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FERRY LINE-UP, TAX RATES AND TOILETS

BRONWYN BEAIRSTO Editor@bowenislandundercurrent.com

The following are briefs from the April 23 regular council meeting: Property tax: Since council adopted the budget in the last council meeting, a tax rate bylaw came forward Tuesday. It set Bowen’s municipal residential tax rate (mill rate) at 2.11, Metro Vancouver tax rate at 0.04 and Islands Trust rate at 0.13.

It passed unanimously.

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KIDS’ EASTER TRIUMPH: Saturday’s Easter festivities, hosted by Bowen Island Community Recreation, included a hard-fought tug-of-war

between kids and parents. The young(er) generation of islanders walked away from the event with bragging rights and lots of candy.

Community Choir springing songs LORRAINE ASHDOWN

Bowen Island Community Choir

One of the true signs of spring on Bowen Island is the annual concert sung by the Bowen Island Community Choir. On Saturday, May 4 at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at Cates Hill Chapel, the choir is set to provide the community with a toe-tapping, swingin’ and rockin’ good time.

Under the keen direction of the fabulous Ellen MacIntosh, accompanied by the steady and sterling Sheilagh Sparks and with special guests Leo Pederson on guitar, Cam Stephens on drums, Brian Hoover on percussion and

Phil Adkins on guitar, this will be a mighty fine day of energizing and spirited music. The concert is jam-packed with samba, swing, bossa nova, doo wop, Calypso, Kentucky folk, folk ballad, pure country and…Bohemian Rhapsody! Just about every style of music save hip-hop and opera.

The more than 40-person choir has been rehearsing since January and they are polished up and ready to go. What makes the Bowen Island Community Choir so unique is that it is made up of many of your friends and neighbours. It is always fun to see folks you may only see in passing as they shop, walk the trails, hang out on the beach or pick up their

kids from school, suddenly become choral music shining stars.

Ellen Macintosh has been directing the Community Choir for over 20 years. Sheilagh Sparks has been accompanying the choir for almost as long. The result is a dedicated bunch of singers who love to sing, swing, smile and show off what they have learned over the last few months.

Please join us. We can pretty much guarantee to put a smile on your face. Bring your friends and family. All are welcome. Tickets are available at Cates Pharmacy and at the door. The show is $15 for students and seniors and $20 for adults. Happy Spring!

Just in time for tourist season: A revised ferry line-up bylaw returned to council. The bylaw now reads that a vehicle must enter the lineup behind the last vehicle in line (and enter the shortest line) or in the first open space closest to the dock. It says that vehicles must pull up within 0.6 metres (24 inches) of the car in front of it. It also includes no parking on the cross-hatched areas, no stopping in the line for any purpose other than boarding the next ferry and no parking overnight.

Council heard that BIM staff plan an education approach to enforcement of this bylaw though continued infractions would prompt ticketing. Bylaw officers or contract workers would monitor the line-up during weekday peak sailings and historically busy weekends over six-months.

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Local health care matters Have your say Vancouver Coastal Health and the North Shore Division of Family Practice want to hear about how you access health care in your local community.

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The key benefit to patients will be timely, coordinated and comprehensive, primary care when they need it.

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ISLAND NEWS

Preparing Bowen’s shores for rising seas MATHILDA DE VILLIERS North Shore News

Climate change has been evident for decades and it’s starting to become ever more apparent with the increasingly discernible threat of sea level rise, especially for those in coastal communities.

Bowen is mostly comprised of high, rocky slopes so in effect, the island is less vulnerable to sea level rise than areas such as Richmond, Surrey and the Fraser Valley.

However, it will see changes from the rising tides and storm surges.

Climate change affects sea level rise in two ways.

First, through thermal expansion, when the ocean warms up and the water expands, essentially taking up more space in the seas. Secondly, ice caps situated on land melt, raising water levels all around the world. The ice caps within the ocean itself take up the same space when melted so don’t pose the same threat as land-based ice.

The biggest impacts sea level rise will have on Bowen is on the beaches, docks and cliffs made of sediment, according to Bob Turner, a longtime resident and former mayor of the island.

Turner was a research scientist with the Geological COWICHAN VALLEY REGIONAL DISTRICT PHOTO Survey of Canada. He retired in 2014 and in the last decade This graph from the Cowichan Valley Regional District aligns roughly with the expected sea level rise for B.C.’s West Coast. of his work was doing public education. He looked at natural hazards, including landslides, earthquakes, mudslides action committee. He worked with the Suzuki Foundation action, including workshops such as the one earlier this and sea level rise.

Turner said there has been talk of sea level for 10 years. He said that it’s hard to predict the month. rise for about 25 years. “Very early on it was The biggest concerns for Turner, Hocking and Ander are rate at which sea level rise will occur because understood that a warming climate would of all the other factors that come into play, the increase in storms that the island has been seeing, spe“We can’t lead to sea level rise. The question has always including storm surges, climate change and cifically the debilitating storm that occurred this past winbeen, how fast,” he said. control it but we whether society takes any strong action or ter where the ferry was cancelled for hours at a time. Such The rate at which the oceans will rise is not. “But regardless of all that we’re still going situations are where Bowen Island is most vulnerable. are definitely dependent on many factors, including extreme “We expect to see harder and more surprising storms,” to see sea level rise because there is already weather events such as flooding, extreme conscious of it so much heat baked into the system,” he said. Hocking said.

With sea levels on the rise, when a storm hits, it has a storms and erosion. According to Educating Gary Ander, mayor of Bowen Island, said because it’s an that the rising sea levels are definitely an issue greater impact because the waters will be able to reach furCoastal Communities About Sea-Level Rise (ECoAs), which held a workshop earlier this “We can’t control it but we are definitely ther inland.

Turner said that if Bowen could take a page out of the month on the island, the sea rises at a rate of absolute truth,” conscious of it because it’s an absolute truth,” roughly 2.3mm per year, but that number has Ander said. He said that they don’t have any communities that are more vulnerable to sea level rise.

–Mayor Gary Ander “Their circumstances are different than ours in general doubled in the last two decades. immediate plans in place, but that they are For B.C. in particular, it is projected that the aware of it and they do have a committee but I think it we want to learn about how to carry on a conocean will rise as much as half a metre by 2050. formed for climate change which keeps an eye on every- versation about sea level rise we can learn from those comTurner spends a lot of his time paddling the shores of thing. Educating the community is also a component of munities where the stakes are much higher.”

Bowen Island and Howe Sound, which has given him a firsthand sense of the potential impacts of the rising sea levels.

Sea level rise is not an event that happens overnight but Turner still implores everyone to be aware of it and for the community to have plans in place to prepare for it.

Turner said that there is good news. Marine wildlife, specifically marine mammals, have shown a significant Bowen Island Community Choir April 8, 1981 - April 15, 2019 increase in Howe Sound waters the last eight to nine years.

When he moved to Bowen in 1989, Turner said the oceans Presents: were a very quiet place. But when the herring returned to BOSSA NOVA * DOO WOP * KENTUCKY FOLK * SAMBA Howe Sound, marine life followed.

On the backdrop of sea level rise, Turner said that the community of Bowen should be aware of the blessing that SALSA * FOLK BALLAD * BIG BAND SWING * CALYPSO the marine environment brings and know how to protect it by maintaining healthy shorelines. “We have an obligation PURE COUNTRY and … BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY!! to really think carefully about how our shorelines contribute to this marine recovery and what we can do given sea level rise to ensure that our shorelines are sources of marine It is with great sorrow that recovery.” we announce the passing of David.

Having healthy shorelines is vital for preparing for the He will be sadly missed by his daughter, Helena, inevitable sea level rise that is expected to occur within the his parents, Roger and Connie, his brother, next few decades, according to DG Blair, executive director sister-in-law and family, Michael, Josie, Olivia, of Green Shores, a program out of the Stewardship Centre Isaiah and Caleb, his brother and sister-in-law, for B.C. Green Shores sets a design standard for shoreline Mark and Sondra, his grandmother, Eireene and his Aunts, Uncles and Cousins. projects. It encourages naturally designing the shorelines, David really enjoyed his time on Bowen Island protecting the wild habitat and taking into account the because of all of his friends there. interaction between the shore and the water.

David’s family will gather for a family service to “Shorelines are very, very popular places to live and play celebrate his life and to plant a special so the cumulative number of small residential properties tree in David’s honour. can add up to a huge impact,” Blair said.

When a wave comes in at one metre high, when it hits a natural shore, it stays at one metre. But that same wave We will miss your loving nature David.

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Let’s start paying our rent DEAR EDITOR: “…and I would like to acknowledge and remind us all that this event is taking place on the unceded territory of the Squamish Nation…”

Assume for the moment that a similar phrase is spoken before every council and committee meeting, every musical, theatre, school or social event, every social, supper and tea. How many gestures would that add up to over a year?

But with repetition the words can become rote. What would keep those words fresh?

What would make them more than token pronouncements?

The words are intended to raise awareness of one fundamental issue in reconciliation – settlers forget or ignore the fact that there were other people living here before the British or Spanish or Americans sailed offshore, or better still, with guides, walked over the mountains, waved an arm and pronounced that all that was visible now belonged to England, or whatever country’s flag they carried. For a few hundred years, European settlers survived only with the help and skills of the original peoples. Once the fur trade decimated the animal populations, there was much less need for co-operation and the dominating, inherently racist, culture began to take in earnest. Land, fish, forests, everything that could be sold for a profit, was sold with no thought or consideration of sharing or paying for the privilege. In fact, with the introduction of highly infectious diseases, creation of reserves and residential schools, banning of potlatches and fair trade, disenfranchisement and all the other apartheid horrors for decades never discussed or taught in “good” schools, the First Nations people in this province also were decimated.

Trick is, and maybe it is the ultimate value of the rough terrain and isolation, they survived. Despite every conceivable effort to force assimilation, some even call it cultural genocide, that has not happened.

Today we talk about reconciliation and how to create better relationships between First Nations and settlers for the mutual benefit of all. It is not only an important conversation but is premised on realizations that genocide never was and is not today a viable option.

That there are several vibrant cultures in our midst that have environmental wisdom as core values and none of us can move forward into a better future until we find better solutions to

our extraction and consumer economy.

I am suggesting that we, as an independent municipality within the Squamish Nation territory, in the middle of the Salish Sea, which is experiencing a dramatic biological comeback from the relatively recent demise of extractive industries, as an active member of the Islands Trust, which has acted as a protective barrier to maintain a unique rural and marine environment, and as a community interested in creative, respectful and inclusive solutions to problems, formally create a method of emphasizing the words spoken at the beginning of every event and gathering. We could collect $1 for every time those words are spoken, plus pass the hat to add to the initiative, and then give that money as a token of “rent” to the Squamish Nation in furtherance of their efforts to save Howe Sound. In the process of handing over such a tithe, we could take that opportunity to develop formal conversations seeking solutions to our many shared challenges.

The feds and the province might tell us we are acting outside our jurisdiction as a municipality, that the issues are more complex, that we don’t have the resources to be effective, that merely being good neighbours is sufficient.

But those would be mere Goliath tactics. If they did notice, that would be a sign that there really was something good happening –something very different from the stonewalling and foot-dragging they have nothing to be proud of for the past few decades.

So how does one start a formal declaration by the municipality? First, I think council needs to be aware there is some interest from the community so that it gets onto their list of priorities and then we need to sort out how to keep track of their progress. Second, while waiting for the process of formalizing a declaration of our intent, we start collecting coins to have some physical weight and the jingle of commitment to help persuade. I would like to start collecting tin cans with plastic lids and will see if I can get space for such containers at the recycling depot.

I am happy to acknowledge that many of the ideas here have been generated by the work and imaginations of others, conversations overheard and gatherings recently sponsored by our library and other interested elders.

Finally, anyone willing to help?

—Judi Gedye jgedye@telus.net

On page 5 of the paper, you’ll notice a piece by Mathilda de Villiers. Mathilda is a Langara College student and was an intern with the North Shore News for a few weeks. She kindly wrote the sea level rise story for the Undercurrent to help cover me while I took a week’s vacation. It’s pure coincidence that while she was writing up the potentially devastating effects of sea level rise, I was admiring the Washington and Oregon coastlines. It was a sobering article to come home and read and know that such beauty is in danger but I’m grateful to Mathilda for writing it.

—Bronwyn Beairsto, Editor

Christie Grace and company delight DEAR FELLOW BOWENIANS, If you missed the Christie Grace concert last Saturday night, you certainly will not want to miss the next. Christie sings like a nightingale, with incredible clarity and annunciation and a huge range of tone and pitch. Her quartet are no slouches either.

Each one of Bill, Tim, Laurence and Buff are very talented soloists in their own right.

How fortunate are we to have this calibre of talent and entertainment personality right here on island. Let’s get on and build the community centre to welcome them (and others) back.

—Jerry Kaehne

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Please prioritize housing Clean up your corner of Bowen erty is sold down the road, what will the money go towards, besides paying off the long term debt? Can’t mayor and council see the value in having affordable housing?

What will our community be like down the road if young families can’t afford homes and young adults who work in the stores, restaurants and other service industries on Bowen can’t afford to live here? What will happen to our charitable events when volunteers are not available because they have to work so hard to pay rent that there is no time to volunteer? What will our Bowen culture become if artists can’t afford to live here? What will happen to the diversity we cherish in this community? You can’t put a price on that!

If according to Mayor Ander, “the committee is willing to consider leasing a similar amount of land on a different lot,” then why has this not been offered, but only considered? The amount of land being offered for the health center on Lot 3 has also been reduced. Isn’t there a way these two important buildings could be put together – health center on the ground level, with two stories above for affordable housing?

The article in last week’s Undercurrent mentioned that “the previous council resolutions to enter into lease agreements with the Health Centre Foundation and BIRCH are still on the books and have yet to be rescinded.”

I urge council to give this more thought and compare the value of the land to the value of community before fully rescinding their offer, or to at least make a better offer than what the committee proposed.

Please honour your commitment to serve the community.

—Gini Grey, Bowen Island

A thank you everyone concert from Ginger 66 and Asa Liles on May 4 DEAR EDITOR: Bowen’s own crowd-pleasing band Ginger 66 and Snug Cove gadabout Asa Liles are throwing a thanks-everyone party at the Bowen Pub Saturday, May 4, and the entire island (or as many as can fit) is invited.

“It’s my small way of giving back to people who drove me to the mainland for my cancer treatments, delivered hot meals during my recovery, provided generous financial

assistance, and hugged me on the sidewalk,” says Asa, who got through radiation, chemotherapy and a heart attack with the help of hundreds of islanders, from close friends to complete strangers.

Doors open at 8 p.m., the party starts at 9 p.m. There’s no cover but donations for the “dance ‘til you drop” rock and roll of Ginger 66 are welcome.

—Richard Labonte

Places of Worship Welcome You BOWEN ISLAND UNITED CHURCH BOWEN ISLAND UNITED CHURCH Shelagh Mackinnon Marie Paul Rev.Rev. Shelagh MacKinnon

Helan Wallwork Helen Minister of Music: Lynn Williams

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Sunday School 11:00 a.m.

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bonus, the clean up will ensure the Bowen Island Golf Club puts its best foot forward for our May 18 Community Challenge, which is also the date Jamie Smith will launch, or should I say “tee off,” his new food service Montgomery’s Grill (the former Cup Cutter) at the clubhouse.

With the assistance of Bruce Johnstone, a few of us will continue our clean up of the landscaping feature on Cowan Point Drive, between the first green and number two blue and white tee. This will include the removal of weeds, cutting the grass and planting some new, much needed vegetation such as rhodos, dogwoods, etc. Again, thanks to Karen for this initiative. Every day should be Earth Day! —Bruce Russell Bowen Island Golf Club

Marc Atkinson Trio Gypsy Jazz Concert Saturday, May 11 7:30pm Doors open 7pm Cove Commons

“Marc Atkinson is one of Canada’s finest Juno-nominated, Western Canadian award-winning musicians. The music of this virtuosic group is melodically captivating, sensually charged and ferociously, technically awe-inspiring.” www.marcatkinson.com

Tickets $30 in advance, $35 at the door available online www.thehearth.ca/marcatkinson.php and the Gallery @ Cove Commons 430 Bowen Island Trunk Road 604-947-2454

Presented by the Bowen Island Arts Council www.thehearth.ca

Schedule in Effect: April 1, 2019 to May 15, 2019

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DEAR EDITOR: A hearty thank you to Karen Munro (Bowen Dog Ranch) for her leadership in the the third annual Clean Up Bowen campaign on Saturday, April 27, an important and most useful community-wide initiative. I look forward to another volunteer stint either on Saturday or Sunday, with my focus this year on the sides of both Cowan Point Drive and Beach Drive immediately adjacent to the community golf course. As this high-profile public amenity looks only as good as the adjacent area, I encourage members, non-member golfers and south Bowen residents to donate some free time to clean up branches, dead-falls, weeds and garbage along the roadside within a few feet of the edge of both roads. All they need do is create some piles for pick up by others. As a

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DEAR EDITOR: I’m feeling very disheartened and angry after reading the article on Lot 3 projects’ land changes in last week’s Undercurrent.

To read that the municipal council is backtracking on its agreement to offer .48 hectares of Lot 3 to Bowen Island Resilient Community Housing for affordable housing and is now only offering .11 hectares on a portion that is too difficult to build on is appalling from my point of view.

I have lived in this community for over 20 years and have watched people struggle to pay mortgages and rent as prices continually rise. I’ve seen so many people have to move away from their beloved community because they can’t afford to live here.

I watched my husband, Richard Best, volunteer countless hours to this cause as a board member on the Bowen Community Housing Association from 2006 to 2011 and as the lead organizer for the Run for the Ferry event for four years in a row. Over $40,000 was raised for a needs assessment and housing strategy survey and for a symposium on affordable housing for a diverse community.

During that time the municipal council promised a piece of the surplus lands for affordable housing, but it never came to fruition. Now here we are many years later with an even more challenging housing problem and council is once again putting the issue on the back burner.

What happened to all the council candidate’s speeches about making housing a priority? What happened to putting promises into action? For Mayor Ander to say “We’re not really prepared to give up all of Lot 3 for housing” and then to add, “There’s value in this property and we can’t just give it away” is so short sighted. If the prop-

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2019 HOUSING SURVEY Take the survey online: www.birchousing.org/survey All survey responses are confidential. The survey is open until Thursday, May 2.

BIRCH is Bowen Island Resilient Community Housing – a registered non-profit society.

Our vision is that every Bowen Island Community Member has access to a safe and healthy home. For more info please visit BIRCH’s website at: https://birchousing.org/ BIRCH welcomes ALL BOWEN ISLAND COMMUNITY MEMBERS to complete this survey to identify housing issues, priorities, and opportunities on Bowen Island. The results of the survey will help to inform BIRCH’s proposed non-profit rental project on Lot 3 of the Community Lands, as well as general needs for future housing projects for Bowen.

1. How supportive are you in general of using Community Lands for non-profit housing?

Not Somewhat Very Supportive supportive supportive supportive Comments ______________________________________ 2. Last year Bowen Island Council committed a 0.48ha site on Lot 3 of the Community Lands to BIRCH to create non-profit housing that will benefit the community. All BIRCH's work, and the funding received (approx. $24,000+) to date, has been based on this commitment.

Do you support BIRCH continuing with the allocated 0.48ha site on Lot 3?

Not Somewhat Very Supportive supportive supportive supportive Comments ______________________________________ _______________________________________________ 3. Are these housing challenges an issue on Bowen Island?

Yes, Not at all Somewhat definitely Affordability Availability 4. In terms of addressing different community housing needs, which stakeholder group(s) should be prioritized? [1 = higher priority / 8 = lesser priority] __ Individuals with low income __ Families with low income __ Individuals with middle income __ Families with middle income __ Seniors __ People experiencing or at risk of homelessness __ People with disabilities __ Seasonal workers 5. Please rank the following unit types in order of your perceived need in the community.

[1 = most needed / 4 = least needed]. ___Studio ___1 bedroom ___2 bedroom ___3+ bedroom 6. What do you think future priorities should be for non-profit/diverse/affordable housing units on Bowen: [1 = higher priority / 7 = lesser priority] ___Below-market rental units ___Market rental units ___Affordable ownership units ___Townhouses ___Co-operative housing (families / all ages) ___Staff/employee housing ___Family-oriented housing ___Other: _______________________________

7. Multi-bedroom units with shared spaces (kitchens, living rooms) and/or micro-units (350 sq ft or less) may have the potential to lower costs and/or provide more units. How supportive are you of BIRCH considering these types of designs?

Not Somewhat Very Supportive supportive supportive supportive Shared units Micro-units 8. Would you like to take part in a stakeholder workshop about this project in the near future? ___No ___Yes If yes, please provide your name and contact info: ________________________________________ or email it to: info@birchousing.org 9. Which housing issues are of personal concern for you?

Not Slightly Moderately Very concerned concerned concerned concerned Cost of rent Cost of ownership Lack of rental options Lack of ownership options Other: __________________________________ 10. Do you: ___Live on Bowen Island full time ___Live on Bowen Island part time ___Work on Bowen Island but do not live here ___Neither live nor work on Bowen Island ___Other:_________________ 11. If you live on Bowen Island, do you: ___Rent your home ___Own your home ___Not applicable / don’t live on Bowen ___Other:__________________________ 12. If you live on Bowen Island, please choose the type of home you live in: ___Single-detached house ___Duplex/townhouse ___Apartment or condominium ___Secondary suite, incl. cottage/cabin ___Other: (please specify)___________________ ________________________________

14. How suitable is your current housing?

Not Somewhat Suitable suitable suitable

Very suitable

Cost Size Quality Future suitability (aging in place/changing family) Comments _______________ 15.

Will you be actively looking for more suitable housing in the next 5 years? ___No ___Yes 16. If you will be looking for more suitable housing in the future, what kind of unit would best suit your needs? [fill/check all that apply] (These answers aren't limited to, or specifically for, non-profit housing, but to gauge general need in the community)

___# bedrooms ___# bathrooms ___den/office ___pet friendly ___accessible

___ground-oriented (front door and/or outdoor space at ground level)

___affordable (30% of my income) ___single level (no stairs) ___secure rental (market price) ___secure rental (below-market) (to suit wheelchair or ___ownership (market price) restricted-mobility) ___ownership (below-market) ___close to the ___family-oriented townhouse Cove/services ___energy efficient (low utility ___small garden costs) ___balcony ___healthy indoor air quality 17. Are you: ___Not able to work ___Working full time ___A student ___Working part time ___Semi or fully retired ___Unemployed ___Other:______________ 18. Your age: ___________ 19. Please identify your family status: ___Single-person household ___Single parent with kid(s) ___Dual-person household ___Dual parents with kid(s) ___Multi-generational family ___Other: (please specify)___________________ 20. How many members in your family? ____ 21. Annual household income: $_____________ 22. Do you have a Bowen housing story to share?

13. How secure is your current housing? ___Not very secure ___Somewhat secure ___Reasonably secure ___Very secure Comments: ___________________________

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Mark, get set, get ready for annual jumbo plant sale

JOHN LAWRENCE

Bowen Island Garden Club

The Bowen Island Garden Club’s annual plant sale and raffle will take place on May 3.

The plant sale and raffle is the club’s annual fundraiser.

The funds raised support a number of island beautification projects, open gardens, the visiting speakers program, the annual spring bulb sale and of course the plant sale.

The plant sale and raffle will open at Bowen Island Community School at 11 a.m. and lasts for one hour only.

Be sure to allow yourself plenty of time to get a place in the front of the queue. The better items sell out very quickly.

The club’s 300 members have been busy collecting a wide range of plants and shrubs over the last month or two to ensure that a wide variety will be available. Prices, as always, will be competitive.

Given the ravages of a particularly savage February, and of course our four-footed friends in the resident deer population, expect to find a large collection of “deer resistant” plants, and others that should survive the long days of the Squamish, as of this year!

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The Garden Club’s annual one-hour plant sale at BICS always prompts a shopping frenzy for photosynthesizer lovers.

When in doubt about the most serendipitous placing of that must-have beauty, be sure to ask a club member for help and advice. Reference books will also be on hand.

Through the generosity of our donors, the raffle will offer a dozen valuable different prizes. Tickets will be on sale at the General Store, the Ruddy Potato and Friday Night

Supper at the Legion. The raffle draw will take place at 11:50 a.m., just before the conclusion of the sale. Should you not be in attendance at the draw, fear not, as you will be notified of your successful draw and there will be a prize held in-waiting for you.

Be sure to get your ticket now!

BITS, BTRA make it harder to get lost on Mt. Gardner trails CHUCK VENHUIZEN

Bowen Island Trail Society

On Saturday, April 13, 16 weather-resistant volunteers from Bowen Island Trail Society and Bowen Trail Riders Association braved the elements to finally make the Mt. Gardner Summit Trail much easier to navigate. This event was authorized by Recreation Sites & Trails BC with whom Bowen Island Trail Society (BITS) and Bowen Trail Riders Association (BTRA) work co-operatively in joint partnership agreements.

The cold winds, rain and the gravity of our mission crystallized our focus. After a brief orientation just beyond the Hikers Road gate, four 4x4 trucks shuttled us up to the trailhead where we began our work.

The foggy conditions transformed the forest into a mys-

tical landscape.

Every year, people come to Bowen from near and far to immerse themselves in our beautiful temperate rainforests.

Yet so many hikers have lost their way, especially along this trail, some even calling 9-1-1 to be rescued. This is precisely why it was crucial to install visible and adequate blazes (markers) on trees along this route.

Breaking into pairs, we picked up our supplies: a short ladder and enough nails and 2”x2” orange markers to blaze an average of 13 trees. Using the “leapfrog” approach, we stuck together, sharing a sense of comradery as we moved quickly up the mountain.

Ninety minutes and 80 blazed trees later, we stood on the helipad for some lunch and a peak pic. On the way down a few of us had extra tools and time to extract the old blazes and nails. Back near the trailhead, BTRA volunteers had a

fire prepared to warm the chilled blazers before they were shuttled back down to the gate. Check us out on Facebook and Instagram to catch a glimpse of what we accomplished.

Improving navigation on Mt. Gardner’s network of trails is the top priority of BITS, with BTRA in full support. We strive to maximize the visibility of the blazes to help hikers stay on the trail and reach their destination. Last November, we blazed the 5 km stretch of Lower, Mid and Upper Skid Trails and next we plan to tackle the Laura Road and North Summit Loop Trails. Installing approved signage, maps and trailhead kiosks will follow.

We are always looking for more volunteers, so please email info@bowenislandtrailsociety.ca if you’d like to stay informed and perhaps consider joining us in future events to improve Mt. Gardner’s trails. Together we can do much good.

LAND ACT: NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR A DISPOSITION OF CROWN LAND Take notice that the Tunstall Bay Community Association (TBCA), Bowen Island, BC, has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development (FLNROD), Surrey for a Community Institutional/Community Facility Licence situated on Provincial Crown land located at that part of Block B, District lot 492A, Group 1, New Westminster District. This application pertains to and continues use of existing structures (e.g. pier).

The Lands File Number for this application is file number 2412166. Comments on this application may be submitted in two ways: 1) Online via the Applications and Reasons for Decision Database website at: https://comment.nrs.gov.bc.ca/applications. 2) By mail to the Senior Land Officer at 200 – 10428 153rd Street, Surrey, BC V3R 1E1. Comments will be received by the Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations until May 23, 2019. Comments received after this date may not be considered.

Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact Information Access Operations at the Ministry of Technology, Innovation and Citizens’ Services in Victoria at: www.gov.bc.ca/citz/iao/.

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Bylaw would report back to council at the end of six months to let them know how enforcement is going. A staff report to council said that enforcing this bylaw will cost approximately $10,000 over six months.

Council passed second and third readings of the bylaw with only councillor Alison Morse opposed.

Empty vessels: Four boats in Mannion Bay are marked for demolition – or will be if BIM gets a section 20 letter from Transport Canada. Council heard that bylaw services has identified four vessels in various states of disrepair (two have sunk) in Mannion Bay as candidates for removal. Though federal funding to remove damaged and abandoned boats is available through the Abandoned Boats Program, municipalities must first have possession. Transport Canada grants possession through a section 20 letter, but it requires the municipality advertise its intention for 30 days before taking possession. All four boats have anecdotal owners but BIM has nothing in writing from said owners and it says none have claimed financial responsibility.

Though councillors said they were concerned about letting the boat owners off the hook, they voted unanimously to apply for the section 20 letter.

Lot 3 landscape Council opted to wait to solidify any land allotments for the Health Centre Foundation or Bowen Island Resilient Community Housing (BIRCH) until next council meeting.

Council had been set to vote on recommendations from the Mayor’s Standing Committee on the Community Lands.

The committee, resurrected earlier this

year to examine best uses of the municipally held lands, has recommended that council reduce BIRCH’s Lot 3 allotment by a quarter and the health centre’s by half.

Council previously passed resolutions to provide the non-profits with 0.48 hectares and 0.14 hectares of Lot 3 respectively.

The Health Centre Foundation, in a letter to council, accepted the committee’s recommendation, though asked that the proposed 0.08 hectares be increased to 0.10 hectares to allow for an ambulance bay at the health centre.

BIRCH, also in a letter to council, rejected the committee’s proposal. It noted in particular that the land selected for BIRCH is a rocky outcrop and would require significant and expensive blasting.

BIRCH executive director Robyn Fenton addressed council Tuesday and said that she sees BIRCH and the municipality as partners and that this isn’t a matter of “giving and taking” land. Fenton said that the words “clean slate” had been thrown around for a meeting next week between BIRCH and the mayor’s committee. She requested that as many councillors as possible be in the room for the meeting and that the meeting be open to the public.

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No game of thrones here: Quarry Park is getting a permanent pit toilet. Limited parking in the area concerned some councillors but necessity won.

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Electric ferry: Council voted unanimously to write a letter to the Islands Trust asking for it to consider including BC Ferries electrification advocacy in its strategic plan.

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Disclosure: the author of this piece is a tenant of the president of BIRCH.

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Wednesday May 1, 2019 You are invited to the Keynote on 9:00-10:30 am Cultivating Ethics, Values & Humanity by Cates Hill Chapel Dr. Ted Spear, Founding Head of IPS.

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BOWEN BEAT Benefit concert

Christie Grace, Bill Sample, Laurence Mollerup, Tim Porter and Buff Allen played a community centre benefit concert at Cove Commons April 20. This was the first time Grace has played in the new venue and for the event she prepared a set list around the themes of love, renewal and new beginnings.

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The Easter Bunny popped up the Bowen Island Community Recreation-sponsored event to greet the youngsters. (Photo: Sheana Stevenson)

This past Saturday was hoppin’ at Bowen Island Community School as more than 70 youth participated in the annual Easter egg hunt. (Photo: Sheana Stevenson)

Easter eggs ripe for the pickin’ appeared all over the playground and forest, much to the delight of the youth.

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Workshop gets to the heart of colonization PULXANEEKS’ “WHERE I STAND” WORKSHOP, HOSTED THROUGH THE KNOWING OUR PLACE INITIATIVE, IS MAY 14

PAULINE LE BEL

Knowing Our Place

Her name is Pulxaneeks (pronounced Pull-HA-neeks). An ancestral name, it means “Essence of Flower.”

As we chat over a cup of tea about her “Where I Stand” workshop at the library on May 14 at 7 p.m., Pulxnaeeks tells me she likes to get to the heart of things, the essence of things. And that’s what she does in her workshops, she gets to the heart of colonization.

Pulxaneeks, a member of the Eagle Clan of the Haisla First Nation, was born in a coastal village in northern B.C., a handful of generations after first contact with Europeans.

She was raised by her village.

“It is a post-genocidal village,” she says. “We were only recently domesticated as a people. The English language was only recently violently enforced upon us. I’m here because my Elders were fortunate enough to have survived that.”

When she was eleven, she attended a youth culture camp “in the untouched depths of my ancestral land.”

“I lived like my ancestors had lived. These camps led the way for the rest of my life,” she says.

She remembers there was always “a nice white person at those camps who had a drum and was usually vegetarian.

My first allies. I always thought there’s got to be more of you out there.”

At age 14, “an incredibly shy Native girl,” she became a volunteer guide, a helping role at the camps.

“With the support of my community, it was there I found where my gifts wanted to shine,” she says.

Pulxaneeks found a sense of empowerment through the traditional west coast singing, dancing and drumming.

She also lived in the colonial town of Kitimat. When I ask about her life there, she tells me she “often felt invisible or ashamed about not being accomplished by colonial standards.”

When she moved away at age 19, Pulxaneeks did youth

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Pulxaneeks says that regardless of lineage, everyone’s been colonized in one way or another. She says that her May 14 workshop will make people uncomfortable but that discomfort is necessary for significant change to happen. outreach with First Nations youth at risk, wanting to contribute to the future of Indigenous people through the youth.

Pulxaneeks moved to Bowen last fall. She smiled and told me she knew this was a good place to live when she saw there was a book club to read Indigenous authors (that would be the Knowing Our Place Book Club).

Since 2003, she has been facilitating workshops. She calls her work Heart to Heart: Indigenous Relations Consultation.

“Regardless of your lineage origins,” she says, “we have

all been colonized.”

I ask her about the transformations that take place in her workshops.

“People gain a better understanding of these patterns of pain holding us back. Until we understand this, it’s still going to keep happening. They gain a better footing and know where they stand as Guest on Indigenous Land,” she says.

I’m honoured that Pulxaneeks has invited me to be a support person for other upcoming workshops: one on Bowen, June 1 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Elliot Hall, 1070 Miller Road.

And July 5 to 7 in Vancouver. For more information please email hearttoheart@indigenousrelationsconsultation.com “It’s not possible for there to be any significant change and not feel uncomfortable,” she says. “I draw to me people who are okay with this.”

I’m trying to massage an upbeat ending to this piece, give it a nice colonial ending, as she might say.

“So,” I venture, “they’ll feel uncomfortable but… they will …” She refuses to put a shiny spin on it.

“The greater powers have done a good job of keeping folks ignorant. We cannot make effective changes if we don’t first understand what’s at the roots,” she replies.

Pulxaneeks will present Where I Stand, May 14 at 7 p.m. at the library.

This interactive presentation is part of the Knowing Our Place Reconciliation Initiative presented by the library, the arts council and Pauline Le Bel. It’s an opportunity to get a better sense of one’s identity as a guest on Indigenous land and to begin the lifelong practice of coming back to being in right relationship to the First Peoples. The workshop is free but registration is required as space is limited.

Pulxaneeks request before you register, is that you find out on whose land you were born.

Please register at: bit.ly/KOPWhereIStand.

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Patient of the Week MEET AURORA Aurora visited Mountainside Animal Hospital suffering from pruitis and alopecia- fancy names for “itchy skin” and “hair loss”.

Some skin scrapings were taken for in-house evaluation to rule out mites and other parasites.

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Duplicate Bridge Bowen Court 6:45 - 10 p.m.

Info call Irene 604-947-2955

FRIDAY APRIL 26

Wine Tasting Bowen Beer & Wine Cellar 2:45 - 6:45 p.m. Brush up on your Ports at this exciting and unusual in-store tasting with Port Evangelist, Cynthia Opsal.

Try something traditional and something (very) different.

Dinner at the Legion Bowen Island Legion Doors at 5:30 Dinner at 6:30 This week they’re serving Butter Chicken with rice, Aloo gobi (cauliflower) and Salad. And, a pasta option for the kids ( who EAT FREE!). Carrot cake for dessert. Members and Guests welcomed Bowen Island Community Foundation AGM Cates Hill Chapel 6:30 p.m Come join us and hear how our community is responding to needs for housing, seniors, diversity, youth activities and gathering spaces on Bowen!

Friday Night Live at the Pub Bowen Island Pub 7-10 p.m.

Live music, dinner specials, and no cover.

SATURDAY APRIL 27

Grafton Gardens Collective 10 am. Garden fun every Saturday morning. Learn and share in work. graftoncollective@gmail.com Apple Blossom Festival Down cottage lane behind the Tuscany 10- 1 p.m.

Bowen Heritage’s new festival includes a tea, free face painting, mini- Maypole dance, heritage textile exhibit, mini- farmers market, seedling sale, and a parasol painting workshop and kids activies. Come celebrate the 130 year old apple trees in bloom in the orchard.

For more info contact Sarah Haxby at 604-947-9952.

Special Waste Dump Day

Bowen Island Recycling Depot 9 - 5 p.m. Dump tickets must be bought prior to dumping.

Available at the General Store or the Municipal Hall.

2019 Clean Up Bowen!

Meet at the legion 9 a.m Enjoy coffee and muffins before setting out to clean up Bowen’s roads and ditches!

Prizes for the collection of the “most disgusting” and “the biggest” garbage.

Songs for Spring Cates Hill Chapel 7:30 p.m.

The Lady Madrigal Singers will put a song in your heart.

Tickets available at Cates Pharmacy or at the door. $18 Children 6 and under Free.

Nature of Home: Fioana Beaty Library Annex 7 p.m. “I find my identity in the sea” Seating is limited. Presented by the Bowen Library.

SUNDAY APRIL 28

Fire Smart Workshop Fire Hall #2 3 p.m. Join us for a presentation by wildfire expert Bruce Blackwell, and learn what you can do to make your home and your island more resilient to wildfires. There’s lots of time for Q&A, so bring your questions!

Outdoor Meditation Circle Meet at the picnic tables at the entrance to Crippen Park 11 a.m. Open to everyone.

Dress warmly. Tea will be served. No cost. More info: lisa.shatsky@gmail.com Bowen Island Nature Club AGM and family potluck 621 Cates Hill Road 5-7 p.m. Potluck Supper and Bug Talk with Will Husby; please park on the road unless you have mobility issues.

MONDAY APRIL 29

Seniors Keeping Young 1070 Miller Road “Exercise at 9:00, coffee at 9:45, Guest speaker at 10:00, and yoga at 11:15. Yearly membership is $20, drop in fee for the first time is $3.00 and $2.00 for

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B.I. Garden Club Plant Annual Plant Sale BI Community School 11noon Vines, herbs, trees, shrubs, annuals, perennials, and vegetables.

TUESDAY APRIL 30

Art Group Gallery at Cove Commons 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Drop in $2 For more nfo call 604-947-9623 Bowen Island AA Collins Hall 7:15 p.m.

WEDNESDAY MAY 1

Equip & Inspire Conference Cates Hill Chapel 9 a.m.

- 10:30 a.m. Keynote on Cultivating Ethics, Values and Humanity by Dr. Ted Spear, Founding Head of IPS. Followed by a casual social and networking hour. islandpacific.org/attend-anevent

THURSDAY MAY 2

Housing Survey Deadline Help identify housing issues, priorities, and opportunities on Bowen Island. Results will inform BIRCH’s proposed non-profit rental project on Lot 3 of the Community Lands. www.birchhousing. org/survey How do you access healthcare in your community?

B.I. Community School 5 7 p.m. Vancouver Coastal Health wants to hear about how you access health care in your community. Join the conversation register via email at ce@vch.ca, via phone at 604-714-3779 Duplicate Bridge Bowen Court 6:45 - 10 p.m.

Info call Irene 604-947-2955

Dinner at the Legion Bowen Island Legion Doors at 5:30 Dinner at 6:30 Jazz Night at the Pub Bowen Island Pub 7-10 p.m.

Live music, dinner specials, and no cover.

SATURDAY MAY 4

Bowen Island Community Choir Spring Concerts Cates Hill Chapel 2:30 p.m and a 7:30 p.m. concert Featuring Bossa Nova, Doo Wop, Kentucky Folk, Samba, Salsa, Folk Ballad, Big Band Swing, Calypso, Pure Country and ..Bohemian Rhapsody!

Plus special guest musicians!

Tickets $20 adult, Seniors & Students $15. at Cates Pharmacy or the door.

“How to Change the World” Movie Night Tunstall Bay Beach Club 1666Tunstall Blvd. Doors open at 6 p.m. Show at 6:30 “ How to Change the World” is a documentary about the formation of the movement to save the whales. Special guest Rod Marining. Tickets are $20 and can be booked by contacting Gary at garyod@ shaw.ca All proceeds to benefit The Sea Shepherd Society.

SUNDAY MAY 5

FRIDAY MAY 3

Hazardous Waste & Paint Recycling Bowen Building Centre 9 - 3

BI Conservancy: Herons, Hummingbirds, and Hawks of Bowen Island B.I. Community School multipurpose room 1 p.m Find out about Bowen’s special bird life in this talk by Sue Ellen Fast. Admission by donation

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A Vancouver play with Bowen roots MARCUS HONDRO

Contributor

A play with a Bowen connection – including a character who is a captain on our beloved Queen of Capilano – is finishing up its run this week at Vancouver’s Pal Studio Theatre.

Mal and Cara was written by former islander Clive Scarff, who also directs.

Without giving away much in the way of detail, the play is a comedy about a Vancouver couple experiencing difficulties. One has a change in mind that falls under the category of radical. But is it too radical?

Scarff’s son, BICS grad CJ Scarff, 13, is making his professional acting debut in the play. CJ is an experienced thespian however, acting in numerous plays at Bowen’s Tirna-nOg Theatre.

The cast also includes Malc Stead, Sarah Harlow, Amy Rhead, Hannah McGlynn, Kyle Mosonyi and Hernan Raygoza. It’s being produced by Stead and Harlow’s company, CMS Players.

Mal and Cara opened on April 18 and still has four performances left: this Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m. and a 1 p.m. matinee on Sunday.

Scarff told the Undercurrent that “knowing it is difficult for Bowen Islanders to make evening performances given ferry/water taxi issues etc.,” they have branded the Sunday matinee “Bowen Day” and ticket prices are lower for that show ($15 general admission/$10 for seniors and juniors).

Scarff, a member of the Bowen Arts Council, has directed his own plays previously, including You’ve Got Male, produced in 2018. He also writes books and his non-fiction title, Why You Suck at Golf, is a number one best-seller on Amazon/Kindle.

You can get show and ticket information at malandcara. com .

Releasing chums TIM PARDEE

Bowen Island Fish and Wildlife Club

Bowen Island Fish & Wildlife Club (BIFWC) volunteers have been busy at the Terminal Creek Salmon Hatchery over the winter caring for chum and coho salmon. We’ve been moving 20,000 coho alevins, which are maturing to fry, from incubation trays to water troughs where they’ll begin feeding. On Friday, April 26, at about 5 p.m., we’ll be releasing chum fry raised at the hatchery into the lagoon near the causeway.

The BIFWC annual general meeting will be held in the Bill Rush Memorial Classroom at the hatchery from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Thursday, May 2. We’ll review 2018, discuss hatchery operations, and update attendees about key volunteer activities and salmon enhancement projects on Bowen Island.

Everyone is welcome to join us at the hatchery.

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