Bowen Island Undercurrent October 10 2019

FOOD RESILIENCE: is it possible for Bowen Island?

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Island’s volunteer firefighters threaten to quit BRONWYN BEAIRSTO

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er and a garden hose before the fire department got there.

Bowen Island Fire Department deputy fire chief Aaron Hanen was the first person from the fire department on-scene followed closely by two fire engines.

“It was fully involved when I was here, so there’s nothing that anyone could really do [for the trailer] at that point,” said Hanen.

All 26 volunteer firefighters of the Bowen Island Fire Department have threatened to resign unless fire chief Derek Dickson, who started in his position July 15, is removed from his post.

In a letter of “no confidence” members of the fire department delivered to the municipality on Oct. 7, the firefighters said that they met twice in August with the fire chief to discuss their concerns and then in September with the human resources department.

“Our concerns were highlighted by the decision to cease all further practice and training sessions with the fire chief,” reads the letter. “It was not a decision we took lightly but by that point we believed it was necessary to underline the importance of the issues we had raised.

The letter gave the ultimatum calling for Dickson’s departure by 4 pm Thursday (Oct. 10) or the volunteers would resign. All 26 volunteer members of the department, including the most recent past fire chief, Ian Thompson, signed the letter. There are two paid members of the fire department besides the fire chief and they did not sign the letter.

A letter released in response to the firefighters’ letter, Mayor Gary Ander said that the municipality is “concerned and disheartened” by the notice.

“This is particularly so in the context of an ultimatum issued by the volunteer firefighters, on such a short timeframe, in the absence of a fair and due process related to the concerns you have raised, and in the context of emergency services that are vital in our community,” said the letter. “This ultimatum compromises our ability to meet our obligations related to the safety of the community and our obligations to our staff and volunteers.”

“We strongly support our Fire Chief in his mandate,” wrote Ander.

In a closed council meeting Sept. 30, council resolved to undertake an independent core service review.

“Our intention with the review is to hire professional independent consultants specializing in fire department service reviews and to have the review completed in phases,” said Ander in the letter.

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AARON HANEN PHOTO

FIGHTING FIRES: Bowen fire fighters douse a fire at Cape Roger Curtis Oct. 3. While the fire was quickly put out, the

trailer, which was housing the property’s caretaker, was entirely destroyed.

Trailer catches fire at the Cape

NO INJURIES IN FIRE, BUT COMMUNITY RALLYING TO SUPPORT AN ISLANDER WHO LOST HIS HOME BRONWYN BEAIRSTO

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A cast iron pan was about all Miles Peterson could salvage from his fire-ravaged home.

No one was injured when the construction trailer that had been Peterson’s home for the last year and

a half caught fire just after 4 p.m.

Oct. 3. Peterson was staying on the Lighthouse Lane (Cape Roger Curtis) property as a caretaker for a large construction project where he is also a carpenter.

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October 10, 2019 5:00 pm Recreation and Community Services Commission Meeting

October 11, 2019 9:30 am Community Economic Development Committee Meeting

BowENS test on October 15th Heads up! We’re testing the Bowen Island Public Notification System on Tuesday, October 15th, 2019 at around 3:00 pm. If you’re registered for BowENS, you’ll receive a test notification on the devices you chose when you signed up. Make sure to listen to the end of the message so that the system doesn’t try to reach you again!

Not registered for BowENS? You can register on our website at

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Please note: the BowENS notification system is different than Alert Ready, Canada’s emergency alerting system. You have to register to receive notifications from BowENS. Questions? Please contact us at 604-947-4255 or bim@bimbc.ca.

Management Committee Meeting

October 21, 2019 7:00 pm Advisory Planning Commission Meeting

October 22, 2019 7:00 pm

Business Engagement Session Health & Wellness Business Community Join in a dynamic discussion on how to enrich Health and Wellness on Bowen Island with the BIM Community Economic Development Committee. What are the successes and challenges of businesses and entrepreneurs within the community? How can your Municipality support you?

Thursday, October 24, 2019 10:30am at Municipal Hall

Parks, Trails and Greenways Advisory Committee Meeting

October 24, 2019 3:00 pm Fire Hall Facilities Steering Committee Meeting

October 28, 2019 6:15 pm Regular Council Meeting All meetings are held in Council Chambers unless otherwise noted.

Council and Committee meetings are open to the public. We encourage you to attend in person or watch online.

Council will be considering the bylaw at the October 15, 2019 council meeting. Questions? Contact Raj Hayre, Chief Financial Officer at rhayre@bimbc.ca or 604-947-4255.

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Pursuant to Section 224 of the Community Charter, Bowen Island Municipal Council intends to adopt a bylaw exempting from property taxation for four years (2020-2023) the lands and improvements or both that are owned or held by charitable, philanthropic or other not for profit organizations and that Council considers are used for a purpose that is directly related to the purposes of the Corporation.

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October 17, 2019 5:00 pm

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Drinking water and persons who are immunocompromised The Provincial Health Officer advises all British Columbians with compromised immune systems (such as HIV, organ or bone transplants, chemotherapy or medications that suppress the immune system) to avoid drinking water from any surface water or ground water that is under the influence of surface water, unless it has been boiled, filtered, distilled or treated with UV. Bowen Island and other areas in British Columbia use surface water sources (lakes, rivers, streams). This is not a general boilwater advisory for the general public, but rather is directed only at persons with compromised immune systems. If in doubt about your immune system status, please discuss this further with your physician.

Bowen Island Municipality is considering a new building bylaw (Bylaw No. 489) to replace the existing Building Bylaw No. 65.

In addition to including Step Code requirements, the bylaw would align with recent updates to the BC Building Code, provide clarity on matters such as temporary buildings, security deposits, and fire access requirements. The Bylaw can be viewed online, and is available for review at Municipal Hall.

Questions? Please contact Daniel Martin, Manager of Planning and Development at dmartin@bimbc.ca or 604-947-4255.

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Water Main Flushing As part of its regular water system maintenance program, the Municipality will flush water mains in Cove Bay, Bowen Bay, Hood Point, and Tunstall Bay beginning Saturday, October 19 and continuing for 6 -8 weeks. Flushing will take place seven days a week from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm and will rotate through each neighbourhood. This procedure is necessary to remove sediment that gradually deposits in pipes, and it does not pose a health hazard.

Bluewater Park, King Edward Bay and Eagle Cliff water systems will not undergo flushing unless it is determined that there is an appropriate volume of water to flush without stressing the systems.

Please check alerts or follow the BIM Facebook Page for daily updates.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Public Works at 604-947-0613 or bim@bimbc.ca www.bowenislandmunicipality.ca/water-main-flushing

Committees Seeking Members The Cove Bay Water System Local Advisory Committee is an advisory committee to Council regarding water system issues including reviewing operating and capital budgets for the utility.

Members are currently engaged in a voluntary, advisory capacity in the process leading to the installation of the new water treatment plant.

For more information and to apply please contact Stef Shortt, Committee Clerk at sshortt@bimbc.ca Applications must be received by 4 pm on Monday, 28 October.

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THURSDAY OCTOBER 10 2019 • 3

ISLAND NEWS

Could Bowen feed itself? New reports explore how we might BRONWYN BEAIRSTO

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Amid vibrant yellow leaves readying to fall are the brittle brown branches of dying cedar trees. On an island that’s seen three neighbourhoods on Stage 4 water restrictions this year (for a variety of environmental, social, political and economic reasons), harbingers of radical climate change are mounting.

It was in the shade of dying cedars, at a municipal “Climate Conversation,” that Bowen Island Food Sovereignty presented its two Toward a Resilient Food System for Bowen Island groundwork reports analysing the state of agriculture on the island and how we could build a resilient food system on Bowen.

Back in January, agrologist Julie Sage left her job to focus on getting a food resilience project going on Bowen and, connecting with Bowen’s food sovereignty group, became project manager for this initiative.

The reports, an agrarian analysis and a communication and engagement groundwork report, total more than 150 pages of Bowen-focused research and analysis. They draw on research from government departments,

the Islands Trust, academics, their own interviews, surveys and discussions with experts.

“The main driver of our work was to demonstrate that we as a community have the potential to build a more resilient food system, but also to inspire action together,” Sage told the crowd of more than 40 people on Sept. 29.

“It's only when you're faced with obstacles, stress and other environmental threats, that resilience or the lack of it emerges.

Do you succumb or do you surmount?” said Sage. She said that the good news is that resilience can be planned and built, especially into a system.

“We live in a world where…our predominant food system is globalized, uniform, standardized, exploitative of natural resources,” she said. “Cheap food has a cost.

Monoculture has a cost. And climate change has a cost.”

“We essentially need to move towards something that is more respectful. And we need to transition towards a food system that is more regenerative, that is more localized, that is prioritizing people's health [and] ecological health.”

“Food tends to be taken for granted, and it shouldn't be.”

The group identified five indica-

tors of food resilience, which Sage stressed is not a final or exhaustive list of indicators: food sovereignty, natural resource stewardship, arable land use management, green waste management and economic viability. Sage and the team assess the state of each over the course of the reports, finding that while Bowen is currently highly dependent on the mainland, this hasn’t always been the case, and needn’t necessarily be in the future.

The agricultural analysis report notes that the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture found in 2016 that 27 hectares on Bowen were being actively farmed, a 26 per cent decrease from five years earlier.

The Agricultural Reserve Land on Bowen is between 172 and 182 hectares, though not all of this is available or suitable for farming.

Through their research, the group found among the obstacles to more farming on Bowen were lack of time, space and knowledge; limitations due to health, age, physical ability or lack of financial resources and the poor economic viability of farming on Bowen.

BIFS found that all of the food producers it talked to worked other jobs. When it came to meat production, meat slaughter and processing is prohibited on Bowen, meaning raising livestock on-is-

land is an expensive endeavour.

“Several interviewees confirmed that they would have more animals if the regulations around production and processing were eased,” said the communication and engagement report.

The potential for water shortages and need to maintain forest cover, especially at the higher altitudes (trees and vegetation trap water rather than letting it fall into the sea) were themes throughout both reports.

The communications report surveys agrarian evolution over decades of living memory. From the '20s when a young Marion Moore of Collins Farm would provide milk for the Union Steamship Cottagers, to the '50s when Alastair Johnstone remembers everyone had their own gardens and would grow what they could, to the ruralsemi-rural transition of the '70s and '80s. It demonstrates both a history of and suggests a potential for increased agriculture on the island.

Among the suggestions in the communication and engagement report for food resilience on Bowen were convening a temporary task force of natural resource professionals to advise the municipality; encouraging rainwater capture and water conservation;

ensuring development considers impact on surrounding ecosystems; developing an invasive species program to get rid of skunks, rats, raccoons and other invasive species and examining pesticide restrictions.

The complex issue of composting on-island has its own thorough set of recommendations, among them, monitoring the trial of a Johnson-Su bioreactor built at the Grafton Community Garden.

“It used to be that when I saw something like this…I didn't want to see it. I didn't want anybody to talk to me about it,” said Jackie Bradley (of BIFS) at the talk. “One day, I decided that I actually had to face those fears. And that changed my life.

“I definitely saw the possibility of a scary future. But, and this is a rather big ‘but’, I also saw…many wonderful things and incredible people all around the world that were dedicating their lives to solving the problems of climate change.

“This made me feel excited, empowered, and like I could actually do something to help here.”

The reports are available on the municipal website at bowenislandmunicipality.ca/climate-action-program.

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Spear’s book reflects educational ‘essential truth’ DEAR EDITOR: Dr. Ted Spear’s fundamental vision in his book Education Reimagined reflects the essential truth at the core of what education should be. His emphasis on the need to develop and incorporate that vision within public education is synonymous with evolving a society connected to its fundamental nature in all endeavours.

Dr. Spear focuses on the need “to equip and inspire kids to cultivate their humanity”––which is the underlying principle of a traditional “classical liberal education,” as he explains. As a graduate of one of Quebec’s oldest classical colleges, Dr. Spear’s words resonate very strongly with me. And I can fully attest to the truth of his words when he states that there are “big ideas” associated with the process of educating students in that manner.

As Dr. Spear explains, it is an education that fully acknowledges our capacities and powers to reason, to be moral agents, to be creative, and to be physically intentional––and that the full potential of our “humaneness” can be reaped by cultivating those aspects. I applaud his words, and I am sure my teachers at Collège de Saint-Laurent would join me in doing so! Among those teachers, one of the most beloved and respected was an elderly professor of French literature whose deep humanity inspired and instilled that “humaneness” in us by his very presence.

There are no words or feelings which can fully encompass the richness of that education and the invaluable role it played in fostering the human being I am today.

That fundamental type of education needs to be reclaimed and evolved at the level of public education not only for our kids’ individual well-being but for or our collective survival. In the increasingly impersonal, alienated, and hyper-technical world in which we live, there is a pressing need to go beyond specific training to the education of the whole person, fully connected to his or her humanity.

—John Sbragia

This week media outlets across the country celebrate National Newspaper Week. From small newspapers like ours to the big dailies, being able to write editorials such as this, celebrating journalism and community accountability, is a priviledge of survival in increasingly turbulent times for the media community. But we really are so thankful to be here.

The importance of papers crystalizes in time of community conflict and, as we’re experiencing now, electoral frenzy. To serve the community, to help islanders exercise their democratic duty, next week’s paper will feature a grid-style questionnaire with every candidate in our riding. This paper will be going to every mailbox on the island, as happened in last year’s election issue. In the meantime, don’t forget to register to vote!

––Bronwyn Beairsto, Editor

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Short-term rentals in houses Single-use dwellings shouldn’t be used as short-term rentals help pay the mortgage DEAR EDITOR: I wanted to take a minute to respond to Nerys Poole’s letter about council’s draft policy on short-term rentals currently being researched and debated by council.

I find Ms. Poole’s fear-mongering about the proposed bylaw change for STR a clear case of NIMBYism.

Over the past 10 years, many young families have moved to Bowen (including mine) and unlike Ms. Poole’s generation, we have had to face incredible housing costs and large mortgage payments. One way of helping to make ends meet is by operating an AirBnB or renting your home.

I understand that Ms. Poole is concerned about noise and parking but I am much more concerned about Bowen becoming a place that only rich people can afford to live. Limiting the ability of home owners to rent their houses as they see fit is a sure step towards making Bowen unaffordable.

Council has put together a fair and clear draft bylaw. They have taken into consideration the effects that AirBnB has on housing stock and communities and have balanced that with needs of young families who own homes on Bowen.

I support the bylaw and urge you to as well.

—Peter Wrinch

Lois Meyers Carter celebration of life

The Celebration of Life for Lois Meyers Carter, long-time Bowen Island resident, will be held on October 12 at 1 p.m. at Bowen Island United Church (aka the Little Red Church). Please join us in honoring a life well lived.

—Jeanie Thoman

DEAR EDITOR: The municipality’s draft policy of short-term rentals for single-use dwellings has an obviously intent to help the development of the tourist industry on the island as there is no proper tourist accommodation, hotel and motel, in the present situation, and something needs to be studied to fill that gap.

Yet, to allow an uncontrolled short-term rental of residential real estate and single-use dwellings across the island may damage the representation of the tourist industry more than it could help it to develop. Reasons such policies may damage the perception of tourism on Bowen include: the lucrative returns of the parallel economy of short-term rental (as AirBnB) allows a few owners to profit from the established concept of tourist accommodation businesses (hotel and motels) with the mere requirement of a business licence. The impact of the multiple short-term rentals on the neighbourhood are potentially damaging because of the constant change of unknown residents for the neighbours. People coming and going with no knowledge of the ways and customs of that neighbourhood and its people. Traffic and parking everywhere at all hours of days and nights. Light and noise in excess of expectations, whatever the time of day. Uncontrolled water usage, particularly at times of water restriction.

No understanding of septic requirements. Unregulated garbage and compost disposal. Unmanaged fire use permissible, from barbecues to bonfire.

It must be taken into account the increasing servicing demand of such rentals on first-responders, fire departments and police, given the changing presence of a population not related, therefor unknown, for the community and its way of life. Indeed, it must be understood that short-term rentals (as AirBnBs are) do not have the same legal structure of the hospitality industry. The hospitality industry, which is the cornerstone of the tourist industry, deserves the best possible implementation, not the makeshift planning that short-term rental is only capable of providing with the potential damaging consequences already experienced.

—André H. Chollat Anne Franc de Ferrière

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THURSDAY OCTOBER 10 2019 • 5

Applefest was a sweet slice of fun SARAH HAXBY

BIHPA co-president & Farmers’ Market co-lead

On Oct. 5, the cove smelled like apple pie. It was a sunny day. Makenna was playing guitar under a 130-year-old apple tree and hundreds of smiling faces made their way down cottage lane to Applefest to a community event made possible thanks to the generous support of dozens of our community’s volunteers.

Cider apple display, museum cottage, kids activities, Metro parks interpreters, bee keepers, face painters, youth buskers, tea and scones at the Rocking Horse café, slices of apple pie, apple tasting samples, candy apples, apple pies, smoked apple salts, apple jam, fresh apples, apple information, apple cider press, biggest maple leaf measuring, pie contest judges were all part of Applefest.

Applefest was made possible thanks to the hard work of the Bowen Heritage Preservation Association (BIHPA) Board members, the Farmers Marketeers, Bees on Bowen, youth volunteers, Metro parks interpreters and staff, Bowen Municipal and Tourism volunteers and the wonderful jump-in and help out at the last minute Bowen volunteers. There were so many elements to the event, it was like juggling a bushel of apples all at once!

In the three hours of Applefest, around five hundred people visited Davies Orchard to sip, sample, see, sit and socialize in the sun. The weather was perfect, and everyone seemed happy, appreciative and interested to learn about the importance of Bowen’s heritage and about our agriculture, past and present.

Around one hundred pies were sold, and there was everything from baked goods to Bowengrown apples to buy and try.

The annual pie-making contest was a serious affair as ever, with judges deliberating over a multi-point professional pie contest score sheet that lead to the clear winner being Ender Tan’s “Thanksgiving on Bowen” apple

BRONWYN BEAIRSTO PHOTO

Arthur Davies (of the Davies Orchard Davies) and Bowen Mayor Gary Ander discuss the ins and outs of apple pie judging. pie. One of the special judges this year was Arthur Davies, a BIHPA board member and descendant of the Davies family who originally planted Davies orchard in 1887.

The Bowen Island Heritage Preservation Association is a small group of local volunteers who believe in the importance of preserving, celebrating and educating our past, with a special focus on the Davies Orchard cottages and apple and fruit trees. Nestled in Davies Orchard, which is situated in Metro Vancouver’s Crippen Park, BIHPA has been working to preserve the cottages, agricultural heritage and space of Davies Orchard for more than 30 years.

In the past year BIHPA has received a Knick Knack Nook grant thanks to the Community Foundation and set about running a series of special events as well as keeping the annual traditions running, such as the beloved Applefest.

Now there’s one last Farmers’ market for the season at BICS between 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

Oct. 12. There will be a fall abundance and, yes, more pies for Thanksgiving feasts.

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Hans-Christian Behm (left) and Leslie Stubbs (middle left) examine the winner of Bowen Island’s maple leaf contest.

Is this a record-breaking maple leaf?

AND OTHER BOWEN ISLAND MAPLE LEAF CONTEST RESULTS

HC BEHM

Bowen Island Heritage Preservation Association

This year’s Maple Leaf contest was supported by considerable interest from students who brought a variety of sizes, but sadly only three filled out the record sheets.

Elliot Cormier’s leaf measured, left to right tip: 37cm and stem to tip 29 cm with an approximate area of 491 sqcm. Robert Windler’s leaf came in at 49 cm , 37 cm and 805 sqcm, whereas Denis Cormier’s showed 50 cm, 34 cm and an approx. area of 856 sqcm.

The big surprise was Leslie Stubbs’s leaf which bested her last year’s find.

Her giant’s measurements are:

70cm and 43cm with and area of 2,328 sqcm, (27.5 inches, 17. inches and an area of 360sq inches). This leaf shows a phenomenon insofar that the centre portion overlaps the adjacent ones. If the overlap is added to the overall area it increases the number considerably which has been done in this case. With these dimensions it seems obvious that the 1932 record of 26 inches tipto-tip and with an area of 260 sqinches has been broken.

A re-measuring will be done and if the results are the same or at least very close, we will research where it fits amongst national and international records.

Congratulations, Leslie Stubbs!

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OPINION

The feathered cost of living with wildlife: our chickens WHAT IS A BALANCED APPROACH TO COHABITATING WITH WILDLIFE? ASKS ROB WYNEN AFTER LOSING 12 CHICKENS TO OTTERS

ROB WYNEN

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“Uncle Robbie, I want to go and see the chickens.”

“Ummmm,” I reply, “let’s go this way, the chickens are out in the woods.”

My three-year-old niece looks disappointed but is quickly enthralled by Pepper, our cat, climbing up our apple tree.

It was not a pretty sight the previous day. A trail of feathers lead from our chicken coop to our lower pond and I have yet to clean out the chicken coop, which resembles a horror movie set. Swimming around our pond were three large river otters enjoying the spoils of their labour, 12 of our chickens. Wow, they have an appetite. Stories of interaction with our local wildlife go hand in hand with living on island. Whether it is the wolf dog of Mount Gardner, the deer that managed to sneak into the garden to help with some heavy pruning or the raided chicken coop, we all have examples of less than ideal interactions with wildlife. I consider myself lucky to live in a place that has lots of wildlife.

This brings us to the hot-button issue, what to do with negative wildlife interactions, especially when wildlife begins impacting our livelihood or enjoyment of the island? Should we even do anything?

The three otters got some more attention the next week when they attacked a dog swimming in Killarney lake and then visited a number of my neighbors’ chicken coops.

The story did not end well for them.

At the end of the day Bowen Island has three fewer otters, 50 fewer chickens and a dog that may need some trauma counseling before taking another dip in Killarney Lake.

In this case someone did take some action and while I enjoy having otters in our local environment I wasn’t shedding too much of a tear at their early demise.

The image of the cute, furry, cuddly critters rolling around in the grass that we present to our kids is anything but reality. I am often struck by the surprise of individuals when an interaction with wild animals does not fall into this narrative. Just like our cute cat would have a field day with a mouse, so will otters with our chickens. We are quick to forgive our cat, maybe even reward her for getting rid of that annoying mouse chewing through the air vent of our dryer, but the otters, not so much. As I saw the three swimming around our pond, my enthusiasm for them was pretty much nonexistent.

This disconnect was all too evident on the Everything Else Facebook page recently. A contributor had come across a young skunk along one of our hiking trails that

had been terribly injured. Making matters worse was a pile of sticks close by and the assumption, which could very well be true, that the skunk had been beat by someone and left for dead. The reaction on Facebook was instantaneous, readers were disgusted (and this is using the term mildly) by the perpetrator, if there was one, and immense concern for the wellbeing of the skunk. The skunk was eventually killed, oops, I should say, euthanized, by a local vet but probably not after hours of suffering.

This is a very different reaction to the skunk emails I receive as a councillor, three this week alone. The emails have a familiar thread, the skunk population is out of control, one just did something bad that I didn’t like, usually it sprayed an off-leash dog that probably attacked the skunk, followed by a call for mass extermination of the entire population.

The contrast couldn’t be more stark. One group wanting to pull out all the stops to help the cute skunk, the other wanting a mass extermination of the vermin. One group could be criticized for having an overly romanticized image of wild animals while the other could be criticized as uncaring and self-centered. It is no wonder that this issue was avoided by every candidate like the plague in last year’s election. It is an issue that will chop your voter support in half.

Wildlife as the name suggests, is wild, “living or growing in the natural environment; not domesticated or cultivated” and here in lies the problem. Our definition of what is good or bad is often predicated by our needs, hence our domestication of animals. They only become cute and cuddly when they meet our needs or at the

very least leave us alone. These three otters were definitely not meeting my needs. My sadness at the loss of our chickens, which supplied us with a steady supply of eggs, quickly outweighed my childhood image of cute otters sunbathing on the beach. Our attitudes on wildlife encounters also vary based on our interactions with the wild species and our willingness to cohabitate with animals who have different needs, wants and lifestyles.

So what is a balanced approach to cohabitating with wildlife? Do we turn a blind eye?

Stop raising chickens? Exterminate every living creature that we deem a problem? It is an age-old question and one that can be very polarizing.

The middle ground may be found if we recognize that we are part, not in control of our environment. Not every living creature is here for our enjoyment or needs and trying to control our environment, the whole being more than the sum of its parts, is fraught with problems and unintended consequences. In my situation I have done a bit more work fortifying our chicken coop and ensuring we have a good quality deer fence surrounding our orchard. It means adjusting how we live, for me it is a worthwhile compromise to live in a place with so many wild animals. It also means accepting that at times a negative interaction will occur and accepting that, not expecting everything to go our way. I have accepted that wildlife “management” is a contradictory term, the whole point of animals being wild is that they are not managed and that is something we may want to keep in mind when calling for solutions to what is at the end of the day part of living on our unique island.

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BOWEN BEAT Applefest 2019 Saturday saw hundreds of people gather in Davies Orchard for Applefest 2019. The island tradition was marked by an abundance of candy apples and smiling young ones. For the full story, see page 5.

Top left: Denis Cormier (red hat) and a couple of friends were among the caramel apple aficionados.

Above: Eden and Aurora were two of the youngest volunteers at Applefest.

They were in charge of apple tasting.

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Bottom left: some Bowen youths enjoy caramel apples.

Right: Jennifer Pierce and Arthur Davies (of the Davies Orchard Davies) were pie contest judges.

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Joyce Ganong, who organized this year’s Garden Club bulb sale, greets David and Aubin van Berckel who have come to pick up their bulbs while Lynne McArthur receives hers from Laura McGregor, assisted by Sue Hoffar and Nancy Edmonds. Photo: John Hazell

Sarah Haxby and the winner fo the apple pie contest, Ender Tamrikut.

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It was the grand opening of Bowen Island Integrated Health Sunday afternoon. Dr. Nic Lendvoy (white shirt in the centre left) and Greg Smith (white shirt in centre right) are the owners of Bowen’s new health and performance clinic. Photo: Bronwyn Beairsto

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Eagle Cliff Stage 4 water restrictions lifted After more than a month of water restrictions in Eagle Cliff, stage four restrictions ended Tuesday. BIM said in a news release that the reservoir has risen approximately two feet since its summer low and that Public Works will continue to look for the cause of the “unusal decline.” The Eagle Cliff Water System held an information meeting the evening of Oct. 9 and is available on the BIM website.

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The following is part of a series of articles celebrating the Knick Knack Nook’s 10th anniversary.

Most visitors to the Knick Knack Nook only make contact with the volunteers who receive donations and process purchases. But behind the scenes there is a complex infrastructure that handles a number of other activities undreamt of by the casual shopper.

For example, only a small percentage of the donations actually appear in the store. The greater bulk of them will be culled and recycled to a large number of charitable organizations in the city. Two stalwart volunteers look after weekly deliveries to the Salvation Army and another half dozen look after transportation to charities that look after single mothers, the downtown eastside, the YWCA and more.

Scholarships to students and grants to island organizations are the province of two committees who look after the advertising, collection of proposals and references, and make decisions as to the selection of the most worthy recipients. These are careful, thoughtful, time-consuming procedures to ensure that the large sums of money involved are spent wisely and transparently.

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Volunteers are encouraged to look carefully at the published monthly schedule to identify where gaps exist and make themselves available to fill them, where possible.

But inevitably there will be minor crises when sickness, snowbird holidays, babysitting of grand-children etc. will intervene and it will be necessary to send out an S.O.S. for last-minute reinforcements. The strength of the organization is reflected in the fact that the store has never been closed for a lack of staff. There have always been people who have stepped up to the mark and arrived breathless but ready to work.

The smooth operation of the Nook requires the energies, ideas and collaboration of many people. For the record, John Willis has requested that credit be given to Diane Marshall for the foresight she had in recommending that John place castors on the furniture he built for the store, hence facilitating the recent installation of a new floor.

Thank you John.

Yes the store is closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays but it is still staffed by another team of volunteers who re-shelve and restock the merchandise, set up special events, like Christmas, Easter, and Halloween; and organize the special sales, and the change-overs, which reflect seasonal clothing requirements and needs.

The fundraising auctions the Nook organizes, like those that will be a part of our 10th Anniversary Celebration, involve other committees, which look after event details, such as food, beverages and entertainment; but also the research that goes into the judicious selection of appropriate items. In this process there is much use of the power of the internet, and the assistance of friends in the wider community with special expertise e.g. jewelry, clocks and watches, ceramics, art glass, paintings and prints.

Readers should know that the online auction for the upcoming anniversary celebration went into operation this past week at: auction.bowenhealthcentre.com.

Bidding closes on the evening of Nov. 8. Further items will be added at intervals over the next three weeks.

Cultural master plan gets recognition BOWEN ISLAND GETS AN HONOURABLE MENTION AT 2019 CREATIVE CITY SUMMIT FOR THE HEARTH’S CULTURAL PLAN

“With all the choices here, I’m trying new dishes and discovering new favourites.”

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The Creative City Network of Canada, as part of its annual awards of excellence held last week in Saskatoon, lauded Bowen’s 2017-2027 cultural plan, An Invitation to All Bowen Islanders: Advancing Arts & Culture on Bowen Island. The cultural plan, bylaw #466 of the Bowen Island Municipality, was given an honourable mention in the category of cultural planning at the 2019 Creative City Summit.

The awards of excellence program recognizes and celebrates the outstanding achievements of Canadian municipalities and its voting members and encourages excellence in the development and delivery of cultural policy, planning and practice.

This year, the City of Maple Ridge and its culture plan: Walking Together – Growing Connections Through Culture beat out Bowen to claim the planning award.

Bowen Island Arts Council, now operating under the name of the Hearth, created the cultural plan following a comprehensive public engagement process. The outreach committee, chaired by Hearth director Dave Pollard, who also authored much of the report, conducted and archived approximately 50 one-on-one interviews. More than 300 island residents completed the

online and in-person survey. The committee sought input from more than 50 groups, with a number of these groups identified as potential partners in the plan’s implementation. The document includes 16 strategic goals and 38 recommendations reflecting a diverse but collective voice yearning for a vibrant and active arts, cultural and heritage scene and animated space and facilities. The Municipality adopted the plan as a stand-alone bylaw in October 2017.

The cultural plan recognizes the Hearth as the lead advisory organization to the Municipality for arts and culture and delegates the arts council responsibility to implement the plan.

The Arts Council has signed a multi-year core funding agreement with BIM reflecting this relationship and works closely with the Recreation and Community Services Department to achieve the goals of the cultural plan. Members of the Hearth sit on numerous committees of the municipality including but not limited to: Community Economic Development Committee, Public Art Advisory Committee, Heritage Commission and the Community Centre Standing Committee.

To read or download a copy of the Cultural Master Plan, visit bowenculture. ca. For more information about the Hearth, please visit thehearth.ca.

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“The first phase will focus on training level requirements for volunteers as mandated by the Province,” wrote Ander. “Although we do not doubt that our firefighters are committed to providing professional and effective services and collectively have significant experience, we need to be able to establish objectively that we are meeting the provincially mandated standards. We are not currently able to do so.

“This requires for example, that we maintain a training plan and actively identify and centrally track the training of each of our members. A failure to do so could result in safety issues for our firefighters and community members and have serious implications for BIM’s liability and some homeowner’s insurance. It is simply not tenable for training to be conducted in any other manner.”

Ander said that the core services review would include compensation methods.

The firefighters’ letter references an Oct. 1 letter from the municipality. “Indeed, we were taken aback by the suggestion that the ‘first phase’ of a proposed independent ‘review’ would focus on ‘training level requirements for volunteers.”

“The volunteer firefighters of Bowen Island are committed to providing professional and effective services to all residents and visitors of our community,” said the letter. “Collectively we represent over 300 years of firefighting experience on Bowen Island.”

Ander said in his letter that the municipality will hire a “third party neutral facilitator,” with the intention that meetings begin next week. He said he hopes the firefighters will reconsider tendering their resignations.

Mike Hartwick has been a volunteer fire-

fighter for close to 10 years, is a former paramedic of 15 years on-island and has lived on Bowen for more than 40 years. He is acting as a spokesperson for the firefighters.

“This is about a poor fit in the hall unfortunately that has happened,” he said.

Hartwick wouldn’t get into the details of the conflict between the fire chief and volunteers due to legal concerns.

“We’d love to sit there and just tell them every single reason why, but it would be hard without talking to a lawyer or something to make sure that we didn’t hurt ourselves,” he said “That’s the only reason why we haven’t brought this up, we’ve been so scared.

“For us to come up with this decision, it was not an easy thing to have 26 members, all them to decide,” said Hartwick. “They’ve given us nothing else to do but do this.”

“Twenty-six members of this community

aren’t just making something up or it’s not about a single little thing,” said Hartwick.

“For us to come up with this conclusion is a horrible thought for us as well.

“Come Thursday, four o’clock, we’re going to be residents without a fire department as well. And sure as hell, I’m going to be very verbal about it, because I’m a taxpayer too, where’s my fire department?”

“I think it comes down again to how we feel disrespected from them,” said Hartwick.

Ander said in his letter that some firefighters have communicated their intention not to resign. Hartwick said that the firefighters stand behind their earlier commitment to all resign.

We will update this story on our website as it develops. Please visit www.bowenislandundercurrent.com for updates.

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Hanen said that within five minutes of the engines arriving, they had the fire contained.

Though the trees surrounding the trailer have scorch marks, Hanen said it was luckily too wet for the fire to spread quickly.

“In the summertime this would definitely would have gone into the trees and we probably would’ve been looking at calling B.C. Forest Service to bring a water bomber over,” he said.

Another danger with such a fire is propane. A dozen or so feet from the charred trailer sit a couple of propane tanks streaked with soot. Bowen Island Fire Chief Derek Dickson, inspecting the scene Friday morning, said that both tanks had vented properly when they heated up from the fire, so didn’t explode.

A fire investigation concluded Sunday but a cause for the fire hasn’t been released.

Despite the good news that the fire was contained, an islander still lost his home.

“I’ve had some time to process,” said Peterson Sunday evening. “Nobody got hurt, so that’s the main thing, in my opinion. Everything else is just stuff.”

But Peterson had quite a lot of “stuff” in the trailer: clothes, fishing gear, tv, computer, furnishings, sporting gear and some irreplaceable mementos.

So in the fire’s wake, the community has stepped up to support the islander, donating clothing and gear and starting up a Gofundme campaign to replace some of what was lost. Organized largely on Facebook by Basia Leiske, Peterson has quickly amassed some clothing and basics.

“They’ve been very, very helpful. I can’t say that enough,”

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said Peterson.

“To be honest, it’s very humbling experience,” he said.

“And at one point, I knew that I just had to push my pride aside and just welcome the help because I needed some.

And that was that was a different experience for me. I’ve never had something like this happen to me.”

“It was a good humbling experience though, because it was very welcoming, he said. “A lot of people that don’t know me just sort of stepped up and helped out.”

Three days in, the Gofundme has raised nearly $3,000 of its $15,000 goal.

Peterson said he’s thankful for all the help and support from the community.

For now, Peterson has a place to stay and he’s looking at options for the future, but he says that he’s planning on sticking around here.

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FRIDAY OCTOBER 18

Storytime for 2-4 year olds Bowen Island Library 10:30 am A free drop-in program for 2- to 4-year-olds and their care-givers Dinner at the Legion Doors at 5:30. Dinner at 6:30 Members and guests welcome.

Cover Your Trail: Dustin & Barney Bentall w/ guests Bowen Island Pub 7-10 pm An evening of accoustic cover songs in support of Bowen Island Trail Society. Tickets $20 available at Phoenix and the Pub

CATES MEDICINE CENTRE REGULAR FLU VACCINE

West Vancouver - Sunshine Coast - Sea to Sky Country

A Strong Voice For Our Coast

SHOTS AVAILABLE ON Wed October 16 Thurs October 17 Sat October 19

THIS OCTOBER, BE A VOTER FOR

PATRICK

ADVANCE POLLS OPEN OCTOBER 11-14 FROM 9AM-9PM. www.patrickweiler.ca | info@patrickweiler.ca | 604.925.9241

Authorized by the Official Agent for Patrick Weiler.

Please phone to make appointment

604-947-0766

(Note: Senior High-Dose Vaccine not yet available.)