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Environment Canada issues snowfall alert for Vancouver

Environment Canada issues snowfall alert for Vancouver

Why the rare ecology of new Cape park needs protecting

Why the rare ecology of new Cape park needs protecting

The bluffs may look bare but rare species cling to life in the delicate ecosystems
Diversity, inclusion specialist Alden Habacon holding a free webinar for Bowen Islanders Feb. 1

Diversity, inclusion specialist Alden Habacon holding a free webinar for Bowen Islanders Feb. 1

Alden Habacon's workshop relates to inclusivity and diversity on all levels including race, culture, sexual orientation, gender diversity and neurodiversity.
Canada Revenue Agency shares tax tips for seniors

Canada Revenue Agency shares tax tips for seniors

Meet your Bowen Island neighbours: Bob Turner

Meet your Bowen Island neighbours: Bob Turner

Our inaugural meet your neighbour column brings a familiar face back to the Undercurrent: Bob Turner. Fun fact: Bob once had a 'Nature Matters' column in the Undercurrent in the '90s. Bowen Nature Club runs the current 'Nature Matters' Undercurrent column.
Have you seen the Snug Cove terminal concept plan?

Have you seen the Snug Cove terminal concept plan?

BC Ferries is in the early design stages of a new Snug Cove terminal with a draft terminal concept released a couple of weeks ago. The plan is open for community comment until Jan. 29.
OPINION: We must confront the climate crisis in 2021

OPINION: We must confront the climate crisis in 2021

It really is time for all of those who can to come together to realize that we really are just one tribe and we need to work together for humanitarian justice and the environment. If the pandemic has not taught us that, I don’t know what will.
Bowen could be doing away with the island-wide pot selling prohibition

Bowen could be doing away with the island-wide pot selling prohibition

The rezoning would allow cannabis retail wherever retail is allowed on Bowen but the provincial need for a licence still gives the municipality the capacity to control where a cannabis store opens
The last of Bowen's Christmas trees pass through the wood chipper for a good cause

The last of Bowen's Christmas trees pass through the wood chipper for a good cause

The money Bowen Waste Solutions would have paid for chipping the trees will be donated to the Bowen Island Health Centre Foundation
Bowen Islanders' new kids book chases away the monsters of childhood anxiety

Bowen Islanders' new kids book chases away the monsters of childhood anxiety

Safe in Starry Arms came out of author Christie Lea's own healing journey after her 13 years as a 911 operator in Surrey