WESTCOAST TRIPLE PLANK
SOAKED AND STOKED
Founded in 2017 by friends Marie-France Roy and Alicia Gilmour, the WestCoast Triple Plank ...
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NATURAL COLLECTION STANDS
FROM YOUTHFUL OBSESSION TO THRIVING BUSINESS
I first became obsessed with woodworking in junior high. I ...
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THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS
“The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not ...
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WEST COAST EXPEDITIONS ON TLE:HOH
Beyond Kayaking
I first saw a presentation about West Coast Expeditions (WCE)’s guided sea kayak adventures ...
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NAWALAKW HEALING CENTER
The beautiful sound of kwak'wala flows from the mouths of fluent speakers, filling the air and my heart. Among our ...
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THE FLAVOURFUL CHICORY FAMILY
If your knowledge of chicory is limited, allow me to introduce you to this family of vegetables full of complex, ...
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THE COCO RUN: A CANCER FUNDRAISER
My name is Ryan Rasmussen and I help people with cancer looking for a holistic approach to treatment. I support ...
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CAREMONGERING IN CAMPBELL RIVER
“Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have.”
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EVERYONE CAN (AND SHOULD) MEDITATE
Cultivating stillness
We experience so much in our lives. Sometimes life’s momentum is so fast that we miss ...
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AT HOME WITH RODERICK HAIG-BROWN
“A river is water in its loveliest form; rivers have life and sound and movement and infinity of variation, rivers ...
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GETTING TO KNOW THE AWAKENEERS
The story of the Awakeneers starts more than 30 years ago on an off-grid homestead in the mountains of BC where ...
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CVOX: COMOX VALLEY COMMUNITY RADIO
Our devices can bring music and news from almost everywhere in the world. But most of the content is ...
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REFLECTIONS OF A YARD CAR
When I first rolled off the assembly line decades ago, I couldn’t wait to hit the road for a life of adventure. ...
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HANDCRAFTING LINEN
LIVING FROM LINEN
I’m Karla, and I create linen. That’s right, I start with a handful of unassuming flax ...
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HA̱’ME’ RESTAURANT REOPENS AT KWA’LILAS HOTEL
BEYOND THE PLATE AT HA’ME‘’S (RE)OPENING
The eagerly anticipated (re)opening of Ha̱’me‘ Restaurant, in its ...
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THE HERRING GOLD RUSH OF 1979
In 1979, a certain smell sustained the herring gillnetters of British Columbia. It hung from their bibs and clung ...
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BUILDING COMMUNITY WITH LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES
A steady stream of people stops in front of a typical home in Courtenay’s Old Orchard neighbourhood. They come by ...
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THE STRATHCONA REGION IS GUIDED BY PASSION AND PURPOSE
As the editor of the Strathcona Collective, it is my privilege to help writers and community members throughout ...
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OUR COMMUNITY RUNS ON HUMAN CREATIVITY
A BEAUTIFUL MOSAIC
This is my first time writing in my own magazine. Writing has never been a passion of ...
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