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Knife skills
Young islanders hone their skills in the growing cub-scouts troops
The relationship column
Housing Jam!
Getting creative to solve the housing crisis
You need more than just clear communication say Jack & Soorya Resels
Councilors talk transportation at UBCM Changing demographics used to argue for re-enstatement of weekend ferry sailings
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Last Thursday, Bowen Islanders Michelle Nelson, Chris Mull, Bruce McTaggart, Andy Hoppenrath (with baby Heidi Kerr), Elle Burke, Alicia Hoppenrath and Colin Kerr (and Susanne Schloegl not pictured) participated in the first annual West-side Earth to Ocean Triathlon, which included a swim in Tunstall Bay, paddle to Cape Roger Curtis Beach, and run around The Cape trail network. Contact Michelle Nelson to find out how to sign yourself or your relay team up for next year: michelle_nelson@sfu.ca Meribeth Deen, photo
We are putting British Columbians first, Premier MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
Premier Christy Clarke addressed municipal officials from across the province on Wednesday at the annual Union of BC Municipality’s conference in Victoria. She told the audience that British Columbia is first in Canada in terms of economic growth, has the lowest unemployment rate in all of Canada, and is on track to eliminate the provincial deficit. “We are now in a position to make big investments in our
citizens,” said Premier Clarke. Clarke added that one of the results of a strong economy is a high cost of living, but that the province is committed to making life more affordable and pointed to a recent commitment of half a billion dollars to create affordable housing in every community in British Columbia. “I am personally convinced there is the will both provincially and federally to improve the housing situation, and we will see some of that happen on Bowen as well,” said Bowen Island Councilor Michael Kaile in an interview following Premier Clarke’s speech. “However, that is the story that is yet to unfold.”
Bowen Island’s municipal councilors have spent this past week in Victoria meeting with municipal officials from across British Columbia as well as provincial ministers for the annual Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) conference. On Tuesday, the majority of our council met with the provincial Minister of Transportation, Todd Stone, to ask for some of the weekend sailings from Horseshoe Bay that were cut in 2014 to be brought back. Councilor Melanie Mason, liaison to the Bowen Island Municipal Transportation Advisory Committee, says she presented Stone with the results of the 2016 Ferry Schedule Survey results. “The survey clearly shows that the loss of the 7:30 am sailing on Saturdays, and the 9:30 am sailing Sundays from Snug Cove have the biggest impact on Bowen Islanders,” says Mason. “These are key ferry sailings for many households, getting people to work, sports activities, as well has helping them make travel connections and do basic errands.” A total of 384 people responded to the ferry survey. According to the briefing on the survey results, 20 percent of the 248 separate comments attached to the survey cite
hardship in maintaining and securing employment due to limited weekend ferry service from Bowen. Mason says that she also explained to Minister Stone that Bowen Island has experienced an influx of young families moving from Vancouver in the past year. “There is new ridership for BC Ferries here on Bowen,” says Mason. “But what we’re seeing with the lack of ferry service on the weekends is that people are not changing their plans around the schedule, they are just not leaving the island. This is having a negative impact on children and young families on Bowen Island.” Mason points to a report put out by North Shore Community Resources that points to barriers to communal activities on Bowen Island as a source of potential vulnerability to young children. “The limited weekend ferry schedule acts as a barrier to swimming lessons, soccer, visiting family and friends and much more,” says Mason. “I think this, combined with statistics on our increasing population really caught the attention of Minister Stone.” Mason says this meeting has opened the door to further meetings between the province and BC Ferries on an economic case for reinstating the lost weekend sailings.
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Seeking Public Comment Development Variance Permit DVP-05-2015 (1111 Senator Rd) PROJECT DESCRIPTION: A Development Variance Permit application has been submitted for 1111 Senator Rd (shown on map) to vary a setback requirement for the replacement of an existing residential building. If issued, the permit would vary Section 3.16 of the Land Use Bylaw, No. 57, 2002 to reduce a required setback from the sea from 21.9 m to 20.5 m.
We are hiring Bowen Island Municipality seeks a qualified permanent part-time Emergency Program Coordinator (EPC). This is a 15 hour/week position. The EPC is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the community’s emergency management program. They will develop, maintain and implement emergency plans; the overall emergency program; emergency volunteer programs; and develop and manage programs that engage community partners and stakeholders in emergency planning, preparedness and response. Required training, education and experience includes: •
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“Housing Jam” session brainstorms about Bowen, 2026 EDITOR
The community of Bowen Island may be divided in many ways, but it also has many shared values: a love of nature, for example, or the appreciation for small, local businesses. It was with this observation and with the intention that commonalities would drive the conversation that Bowen Island architect Robyn Fenton opened up the first ever Bowen Housing Jam. Fenton asked participants to consider our community in 2026, with an extra 500 people looking for a place to live. Divided into four tables, the “jam,” which followed a structure created by the Vancouver Design Nerds (VDN) asked people to consider the housing situations from varying perspectives pulled out of an envelope. “The Business Owner,” for example, has lived on Bowen for more than two decades and is concerned about housing because staffing challenges. “The Conservative” has lived on Bowen for decades in a lovely home, and is worried that the city is encroaching on islandlife. “The Newcomer,” has a winter rental, a great job and a host of lovely new friends, but is worried that a lack of somewhere to live during the summer months will force a departure from the island. “I was an empty nester,” says participant Eleanor Rosenberg, who says that as an islander looking to start her family, she is concerned about housing as it impacts the amount of cultural diversity in the community. “Giving people these personas was an effective strategy to at least create a sense of more diversity in the room.” Rosenberg says she also appreciated the “jam” format for creating such a plethora of ideas, some of them more creative than realistic.
“My favourite was the idea of homes hanging from a theoretical future bridge between Bowen Island and the mainland,” says Rosenberg. “And the tree-house village, that was pretty fun too.” Ideas that seemed to gain a lot of traction within the wider group included neighbourhoods centered around shared facilities, housing styles that brought younger and elder generations into close proximity, “tiny homes” and more village-style areas outside of Snug Cove. Councilor Gary Ander was one of three municipal councilors who made it out to the Housing Jam, and proved to be a strong proponent of a multi-village Bowen Island. He blames the Official Community Plan for what he calls “Cove-centric” thinking, and suggested that revising the plan could be helpful for tackling the housing crisis. “For example, the OCP does not currently allow modular homes,” says Ander. “That’s in place because modular homes imply trailers, but modular also means pre-fabricated, and really that is all that’s affordable to build right now.” Ander says he was motivated to attend the meeting because he sees housing as the major issue on Bowen right now.
he says. “A lot of the ideas that came out of this [Housing Jam] were pretty idealistic, but things don’t happen quickly in real life. If we want things to develop on Bowen Island there’s a lot of unwinding that needs to be done. We could start by scrapping the minimum lot sizes, for example.” Ander says when it comes to things that can be done quickly to improve the housing stock, the best option he can think of is allowing people to build secondary suites. “As we were discussing this at council, I wanted there to be a maximum size of 1,000 square feet, that way we are dealing with housing as a necessity,” says Ander. “But in the end we decided on not having a maximum
size for a secondary suite.” Developer Wolfgang Duntz, from Bowen Island Properties, was also in attendance at the Housing Jam. “A lot of what we’ve had on the drawing board for decades would tie into some of the ideas presented,” said Duntz. “Our rezoning application filed in 2009, for Parkview Slopes is the perfect example. We’ve got diversity in that plan that includes rentals, small places, a combination of live-work buildings, places for singles and young families – and rentals for families with pets.” Duntz says one of the groups he worked with at the Housing Jam focused on the idea of a Tiny Home vil- continued page 12
If we want things to develop on Bowen Island there’s a lot of unwinding that needs to be done. Coun. Gary Ander
“How critical is it? It’s hard to know exactly, but we are losing talent, and every business on the island is bleeding for a lack of staff,”
Councilor Gary Ander presenting ideas for a Tiny Home Village at the Bowen Island Housing Jam. Meribeth Deen, photo
Public Open House Detached Secondary Suites on Bowen Island 4:00-7:00PM on Wednesday, October 5, 2016 In Council Chambers at Municipal Hall 981 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island
maximum size of 115 square metres (~1,200 square feet), and a property could not have a detached secondary suite and operate a bed and breakfast. Proposed bylaw would also create guidelines for a Development Permit Area which would regulate development of Detached Secondary Suites. MORE INFORMATION AT MUNICIPAL HALL: Background material may be viewed at Municipal Hall between 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday (excluding statutory holidays) or on the Municipal website at www.bimbc.ca/planning YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELCOME: Written submissions may be delivered to Municipal Hall (contact information below):
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Concerned Citizens Bowen encourages public input Dear Editor, Howe Sound locals and tourists alike are celebrating the amazing return of Pacific white-sided dolphins, grey and orca whales, salmon, and the herring spawn that lies at the base of the aquatic foodweb. We cannot allow this progress to be placed at risk. Howe Sound is making a remarkable recovery from the residue of over a century of heavy industry that included leaching copper mines, sulfuric pulp mills and a leaky chemical plant oozing mercury. This reclamation is largely due to persistent effort by streamkeepers and other volunteer organizations and the investment of millions of dollars of taxpayer funding. Unfortunately, the McNab Creek aggregate mine proposed by Burnco envisions digging a 77-hectare pit in Howe Sound’s McNab Creek estuary to depths of 55 metres
below surface grade and more than 15 m below the water table. McNab Valley will be changed forever. The proposal includes building a gravel processing plant, conveyor belt bridge, and barge dock, that will bombard wildlife and adjacent communities at McNab, Lions Bay and Gambier with sound and light pollution 300 days a year. And Burnco mining will disturb constructed biocells and capped soil mitigation from historic logging activity on the site with unknown ecological spillover. McNab Creek estuary is so critical to the rebound of salmon in Howe Sound that the Department of Fisheries and Oceans has repeatedly opposed the Burnco project in the past. In Burnco’s own environmental study, the proponent acknowledges that their processing plant will obstruct
and stress foraging wildlife, negatively altering behaviour and breeding capacity. The report identifies 20 resident species at risk including the Roosevelt Elk reintroduced to the valley in 2001. The report offers no mitigation options but proposes a vision for a berm and “pit lake” habitat that will manage creek water and replace the present estuary. Destroying a rare, productive estuary within Howe Sound will pose substantial ecological, economic and cultural damage, while yielding insignificant benefit to the community. The 12 low-skill jobs promised by Burnco will come at the cost of more sustainable industries including fisheries, recreation, film and tourism from which dollars are currently flowing into Howe Sound communities. This weekend is our last chance to submit comments to
the Environmental Assessment Office before the window closes on Oct. 3 at midnight. Comments can be submitted online: www.eao.gov.bc.ca/ pcp/forms/burnco_form.html.
Or by email: burncoaggregatemine@ceaa-acee.gc.ca. On behalf of Concerned Citizens Bowen, Betty Morton ccbowen.ca
Crippen Park equestrian riding ring rebuilt On Sept. 10 and 11, with the help of members of the community, Bowen Island Horse Owners & Riders Association completely rebuilt the riding ring in the meadows. Our BIHORA group is not big and this was a major project for us. With the help of J & E Backhoe we removed the old posts, or what was left of them. Thanks Zak Reilley for being the operator. Twin Island supplied and delivered our gravel. Bowen Building Centre helped us get our supplies ordered and delivered to the ring. While working, we were able to enjoy coffee donated by the new Four Corners Coffee Shop – thanks JP. A Grant in Aid from our municipality helped us financially and was much appreciated. Tom McComb, from Metro Parks, supported us and cleared the way for the project. The Johnstone family lent us and operated their auger and tractor, which was invaluable. It’s hard to imagine digging all those post holes by hand. Thanks so much. Doug and Cindy Mercer did an impressive job doing a professional survey for us and Cindy was pretty good with the tools as well. One of the best parts of the
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project was all the help from our community, people not even involved with horses. We had a new Bowen family, kids in the photo, who worked all weekend just to be helpful. We had a Bowen person just arrived, Thomas in the photo, who came out as well. We are in good hands for the future with these kind of people. Thanks so much. BIHORA members, old and new, came out from everywhere to take part. With all the help we were able to replace the embarrassing, falling-down fence with a beautiful strong new one. There are too many BIHORA people to mention
but you know who you are and how much your input in work and machinery meant. All the gates were hung and we even had enough time and energy to put in three holding pens. It was all we hoped for and more. Please come down and have a look. We are planning a grand opening of the ring at the end of October in conjunction with our annual Halloween with Horse event. Keep an eye open for the exact date and time and come along with your kids and costumes. We will be proud to show you all our hard work and much-improved ring. Vivian Pearce BIHORA
Volunteers on the horse ring rebuilding: Thomas Pynn and Aley and Finn MacDonald. photo, Vivian Pearce
Passing the torch: the Gym on Bowen Dear Editor, What a strange Friday last week. After nine and a half years of Friday morning volunteering at Fawn Gill’s Gym on Bowen, I didn’t have a shift to go to. I was Fawn’s first personal training client and immediately offered to help her when she opened the gym in 2007. As a few people know, Anna-Marie and I are trying to travel as often as we can and with an older sister-in-law in Calgary and a 90-year-old uncle in Portland I had decided that it wasn’t fair to the rest of the volunteers to always be looking for someone to cover my shifts. My decision to leave at the end of August just happened to coincide with Fawn passing the gym over to Alix and Brad.
I was so proud to have worked with Fawn for almost a decade. She’s such a dedicated fitness professional who cares totally about her clients. She worked so diligently to offer Bowen the best quality gym possible. From insisting on every piece of equipment being wiped down during every volunteer shift, to us getting to know her members to make sure they enjoyed their workout, she was always positive, joyful and professional. I know the gym is in great hands and now Fawn is able to truly concentrate on her first love of personal training and her pilates and other classes. Wishing her all the success in the world. Murray Atherton
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You’ll continue arguing unless you learn this skill JACK AND SOORYA RESELS CONTRIBUTORS
There is so much out there on how to communicate in a relationship. Whether you’re in a couple or in a parent/child, sibling, friend or business relationship, you’ve probably heard things like: ! Listen and try to understand what the other is saying. ! Make “I” instead of “you” statements, so that the other person doesn’t feel criticized and get defensive. ! Be clear in your communication. Leave little for the recipient to assume. ! Learn to negotiate to come up with a fair solution that works for both of you. ! Be brief; use the least number of words necessary to convey the message. While these communication techniques can be very effective, they don’t directly work on the cause of a disagreement and so the same argument or issue will keep repeating. Conflict is a natural part of any close relationship. When two people are interacting so closely, inevitably they will trigger one another – though in different ways. They will struggle to be right, to be heard, or to be seen or even not seen. What is needed are not more communication skills but “discovery skills” to help you discover why you’re fighting. When each of you
takes responsibility for your part in it, you can be detectives together, interested and curious about each other, helping to find the hidden causes and the way forward. What is being overlooked? Likely you noticing your own unaddressed underlying emotions. The root cause of discord is the overlooked language of your emotions. Words, no matter how skillful, are inferior to acknowledging your own and each other’s feelings, which inevitably are reported in your body language. As long as you don’t address each other’s emotions and your attention is turned instead towards blame, criticism or avoidance, then your communication will be filled with frustration and arguments. Let’s say you’re upset because you feel like you’re always doing what your partner wants to. You can let them know again and again using communication techniques what it is like for you when they behave a certain way. Have you noticed how you speak louder to get your point across? However, unless you go deeper to see your own history of, for example, not speaking up for yourself but rather trying to please everyone else, you will recycle the same old habits. You know you feel upset but you don’t get that your partner is merely a trigger for these unresolved feelings in yourself. And since the pain
On the calendar FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 Launch of Elle Wild’s Strange Things Done, Doc Morgan’s, 5:30 p.m. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 Bowen’s eighth annual Breastfeeding Challenge and Celebration, 10 a.m.-noon at Family Place. Slowpitch season wrap-up, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the ball diamond. Book launch: No Fear in Death’s Light, 7 p.m. at The Gallery at Artisan Square. RSVP: faulksbridgepress@ gmail.com. Last big Farmer’s Market at BICS, 10 a.m.-noon.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2 SKY bus trip to Whistler. Participants will have lunch and visit the Audain Gallery. Departure: 10:30 a.m. Bus fare: $10. Gallery entry: $15. To join, contact April Sear at 604-947-9190. MONDAY, OCTOBER 3
SKY will have exercise at 9 a.m., coffee at 9:45 a.m., Speaker’s Corner with Sarah Haxby and Grade 5 students at 10:15 a.m., and yoga with Diana Kaile at 11 a.m.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 Bowen Grows Community Potluck at BICS gym starting at 5:30 p.m. Tickets $5 at the door, bring a dish. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8 Sax in the Garden, 909 Cates Hill Rd. Garden opens at 2:30 p.m., music starts at 3:30 p.m. Tickets at: Cates pharmacy $20 or $10 for students; at the gate $20 or $15 for students. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9 Garden Gateway Project Ribbon Cutting, 2 p.m. at the entrance to Snug Cove. Apple Fest, Davies Orchard, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16 Knitting Circle, 1-2:30 p.m., 1681 Woods Rd. Suggested donation: $5.
adversaries, you can turn arguments into treasure hunts. You can, instead, help each other figure out and clear up what you are really reacting to. What if you paused to ask yourself whether your pain is similar to something in your past? What if you wondered how you might be contributing to the problem instead of running away from it or casting blame? When both people take full responsibility to discover answers to these type of questions, the result is you’ll stop arguing and have a lot more fun!
Soorya and Jack Resels develop and lead couples workshops in their partnership with Bowen Island Yoga. photo supplied is occurring in the presence of your partner, you’re convinced she or he is to blame. In the meantime, your partner is thinking you were happy wherever you
went and whatever you did together. The reality is that when you’re not expressing the truth of your own emotions, they will always come out sideways. Recurring resent-
ment will unavoidably create either distance or tension in your relationship, or you go back into the conflict zone again and again, unresolved. When you learn how to become allies instead of
Jack and Soorya Resels moved to Bowen Island from Vancouver a year and a half ago. They live at Belterra Cohousing and are loving the rich experience of connection in community within the remarkable greater community of Bowen itself. Together for more than 40 years, they are still interested in growing their relationship. In turn, they are committed to helping others grow their relationships with their partners, children/parents, siblings, friends or business contacts. They develop and lead couples workshops in their partnership with Bowen Island Yoga. Their own interests include yoga, conscious breathing practices, conscious aging and singing. They lead monthly chanting evenings at BIY and participate in various song circles and choirs on the island.
Return to the teachings through the President’s Dream Colloquium PAULINE LE BEL
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“We’re all in the same lifeboat now,” said Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas as he addressed the audience at Simon Fraser University on Sept. 22, lighting up a windowless, institutional lecture hall with his eloquent and urgent words. “We’re in real trouble right now. This is not a time to be passive.” Yahgulanaas, a Haida artist and Bowen Islander, has not lived a passive life. In Haida Gwaii, he worked for decades to protect the island’s biodiversity, to protect “a relationship we had experienced and developed with a particular landscape, being in a singular place for a long time.” After 27 years of blockades, “making life difficult for British Columbia,” they successfully stood up to “those who would convert biodiversity into dollars and cents.” Yahgulanaas was the second speaker in the President’s Dream Colloquium, Returning to the Teachings: Justice, Identity and Belonging in the 21st Century, a public lecture series that examines how reconciliation is taking form in higher education. The Colloquium, sponsored by SFU president, Andrew Petter, is the dream of another islander, Brenda Morrison, professor of criminology and director of
SFU’s Centre for Restorative Justice. “As a Canadian institution we need to embrace and own our full history as Canadians,” said Morrison. “We can turn the tide of harm and injustice through reaching out and working across knowledge systems.”
“Even through those troubled times, we all kept a little something, a little gift.”
Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas As a visual artist, Yahgulanaas appreciates the “cosmological architecture” of a culture, how the houses, the modes of travel, the art come out of the deep beliefs and stories of a culture. The Haida are admired for their totem poles, many of which were removed and sold to galleries all over the world. “Even through those troubled times,” he said, “we all kept a little something, a little gift.” Yahgulanaas’ gift? The ability to create through his art, through his whimsy, a
world we would all want to live in, one that comes with responsibility. “The one at the top of the totem pole,” he reminds us, “has the greatest degree of responsibility.” To engage more than just intellectual modes of learning, every talk in the series includes a ceremony. Yahgulanaas was welcomed by Musqueam Elders Thelma Stogan and Arthur Stogan, given a blanket to wear for protection and scrubbed clean of negative energy with cedar boughs. “You’re gonna need a lot more cedar than that,” quipped Yahgulanaas. Yahgulanaas is the creator of large sculptures, author of The Flight of the Hummingbird, and inventor of Haida Manga, merging Haida and Asian artistic influences. His show, The Seriousness of Play continues until Sunday, Oct. 2 at the Bill Reid Gallery. Admission for that day is free and includes the opportunity to help create a Haida Manga mural. No time for passivity, says Yahgulanaas. “Participate. Get playful.” The last talk in the Colloquium takes place on Nov. 24, with anthropologist, author and islander Wade Davis. Pauline Le Bel is the author of Becoming Intimate with the Earth. Her book, Whale in the Door: Re-Imagining Howe Sound, will be published in 2017.
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Cub Scouts
Bowen Island Scout program grows
MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
“Get out of the blood zone!” says a Bowen Island Cub Scout to one of his friends, following a short lesson on knife skills. The blood zone, if you haven’t heard of it, is the arms-length area surrounding a person holding a knife, and staying out of that zone is one of the main safety rules the Cubs are expected to follow when handling pocket knives. “Cubs in particular really love sitting with a stick and whittling away at it,” says Scout leader Kenneth DeGraaf. “It can be really amazing for parents to see their 7 or 8 year old sitting so quietly for such a length of time with just a piece of wood for entertainment.” DeGraaf has been working as a leader with the Bowen Island Cub Scouts for a year now, and is one of a number of new leaders that has made it possible for the creation of a Beaver colony (ages 5 -7), a Cub troop (ages 8 -10) and a Scout troop (ages 11 -14) to form here. “Last year we had a number of Scout-aged participants in the program, but not enough leaders to create a troop,” says DeGraaf. “Now we have actual leaders for a Scout troop, and three youth. We would like to get that number up to five.” DeGraaf says all the Cub Scout programs focus on community service (and for Scouts, this work counts towards high school requirements for community service) and youth-led activities. “If the youth express an interest in something, we try to set up a program that makes it possible to reach their goal,” he says. “They can choose their adventures, we encourage that. If they want to rock climb, well we go through a series of events that teach them how to do that safely.” Roughly every three years, Scouts Canada hosts a gathering of youth and their leaders from across the country. Next July, just following celebrations for Canada’s 150th birthday, the Jamboree will take place near Halifax, N.S. DeGraaf says the first fundraising plan will likely be “Apple Day,” in October. On that day, Bowen Island Cub Scouts will be on the street asking for donations, and offering apples in return. For more information about Bowen Island Beavers, Cubs and Scouts, contact Euan Sinclair at scouter.euan@outlook.com.
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Members of the Bowen Island Cub Scouts practice safe knife skills with leader John Brossard. Bottom right, Scout leader Kenneth DeGraaf keeps a close eye as Cub Benjamin whittles the time away. Bottom left, Cub leader Geoff Degner enjoys a bonfire with Cubs Max and Colin. Meribeth Deen, photos
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Affordable housing is a growing challenge on Bowen, like many places in the lower mainland. Modular housing is now available that not only speeds up the construction process by as much as 90%, but it also reduces the cost significantly, while at the same time embracing quality, modern sustainable design. Come along to engage in the conversation about some of the solutions and how they can help with the housing crisis on Bowen Island.
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Breastfeeding Challenge
Mothers unite around the world
LESLEY GAUNT CONTRIBUTOR
“Whoever said ‘there’s no use crying over spilled milk’ obviously never pumped six ounces and accidentally spilled it.” (Günter Grass, The Flounder) Family Place is hosting Bowen Island’s eighth annual Breastfeeding Challenge and Celebration event. Bowen mothers are invited to join mothers across Canada and other countries around the world to gather and breastfeed their children for this friendly, international competition to set the record for the most parents feeding babies and children human milk at one time. For more info visit www.babyfriendly.ca. The event provides an exchange of information and experiences related to breastfeeding and an opportunity to reflect on the personal and individual decision of mothers to breastfeed. No doubt, there are many wonderful reasons to breastfeed your baby and literature abounds on the topic. Some statistics suggest that 75 per cent of all mothers select breastfeeding as an option today. This also means that one quarter of mothers make other choices when it comes to feeding their babies. It’s a choice with a long history. As long as there have been babies, there have been breastfeeding mothers providing infants with basic, essential nutrition. But for a surprisingly long time, there have also been baby bottles, used to feed infants when mothers couldn’t – for a number of reasons. There are plenty of happy, healthy and wise late baby boomers and Gen X adults that enjoyed formula instead of nuzzling their mother’s breast. At that time formula was widely thought of as a superior food source
Jolene Cooper and Jen Lafferty feed babies Maggie and Ruby at Tunstall Bay pool. Bowen Island mothers are encouraged to join the eighth Breastfeeding Challenge being held Saturday, Oct. 1 at Family Place. Meribeth Deen, photo and breastfeeding was not deemed to be cool. And most moms were just doing what they were told (plus, consumer awareness was in its infancy). However, in the late 1980s and ’90s, breastfeeding came back into vogue as mothers, medical professionals, and public health officials alike sought an end to the stigma that plagued nursing moms in previous decades. Today, some of the widely published reasons for breastfeeding qualify breast milk as a natural and healthy food. Breast milk is easy to digest, convenient and economical.
There is plenty of information for mothers available to make an informed choice. How long should a mother breastfeed? Many aspects of today’s life need to be balanced – the return to work, sleep, the needs of the mother and the child and the support from partner, family, friends, employer and the community. No one know better than a mother and her baby. The eighth Breastfeeding Challenge and Celebration is being held on Saturday, Oct. 1 from 10 a.m. to noon at Family Place, 650 Carter Road. The event is free and
“Cleaning Up the Corner of the TELUS Property – Sign Removal” TELUS Communications Inc., together with the Bowen Island Museum & Archives, is about to undertake a landscape upgrade to its property at the corner of Government and Miller Roads. Over the years other groups and individuals have used a portion of TELUS’ site for advertising various businesses and events. As work on the site is about to start, TELUS is requesting that all parties remove their signs if they want to keep them. Please do so by October 15, 2016. After that date, arrangements for disposal will be made. Alternative arrangements for non-profit organizational signage are being explored. On behalf of TELUS Management and Bowen Island Museum & Archives we thank you for your assistance in this matter and patience while the work is being completed.
includes refreshments and great door prizes generously donated by our supportive local business community. Family Place is excited that Dr. Verity Livingstone, medical director of the Vancouver Breastfeeding Centre and
an expert on clinical aspects of breastfeeding, will be a guest at the event offering additional information and support. Registration for this year’s challenge is now open: advance registration through
Family Place is encouraged to help plan for the event, however registration on the day is welcome too. To register or find out more please contact Family Place at 604947-2717 or coordinator@ bowenislandfamilyplace.com.
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Our story: Bowen Coffee Hut and Roastery GINO RUTIGLIANO CONTRIBUTOR
Thank you beautiful Bowen Island and all your beautiful people. The Rutiglianos (Gino and Victoria) from Bowen Coffee Store (Bowen Island Roasting Co.) and Bowen iWine uBrew, located at 104-105 996 Dorman Rd., would like to send a big thank you to Bowen Island for all your support over the last 10 years at this location. We opened the doors Sept. 1, 2006, as The Happy Isle Cafe and Bowen Island Roasting Co. (previously The Happy Italian Deli, Dessert, Coffee House when we were located across the street in the Bowen Pub building from 2002 to 2006). In 2008, we expanded to include a 50-seat dining room with a stage and full liquor license currently in the space where the Beer and Wine Cellar is located. Back then we offered full dinner service and live jazz every Friday night hosted by Tuen Schut. This continued to expand, offering more music nights featuring local cover bands, throw-together music nights, reggae nights and open mic nights. We had some very special magical evenings like the New York New Year’s Eve, with a packed dance floor, house-made Italian-style pizza and pasta, wine and music flowing, everybody having a good time. Ahhh, those were the days, the good times, and with all good times, they eventually come to an end. It was the prefect storm: the introduction of the HST, the new liquor laws followed by the economic recession. In 2010, the Bowen Coffee retail store was born offering everything coffee and tea. We enjoyed a compact business with roastery beside for the next couple of years until the re-development of the Village Square required us to relocate the roaster to a mid-island location. Last year, we opened the Bowen iWine uBrew where the roaster was located. Soon after, we were approached by Rondy Dike about the new building at the USSC location and, as they say, the rest is history. We have now passed the torch of the ubrew and the cafe location to the new owners: Jay, of JP Gallery and Simon, of Raven Tails, and we wish them the very best of success in their new joint venture. We want to give special thanks to Wolfgang Duntz and his team for his amazing advice and help over the years, the Bellringers for their support and especially to Rondy and Dorothy Dike for building us the best roastery we could have ever imagined. And an extra thanks to you, our customers! We would not exist without you. Come and find us in the new, beautifully built building at the bottom of the Cove. The Bowen Coffee Hut is located and connected to the new home of the Bowen Island Roasting Co. suites 101 and 102 at 431 Bowen Island Trunk Rd. We will be offering a customer appreciation day on Oct. 9 at 2 p.m. in conjunction with the ribbon cutting ceremony of the Garden Gateway Project. Please join us in celebrating our new opening of the Bowen Coffee Hut and Roastery. We will be featuring baked goods delivered fresh in the mornings from Artisan Eats, MoeMakes, Siegel’s Bagels, in-house mini doughnuts, sandwiches and much, much more.
Gino Rutigliano at his new location. photo Meribeth Deen
Celebrate Garden Gateway, campaign launch JULIA MCCAIG CONTRIBUTOR
On Sunday Oct. 9 the Bowen Community Foundation will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony for the newly created Garden Gateway and will simultaneously launch its annual giving campaign, For Bowen, For Ever. The Foundation is particularly proud of what the team of talented and socially committed Bowen Islanders have produced at the entrance to Snug Cove. Nestled up against the new Union Steamships Company building adjacent to the ferry dock, the Garden Gateway
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reflects, in the words of its creators, “a pride in Bowen’s natural beauty and history.” Project lead and key driver of the initiative, Holly Graff (winner of the the British Columbia Society of Landscape Architects 2015 BCSLA Community Service Award), architect James Tuer and garden designer Wynn Nielsen have led a team that has created a small stretch of natural beauty on municipal land, leveraging more than half of the cost of the project through gifts and inkind contributions. Please join us at 2 p.m. on Oct. 9 to
celebrate the success of this initiative and to begin thinking about how you and others, working with the Bowen Community Foundation, can contribute to further projects, making our island more welcoming, more aligned with the natural environment, and more sustainable. Our Foundation’s mantra (For Bowen, For Ever) can be seen in the Garden Gateway, aptly described by Holly Graff as reflecting the Bowen Island Community Foundation’s “priorities of civic pride, community gathering places, and engagement.”
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Oliver Smith and Samuel LaRoche display their project Potato Power at last year’s fair. photo Debra Stringfellow
Calling all scientists! WENDY CELLIK CONTRIBUTOR
Bowen Island Community School is hosting its first student science fair and we need your help. We are looking for scientists from all disciplines for the following: ! Mentoring students during one or more
after-school sessions Monday, Oct. 6, 13 and 27, 3-4 p.m., where students will be designing their experiments. ! Review final student projects during the science fair on Nov. 2, 5-6 p.m., providing constructive feedback and handing out ribbons. If interested, please contact Wendy Cellik at wendycellik@gmail.com.
‘Alternative’ learning scholarship MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
Last spring, the board of the Knick Knack Nook decided to dedicate a chunk of money to a new bursary for Bowen Islanders following “alternative paths” environmental learning. They put the call out for applicants, but almost nine months later, none have come in. “We just thought that there were people out there – at any age – that wanted to go out and learn things,” says the Nook’s
Donna Scorer. “Everything had been geared toward university but we wanted to include more people and types of learning. Maybe the money would go to someone who keeps bees but wanted to take a course and bring that knowledge back to the island by putting on a workshop or something. We really had nothing specific in mind.” Scorer adds that the pot for this bursary increased from $2,000 to $5,000 when one of the winners of a university bursary decided to put off school for a year. The deadline for
Questions and answers about Snug Cove House CAROL MACKINNON and GRAHAM RITCHIE CONTRIBUTORS
Snug Cove House volunteers were eager to get BowFest community feedback about our recent plans regarding selling 12 lots on Miller Road, and the progress on planning our seniors’ supportive living residence. Over the coming weeks we will share some of these questions and answers here in The Undercurrent. Feel free to check out our website (snugcovehouse.com) for more information Question: What is the minimum age of entry to move into the residence? Answer: We have always aimed this residence at Bowen seniors who can no longer or choose no longer to live on their own. Recent research suggests that the average age of entry might be approximately 84 years of age. However, we would likely use the provincial standard of 65 years of age as the minimum to be considered. (We might also need to loosen this requirement at the beginning, in order to ensure that we have a very low or no vacancy rate, and can therefore meet our financial obligations.) Question: Does Snug Cove House Society actually own the land that would be subdivided for separate sale for single and duplex homes? Answer: Yes, Snug Cove House Society used to be the Abbeyfield of Bowen Island Society, and as such we were able to buy the parcel of land from Metro Vancouver Parks in 2004. Contributions from virtually every household on the island allowed us to buy the land. We are now using a portion of this land as leverage, selling small house lots, to generate funds for the seniors’ residence construction.
applications for this bursary is stated as Aug. 31 on the Knick, Knack, Nook website, but Scorer says that the deadline should be considered as open. “We would really like someone to apply,” she says. “Ideally by the end of the fiscal year.”
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Community potluck tradition continues SARAH HAXBY CONTRIBUTOR
Last year the Community School Association (CSA) wrapped up a year-long Bowen Grows project with the first Bowen Grows Feast: a community feast for 250 people of all ages that was held in the BICS gym. It was an incredible event thanks to chef Matt Matheson and a team of local volunteer decorators, musicians and donations from local farms and growers. The CSA created the first feast and then passed the event over to the community to continue the tradition,
and are still providing some sponsorship and support for the event. This year the Bowen Island Agricultural Alliance (BAA) stepped up to keep the tradition going, but in a new way. In order to make the event sustainable, the event has been reshaped to be a $5 ticketed community potluck dinner. The Bowen Grows Community Feast Potluck is being held Friday, Oct. 7 in the BICS gym at 5:30 p.m. Matheson is leading a team of keen volunteers to make a special dessert for everyone at the feast that will feature local heritage
apples. Coffee, tea and mint water will be provided. The event is open to BAA members and community guests of all ages to attend. Participants will make an appetizer or dinner dish using at least one local ingredient to share that is ready to serve. Please bring a list of what is in the dish and details about the local ingredient, such as where it was grown. Everyone is asked to bring their own plates and cutlery. It’s really a community feast with everyone coming together to eat, hear a bit of music, watch the farmers’ market slide shows and to meet and socialize with people of all ages
in the community. Whether you are new to the island, or have been here for decades, come to the feast and say hello and share a meal. So: bring a dish to share, we’ve got dessert! Limited tickets available: $5 at the door or in advance at Phoenix. To help make this event happen again this year in a new format volunteers are needed to work in the kitchen with Matheson and in the gym with set up and decorations with myself, community school co-ordinator, Sarah Haxby. Email shaxby@wvschools. ca or call 604-947-0389 for more information or to volunteer.
Chef Matt Matheson works in the kitchen with volunteer Nova Pon. Sarah Haxby, photo
“I go on board to make sure the tanker conforms with international safety guidelines.” – Captain Robert Scott, Loading Master, Kinder Morgan Canada
Tankers calling at Trans Mountain’s loading dock must comply with internationally accepted oil-handling safety protocols and best practices. If the expansion is approved, enhanced measures will make sure that risks to our waterways from Trans Mountain tanker traffic will remain extremely low. We have been committed to safety for over 60 years – and we intend to keep it that way.
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The Bowen Island Community Foundation invites you to celebrate the Garden Gateway:
Sunday, October 9th, 2-4:30 pm
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at the Garden: 2:30 pm Community Gathering at Doc Morgans (lower level): 3:00 pm Please join us for a celebration of community and the launch of the Annual Giving Campaign for your Community Foundation, “For Bowen, For Ever”
“The Tiny Home concept is low hanging fruit, in my opinion,” says Duntz. “I’ve had people call me and ask if they could put a Tiny Home on a piece of our land, and we would be happy to do that accept that it is currently illegal. If these structured were to be legalized, it could be left up to the property owners to ensure that proper septic and well systems were in place, and the homes could be scattered throughout the island. The homes have a very modest footprint, and most often they would be single-person households. Single people, usually women, do so much volunteer work and if we want to keep the community alive then we need to make sure they have a place to live.” Duntz says he is somewhat hopeful that progress will be made on diversifying housing on Bowen Island. “This council, is at the very least willing to acknowledge there is a problem and something needs to be done,” he says. “But I’ve attended so many events like this [Housing Jam] since I came to Bowen 30 years ago, and they all come to the same conclusion – everyone is in favor of an idea, that is, until you actually propose it.” Robyn Fenton says that the ideas presented at Saturday’s session will be written up, and perhaps, at some point, presented to council.
At the Bowen Housing Jam, Tim Wake announced the formal creation of a society called Foxglove Community housing Trust. Foxglove’s vision is to be a developer and provider of affordable housing in the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands and the Sea to Sky region. It’s first proposal is for a townhome project on Bowen. Wake will present more details on this idea to council on October 11.
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Dr. Dana Barton
Naturopathic Physician 596 B. Artisan Square
604-730-1174 Natural Family Medicine
Mary Coleman
Dr. Gloria Chao
778-233-4425
Artisan Square 604-947-0734
MSW, RSW
Docs on the Bay and Bowen Island Compassion minded counselling to grow wellbeing in the midst of serious illness, loss and grief.
Family Dentist
Alternate Fridays 10am - 4:30pm Horseshoe Bay 604-921-8522 www.bowenislanddental.com
BOWEN ISLAND MASSAGE THERAPY 604-947-9755 EXT #1 @ #597 Wellness Centre & #595 next door!! TEXT: 604-653-9755 By Appt. 7 days a week MARY MCDONAGH RMT HARMONY SHIRE RMT
At entrance to Artisan Square Suite #597
CATHERINE SHAW Dr. Traditional Chinese Medicine/Acupuncturist
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MARY MCDONAGH RMT, DCH
ROBYN IZARD RMT
Registered Massage Therapist
ALICIA HOPPENRATH RMT
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Celebrating 27 years Community Healthcare
PILATES w Fawn Gill
Mat classes, reformer, tower & chair classes, private sessions Private large studio in Artisan Square fawn@fawngillfitness.com to book your sessions www.fawngillfitness.com to register for classes
SANDY LOGAN Registered Physiotherapist
Psychologist Dr. Carolyn Nesbitt PhD, R.Psych #1484
604-376-9801 www.CarolynNesbitt.com