
As a small collect-and-release aquarium facility, displaying a selection of animals in an ethical and sustainable ...

For decades, the renowned Campbell River surged past the small neighbourhood of Campbellton all but unseen by ...

If a crow flew from Campbell River to Bute Inlet Lodge, he would aim for Mount Doogie Dowler. Doogie resembles a ...

Located on the West Coast of Vancouver Island within the traditional territory of the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First ...
Words & Photos by
Kira Marshall

When the nights grow cooler and the roads become less lively, the savvy local traveler packs their bags, knowing ...

Soft whitecaps glisten atop cresting waves, tall green grasses dance in the wind, an eagle swoops low across ...
Words & photo by
Sophie Vigneau

A quick Google search on turning 40 will tell you everything from “You’re on the brink of a mid-life crisis” to ...

The Purple Martins swirl and swoop in the air above my head, their bright chirping punctuating the sound of the ...

They say you should stop and smell the roses if you want to enjoy the journey. I’ve discovered my own ...
Words & photos by
Wendy L Macdonald

It doesn’t feel like there are 500 seats inside the fairly boxy, grey, glass building at the corner of 5th Street ...

Smooth leather reins are held tightly in the hands of a nervous six year old who is guiding an eternally patient ...
Words & Photos by
Kyle Hansen

As a tour guide for the Cumberland Museum, I am drawn to stories of people within our local history—I read family ...

If you ask any local about things to see in the Comox Valley, there’s a strong chance they’ll mention places like ...
Words by
Keisha Everson
Featured photo by
John Kelsey

A light rain is trying to fall, but it’s more of a mist in the air that clings to eyelashes and hangs, tremulous ...

Roaming north along Royston’s Union Colliery Line, the air is damp and heavy with the scent of smoke wafting from ...
Words & Photos by
Bevin Clempson

Walking along the old Wellington Railway trail where alder, hard hack and osier dogwood create a bower of ...
Words by
Dawn Copeman
Featured photos by
Ed Brooks

Follow winding Hawkins Road up and over the hill to Goose Spit on a sunny day, winter or summer, and you’re bound ...
Words & photos by
Kristy Pedersen

For the past 90 years Royston’s rusty monuments to Vancouver Island’s nautical history rests on the Comox Harbour ...

If you’re rattling down the back roads of Merville on your way to Mount Washington or searching the Tsolum River ...
Words & Photos by
Ross Bodenmann