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Eye-Pods: Watching the Whales
Paparazzi or persecution? An orca pod traversing Howe Sound this long weekend was the subject of intense scrutiny, both on land and...
kc dyer
May 22, 20242 min read
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Village Welcomes and Updates
New residents, grandchildren, engagements . . . and more Adnan Siddiqui and Renee Haldenby, along with their seven-year-old boxer Manny,...
Ron McLaughlin
May 20, 20243 min read
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Village Releases 2022 Annual General Report
Report 11 months overdue; Audit also available Friday's Village Update contains a link to Lions Bay's 2022 Annual Report, releasing the...
kc dyer
May 19, 20242 min read
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"Outing the Outdated"
International Day celebrates gender and sexual diversity May 17 is the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia,...
kc dyer
May 17, 20242 min read
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Happy Mother's Day
For Mothers of every variety... To the tall mothers, and small mothers, and co-mothers and step-mothers, and young mothers and...
kc dyer
May 12, 20241 min read
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Avoiding Disaster
Emergency Preparedness advice from a long-time resident In late September 1980 before Cypress Bowl became a provincial park, extensive...
John Dudley
May 11, 20242 min read
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What If (Part II)...
ESS Director Mary Brown shares more tips for Emergency Preparedness Week In the first part of “What if…” I wrote about ESS, ERA and SOLE....
Mary Brown
May 10, 20243 min read
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Squamish Council Torpedos 'Floatel' Permit
Proponents have 30-day appeal window Opponents of the proposed Woodfibre Liquefied Natural Gas (WLNG) worker housing ship received a...
kc dyer
May 9, 20245 min read
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What If ...
Emergency Preparedness Week Scenarios, May 5-11 In the world of emergency management, the predominant thought is, “What if…” and the...
Mary Brown
May 8, 20243 min read
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World Migratory Bird Day
Third annual Bird-Friendly event coming on May 11 It’s always amazing to think that birds as tiny as our Rufous Hummers and others like...
Lions Bay Bird Friendly City
May 6, 20243 min read
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Emergency Preparedness Week, May 5-11, 2024
Tips to make family emergency plans less overwhelming Preparing for an unknown may seem overwhelming. Choose three of these tips and make...
Mary Brown
May 5, 20242 min read
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A Celebratory Weekend in (the) Works
Garth Begley and Alberto Urrutia Mark Milestones This weekend marks a milestone for anyone in the Village who appreciates clean water,...
kc dyer
May 3, 20242 min read
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Celebrating Lions Bay Workers
Happy May Day! Here at The Watershed, we spill a lot of ink on members of Village Council and executives including the Chief...
kc dyer
May 1, 20242 min read
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Want to Join the Butterflyway?
Making local pollinators feel welcome Back in November, local gardeners Val Morton and Hana Boye wrote to notify Council of the recent...
kc dyer
Apr 25, 20242 min read
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Earth Day, 2024
Planet vs Plastics This article was written as a collaboration between the Lions Bay Climate Action Committee, Lions Bay Bird Friendly...
kc dyer
Apr 22, 20243 min read
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Late-breaking Council News
New meetings scheduled to begin this week Special council meetings have been scheduled for 6 p.m. on Tuesday April 23 and Wednesday April...
kc dyer
Apr 21, 20241 min read
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Seagull Sunday
April hummingbird edition Twenty years ago this month, Lions Bay's then-community newspaper The Seagull published a letter to the editor...
kc dyer
Apr 21, 20241 min read
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Springtime Invasion
Not aliens, but time travellers Despite appearances, Village streams are not being overtaken by asparagus-shaped aliens. These creatures...
kc dyer
Apr 15, 20241 min read
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Here Comes the Rain Again...
A rain barrel primer from the Climate Action Committee With a long-established regional warming trend — and therefore a snow pack that is...
Lions Bay Climate Action Committee
Apr 10, 20243 min read
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Memories of Michael and Alice
Marking the passage of long-time residents Michael and Alice Tickner were long-time, active residents of Lions Bay, and their art gallery...
kc dyer
Apr 8, 20241 min read
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