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Seeking a soil solution for the climate crisis: regenerative agriculture talk

Seeking a soil solution for the climate crisis: regenerative agriculture talk

Ananda Fitzsimmons of Regeneration Canada is giving a talk at the library annex July 27.
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Video: Giant Pacific octopus on the hunt just off Bowen Island

Video: Giant Pacific octopus on the hunt just off Bowen Island

Adam Taylor caught this footage of a giant Pacific octopus just off of Bowen's Seymour Bay.
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Do you know your Bowen berries?

Do you know your Bowen berries?

And if you're not 100 per cent sure of the identity of a given berry, do not eat it.
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Catch up on your garden gossip at Sunday's open garden

Catch up on your garden gossip at Sunday's open garden

Bowen Island Garden Club invites you to the first of two open gardens this month. On Sunday, July 14, Doug Elliott and Owen Plowman are hosting an open garden at 680 Minnows Lane from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
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Health Centre moving forward on key fronts

Health Centre moving forward on key fronts

Updates from the president of the Bowen Island Health Centre Foundation, Tim Rhodes.
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A summer’s evening treat for the ears: young pianists delight friends, family

A summer’s evening treat for the ears: young pianists delight friends, family

A portrait of Elaine Taylor's annual student piano recital.
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Library offering summer reading program so kids can keep up their reading skills

Library offering summer reading program so kids can keep up their reading skills

Weekly programs for youth between the ages of five and nine and workshops for youth over 10 are offered beginning July 9 and running until August 22.
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Regenerative agriculture and learning to love our carbon-holding soil

Regenerative agriculture and learning to love our carbon-holding soil

Every week, Bowen Islanders ship our green waste off-island in big trucks. Every spring we pay to haul it back in big trucks and dump it on our gardens or future lawns.
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A bowl connects father to his daughter, long after his death

A bowl connects father to his daughter, long after his death

Every day I wash Dad’s wooden salad bowl and I remember him.
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A look back: in the Undercurrent July '79, '94 and '09

A look back: in the Undercurrent July '79, '94 and '09

The following are unedited snippets from past Undercurrents. To read the complete articles or to follow up on information please contact the Bowen Museum & Archives at [email protected] or 604.947.
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