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The best holiday thing I’ve done in five years all started because Cocoa West ran out of advent calendars.

November was such a dark month we put up the outdoor lights earlier than usual. The kitchen is ablaze with so many strings of colourful lights I can cook supper by them.

For long-time Islanders, trips to the mainland between January 2 and February 4 2018 will likely bring back memories as the Queen of Capilano will be in the shop, and the old Bowen Queen will take its place.

Three days after British Columbia Premier John Horgan announced that the government will proceed with the Site C electrical dam on the Peace River, Bowen Islander Wendy Holm says she’s still in shock.

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