The ''Bowen Island Undercurrent'' is a newspaper in
Bowen Island
Bowen Island (originally Nex̱wlélex̱m in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh), British Columbia, is an island municipality that is part of Metro Vancouver. Bowen Island is within the jurisdiction of the Islands Trust. Located in Howe Sound, it is approximate ...
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British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...
published weekly.
The ''Undercurrent'' publishes every Thursday.
History
The paper began in 1975 as essentially a newsletter for the island. It was born of a dispute between ''The Times of North and West Vancouver'' and columnist Pat Weaver. Weaver created her own paper after a disagreement with the GVRD director of the day and called it her "free speech project." After 12 editions, Weaver left on vacation and never returned to the island, leaving Larry Reid as editor and publisher for the next 13 years. The paper incorporated in 1977 and by 1981 was up to 40 legal-sized pages and a circulation of 800. That same year the paper moved from its stapled mimeograph format to being a tabloid, which it remains to this day. In 1988, Reid sold the paper to Eric Cardwell, owner of the ''Westender'' and the ''East Ender'' newspapers. In 1997,
Black Press
Black Press Group Ltd. is a Canadian publisher of prominent daily newspapers in Hawaii and Alaska and numerous non-daily newspapers in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada, and (via Sound Publishing) the U.S. state of Washington.
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bought the paper and in 2013 Glacier Media acquired the ''Undercurrent'' in a paper swap.
See also
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List of newspapers in Canada
This list of newspapers in Canada is a list of newspapers printed and distributed in Canada. Daily newspapers
Local weeklies
Alberta
* Airdrie – ''Airdrie Echo''
* Bashaw – '' Bashaw Star''
* Bassano – ''Bassano Times''
* Beaumont – ...
References
External links
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Glacier Media
Bowen Island
Publications with year of establishment missing
Weekly newspapers published in British Columbia
Newspapers established in 1975
1975 establishments in British Columbia
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