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Keith Tyler and Janis Treleaven are completing their last week of training while also transitioning to their new jobs as Community Paramedics for Bowen Island. Tyler lives in Horseshoe Bay and has worked as a paramedic for 26 years.

Seamless integration of transportation services - that’s what we all want, right? Your Ferry Advisory Committee (FAC) and Transportation Advisory Committee (BIMTAC) are well aware of that.

Last weekend, Bowen Islander Bawn Campbell was visiting Los Angeles for a conference and birthday party. One of the events he attended was held at the Dolby Theatre, the site of the Oscars.

Having a spotted a few early nighttime meteors shooting through the sky already, The Undercurrent called up local telescope builder, star-gazer and former planetarium director Robert Ballantyne for the low-down on the Geminid meteor shower, which wil

On Monday, the provincial Ministry of Children and Family Development announced that $33 million in child care capital funding across the province, including $6,465 for the Bowen Children’s Centre (BCC).

Parents and students reacted almost instantly last week following a letter sent out by Bowen Island Community School (BICS) principal Scott Slater stating that this year would be the last for the Outside 45 program offered to grades six and seven stu

Bowen Island Municipal Council is asking for feedback from Bowen Island residents and property owners to help inform development of its strategic plan for 2018.

Local islander Kate Coffey is currently in Washington DC on an all-expenses paid trip, thanks to Coffey’s expert volunteer work in Sri Lanka with organizations Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance (VEGA) and Land O’Lakes International Development.

Although they have yet to make the formal announcement, BC Ferries Manager of Public Affairs, Darin Guenette, has confirmed that the engagement process for a $250 million overhaul of the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal will launch in January.

Bowen children were twice lucky last weekend as Santa Claus attended not one, but two island events.