Special Features

It’s been a little over three weeks since her official retirement, but BC Supreme Court Justice and Bowen Islander Cathy Bruce has not settled into her new life quite yet.

“The first time someone put a knife in my hand I was maybe eight years old,” says Natasha Vaz.

Last summer, interim Undercurrent editor Martha Perkins started a series called “How I got here,” delving into the fascinating tales of how Bowen Islanders became… Bowen Islanders.

Bowen Island from a visitor’s perspective

Mitsumi Kawai fondly remembers her mother making yaki onigiri (a grilled rice ball) for her lunch boxes or just as a delicious snack during her childhood.

LOUISE LOIK EDITOR Before Caroline Orr can open the pathway gate to her home, Tashi shoves her little black nose under the gate letting Orr know that she has a visitor.

A National Geographic Explorer for the Millennium

Marine life abounds around Bowen Island

LOUISE LOIK EDITOR Bowen Island RCMP Const. Chris Coulter and Const. Cory Hendricks have been credited as being pivotal in arrests related to a string of robberies and break-ins on the water and along the shores of Howe Sound.

Local handyman can't fix the housing problem.