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Dear Residents,
We have installed a ladder for the swim float at Lions Bay Beach Park. Due to the capacity of this ladder, it is recommended that only children use the ladder. Adherence to this recommendation will ensure the longevity of the ladder.
Tha...
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Dear Residents,
Garbage, Recycling and Green Waste will be picked up on Friday July 1, 2011 as usual.
Thank you,
Susan LoutetAdmin. Assist.
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“Happiness consists in activity: such is the constitution of our nature; it is a running stream, and not a stagnant pool.” John M. Good
I would think that the Monday morning stroll is an activity that should lead to a burst of happiness, so come and ...
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Attention Community Gardeners and Friends of the Community Garden!
After a long and very slow process, we are pleased to announce the community garden site has come forward with giant leaps and bounds, only this past week - "like a warm spring rain, caus...
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Is it easy to agree that summer for most of us is equated with “vacation”? Of course we get away in the rainy, cold season to “vacation” elsewhere, but summer prevails for time off to relax, right here in BC ... and right here in Lions Bay! ...
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We are so sad!! We regret to inform you of the delay of the Summer Edition of Lions Bay Community News! Canada Post is on strike and we cannot deliver your community news quarterly to your postal boxes. As soon as the postal service strike is r...
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A Tony Cox Profile Historian, Gardener and More ...
Tony and Valerie Cox came to Lions Bay over 40 years ago, and hence qualify as 'long term residents'. Tony was born in Devon, a large county in remarkably balmy southwestern England because of the warm ...
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When driving by Mountain Road the other day, I noticed a change in the landscape – a SOLD sign at the Dahabieh house. I was caught by a mixed feeling of joy and sorrow. Joy for the Dahabieh’s who have succeeded in selling their home, which has been an...
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It can be said that not too many residents of Lions Bay are aware of our newly refurbished tennis court which is tucked away in the forest on Mountain Drive. This idyllic setting can now be accessed via the recently completed Sunset Trail - simply c...
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It is a great time to buy a boat or yacht right now. Unlike the real estate market, it is currently a boat buyers market, conversely sellers are crying foul right now. Traditionally when our dollar was lower rich Americans would come to Canada...
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On behalf of the BC Cetacean Sightings Network
Summer is here and with the warm weather many locals and visitors alike will take to the water. Howe Sound is a popular area for boating given the close vicinity to Vancouver, beautiful scenery an...
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I am pleased to say that the new Sunset Trail from below the tennis court on Mountain Drive to Sunset was completed on June 6th after three incredible days of work.
This now gives people the ability to avoid going by the side of, or across the tennis cou...
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Since our start in December 2010, we have been reaching out to Villagers with our message “Support the Arts in Lions Bay”. The first step of course is in becoming a community member of the Arts Council. We now have a membership of 44 -&nbs...
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What About Meditation?
Source material from Osho: “Meditation, The First and Last Freedom”
“Meditation is an adventure, adventure into the unknown, the greatest adventure the human mind can take.
“Meditation is just to be, not doing anything ...
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You hear about people having diabetes all the time, but did you know it is not uncommon for your cat to have it too?
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a disease in which the body either doesn’t produce or properly use insulin. After a meal, glucose is released...
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Our intention to fully embrace The Sustainability Movement by entering into not “The Hundred Mile Diet” but the “Four Meter Diet” finally came to fruition in all senses of the word at our house this spring.
Turning our “lawn” into a vegetable...
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Progress and Plans
The Native Plant Garden, a Lions Bay Community Project, has progressed considerably since last year's June "Green Day". Very significant support came from Council. which 'adopted' the Native Plant Group in Fall 2010. Under its jurisdic...
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On a sunny Saturday in May a bucket brigade assembled to enhance the paths at the Native Plant Garden with wood chippings and bark mulch. The ‘brigade’ carefully avoided the lumbering monstrous trucks that...
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Whither books?
Are they doomed to be curiosities on an antique table, along with coal oil lamps and ear trumpets?
They well might be, with the advent of the e-book accessing hundreds of thousands of books -- and cheaply. Most classics of yesteryear are ...
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