SMALL SPACES, BIG TASTE
It's about time. We're a food region. But the food truck movement is only just starting to make itself felt in the ...
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ALL Month: June 2017
CODY ‘BEAVER’ LAFRANCE
At the tender young age of eight, while attending Quadra Elementary School, Cody LaFrance (Beaver) was assigned a ...
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25 YEARS OF FRESHNESS AND CARE
There's always a day in mid-March when I peruse the veggie aisle at the grocery store feeling dejected. Despite ...
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JOURNEY
Each issue of this magazine is a journey of its own. It takes its first steps with simple ideas, drifts to making ...
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FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: BRYAN WALWORK
Bryan Walwork got serious about photography when he learned to develop film and print at age 12. In 2002, he ...
MERVILLE ORGANICS
Merville Organics is a food grower cooperative made up of several Comox Valley farms including Amara Farm, Ripple ...
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FEATURED ARTIST: JULIE SABEY
Julie Sabey's creative work has, until recently, only been viewed on screens. Her writing and directing career has ...
RAINWATER HARVESTING 101
The principals of rainwater harvesting have remained the same for centuries: collect and contain clean ...
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ELDER VALLEY: AGING GRACEFULLY
Keep a childlike curiosity in search of life’s miraculous delight.
I celebrated my 85th ...
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IF I HAD A HAMMER
In the 1980s, I was living in a subdivision in the suburbs just north of Toronto. On any given Saturday afternoon ...
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THE ROOT OF INDOCHINA
Tucked away in the northwest corner of Vietnam, with China to the north and Laos to the west, is the frontier town ...
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LOSS OF THE COMMONS
You know the expression, "Never trust a man with a moustache?" Well the same goes for a wealthy man in a top hat. ...
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THESE LEGENDARY WALLS. THESE STORIED WATERS.
When I was a Merville-raised teenager turning 19, my father wanted to take me for a beer on my birthday. Becoming ...
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LIVING LANDSCAPES
Daffodils, snowdrops, pussy willows, and crocuses are popping up madly, desperate to attract the attention of some ...
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