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'In it Together': Will you take part? by Mary Brown, Lions Bay Emergency Planning Coordinator Emergency Preparedness Week will be held May 3-9 in BC. This year’s theme is “In it Together”, recognizing that everyone’s readiness improves when we look out for one another. A strong sense of trust and belonging before an emergency means people can rely on each other when one occurs. As Emergency Program Coordinator (EPC), one of the projects I would like to see go Village-wide is

Residents express concern over clear-cutting, subdivision The evening's meeting began with all Council members present, along with Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Ross Blackwell at the table and Public Works Director of Operations (DO) Eric Villeneuve in the gallery. Attendance at the meeting was high, with many of the in-person chairs filled and 26 residents watching online. After discussion of a number of changes, the evening's agenda was adopted. Resident clear-cutting

Our power, our planet What you do matters. The daily actions of communities, educators, workers, and families helps sustain and give momentum to environmental progress, according to the organizers of Earth Day. The international celebration of this planet and its fragile environment has taken place every April 22 since 1970. This year, organizers chose the theme 'Our Power, Our Planet' to remind people that environmental progress doesn’t depend on any single administration or

Young Lions Bay bakers deliver the best Lions Bay Bakers Eva and Julia Polyakova display their wares. Photos courtesy Polyakova family. If you live in Lions Bay, Eva and Julia Polyakova want to bake you some bread. They've been baking (and delivering!) bread to friends and neighbours since 2020. The girls were in Grade 7 when Covid hit, and their grandmother sent them a bread recipe to try. The first effort was such a success that it was gone within half an hour. More baking