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Help your garden cope with dry summers and poor soil with Hugelkultur

Help your garden cope with dry summers and poor soil with Hugelkultur

At least a couple islanders have already taken up the practice and here is how they did it.
Four-week speaker series explores the nature of home

Four-week speaker series explores the nature of home

Every Saturday in April, learn a little more about the nature of our home.
Students and elders harvest herring roe for the first time in a century in Atl’Kitsem

Students and elders harvest herring roe for the first time in a century in Atl’Kitsem

With the return of the herring, so has the opportunity to harvest ch’em’esh
Can you spot the differences in amphibians' spawn?

Can you spot the differences in amphibians' spawn?

A new Nature Matters from Bowen’s Nature Club, this month honouring spawning ectotherms.
Local woman collects more than 100 bags of styrofoam from Bowen shore

Local woman collects more than 100 bags of styrofoam from Bowen shore

While many people were taking stock of the damage to their homes and properties from the polar vortex storm, Karen Cowper headed out to clean up the shoreline.

"In her words" a must-see at Museum of Anthropology

The exhibit from ten Indigenous women in Australia runs until March 31.
Some islanders holding a community meeting on financing the transition to a lower carbon economy

Some islanders holding a community meeting on financing the transition to a lower carbon economy

Anthropogenic climate change – climate change due to the activities of humans - presents the greatest challenge of this century.
Requiem for the old family car

Requiem for the old family car

And what the car has in common with Gandalf.
The body is not a battleground

The body is not a battleground

Kinesiologist Rob Wynen takes on militaristic health campaigns.
Help BICS celebrate multicultural week

Help BICS celebrate multicultural week

The school is looking for interested people to host a table March 9.