Highlights

'It’s easy to get caught up in the minutiae, the landslide of trends and the impossible barrage of wellness marketing so that we end up doing nothing, scrolling through the sea of images, peering at other people’s apparent successes while we remain immobilized'

Sheree Johnson and Edward Wachtman receive Unsung Heroes award from MP Patrick Weiler

The week before the bird count, Jani Bucke saw first recorded boreal owl in the Lower Mainland

Council rejected a temporary use permit to extend the number of days in a year a Dorman Pt. rental is allowed to operate

The silent auction runs until Feb. 20

The study also offers the first known data in Canada on who is helping sex workers escape situations of violence and confinement.

Snow, orcas, Islands Trust updates, the Soup Fairy returns, there's lots to catch up on in this week's highlights

Our second 'Meet your Bowen Island neighbours' column is another familiar face in the Undercurrent pages: Tina Nielsen

The Hearth is planning an exciting year ahead

Kristine Kumar and Gale Lyttle are charged with helping bridge the health care gap on Bowen