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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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Dialogue: Paintings & Collage by Jennifer Love & Kim LaFave runs Sept. 17-Oct. 19 at...

September 6, 2020

Bowen Island artist's work on display at the Vancouver Art Gallery

August 17, 2020

The show must go online: actors from around the world virtually perform Shakespeare

August 7, 2020

Q&A with Lisa Shatzky: A Thousand Ways to Kiss the Earth

August 3, 2020

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Active COVID-19 infections in B.C. top 1,800 for first time

September 18, 2020

ICBC spends $100,000 on reflective armbands

September 18, 2020

CP, Maersk cooperate to meet Vancouver supply chain demands

September 18, 2020

Children’s online school privacy protection at risk: study

September 17, 2020

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LETTER: Why I am voting yes

September 11, 2020

Dear Editor: In my work one of the joys is when we manage to put together a deal where we can ...

LETTER: In support of the community centre

September 11, 2020

Dear Editor: As a long-time resident of Bowen Island, I am writing this letter in support of ...

LETTER: Proposal doesn’t resonate with current community

September 11, 2020

Dear Editor: On Sept. 12 we’re being asked to vote about raising property taxes to pay for the ...

LETTER: This is our chance

September 11, 2020

Dear Editor: Bowen Islanders, this is your chance to bring home a community centre to our ...

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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 ...

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Bowen Island FC gets back in the game next week

September 6, 2020

Golf course reopens for Bowen Islanders but with strict rules in place

May 1, 2020

Canada thrills BC Place crowds with historic rugby sevens bronze

March 9, 2020

He’s raced all over the world but keeps coming back to SwimBowen

March 5, 2020

More on Bowen Island Undercurrent

Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal redevelopment plans feel impact of COVID-19

North Shore Rescue TV series set to air

OPINION: Dreams of white picket fences are going up in smoke

File RCMP reports from Bowen Island and Squamish online

Happy students, happy school: sense of community returns to BICS

Study finds 5 possible North Shore rapid transit routes

Next steps already underway for Bowen Island community centre

Referendum reaction: celebration is 30 years in the making

UPDATED: For the second time, the Sea to Sky Gondola has been cut down

Smoke from Westminster Pier Park fire called 'highly toxic'

Vancouver has second-worst air quality in the world as smoke shrouds B.C.

'Yes' vote wins community centre referendum: preliminary results

Grizzly bear attacks man north of Pemberton

With air quality index so high, even the healthy should avoid outdoor exercise

Duplication, consultation, points of contention for the community centre project

Money talk: breaking down the community centre calculations

65 years on, here's the history of Bowen's community centre project

Here's what you need to know for community centre voting day Saturday

LETTER: Proposal doesn’t offer a community centre

‘It’s restored my faith in humanity’: How Bowen reacted to two businesses' COVID cases