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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 ...
Caution: Are You a One Trick Parenting Reward Pony?

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

See More Arts

Hearth update: it may be cold outside but the arts scene is as hot as ever

Hearth update: it may be cold outside but the arts scene is as hot as ever

December 6, 2019

Hear of wild coasts and Arctic adventures in this weekend's Trust Me concert

Hear of wild coasts and Arctic adventures in this weekend's Trust Me concert

November 23, 2019

Next up on Trust Me series: the Wardens of the Rocky Mountains to share music on Bowen

Next up on Trust Me series: the Wardens of the Rocky Mountains to share music on ...

November 3, 2019

Bring history to life with shadow puppets in new workshop

Bring history to life with shadow puppets in new workshop

October 8, 2019

See More News

It's a gingerbread world in the Sweet Stand's Grouse Mountain Gingerbread Village submission

It's a gingerbread world in the Sweet Stand's Grouse Mountain Gingerbread ...

December 9, 2019

One to watch

One to watch

December 9, 2019

No increased bus service during this week's SkyTrain shutdown

No increased bus service during this week's SkyTrain shutdown

December 9, 2019

Bowen youth reconnect in the wake of tragedy

Bowen youth reconnect in the wake of tragedy

December 8, 2019

See More Letters

Letter: strike against CO2 lock-in in Canada, strike for life

December 6, 2019

Dear Editor: Yes, and it is happening in Átl’ḵa7tsem / Howe Sound, in Burnaby, in Kitimat, ...

BIRCH is looking for advisory committee members

November 20, 2019

Do you want to be a part of BIRCH's BARC?

Letter: Knick Knack Nook raises $10,000 for the Health Centre project

November 14, 2019

Dear editor: Ten years ago, a dedicated group of volunteers came together to create one of ...

‘Consider the human cost’ writes BIM CAO Kathy Lalonde in open letter to Bowen ...

October 17, 2019

'Since my return, I have been subjected to an escalating level of verbal aggression, personal ...

See More Editorial

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

Bowen's new disc golf course opens this weekend

November 1, 2019

Bowen's SloPitch Ballers represent at provincials

September 21, 2019

Bowen slopitch team competing in provincial tournament this weekend

September 13, 2019

Bowen SloPitch wraps up a stellar season

September 12, 2019

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It's a gingerbread world in the Sweet Stand's Grouse Mountain Gingerbread Village submission
It's a gingerbread world in the Sweet Stand's Grouse Mountain Gingerbread Village submission
Bowen youth reconnect in the wake of tragedy
Bowen youth reconnect in the wake of tragedy
Having raised thousands and run amid the thousands in the NYC Marathon, Leverton returns triumphant
Having raised thousands and run amid the thousands in the NYC Marathon, Leverton returns triumphant
BICS students and Moss Hair Studio raising money for Shoebox Project
BICS students and Moss Hair Studio raising money for Shoebox Project
Opinion: to regulate or not to regulate (air guns, bows, fireworks, dogs on beaches, outdoor cats..)
Opinion: to regulate or not to regulate (air guns, bows, fireworks, dogs on beaches, outdoor cats..)
Letter: strike against CO2 lock-in in Canada, strike for life
Letter: strike against CO2 lock-in in Canada, strike for life
Hearth update: it may be cold outside but the arts scene is as hot as ever
Hearth update: it may be cold outside but the arts scene is as hot as ever
Bowen's November RCMP statistics
Bowen's November RCMP statistics
Price of the Undercurrent rising to $1.50
Price of the Undercurrent rising to $1.50
Turns out, Bowen's a pretty giving community
Turns out, Bowen's a pretty giving community
Giving (to) C.A.W.E.S.
Giving (to) C.A.W.E.S.
Giving hope
Giving hope
Giving to support the foundation of ‘The Bowen Way’
Giving to support the foundation of ‘The Bowen Way’
Giving history
Giving history
Giving expertise
Giving expertise
Giving greens
Giving greens
Giving IPS students
Giving IPS students
Giving lifestyle
Giving lifestyle
Giving trails
Giving trails
Giving elvin magic
Giving elvin magic

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