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Feel gnaw-seous? Here's how a Community Impact Grant can help

Feel gnaw-seous? Here's how a Community Impact Grant can help

The deadline is coming up Feb. 15 for the Community Impact Grant
Good habit building is a slow burn: Letson

Good habit building is a slow burn: Letson

'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'
Bowen Island's first recorded blue jay spotted in Christmas Bird Count

Bowen Island's first recorded blue jay spotted in Christmas Bird Count

The week before the bird count, Jani Bucke saw first recorded boreal owl in the Lower Mainland
Meet your Bowen Island neighbours: Tina Nielsen

Meet your Bowen Island neighbours: Tina Nielsen

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

How the Soup Fairy charmed Bowen tastebuds

We talk with Frank Patt as his scrumptious Soup Fairy soups return, now at Meadowbrook Corner
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.
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.
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
Bowen's Health Centre finally owns its land

Bowen's Health Centre finally owns its land

Bowen Island Municipality accepted the Health Centre Foundation's offer on 0.15 hectares of Lot 3 of the Community Lands a year and a half ago – the sale finally closed Jan. 8