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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.
Opinion: dissecting the health hazards of liquefied natural gas

Opinion: dissecting the health hazards of liquefied natural gas

An opinion piece by Anton van Walraven in a recent Undercurrent (Jan. 30, page 6) explored further the issue of the impact of liquefied natural gas.
Opinion: Strait of Georgia herring fishery jeopardizes the health of the Salish Sea

Opinion: Strait of Georgia herring fishery jeopardizes the health of the Salish Sea

'Herring are the foundation of the marine ecosystem of the Salish Sea, as they are along the entire B.C. coast’ writes local filmmaker Bob Turner
LETTER: BTRA clearing the air around trail building

LETTER: BTRA clearing the air around trail building

Editor’s note: the following is a public statement from the Bowen Trail Riders Association president.
COLUMN - What gives me hope in a heating world: Revolution Justified

COLUMN - What gives me hope in a heating world: Revolution Justified

“What do you think of Woodfibre LNG?” I am often asked. Not that I work for the company –– I am doing the opposite –– but folks know who ask me the question.
Opinion: ditch the turf field, let’s go with sand

Opinion: ditch the turf field, let’s go with sand

I must confess that I am not a fan of artificial turf (AT). It is plastic and we are already making a mess of our planet by over-consuming this stuff and chucking it about without a care.
An Islander's ode to winter

An Islander's ode to winter

Winter is so diverse and theatrical it gives us magnificent views and incredible atmosphere.