
My name is Shaelynne and I am in my fourth year of running a wild kelp harvesting operation off the coast of Port ...

It’s a beautiful summer day and, just as I’m arriving home, Jonathan and the kids call me from the backyard. I ...

When Chris Goulet was 14 years old, his brother put a set of clippers in his hand and said, "Give me a mohawk." ...

Island Clayworks would like to acknowledge that we operate our business in the traditional territory of the ...

Working with wood has been a long-standing family tradition that I almost overlooked as a career choice. In fact, ...

Gaining popularity in the mid-1950s, the modest A-frame, with its inherently simple aesthetic, defined a way of ...

By his own admission, James Emslie has a knack for making modern things from other people’s discarded items. His ...

The setting of The Fanny Bay Candle Company is pastoral. Donalda Lauzon and her husband Randy greet me while ...

The kiln has been firing for six hours. Brilliant orange light is emanating from every crack in the brickwork. The ...
Words & Photo by
Jeff Brett

I’ve been a knitter most of my life. I consider it a sort of meditation. In the past, it felt novel, or cute, to ...

In the past I have waxed poetic about the beauty of wood; how it can be shaped, molded, and finished. But wood is ...

They say necessity is the mother of all inventions, and that’s ever apparent when hearing the story of how the now ...
Words by
Dave Nowak
Featured photo by
Jenn Dykstra

Since it was first discovered, fire has been heating our caves, huts and homes. But wood-burning heat has not been ...

Three years ago I first laid eyes on a Kindred snowboard in a local sporting goods consignment store. The top ...

We all have a virtual playlist running through our minds that gets us from one day to the next. Music can inspire ...

The first bike I ever owned was a black triumph BMX with yellow gum-wall tires and matching grips. I have always ...

North Americans love their cars. No matter how hard we try to avoid it and might hate to admit it, the automobile ...