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No words can describe the magical feeling the Sing Along created for us.
The creation of the "Christmas Sing Along in the Forest" has proven once again, how little it takes to create the magic when your heart and soul is in tune in what you do. It is in ...
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Last week I sent out a press release warning that a tragedy was in the making for some herring stocks in Georgia Strait as an intense new fishery was being unleashed upon them. I based this warning on Fisheries documents from previous herring tragedies....
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Many Celebrations Greeting From all of us at Lions Bay Community News!
We wish you a very happy and peaceful Christmas, Hanukah, Kwaanza, Ramadan, Solstice and every other special occasion you celebrate this joyous time of year.
The best of the s...
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CHIPPING OF CHRISTMAS TREES
Dear Residents,
DROP OFF YOUR USED CHRISTMAS TREES
If you have a real Christmas Tree that you would like to have chipped, you may drop the tree off at the Lions Bay Avenue parking lot, just above the CN tracks.
Please ensur...
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Dear Villagers:
I am on the advisory board of The Salvation Army. This organization has a very positive profile. The purpose of corresponding is to advise that for the holidays I have acquired the kettle that is in the picture with Mary and I (and the Gr...
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My name is Jonn Matsen and I am the coordinator of the Howe Sound Herring Recovery project which has had great success in bringing back the herring run at the head of Howe Sound as evidenced by the hundreds of dolphins and increased bird life seen there...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX6i_jQJbVk&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA34VpRDPcs
Please check out these links and view the great Lions Bay underwater world!...
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Iʼm not old enough to have fought in World War II but as a child from 8 years to 14 I was brought up to its sounds and pictures – especially the moving variety.
I was a precocious lad who was caught up in the affairs of the day. In Grade VII I won t...
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In whispered cloisters of eternal sleep, Through memoried haze of pulses silenced,Once springing lean and taut like Fine-honed dreamsWe sleep as one, across time that Dulls and fadesWith patinas worn and rubbed To the raw;Like knuckles built as dams Aga...
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A Thank You Letter
Each year that passes I feel that I truly belong to the generation between the Veterans and our Children, and am reminded of such at the Lions Bay Remembrance Ceremony.
Proudly the Veterans sit in the reserved section of the hall.
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“In Flanders Fields the poppies blow between the crosses, row on row,” and where we, the West Vancouver Youth Band, stood; John McCraeʼs famous poem was true. Standing not five feet from where In Flanders Fields was written the musicians of the WVYB ...
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At Lions Bay Preschool we attempt to make as many community connections as possible for these young learners, to be intrigued to ask questions about where they live and to explore the answers to those questions.
On occasion, the 3ʼs class have visitor...
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“The times they are a-changing…” They always have been, and always will be, but it seems the speed of that change has kicked up a notch or two. Technology has touched absolutely every aspect of our lives, whether we have embraced it or not, and ju...
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Rafe here with a shameless, self aggrandizing, humble and blatant bit of self promotion.
I have a new book called The Home Stretch published as an Ebook and available online through Amazon.com for the modest price of $9.99 (apparently $10 is too hig...
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What is Your Overwhelm Experience?
ʻStress.ʼ It simply isnʼt a complete description of experiencing those moments where everything in life feels like itʼs weighing you down, slowing your pace, numbing your senses, pulling you in a million direction...
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The Body is an incredible piece of technology, a Magical Machine.
“Your Magical Evolutionary Code Unleashed – The Science of Inner Resonance” released on 11-11-11 by local Bowen Island author Maureen Edwardson. In her new book, Maureen gives a prof...
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Hot-off-the-press, chick-lit novel by Lions Bay Writer/Producer, Shannon Nering.
Set behind the scenes of North America's most popular guilty pleasure-- reality TV--Reality Jane delivers a highspirited, delicious tale of finding love and a career in Ho...
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Lions Bayʼs New 40th Anniversary Booklet
Keeping our memories and history alive are an important part of our lives. The Lions Bay Historical Society are recognizing the 40th anniversary of Lions Bayʼs incorporation with the republication of the“The...
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[with apologies to Ellen for grammatical liberties]
In the early years of the Second World War (1939-1945), the largest and fastest luxury cruise liner of the day, designed for 2,200 passengers, the RMS Queen Elizabeth, was commandeered as a troopship....
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In the spirit of remembrance and honour that Canadians celebrate each year on November 11th. we would like to make note of the passing of Lions Bay's own veteran, Captain Ronald Gordon "Nick" Chester (MMM, CD - Retired), in the afternoon of November 20th....
