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New Study Aims to Connect Residents With Nature Through Birdsong By Bird Friendly Lions Bay Western Tanager in Lions Bay. Photo by Danielle Wills. Would the beach still be a beach without the wild cry of gulls? Would Spring still be Spring without the dawn chorus? Human connection to nature through birdsong goes back millions of years. With this in mind, Bird Friendly Lions Bay is launching From Sea to Mountain, an acoustic monitoring project to take a closer look at – or r

Busy autumn ahead Members of the sitting Lions Bay Council: Councillors Michael Broughton, Neville Abbott, Jaime Cunliffe, Ron McLaughlin and Mayor Ken Berry. Photo by kc dyer. British Columbians are facing a decision-filled autumn with both local and provincial elections in October. In Lions Bay, there are 10 candidates vying for positions on Council, plus seven candidates running for school trustee positions in the West Vancouver School District. All the Council candidates

Largest ever turnout for Lions Bay SuperWalk Sally Pollock (in red vest) stands with Parkinson's SuperWalk participants in Lions Bay on September 13. Photo submitted by Brenda Broughton. The annual Parkinson's SuperWalk along Lions Bay Avenue held earlier this month was a rousing success, according to organizers. More than 30 people attended the event, which was held on a sunny Sunday morning. The Lions Bay group was one of more than 350 teams across Canada, who together upw

Reports look to the future Members of Council all appeared in person for the penultimate meeting of this term, apart from Mayor Ken Berry, who chaired the meeting via Zoom. Prior to the adoption of the agenda there was considerable discussion, after which a number of new items were added. The agenda can be found HERE. Sixteen residents attended in person and online. Director of Operations (DOO) Eric Villeneuve, Finance Officer Joe Chirkoff and Fire Chief Lorenzo De Arcangelis