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Letter from Bowen Island volunteer firefighters to BIM

Letter from Bowen Island volunteer firefighters to BIM

The following was posted to the Bowen Island Municipality website Oct. 9. Dear Bowen Island Municipality, We write in response to your letter dated October 1, 2019 on behalf of all 26 volunteer firefighters.
LETTER: 'Our future is in jeopardy' writes IPS grade 9 class

LETTER: 'Our future is in jeopardy' writes IPS grade 9 class

Dear Bowen Island community: Our future is in jeopardy. Our future is being destroyed. Our future doesn’t leave us with much hope. It’s time to take action against climate change. Recently, Canada declared a climate emergency.
How to find past issues of the Bowen Island Undercurrent

How to find past issues of the Bowen Island Undercurrent

I’ve had a few people ask lately if the Undercurrent has an archives. Well, the short answer is, not really. If you’ve been to our new office (right beside the old office), it’s a little small to store nearly 45 years worth of papers.
Send in your Bowfest stories for next week's paper!

Send in your Bowfest stories for next week's paper!

Submissions for our Bowfest edition should be in by 5 p.m. Tuesday Aug. 20.
Letter: King Edward Bay LAC responds to municipal water reports

Letter: King Edward Bay LAC responds to municipal water reports

Dear Editor: Reports from Bowen Island Municipality’s chief administrative officer, Kathy Lalonde, and its interim director of engineering, Glen Shkurhan, presented at the council meeting of July 29, offered some hope and some concerns to west side r
Letter: looking for green waste solutions together

Letter: looking for green waste solutions together

Dear Editor: I write in reference to the “ Learning to love our carbon-holding soil ” article that appeared in the July 4 edition of the Bowen Island Undercurrent .
The case against “staycation”

The case against “staycation”

Rob Wynen takes issue with the increasingly common term.
EDITORIAL: This is reconciliation, Squamish

EDITORIAL: This is reconciliation, Squamish

The response to the news that parcels of land in Squamish will be returned to the Squamish First Nation as part of the Squamish Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Benefits Agreement has been a clear example of the difference between reconciliation in platit
Letter: Smokers shouldn't walk away from their responsibilities

Letter: Smokers shouldn't walk away from their responsibilities

It’s almost summer and it’s dry already. A no-smoking ban is in effect in Crippen Regional Park and signs have been posted. Unfortunately “Pall Mall Blue” and “Belmont” neglected to heed the warnings.
Letters: While Bowen dries up, we resurface roads...

Letters: While Bowen dries up, we resurface roads...

Shouldn't municipal dollars be spent on addressing water issues, a reader asks