NATION OF STAIRS
My quads burned. I stared up the seemingly endless, brutally steep stairs, then I glanced back down the valley and ...
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ALL Month: April 2020
THE EGG EQUATION
I’ve always loved eggs. Hard-boiled. Scrambled. Sunny-side up. Anything but poached—well, unless they’re smothered ...
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EASY, BREEZY E-BIKES
How many times have you thought about how nice it would be to drive less? Maybe you want to reduce your carbon ...
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LITTLE VALLEY: SAM GOLDBY
My name is Sam and I am 11 years old. I love to go fishing, play basketball and ride bikes, but my very favourite ...
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FED UP NO MORE
We got together in the living rooms of cabins, converted barns, half-finished homemade houses. We ate date ...
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FEATURED ARTIST: JO PAYNE
Jo is a Comox-based artist with a passion for exploring colour, texture, and light. Using primarily acrylics, ...
FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: MATT NEWFIELD
Nature has always been a key part of Matt’s life. Growing up on Vancouver Island has given him countless mountains ...
BELTANE
Curled against you under the night sky
your touch reminds me
that my flesh is made
from the spark and dust
of ...
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ON THE SHARP EDGE
A rare beam of sunshine reflects off a long steel blade, catching the eyes of a pair of observers who press their ...
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AIMING FOR ZERO
One of nature’s fundamentals is the way matter flows in loops, supporting life as it transforms from one state to ...
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THE CURVE OF TIME
I grew up in a house where bookshelves reached the ceilings, with cascading spider plants tucked in among the ...
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TURNING DOWN THE TEMPERATURE
The second in our series imagining how the Comox Valley’s communities could look 20 years from ...
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THIS PLACE IS FOR THE BIRDS
Soft whitecaps glisten atop cresting waves, tall green grasses dance in the wind, an eagle swoops low across ...
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