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Caution: Are You a One Trick Parenting Reward Pony?

Bowen Island Undercurrent

February 9, 2018

Who doesn’t like a good carrot now and again? You know the crunchy kind, especially when it’s dangling from a string. What I’m talking about is that coveted promise (“Can ...

The extreme-right and proportional representation

February 9, 2018

You might be aware that this coming fall, voters in BC will decide by referendum whether or not ...

Making the Fitness Resolution Stick

January 7, 2018

We’re through it now, the season of excess and relaxation. The season seems to be stretching out...

Heritage versus Property Rights

December 15, 2017

Heritage is the continued representation of historical events, objects and locales to which ...

Flooding the land to pollute the sky?

November 15, 2017

BC NDP leader John Horgan says his government’s year-end decision to proceed with or terminate ...

Landmark or status quo? Supreme Court of Canada deems no place is sacred

November 13, 2017

Just last week we were informed by the media that the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on a case ...

Thoughts on MOVEMBER

November 5, 2017

I was killing some time recently on my lunch break walking along Lonsdale Ave past a “health” ...

Mortgage financing rules are a’changing...

November 3, 2017

If there is one thing that is constant in life, it is change. So why would we expect anything ...

Bringing down family angst with Byron Katie

October 21, 2017

We all worry now and again. I haven’t met a mom who doesn’t. The trouble is sometimes we forget ...

Adios, Undercurrent

August 17, 2017

Laugh in the Face of Your Parenting Triggers

August 10, 2017

The Bay that lives again

July 17, 2017

Knowing Our Place: A Reconciliation Summer Reading ...

July 4, 2017

It is time for a cultural upgrade!

June 24, 2017

Woodfibre LNG and the Canadian government: alternative...

June 12, 2017

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Celebrated poet Lorna Crozier to visit Bowen

January 3, 2019

Babette Deggan's Christmas pottery is on display this Sunday

December 14, 2018

A once-in-a-six-year experience: Yukon musician Gordie Tentrees returns to Bowen

November 9, 2018

See this Bowen artist's latest Haida Manga mural

November 8, 2018

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Help BICS celebrate multicultural week

February 15, 2019

The adventures continue for Whale in the Door book about Howe Sound

February 15, 2019

Six trees fall in a yard and nothing is damaged

February 14, 2019

TransLink testing seat reservation app on Bowen buses

February 14, 2019

See More Letters

Letter: Zoom Zoom needs a new home

January 30, 2019

They say “two heads are better than one,” so I am hoping that an entire community can help me ...

Letter: extreme weather shelter a Bowen community success story

January 17, 2019

To the editor: It all started off about 14 months ago with an impromptu meeting of a group of ...

Letter: Community centres are the galvanizing hub of a town, we need one

January 17, 2019

To the editor: I have lived on Bowen Island for 25 years. Through my years on-island, I have ...

Letter: community centre emerged as a priority during 2017 Vital Conversations

January 17, 2019

In 2017 the Bowen Island Community Foundation sponsored its second Vital Conversations event to ...

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Undercurrent editor is closing a chapter

February 8, 2018

Meribeth Deen looks back on her years sitting in Bowen Island's hot seat

The supermoon and changing tides on Bowen Island

January 31, 2018

We kicked the month off with a Super Wolf Moon, and are ending it with a Super Blue Blood Moon ...

Women’s March: Bowen Island Library plays a part in re-writing old stories

January 17, 2018

Have you checked out the shelf in the kids’ section of the Bowen Island Library that’s filled ...

New signs aim to change perspectives on physical disabilities

January 13, 2018

Bowen Island is ready to move forward, at least in terms of how we view and portray people with ...

See More Sports

Annual tournament keeps golf course alive for another year

September 28, 2018

A breezy return to the Commodores’ Cup for Bowen Island Yacht Club

September 10, 2018

Results from a rainy pre-Bowfest Run for Rwanda

September 7, 2018

"Swim the Salish Seas" and other ideas for the future of SwimBowen

September 7, 2018

More on Bowen Island Undercurrent

Help BICS celebrate multicultural week

The adventures continue for Whale in the Door book about Howe Sound

Six trees fall in a yard and nothing is damaged

TransLink testing seat reservation app on Bowen buses

Uptick in Bowen property crimes over past three months

A couple of Bowen love stories

Bowen gets a snow day (a running list of what’s cancelled)

More snow is coming and some ferry sailings are already cancelled

Updated: tonight's not-to-be-missed council meeting cancelled due to weather

What is the Islands Trust and why does it matter to Bowen?

Updated: good to go - Queen of Capilano sails at 2:20

A look back: February

Vancity Community Foundation gives BIRCH $19,000

Teenagers "lucky to be alive" after a tree falls on them on Bowen

Power still not fully restored on Bowen

Celebrating graduation day

Uncovering the Undercurrent of Bowen Island

Editorial: reporting local news remains a challenge

Updated: crews on scene restoring power on Bowen, ferry sailings resume

Housing crisis: choral director lays out her home plea in half-page newspaper ad