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Racing, roots, and reconnections
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Racing, roots, and reconnections
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A new program at NIC helps Island students pursue professions in health care.
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What emergency service providers want you to know.
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What it takes to keep the Strathcona Parkway open.
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Future generations need us to take action now.
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Our young Comox Valley residents reflect on the home they’re growing up in
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Plus ça change
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Pianist Sarah Hagen has earned her place among the best without sacrificing her soul.
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A conversation with Wedlidi Speck.
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Living in a winter squash lovers' paradise.
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The secret life of a vintage clock.
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The power of conversation in Comox Valley men’s groups.
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Some dedicated folks who help keep the rest of us safe on the slopes.
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Safe, affordable housing makes all the difference.
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Could RVs make Comox Valley housing more affordable?
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Reflections on the joy of cold-water surfing.
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The history of the Grieve family barn.
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Turning the page on another year of stories and friendship.
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Finding peace in the winter mountains.
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The appeal of taking part in community theatre.
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Publisher's introduction to Vol. 36
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Kayleen VanderRee and Tyler Turner might be more competitive than your average couple. But when they participated in The Amazing Race Canada, they had to go with the flow to stay in the game.
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Seven continents in 40 years.
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Open doors provide more than a creative opportunity for everyone.
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Spending the day among strands of seaweed.
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In an era of climate change and housing pressures, how can urban forests survive and thrive?
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The history of fire protection services in Cumberland.
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Campbell River’s Search and Rescue Society.
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Sweating my way through the public saunas of Finland and Estonia.
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Meet the diving family who’ve been harvesting geoducks by hand for three generations.
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Every week, Indigenous Elders connect with students at 11 Valley schools through the Ni’nox¯sola program.
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Taking pleasure in the rituals of the changing seasons.
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Alex Guertin’s circuitous path to a Comox Valley vineyard.
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Our young residents reflect on the home they’re growing up in
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Self-discovery at hollyhock retreat centre.
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Documenting coastal mariners.
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Where ghosts, custodians, and community gather.
Putting down roots in a place where people and stories live.
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A midwife’s reflections.
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Modern witchcraft and how it may be able to help heal the planet.
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Reflections from a younger resident
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The Hakai Institute’s new ancient DNA lab opens on Quadra Island.
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Finding Mick Taylor’s forever place.
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Raising daughters to appreciate nature through conservation.
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The family legacy behind the North Island Craft Beer Festival.
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Stories from Sheltering in the Backrush.
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Local downhill and enduro racers fit right into the Valley’s monster mountain bike heritage.
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This slow, easy technique makes their rich, sweet, earthy flavour even better.
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Conserving the coastline with photographer John Kelsey.
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My Path to Vancouver Island’s snowy slopes.
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The Kirk family home that houses Locals Restaurant is part of Courtenay’s history—and future.
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The Comox Valley has many ancient secrets for citizen palaeontologists to discover.
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The Comox Valley Hospice Society (CVHS) marks its 40th anniversary of care.
How exclusion, discrimination, and racism took their toll on a thriving community.
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A fusion of Indigenous heritage and modern artistry is a way to keep memories forever.
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The Cumberland Fungus Fest celebrates the marvellous multitaskers of the natural world.
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Denman Island’s Hilda Slayter Lacon was a stalwart survivor of multiple disasters.
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Paige Whitehead is going beyond glow sticks to disrupt an entire toxic industry.
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The Comox Valley Digital Creation Hub: a new resource for local creatives.
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There’s not much you have to do to a summer cucumber to render it delicious.
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Reflections from an older resident.
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Our young residents reflect on the home they’re growing up in
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Everyone’s welcome at Gravity MTB’s new Cumberland clubhouse.
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The CVCF is pioneering an innovative trust-based approach to grants. It's helping community funds get to where they're needed, faster.
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Reflections on my Pacific Crest Trail thru-hike.
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For modern festivals, harm reduction services are part of the game plan.
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Pick up a manual camera and see what develops.
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The NVIHA—local riders with unique ways to have fun on a horse.
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In tending to the land, we can restore diversity—and restore ourselves.
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Filberg Heritage Lodge and Park.
The world’s rarest marmot lives on Vancouver Island. Photographer Catherine Babault wants to share its story with the world.
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Art in motion
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Conscious dance requires no skills or substances. And it’s remarkably freeing.
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Two stories exploring different perspectives on this passionate, beautiful art form.
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As Bill Nye said, “Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t.” So keep an open mind..
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Not every new mom’s to-do list includes summiting 53 peaks over 6000 feet.
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Our young residents reflect on the home they’re growing up in
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HOW TO LIVE WITH THE LAND, NOT JUST ON IT.
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AN EXERCISE IN WILDLIFE ECOLOGY SPECULATION.
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The story of Black Cat skateboards.
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It’s time to get The Vancouver Island Trail across the finish line.
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A commitment to sustainable prosperity keeps 40 Knots Winery growing.
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Being a part of the great chain of life, and nourishing it.
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Hamilton Mack Laing’s sudden involvement in the 1925 Mount Logan expedition.
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The nominations are closed, but the voting has just begun in the annual Tree of the Year (TOTY) contest. And everyone, of any age, is eligible to vote for their favourite tree between April 1 and May 31.
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EXPERIENCE THE MAGIC AND INNOVATION OF KLAHOOSE WILDERNESS RESORT.
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THE ORIGIN OF COAL CREEK ROASTERS.
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THE KWAKWAKA’WAKW YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION INITIATIVE
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DISCOVERY PASSAGE AQUARIUM IS AS INTERESTING AS THE ANIMALS THEMSELVES.
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THE STEWARDS OF MITLENATCH ISLAND.
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THE REVOLUTION HAPPENING IN THE AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY.
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Reflections from a younger resident
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HOW A COUPLE SAILED THEMSELVES INTO A BUSINESS VENTURE.
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LIFE AT ORCALAB’S RESEARCH STATION.
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WHITE WATER KAYAKING IN GOLD RIVER.
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How Wild Bus Films tells some of the planet's biggest stories
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Reimagining the Rivercity Stage.
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An Annual Migration From One Island To The Next.
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CHALLENGE YOURSELF AT SNOWDEN DEMONSTRATION FOREST.
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Reflections on three careers on the water with BC Ferries.
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Got an appetite for DIY global cuisine? Find international ingredients right here at home.
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Rediscovering the joy of sport and my own spirit at the Invictus Games.
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Our young residents reflect on the home they’re growing up in.
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Diving into ancestral stories from Europe with Mythology Club Comox Valley.
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Simply Sauerkraut.
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