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P is for Pine siskin: a Bowen Nature Club alphabetic adventure

P is for Pine siskin: a Bowen Nature Club alphabetic adventure

We may be isolating from one another but that doesn't mean we can't have some alphabetic adventures in nature
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This year, make a wish at the Children's Tree at the Festival of Trees

This year, make a wish at the Children's Tree at the Festival of Trees

To the Children's Tree, the community is invited to add wishes for 2021.
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After a cancer diagnosis and losing her daughter, Joanne Raymont had to find a way forward – this is how SwimBowen helped her

After a cancer diagnosis and losing her daughter, Joanne Raymont had to find a way forward – this is how SwimBowen helped her

How the SwimBowen Cancer Care Fund helped Joanne Raymont after a year of illness and loss
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Remembering Lennon’s message 40 years after his assassination

Remembering Lennon’s message 40 years after his assassination

From Bowen Islander Lara Silver: 'They asked us to imagine a better world. A good place to start as we put this year to a close’
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Bowen's Blue Christmas service proceeding virtually

Bowen's Blue Christmas service proceeding virtually

We will gather in our 'new normal' fashion and share quiet music, reflection, prayer, scripture, candle-lighting and tying blue ribbons for our Remembering Tree
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FEATURE: Union Steamship Company bought its Bowen resort 100 years ago – its legacy still shapes our island

FEATURE: Union Steamship Company bought its Bowen resort 100 years ago – its legacy still shapes our island

Our special 100th anniversary feature: Bowen Island and Union Steamships
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Memories from the steamships: a COVID conversation with the daughter of Capt. John Malcolmson

Memories from the steamships: a COVID conversation with the daughter of Capt. John Malcolmson

John Leaske Malcolmson spent more than 30 years on the steamships – Duncan MacLeod of the Vancouver Maritime Museum spoke with his daughter
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A taste of the era: USSCo.'s newsletter – 'The Heaving Line'

A taste of the era: USSCo.'s newsletter – 'The Heaving Line'

Les Wallwork describes a cold winter and a need to rejuvenate the island's tourism model
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Childhood recollections: the people, the boats, the revelry - USSCo. era was an exciting time to be a child

Childhood recollections: the people, the boats, the revelry - USSCo. era was an exciting time to be a child

Bruce Russell and Murray Atherton frequented Bowen in the late USSCo. era
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After the holidayers: the Union’s lasting legacy in Deep Bay & the Cove

After the holidayers: the Union’s lasting legacy in Deep Bay & the Cove

Almost all settlers on Bowen have their own “why and how story.” For us Behms, it began in early 1971 as weekenders in Arbutus Point/Bowen Bay and for me, as a designer and builder, every week.
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