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THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2023
ROUND BOWEN
VOL. 49 NO. 28
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Two swimmers circumnavigate island PAGE 5
Metro Van report on Cape Roger Curtis park is ‘flawed’: BIM council and staff MARTHA PERKINS Contributing Editor
Gary Anderson (in the cowboy hat) susses out the size of “the cookie” in the double bucking competition at Saturday’s Loggers Show. The move to Bowfest Field proved to be a hit with participants and spectators. For more photos of lumberjacks and jills at work, please turn to pages 8 and 9. Alex Kurial photo
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The message is cordial but the intent is a warning: if Metro Vancouver wants Bowen Island council to seriously consider the impact of 100 proposed campsites at Cape Roger Curtis, then Metro Vancouver is going to have to take the island’s concerns a lot more seriously. At Monday night’s meeting, council directed its staff to meet with Metro Vancouver’s staff “to explore a collaborative approach… to share aspirations, concerns and perspectives on the extensive list of issues raised in the materials presented [by Metro Vancouver.]” Representatives of Squamish Nation will also be asked to attend. The tone of what that conversation might sound like was summed up by CAO Liam Edwards.
“It’s very clear there are numerous inaccuracies” in Metro Vancouver’s assessment of the impact of allowing camping on the 24 lots it recently bought at Cape Roger Curtis, he said. “Based on that, it’s difficult for us to accept the report.” Later in the meeting Edwards said, “It’s very clear they don’t actually understand the environment they’re talking about…. The report is flawed in data collecting.” That viewpoint is partly shaped by MV’s assessment of the impact on ferry traffic., a major concern from islanders’ perspective. Particularly damning is that MV partly based its expectations of summer ferry travel numbers on statistics from the weekend in May when BC Ferries cancelled all Saturday afternoon and night sailings because of staff shortages. Continued page 3
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