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Swiming around Bowen (sort of): details of SwimBowen’s 2021 Unevent

Swiming around Bowen (sort of): details of SwimBowen’s 2021 Unevent

'A full, in-person swim event is again not possible this summer. However, we are undeterred.'
Here's why golf is for all ages: three to 93

Here's why golf is for all ages: three to 93

Lessons are starting up again at Bowen Island Golf Club
Editorial: Is riding ripe for NDP star candidate?

Editorial: Is riding ripe for NDP star candidate?

A combined haul of NDP and Green votes, plus some not insignificant leakage from the Liberals could spell a win, but it's a long shot
How to protect Bowen's pollinators

How to protect Bowen's pollinators

Thanks to the wonderful work of pollinators like bees, much of the food we eat and flowers and plants we enjoy are possible
B.C. government walks back approval of park day-pass system

B.C. government walks back approval of park day-pass system

'The system will be back,' said a spokesperson from the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy. 'It’s not an if but a when.'
All this remote learning is turning more university students into night owls

All this remote learning is turning more university students into night owls

SFU study finds students going to bed later, sleeping less efficiently in pandemic
Report calls for a global end to oil and gas projects by 2022 — where does B.C. stand?

Report calls for a global end to oil and gas projects by 2022 — where does B.C. stand?

A new International Energy Agency report has traced a narrow path to a carbon net-zero future, one that requires axing oil and gas exploration and scrapping new LNG projects beyond 2021 — but what does it mean for B.C.?
Lightning strikes captured over Vancouver during intense thunderstorm (PHOTOS & VIDEO)

Lightning strikes captured over Vancouver during intense thunderstorm (PHOTOS & VIDEO)

The accompanying storm also took out power for hundreds of homes across the Lower Mainland
Internal documents reveal DFO suppressed, downplayed threats to this B.C. endangered species

Internal documents reveal DFO suppressed, downplayed threats to this B.C. endangered species

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada undermined a scientific consensus that spelled out fishing threats to an endangered species in B.C., documents suggest. Now, some are calling for DFO to be torn down and rebuilt with scientists at the helm.
Drought is on Metro Vancouver's horizon — will fixing water scarcity cost too much?

Drought is on Metro Vancouver's horizon — will fixing water scarcity cost too much?

Metro Vancouver has banked at least 60% of the region's future water supply on the Coquitlam Reservoir. But as it moves to secure municipal water for the next half-century, the fate of an Indigenous community and the river they live on is at stake.