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Photo: Bowen bus driver stopped in Vancouver traffic to save eight little goslings

Photo: Bowen bus driver stopped in Vancouver traffic to save eight little goslings

Peter King was headed down a busy Vancouver street when he stopped, got out and helped the goslings through traffic
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A look back: Bowen phone number goes 7 digits, ugliest fish award and more from May '74,'94 ,'09

A look back: Bowen phone number goes 7 digits, ugliest fish award and more from May '74,'94 ,'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 604.947.2655.
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Screening this week: "The Reluctant Radical" contemplates “appropriate” actions in a climate crisis

Screening this week: "The Reluctant Radical" contemplates “appropriate” actions in a climate crisis

Bowen in Transition will be screening "The Reluctant Radical" on Wednesday, May 8 at 7 p.m. at the Library Annex.
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Community Foundation awards $35,500 in community grants

Community Foundation awards $35,500 in community grants

And highlights from the foundation's April 26 AGM.
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Community Choir hosting a spring singing soirée (and matinee)

Community Choir hosting a spring singing soirée (and matinee)

Signs of spring include blossoms, warm weather and more than forty voices rising in song for the annual spring Community Choir concert.
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"Where I stand" workshop examines settlers' identities as guests on Indigenous lands

"Where I stand" workshop examines settlers' identities as guests on Indigenous lands

The workshop, facilitated by new islander Pulxaneeks, is part of the Knowing Our Place initiative.
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Mark, get set, get ready for annual jumbo plant sale

Mark, get set, get ready for annual jumbo plant sale

May 3 at 11 a.m., islanders will have one hour to let out their inner green thumbs for the Garden Club's 2019 plant sale.
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Trail societies blaze Mt. Gardner trail

Trail societies blaze Mt. Gardner trail

Bownen Island Trail Society and Bowen Trail Riders Association marked Mt. Gardner Summit Trail last weekend, just a they did Upper, Mid and Lower Skid Trails last fall.
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What's happening on Bowen this weekend?

What's happening on Bowen this weekend?

Talks, fundraisers, workshops AGMs and a brand new apple blossom festival
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Fish and wildlife club releasing chum salmon fry Friday

Fish and wildlife club releasing chum salmon fry Friday

Bid the locally incubated fry adieu as they begin their lives in the ocean Friday at about 5 p.m.
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