are droopy, her body is limp and I can’t rouse her. I lift her 62 pounds up and her legs fall away, unable to support her body. By now it’s evening and I’m worried that our local vet’s office is closed; we have no emergency service on island and my West Vancouver Vet is also closed for the day. With great difficulty, I get my heavy limp dog into my trunk and race for the 8:30 p.m. ferry knowing that the last ferry home is 10 p.m. I call the emergency vet clinic and say we’re on route. While on the ferry, I’m googling to figure out what could possibly have resulted in my dog’s condition. THC is the toxic ingredient of marijuana that passes through the human body but remains in excrement. Dogs are like bees to honey with human feces. I have realized my dog has been poisoned by someone’s inconsideration not bothering to find a washroom, or properly burying their poison. Eighteen hours after my $400 emergency vet visit, my dog is slowly starting to lift her head. Hopefully in a day or two, she won’t remember this event. But here I am wondering how to remedy a growing problem we face on our trails. People are encouraged to visit Bowen, to hike our trails and in fact, too many are sleeping in the bush, lighting illegal fires and leaving fires improperly extinguished. I know this because I’ve caught them, as well as having to call the RCMP to get fires extinguished properly. Tourism may be good for some businesses but trail hikers generally bring their own food and do nothing to contribute to the welfare of our beautiful island. Yes, I’m completely angry about my personal situation but it will happen again and get worse as marijuana laws are loosened. We have no one patrolling trails with authority to fine people or to educate them on trail decorum. We need signage, more garbage cans, more toilets or Bowen Biffies and more educational handouts about respecting our sacred lands and our animals. People come to Bowen for the enjoyment, splendour and freedom they can experience here. I look forward to very specific considerations by the Municipality and Trail Leaders, to ensure others don’t go through these kinds of serious problems. Anne Boa
Father’s Day:
My dad’s answer to many of life’s problems (feeling cold? feeling tired? toe hurts?) is more exercise. That and oatmeal is a universal secret ingredient. What nuggets of wisdom did your dad (or parental figure) share with you? Send them in by June 14 ahead of Father’s Day. -Bronwyn
Grad edition:
Don’t forget! Our annual grad edition will be June 24. This is for grads at every level – elementary, middle, high school; undergrad and overgrad. Please send up to 100 words and a photo (vertical rectangle – like a school portrait though it doesn’t need to be a school portrait) to editor@bowenislandundercurrent.com before June 21.
Rectification:
In my letter of last week: “Time for reckoning and hard work,” I mentioned in the action points at the conclusion of the letter that we must support Indigenous communities if they want the International Court of Justice to get involved. It was pointed out to me that I should refer to the Intentional Criminal Court as this court investigates and prosecutes individuals who participate in the
Emergency preparedness tip
Can we find you? Visible house numbers are key to us finding you in an emergency. As attractive as some of the natural materials are, they don’t make for very visible signs, especially at night. Keep those signs but add a reflective sign as well. Emergency vehicles are generally taller than regular cars so place your house numbers at about 4 ft off the ground for the best effect. If there is a shared road or driveway, put numbers on the houses as well as at the road. From BCEHS – BC Emergency Health Services aka the Ambulance Service
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international atrocity crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The International Court of Justice deals with legal disputes between nation states. Although both courts are located in Den Hague, the Netherlands, it was my assumption both were one institution, with different names referring the same court. But, they are clearly not. Anton van Walraven
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Our side of the story: Ecclestone Beach
In support of Dr. Midge and BowenVet
DEAR EDITOR: I am writing in support of Bowen Vet after the May 29 article outlining how disrespectfully they were treated by one patient after not being able to receive urgent care. We sadly had to say goodbye to our boy (see photo) and the excruciating process was made genuinely more bearable by all of the staff at Bowen Vet. As mentioned in the article, our euthanasia appointment was at the end of the day, and was organized thoughtfully and beautifully. Even in his final moments, Digit was surrounded by Dr. Midge recounting her own stories of Digit’s shenanigans and how she would miss him. Later that week there was even a condolence card in the mail, signed with heartfelt comments from all of the staff at the vet.
‘THIS LOW-GRADE POCKET BEACH WOULD BE UNTOUCHED AND THE GREATEST EXPANSE OF THE FORESHORE UNDISTURBED’
PHOTO COURTESY OF LAURA JAQUET
The Jaquet family recently had to say goodbye to their beloved Digit at Bowen Vet.
We are beyond fortunate to have someone like Dr. Midge on island and will never even consider taking our pets elsewhere, even if that means waiting our turn! Gratefully, The Jacquet Family
Step up against Gambier old growth logging DEAR EDITOR: I have just posted my new short movie on my YouTube channel – “Why Log Whispering Creek? Chá7elkwnech / Gambier Island, Atl’ka7tsem / Howe Sound.” (youtu.be/uQu2limNtA0). The creek and its forests above West Bay on southwest Gambier Island are a jewel and there are imminent plans to log its headwaters, including old growth forest, and to cut right through the creek. If you are moved to act there is a petition against the logging on the Gambier Island Conservancy website at chng.it/ Pc5CwT7rF7. And MySea2Sky has a letter writing campaign to Premier Horgan at myseatosky.org/defendancientforests We’ve been here before. In 2014, a new provincial woodlot operation was pro-
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posed for the northeast corner of Gambier Island. And in 2017, as we remember well here on Bowen, BC Timber Sales proposed logging the provincial lands on the island. Both times big public protests against these initiatives were an important part of the withdrawal of these plans. We are hoping a huge public outcry can happen again with the proposed logging in Whispering Creek. Ancient forests once clothed Atl’ka7tsem / Howe Sound. They defined this place. Today, the only remnants remaining, on the islands of Atl’ka7tsem / Howe Sound, are seven scattered tracts on Gambier Island. This is all we have left. One of them is in Whispering Creek. So worth fighting for. Bob Turner
Father's Day SUNDAY JUNE 20 DAD LOVES BOWEN
DEAR EDITOR: As the applicant, along with my spouse, for a dock at 1160 Ecclestone, we have observed an oppositional campaign develop, to a significant degree, through ongoing inaccurate information and villainizing. A recurring narrative reflected in and informed by letters to the editor of the Undercurrent, evident from Nov 20, Apr 29, May 6, May 13 and May 27, goes something like this: “The public used to have access to the pocket beach at 1160 Ecclestone from the Ecclestone road allowance. Previous owners built structures to bar access. We, the public, want access back. We risk losing the beach to a dock. Deny this application!” If this were the truth, no wonder there would be a public outcry. Such outcry based on this narrative continues to come to the mayor and councillors even in recent letters. However, the narrative is not accurate. Though realtors and assessments may have suggested otherwise, there has not been legal public land access to this pocket beach from the Ecclestone road allowance. All the nostalgic beach memories reported and sense of community ownership from “Friends” of the beach have been based on the premise that people have crossed through private property for access. An updated survey in January confirmed this. BIM staff confirmed this in the Undercurrent April 12 and in the June 14 council agenda. These sources also confirm that structures on this property are not blocking and have not blocked the public from accessing the foreshore at the end of the Ecclestone Road allowance adjacent 1160 Ecclestone. The impediment is, on the western edge of the road allowance, a cliff, and on the eastern edge, since the 1930s, the blockage of a boathouse belonging to 1153 Ecclestone, situated at the end of the Ecclestone Road allowance. Our dock application has been labeled as “illegal” (Apr 29, 21) and yet Mannion Bay is zoned WG-1 and allows for docks. The vari-
ance in question is a request to relax setbacks to allow for the hardship of the terrain and to keep the dock away from the low grade pocket beach that neighbours (and we) value. The dock has been labeled as “benefiting one” and “tone deaf” to the neighbours’ desires to access the beach (May 13, 21), and yet, were our variance approved, a statutory right of way on offer would, for the first time ever, grant legal public land access through our property to the desired beach from the Ecclestone Road allowance. This low-grade pocket beach would be untouched and the greatest expanse of the foreshore undisturbed, with our new dock next to the neighbours’ existing dock. We have been labeled as “relentlessly exerting prolonged pressure” on the muni staff to block access and “downgrade the beach” to a coastal viewpoint at the end of the road allowance (Nov 19, 20). The reality is that the muni staff initiated contact with us in March of 2020, to indicate their desires to erect a new trailhead marker for the coastal viewpoint, recognizing the beach did not have legal public land access. We were “responding,” not “pressuring.” Some people have expressed opposition to the dock proposal for ecological or aesthetic reasons. For such concerns, our dock contractor has sought to match the elevation profile to other docks on the shoreline of Mannion Bay, such as that of our neighbours, and to extend it beyond, only to the point of achieving an appropriate depth below the float. BIM staff would also require our contractor to use materials and to go about construction in an ecologically sensitive manner, steps that we value and affirm. Whatever comes of our project, I thank the writers who have kept their oppositional comments relevant, accurate and respectful without conjecture on our motives or intentions. I would hope for this kind of atmosphere on Bowen where we can disagree in civil discourse but remain civil as neighbours at the end of the day. Tim Klauke
To share a nugget of your father's wisdom for our June 17 edition of the Undercurrentplease email Bronwyn by Monday, June 14, 5 pm editor@bowenislandundercurrent.com Thanks!
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Remembering a marvellous mask maker and friend to TOTI: Gina Bastone
Knick Knack Nook academic scholarships for 2022 now open JOHN LAWRENCE Knick Knack Nook
JUDI GEDYE
Contributor
Last summer, with all the new (then) COVID-19 restrictions, Theatre on the Isle decided to try an outdoor, classic Greek theatre production of Lysistrata. The director, Bronwyn Churcher, wanted to include masks in the performance – another classical theatre tradition. Jackie Minns was in the cast and she knew a master craftsperson who created theatrical masks. Jackie had trained with Gina Bastone many years earlier in the Dell’Arte theatre school and both had become well-versed in the art of working with masks. Masks add some mysterious essence and strength to a performance that is hard to explain but it is a little like mime: you exaggerate some gestures and the masks provide a visual representation of an emotion or behaviour, like anger, fear, innocence or cunning. Jackie visited with Gina, described the characters in Lysistrata, Gina made suggestions and then a dozen masks were brought to rehearsals and Bronwyn chose eight for the characters in the chorus. Jackie coached a couple of sessions with the chorus in their masks – make the mask face the audience as much as possible, exaggerated movement and voice when you have only the one expression. Then the chorus was to take the masks home and practise their lines in front of a mirror and work with the character they saw in the mask. One of the challenges of performing is convincing the audience of the character of your character. The masks worked their magic and raised the performances of every member of the chorus as well as the other members of the cast. The chorus was suddenly more powerful and supportive of the main characters. Gina Bastone, was a well known and much loved actor/comedian in Vancouver and Montreal (four Jessie Richardson Theatre awards), a genius as a clown and mime (touring with Cirque du
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Gina Bastone, a much-loved actor and comedian in Vancouver and Montreal, and a friend to Bowen’s own Theatre on the Isle, died last week.
Soleil), a writer and director, a workshop teacher and guest high school instructor, and (we will be forever grateful) also a gifted mask maker. Last summer Gina was not well physically and wanted to sell her masks to fund a move back to Montreal to be with her family. TOTI decided to invest in a small collection of Gina’s genius in the hopes we will get training to work with these masks and create productions where you, our audience, will get to enjoy and wonder at them. Gina died this past week. There is an incredible memorial page on Facebook (Gina Bastone Memorial Page) to honour her with clips of performances and photos. She had a wonderful group of friends. You can read and see how talented she was, how funny, how infectious her laugh, how so many of her skits still make people laugh out loud when they think of them, how she was generous and caring, dedicated and energetic in all aspects of her art and how she was an irreverent but wonderful friend. A talented, funny, generous woman has passed and we wish to honour and remember her.
Despite the hard times we have all had to face because of the pandemic, the folk at the Knick Knack Nook have remained open for much of the time, providing a service to Bowen Islanders four days a week, and one evening a week by appointment only. This is a remarkable achievement by any standard as most of our volunteers belong to the most vulnerable cohort of the population. Nevertheless, faced with reduced hours, reduced in-store shopping numbers, a loss of most of our older clientele, and by donation only, the Nook has made the annual scholarship program a priority, and generous funding will be available for this year’s crop of graduating students. Applications should be addressed to the Bowen Island Community Foundation whose website provides detailed information about the paperwork which must be provided, and most particularly the criteria which define what the Nook is looking for in a successful candidate. The Nick Knack Nook is a volunteer organization dedicated to environmental and social sustainability and is looking for like-minded young people fired with the same commitment. The deadline for submission is July 5. Let the word be known !
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VERY LATE MORSELS
Diversity, a new playground and land use bylaw changes BRONWYN BEAIRSTO
Editor
Because of a couple of unusual weeks, the May 25 regular council meeting coverage is coming to you very late. Here’s what happened: A new equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) policy for BIM passed five votes to two. Municipal staff developed the policy over the winter in response to community requests last year. The policy covers (among other things) internal operations and interactions, interactions with the public and expectations for how the public interacts with BIM staff. The policy states that while its scope is not to dictate behaviour outside the municipality it is “rather to lead by positive example.” Following the policy’s passing, next steps are to create an EDI working group action plan “to identify and remove barriers and to establish protocols and educational support tools to uphold and improve EDI throughout the entire organization,” said BIM CAO Liam Edwards. Part of this is an EDI toolkit with resources, best practices, examples and next steps. One such tool suggested is ensuring all policies and bylaws have considered EDI (just as is done with environmental or financial impact). “We want to make sure that people are considering who benefits from a project or policy, who might be excluded from those benefits,” said Edwards. “How might some groups be unfairly burdened today or in the future. How might privilege and power be entrenched in those projects and policies.… Have important decisions been made with the direct input of those who will be most affected.” Reaction to the policy among council was mixed. While the majority spoke in favour of what was described as a “living document,” Rob Wynen worried about the unintended consequences of such a policy and the rise of “cancel culture.” “I don’t think this is a solid enough
foundation,” he said. “I definitely support the intent.” “I think we’re all in agreement on where we want to get to,” said Wynen, “the concern is much more the path to get there.” Coun. Michael Kaile too voiced concern and the desire for more time to consider the policy. “This is an extremely complex document, which touches every part of our being,” he said. “I’ve been soundly warned, of the unintended consequences, the lack of initial preparation, and the lack of expertise sometimes in which these policies came to life.” Reaction from the community was also ambivalent. A community member, Ricken Patel, spoke at the head of the meeting, urging caution with EDI policies. “I’ve experienced racism my whole life and fought it my whole career,” he started off, going on to warn of falling into cancel culture and saying EDI policies can undermine the “trust and health of teams and communities and crucially their diversity.” “If you put people on eggshells… surprise, surprise it undermines that authentic trust and communication…,” said Patel. “Let’s have the conversations but let’s hear them wisely,” said Patel. But council also received letters in adamant support of the policy, including one signed by 24 islanders who are Black, Indigenous or people of colour (BIPOC) or who have BIPOC family members. The letter expresses lived experience of oppression on Bowen. “Several families on Bowen have moved off the island because they have experienced racism, homophobia and classism,” said the letter. “BIPOC visitors have also been discriminated against. These experiences in the collective can discourage future visits or moves to Bowen Island and have a potentially damaging effect on small businesses, BIM’s tax base, and on community members in Bowen who are deeply affected by these incidents.” “So as not to identify anyone, very broadly, some of the incidents that have occurred include racial profiling, tone policing after a racist incident, retaliation or backlash against people who have spoken about experiences of racism, comments in public places that
started with words like ‘the problem with Indians is….’ or ‘I like Asians BUT (next comments suggests they don’t belong on Bowen)…,’ rallying support for people who have been shown to be discriminatory, the denial of services due to issues relating to race and ancestry,” said the letter. The letter explicitly supports the EDI policy. “We think that this policy would help set norms for other businesses and institutions within Bowen and lead to more conversations on the island. “Conversations about EDI are complicated and nuanced. For people who have not engaged in these conversations, it can be stressful and divisive. But the solution is not to avoid these conversations (as avoidance can eventually lead to even greater conflict) but rather to lean into these conversations,” it said. “An EDI policy helps to ensure that these conversations are happening regularly and that issues of EDI are always considered in decision-making.” The policy passed with Wynen and Kaile against. Part of the policy is a biannual revision.
West side playground
Council approved the potential expansion of a west side playground in the Arbutus Ridge area. The $100,000 project – driven by local volunteers and to be funded through community fundraising – is to incorporate a slide, swings and step and balance extension. Several speakers at the top of the meeting spoke in favour of the project, especially given Bowen’s lack of public play infrastructure outside of the Cove.
Sweeping LUB changes
Second reading of a large Land Use Bylaw amendment passed unanimously. The bylaw covers a lot of ground and a lot of detail – changes to lot line definitions, grade and height calculations, and new definitions (for example: cemetery, fence, light manufacturing, wood processing) are among the changes proposed in what has been termed a “housekeeping bylaw,” while public commenters called it an “omnibus bylaw.” The changes can be seen at bowenisland.civicweb.net/document/244783. The bylaw is coming to public hearing next month. We’ll have more on this.
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Case rates tick up for Bowen Island/Lions Bay For the 5,000-odd people of Bowen Island-Lions Bay community health service area, BCCDC data shows that for the week of June 1 to June 7: • The case positivity rate was 3 cases per 100,000 (for the previous three weeks, this number was zero); • 79 per cent of people 12 and over have at least one vaccine dose; • 81 per cent of people 18 and over have at least one vaccine dose; • 86 per cent of poeple 50 and over have at least one vaccine dose. The next Bowen vaccine clinic is June 19 at BICS. More information: vch.ca/covid-19/covid-19-vaccine.
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The Bowen Island RCMP responded to 60 calls for service in May of 2021: • 1 of those files was a roadblock; • 7 of those files were related to traffic complaints or enforcement; • 3 of those files were drivers licence suspensions for impaired driving; • 2 of those files were requests to check a person’s well-being; • 1 of those files was a report of a telephone fraud. Technology is improving at an incredible rate and electric vehicles are becoming more common on our roads. As a result, the rules around the use of electric bicycles and scooters is also changing. Currently, you do not need a driver’s licence to operate an electric bicycle if the motor does not exceed 500 watts or 32km/h. The bike does not need to be insured or registered, but you do need to be at least 16 years of age. To operate an electric motorcycle or an electric scooter with a motor that does not exceed 1,500 watts or 70km/h, you require a valid drivers licence and the scooter needs to be licenced, registered and insured with ICBC. Cyclists must travel in a line, not abreast, so you don’t block a lane of the roadway. Both electric bicycles and scooters require reflectors or lights, especially at night. You need to wear a bicycle helmet when riding an electric bike and a motorcycle helmet when riding an electric scooter. The new path on Grafton Road will allow space for cyclists leaving Snug Cove but in places on the island where the roads are tighter drivers must slow for cyclists and only pass in a courteous manner when it’s safe to do so. Electric bicycles are very popular on Bowen and I can understand why. They are an environmentally friendly and economical way to travel around the island quickly and they make the hills more bearable. I find it encouraging to see people out getting exercise while respecting the environment. My hope is that we can also respect the rules that the province has laid out, for everyone’s safety.
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The journey to ‘Where We Stood’
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DJ Yeshe bringing down the house! All ages came out to party and celebrate the arts at The Hearth last Saturday for the first Artists’ Party of 2021. And, we get to do it again next Saturday, June 12, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. for the new exhibition - ‘“Where We Stood.”
THE HEARTH EXHIBIT FROM JANE KENYON AND JUDE NEALE
PHOTOS AND WORDS: KATHLEEN AINSCOUGH
BRONWYN BEAIRSTO
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The Hearth Gallery’s latest show is a station stop on an epic journey. From Bowen poet Jude Neale and former islander (and still artist) Jane Kenyon is “Where We Stood,” a show 30 years in the making. The two became friends when Jude taught Jane’s daughter at BICS. “We immediately recognized in each other, a great love of each other, and also respect,” said Jude. The idea of a collaboration percolated over the decades but Jane always felt Jude’s highly visual poetry didn’t need any visual companion. But it all changed when Jude sent Jane “Where We Stood” in early 2020. “It was surrealistic poem that was a flight of consciousness, really. I just started writing,” said Jude. “I kept going, kept writing down images and one thing would lead to another and then I’d come up with another image and another place. “It’s a very long poem and I didn’t stop writing until I finished it.” Where Jude is prolific in her work – churning out several books a year, even during a pandemic – this show is a response to just one. “It was just like, fireworks going off,” said Jane. “It just felt very relevant to the time and relevant to the time in our lives and the journeys that we’ve been on together – me through my art and her through her writing,” said Jane. She printed off the poem in large font, hung it in her studio and covered it in notes. The art pieces are not literal interpretations of Jude’s poem, rather they come from what the poem awoke in Jane. “I lived with that poem. I continue to live with that poem,” said Jane. The accomplished non-objective artist (one can look her up on Instagram where she has 35,100 followers) for many years worked with textiles but about a decade ago dipped into paint. “Where We Stood” is Jane’s first foray back into textiles, mostly working with recycled clothing and domestic textiles. “That whole sense of reshaping and reusing these
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“And oh, the skin they touched” – Where We Stood
materials that already have a story and have already been on a journey, like we have, and then can be molded and shaped into something else and continue on their journey,” mused Jane. “I feel quite tender about this work, that it is giving new life to me and to the textiles and to my work.” And the show is giving new life to her old work cast-offs through the Skin Series. Jane has long saved old T-shirts to use as studio rags and would sometimes save the rags because she liked the way they looked, but never knew what she’d do with them. After ten years, she finally knew. “As I worked on them they began to reform into different shapes and feel like they were becoming skins – they’ve been worn on skins and now they’re becoming skins themselves.” And oh / the skin they touched./ Bathed skin, brown skin, bruised skin,/ palms and fingers and painted toes,” reads Jude’s poem. “Where We Stood,” artworks and poetry is on at The Hearth Gallery from June 10 to July 5 and islanders can stop by on their own journeys. “Even if we never leave our town, we’ve still been on an epic journey through our lives with all of the bizarre things, and wonderful things, and awful things, and scary things that happened to us,” said Jane.
Jami Scheffer poses with the masked bartender.
DJ Yeshe, Jami Woodall, is back next weekend.
Sculptures and paintings made up “Ephemeral Horizons.”
The Hearth Gallery is seeking proposals for 2022 shows BRONWYN BEAIRSTO
Editor
We’re already halfway through 2021, which means it’s time for The Hearth Gallery to look at its slate of exhibitions for next year. The gallery has issued its call to artists – of any 2D or 3D medium and of any subject – to apply for solo or group exhibitions. It’s welcoming proposals from Bowen-based or Bowen-connected artists for the typically three-week shows and a limited number of proposals from the Lower Mainland. The call closes June 30. Then, it’s up to the selection committee. Things that the committee will look for include visual impact, skill, inherent meanings – the meanings behind the works, intention and how artists are coming to the work and uniqueness, says Jami Scheffer, executive director of the Hearth. “Then of course, the quality of the application. It’s like applying for a job,” says Scheffer. “You’ve got to take the time to convince the jury that
you’re the best choice for the gallery.” As a relatively new fixture at The Hearth, having arrived in spring 2020, Scheffer is infusing some of her newness into the process. “I’m looking for the artist to be a little more serious about applying for a show at The Hearth,” she says. “It’s not just a given. “It doesn’t mean that they have to be an established artist, it can be an emerging artist, but that they really are serious about their art – then we’ll be serious about it with them, too.” Also new with Scheffer’s tenure is the now annual Primary Colours exhibit – the kids art show – and there’s a hope for a high school kids art show. But Scheffer’s also going for variety. For example, more exhibit-like shows, “where we’re showing something that’s really unusual or unique and may not even be a sellable show but it’s something that we feel that the community needs to see.” Like “Standing on their Shoulders” likely next fall, which is to have Bowen artists present a storyboard along with a piece of art, the storyboard depicting the art’s creation
and inspiration. With plenty of ideas and plenty of artists on Bowen, there’s only so much space and time on gallery walls. “We’ve got 12 months of the year, we’ve got three-week shows on average and we need to fit it all in,” says Scheffer. And, as the provincial travel restrictions unfurl their grip on tourists, as hopes of post-COVID loom, there are still finances to keep in mind. “We are running a business, so we consider that as well,” says Scheffer – that’s sellability and getting people in the door. “Even though we are a non-profit arts organization, we still have to be fiscally responsible.” It’s business as almost usual at the gallery, albeit with fewer people allowed in the doors at once. “People still need art in their lives. People still need to be creative,” says Scheffer. “I think that this weird time has just showed people that [art] is necessary. It is needed. It’s grounding us.” See more information at thehearthartsonbowen.ca.
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Get to know your neighbour NEXT IN OUR WEEKLY SERIES: OWEN PLOWMAN
When did you come to Bowen? We came to Bowen to live here on the 10:30 a.m. ferry on Sunday, May 9, 2004. I know all of the details because it was such a memorable day, because it really changed my life. How did you come to be here? Well, we did it by accident. We were just looking to see what kind of places we could get with a larger garden for when we retire. So we decided we would just go out and look and see what you could get for your dollar. And we found this house on Bowen Island, and I said to Doug, we should buy it now. And he said no. And we ended up buying it. You said it changed your life – how so? What was that shift? We got out of the city, we were living in North Vancouver, and it brought us to a beautiful place with a lovely collection of neighbors and peace and tranquility and a lovely garden to work in. Where on Bowen do you live? At the end of Cates Hill Road. Fill the ferry lineup gap or don’t fill the gap? I always fill the gap. What’s your favourite Bowen fact or story? My favourite Bowen fact is that we used to have a dynamite factory. I don’t know what my favourite story is because there are a lot of them. I think that the really memorable thing that happened to me once was that we were going to a wedding in New York. And we got overloaded on the ferry; we were about the third car in the line. And I realized that I hadn’t packed any pants for the trip. I just had jeans on but I was going to a wedding. I went to talk to Paul Rickett at the Beer and Wine Store to see if I could borrow his car to go to my house and there was a lady who said, “Here, take my truck and just bring it back and put the keys over the sun visor.” And I was able to do that, get two pairs of
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Drive-through at the Legion Strawberry Shortccake and/or sandwich plate dress pants, all without losing my space in line. And we made the wedding and everything was fine. But if we hadn’t been overloaded, I would have been in serious trouble trying to find dress pants in New York that fit. What’s something Bowen Islanders have in common? Strong opinions. It’s interesting because we all have our different opinions about everything. And some of them are really diametrically opposed. But when there’s something important, which affects how we live on the island, or what’s going on, we tend to all pull together and rally around. So you may be talking in a group with somebody that you vehemently disagree with on two or three topics, but the one you’re there in the group for, you’re all in absolute alignment and agreement. So that’s great. What’s your favourite COVID-19 balm or activity? I bought an e-bike so for the last year or so I’ve been exploring almost every day different parts of the island. And I’ve found places, I’ve found roads that I didn’t know existed with houses on them. I’ve found things that are really fantastic to see around the Crown lands and I’m really enjoying going out and biking. I do that a lot with Doug as well.
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Although Tim Turner acknowledges the woodlot manager is acting within their authority, Turner said “they had crossed a very significant geographic line, and what was at risk was one of the last significant scraps of ancient forest on Gambier Island.” Gambier Island is the largest island in Howe Sound, and Turner said it is the last in the sound with ancient big tree forest remaining. The conservancy has concerns not only for the trees being logged, but also for sensitive or threatened species, nearby salmon spawning grounds, the water quality and the trail network. Earlier this year, the conservancy began an environmental monitoring project that commissioned two studies in the area of the proposed cut to assess the ecological impacts of clearcut logging on the headwater area. Turner said this will act as a snapshot of the creek, its water quality and any species at risk from before logging takes place. The conservancy had hoped the reports would put a pause on logging. While the area has experienced logging before, Turner said the headwaters have
never been touched. “We can kiss that creek goodbye if this logging goes forward,” he said. Meanwhile, a letter writing campaign led by My Sea to Sky also calls for “an immediate moratorium on old growth logging while the 14 recommendations of the Old Growth Review Panel are implemented.” My Sea to Sky’s petition says “ancient forests have intrinsic value for all living things and should be managed for ecosystem health, not just for timber sales.” It calls for letters to be addressed to Premier John Horgan, Katrine Conroy, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, and Nathan Cullen, Minister of State for Lands and Natural Resource Operations. Turner said Whispering Creek is a perfect example of the kind of old growth forest that should be under a moratorium by the provincial government. “We just don’t have time to be more patient,” Turner said. Gambier Forest Resources Ltd. did not return Coast Reporter’s request for comment before deadline.
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Time to set aside the fantasy version of who we are
pandemic, although we did celebrate last June 21st with Squamish Nation Elders, the blessing of the sign with the Squamish Nation name for the island, Nexwlélexwm. I won’t diminish the importance of our events, workshops and the book club; but they were baby steps. It’s time to grow up and take some big steps. Reconciliation needs to include putting back what was taken away and there was plenty taken away. Language, culture, rights, governance, health, land, education, and most egregiously, the children. What can we do? Educate ourselves. If you have a strong stomach, read the TRC - Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report, 2015. The commission was funded by the residential school survivors, using one third of their financial settlement. It took me months to get through the report – five pages a day – the tears kept getting in the way. An entire chapter talks about missing children and unmarked graves. Read the 94 Calls to Action. After six years, only eight of these Calls to Action have been addressed. Read books by Indigenous authors; the library has a list. Or ask me for one. Watch the NFB Film “We Were Children.” Go to aptn.ca Aboriginal Peoples Television Network – and see the world through their eyes. Go to the Reconciliation Canada Facebook Page and watch the videos which were recorded a few days ago with Chief Robert Joseph, his daughters, Karen and Shelley, and guests. These videos helped me chan-
HOW WE CAN HONOUR 215 CHILDREN, AND SO MANY MORE
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It seems our country is finally ready to have the difficult conversation. To set aside our fantasy version of who we are. Like many others, the discovery of the unmarked graves of 215 children on the site of the Kamloops (Tk’emlups) residential school left me sad and angry. When my daughter was five years old, I used to accompany her on the 10-minute walk, across a busy street, to the bus that took her to kindergarten. I would meet her off the bus a few hours later. One day, she wasn’t on the bus. The bus driver looked as worried as I felt. I ran home and called the school. She wasn’t there. My story has a happy ending. But if you magnify a thousand times the fear and guilt I experienced, you will begin to taste what it was like for many Indigenous parents who went to the residential school to get their children and were told they weren’t there. The federal government has known about the horrors of resi-
dential schools since 1907 when Dr. Peter Bryce, a medical health officer reported to the Department of Indian Affairs, calling the schools “a breeding ground for illness.” He was shocked by the overcrowding, poor nutrition, hard physical labour, the numerous deaths, and healthy children sleeping next to children with tuberculosis. He was given the boot. Why? Because the Indian Act was designed to dispossess Indigenous people of their lands, in order to facilitate the exploitation of their forests, waters and mountains. The fewer Indigenous people, the easier to accomplish this colonial quest. Dr. Bryce later published his findings in the 1920s in the pamphlet, “A National Crime.” Four years ago, I began a reconciliation initiative on the island with the support of the Bowen Island Arts Council and the Bowen Island Library. The purpose of “Knowing Our Place” was to educate ourselves about our true history with Indigenous People, and to work toward respectful, mutually enhancing relationship. Things slowed down a bit because of the
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them to release records of the children so they can be identified. Reconciliation is a long, ongoing process. It’s messy and uncomfortable. We are bound to make mistakes, but we must keep going. It’s up to us to acknowledge our dark history and our dark present so the future will be brighter for everyone. May the words of Chief Robert Joseph, hereditary chief of the Gwawaenuk First Nation, motivate you as they have motivated me: “Little ones, we see you, we feel you.” You have “triggered us to think differently about who we are as Canadians, as human beings.” You “will help to transform this country.” You “are giving us an opportunity to change.” For immediate assistance to those who may need it, the National Indian Residential School Crisis Line is available 24 hours a day at 1-866-925-4419.
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