Opinion

Dear Editor, I wanted to express my heartfelt thanks to the 2017 Citizens who made a Difference for naming me as their representative in the Bowfest Parade! Thanks to the Historians, Ross Patterson for being my chauffeur in his antique car, and to al

Huge thanks and congratulations to our board, Bowfest would not happen without countless volunteers hours of planning and organising: Sasha Buchanan, Robyn Fenton, Linda Henfrey, Maureen Sawasy, Rob Wynen, Tony Beck.

Dear Editor, The Odyis Nickel “USSC Marina upgrading wooden docks” article in the August 4, Undercurrent is a good reminder and validation as to why the marina was chosen by the West Vancouver Chamber of Commerce as the 2017 Medium Business of the Ye

Dear Editor, How fortunate are we to have a community with no shortage of volunteer fire fighters, as I understand some communities have difficulty filling the requirement.

My son Arrian (Ari) is now in his 5th year of living on Bowen Island. Our family moved here when he was three years old and awaiting his diagnosis of Autism. Back then, Ari had no words and few gestures.

This week’s paper is my final paper with the Bowen Island Undercurrent. I asked Meribeth for a bit of space for me to write my thank you to the community.

During the logging kerfuffle, did you happen upon any bumper stickers or posters created by the so-called Bowen Forest Kids? The design of these items was utterly charming, as was the idea of an un-named group of kids organizing in some random treeho

Beautiful BC is really the only accurate motto for this province.

The stress of the school year and all of those end of year activities is a distant memory now that we’ve hit mid-summer, but you may be getting to the point in the dog days when you’re looking forward to your kids getting back IN to structure.

If it wasn’t clear to begin with, what’s come in focus in recent weeks is that Bowen Islanders love living in the woods.