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I wish they had rioted then

I wish they had rioted then

'This would have made the difference for my maternal family and 100,000 Dutch Jews,' writes Anton van Walraven
PREST: I will never forget what Dr. Bonnie Henry has done for B.C.

PREST: I will never forget what Dr. Bonnie Henry has done for B.C.

It was about a month ago that it fully hit me just how important Dr. Bonnie Henry has been to our province during the COVID-19 pandemic.
When cleaning, keep the long-term toxic effects of many disinfecting products in mind: BIFS

When cleaning, keep the long-term toxic effects of many disinfecting products in mind: BIFS

We’ve been trapped in our homes with the threat of a devastating virus hanging over our heads. We’re all washing our hands more, cleaning doorknobs, food packaging and anything else that might have come in contact with COVID-19.
OPINION: Woodfibre doesn’t align with climate emergency

OPINION: Woodfibre doesn’t align with climate emergency

Just yesterday at the dinner table, one of my family members brought up they had watched a climate change documentary and that it was “pretty depressing.
Who are the Bowen Islanders on the front lines? A donor offers a thank-you

Who are the Bowen Islanders on the front lines? A donor offers a thank-you

Many Bowen people and organizations have been doing their part to recognize essential service workers (for example, Catching Stars has been delivering gift baskets, Tell Your Friends did their gift basket nominations) and another Bowen Islander wants
From our publisher: how you can help the Undercurrent

From our publisher: how you can help the Undercurrent

I want to start this column with a great big thank you to all our advertisers who have continued to run your ads. A second big call-out and thank youto the dozens of readers that have made a direct financial contribution over the past three days.
EDITORIAL: we need to keep celebrating

EDITORIAL: we need to keep celebrating

It's the Undercurrent's 45th birthday this week. We'd planned to make a bigger deal of it but life had other plans.
Bowen Island Accessibility Group and Camp Bowen Society respond to COVID-19

Bowen Island Accessibility Group and Camp Bowen Society respond to COVID-19

The BIAG and Camp Bowen Society launch initiatives such as home delivery and medical transport, text to phone relay and phone access to the Bowen Island Undercurrent
OPINION: Here's where you can watch free TV in Canada now that we're social distancing

OPINION: Here's where you can watch free TV in Canada now that we're social distancing

If you can put up with the ads, there's probably enough free TV in Canada to last you through the outbreak
OPINION: I'm starting rent payments for living on unceded land

OPINION: I'm starting rent payments for living on unceded land

I will start paying $200 per year in land rent retroactively to the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, Musqueam and Te’mexw Nations on whose lands I have resided from the moment I moved here in 1999.