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Carol White

Carol White

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JAN BONK

JAN BONK

AVIS O’BRIEN

AVIS O’BRIEN

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SUSAN RYBAR

SUSAN RYBAR

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KEN CLAUSEN

KEN CLAUSEN

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JOHN VANDERVEEN

JOHN VANDERVEEN

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HALEY BURNS

HALEY BURNS

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MAXIME TREMBLAY

MAXIME TREMBLAY

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STEPHANIE RACINE

STEPHANIE RACINE

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MEGAN HOCKIN-BENNETT

MEGAN HOCKIN-BENNETT

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CORTNEY GILBERT

CORTNEY GILBERT

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Dood Turner

Dood Turner

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Juliana Bedoya

Juliana Bedoya

Juliana is a community-engaged environmental artist who supports individuals and community groups to establish ...

Mark Miard

Lindsay Elms

Louis Lamb

Arianne Huene

Sarah Kehler

Tara Murphy

Jeff Brett

Jeff Brett

Jeff is a husband, father of two adult sons, grandfather, studio technician, educator, and multi-disciplinary ...

Anne Davis

Tara Bursey

Tara Bursey

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Laurel Archer

Laurel Archer

Laurel has paddled more waterways than she can remember, from Central America to Asia and the South Pacific, and ...

Carly Panzenboeck

Galyn Franklin

Nicole Bergot

Nicole Bergot

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Nick Holyome

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Ben Neufeld

Jason Stevens

Jodi Simkin

Hans Peter Meyer

Casey Parsons

Allison Morrison

Wendy L Macdonald

Dan Lafrance

Claire Gilmore

Kelly Forbes

Jack Bindernagel

Jack Bindernagel

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Kester Reid

Kester Reid

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Sarah Clement

Sarah Clement

Sarah trained as an osteopathic practitioner, exercise physiologist, strength and conditioning coach, and sport ...

Caleb Hansen

Lisa Bettany

Lisa Bettany

Lisa is a Comox Valley photographer who is passionate about capturing the beauty of our beautiful west coast ...

Nick Ward

Sylvianne St. Onge

Traci Skuce

Jennifer Sieffert

Julie Sabey

Mike MacDonald

Cam Matthews

Tom Keenoy

Jake Galbraith

Wendy Turner

April Trigg

Kelly McQuillan

Rory Mcclure

David Kallai

Katrina Kadoski

Terry Folks

Kareen Florin

Clay Ward

Erica Spizawka

Nicole Rippel

Blayne Prowse

Ryan Parton

Lise Maltais

Elisabeth Lee

Joyce Lindemulder

Mary Ruth Harris

Taylor Grinde, age 11

Jonathan Cooper

Jonathan Cooper

Jonathan worked as an educator at the Art Gallery of NSW in Sydney, Australia, for more than 30 years. He is now a ...

Leah Knutson

Andy Everson

Jenny Deters

Paula Worthington

Krista Tupper

Thea Miller

Mia Jerritt

Leah Ballin

Leah Ballin

Leah is a lover of the wild places. Born and raised on the west coast, she has dedicated her career to studying ...

Suzanna Weimer

Michael Vossen

Andy Phillips

Ellissa Prendergast

Archie Pateman

Ashley Hamilton-Macquarrie

Mical Dyck

Tyler Bellows

Tyler Bellows

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Roger Albert

Roger Albert

After moving to the Valley in 1983, Roger taught sociology at North Island College before retiring in 2012. He ...
Paige Brown

Paige Brown

Aboriginals and the environment (seen in her video Then & Now – A Fish Tale by Paige Brown) have taken up much of ...

Kristen Walters

Pat Trask

Peter Gardiner-Harding

Brandon Hamilton

Justin Yaretz

Andrew Talbot

Sarah Hauser

Randy Grey

Camille Douglas

Cathy Clark

Cathy Clark

Cathy has been calling the Comox Valley home for 24 years and cannot fathom why anyone would leave. Cathy is a ...
Randy Churchill

Randy Churchill

Randy discovered his calling for heavy timber construction in the mid-90s, after several degrees in Mechanical ...
April Bencze

April Bencze

Raised on the banks of the Campbell River, April is passionate about keeping an eye on the wild faces and places ...

Marc Jardine

Jeff Christenson

Jeff Christenson

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Jennifer Armstrong

Jennifer Armstrong

Jennifer is a documentarian at heart. A lover of stories. It is in creatively seeing the uniqueness of a couple’s ...
David Benton

David Benton

After ten years in the Yukon, David and his family moved into the Komoks territory to have just a little less ...
Dierdre Atkinson

Dierdre Atkinson

Dierdre has been the Artistic Director of the Hornby Festival for the past fourteen years and she loves her job! ...
Karley Bracey

Karley Bracey

Karley’s fascination with taking pictures started at a young age. While traveling the world, she photographed ...

Alaina Vesper

Alex Nataros

Jenn Laing

Brad Kilgour

Alice Grasby

Ross Bodenmann

Ross Bodenmann

Ross is an artist and writer based in the Comox Valley working in a variety of mediums including fine art, design ...
Aly Bird

Aly Bird

Aly is an athlete, artist, personal development coach, and civic engagement enthusiast. Everything she does is ...
Nicole Bertram

Nicole Bertram

Nicole is a passionate sewist, enthusiastic extrovert, and collector of obscure skills and diverse trivia. She ...
Kim Bannerman

Kim Bannerman

Kim writes short stories, novels, and screenplays, and in her spare moments, she hosts the writing podcast ‘First ...

Sophie Vigneau

Mike Redican

Finn Manktelow

Chad Herbert

Laurissa Cebryk

Laurissa Cebryk

Laurissa grew up in the Comox Valley and has a passion for travel, writing, and all things outdoors, adventurous ...

Lindsay Keegitah Borrows

Jan Adams

Jan Adams

Jan has been a big fan of the CV Collective magazine since its inception, or should that be “conception.” (Jan ...
Ryan Miller

Ryan Miller

Ryan Miller is an award-winning, published, underwater and wildlife photographer from Oyster Bay. In 2005 Ryan ...
Jennifer Sutherst

Jennifer Sutherst

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Lisa Graham

Lisa Graham

Lisa’s passion for photography was sparked while scuba diving off the coast of Cozumel in 2001. She was a new ...
Kristof Trout

Kristof Trout

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Nora Bingham

Nora Bingham

Nora lives at the edge of the forest in Cumberland, BC. Growing up on Quadra Island, she perfected the art of ...
Shannon Simpson

Shannon Simpson

Shannon’s passion and dream is for all children to have access to nutritional education, to show them that they ...
Sarah Seads

Sarah Seads

Sarah is on a quest to capture the magic moments, tiny details and big emotions of wild adventures that may never ...
Christa Petch

Christa Petch

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Spencer Sheehan-Kalina

Spencer Sheehan-Kalina

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Oriana Smy

Oriana Smy

Oriana grew up in the Cowichan Valley exploring the Vancouver Island coastline and its magnificent old-growth ...
Andrea Townsend

Andrea Townsend

Andrea impulse-bought her first loom off the internet the year after she moved to the Comox Valley. Having the ...
Ed Varney

Ed Varney

Ed is a poet and visual artist, and has never worked for the man. He has a BA and a MA in English. He has been a ...
Daniel Booy

Daniel Booy

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Haeley Dewhirst

Haeley Dewhirst

Haeley grew up in the Comox Valley, split between Hornby Island and Mount Washington. After leaving for a few ...
Lorin Medley

Lorin Medley

Lorin is a counsellor and writer from Comox, published in The Puritan, Portal, subTerrain and Refugium: Poems for ...
Lydia Jackson

Lydia Jackson

Lydia is a farmer florist with a history in design and colour consulting. She is a vibrant individual who shares ...
Rick Zyvitski

Rick Zyvitski

Rick Zyvitski was born and raised in Renfrew, Ontario. He joined the Canadian Forces in 1974 and trained to become ...
Roanne English

Roanne English

Roanne is an avid adventurer and endurance sport addict who found a home and community in the Comox Valley. She ...
Sam Peterson

Sam Peterson

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Wendi Gilson

Wendi Gilson

Wendi is a beekeeper at Black Horse Apiary in the Comox Valley, and a regional apiary inspector on Vancouver ...
Shawn Peters

Shawn Peters

Dr. Shawn Peters, ND, is a naturopathic doctor, board certified in acupuncture.  He has a keen interest in helping ...
Eugene Chung

Eugene Chung

Eugene is an active father, partner, and adventure sports aficionado. Although he once made a name for himself as ...
Ellian Bell

Ellian Bell

Ellian grew up on an old but cheerful sailing boat, traveling the world with her family. She got to soak up the ...
Tracy Kobus

Tracy Kobus

Tracy has been working as a professional artist since 1993, after receiving her Bachelor of Fine arts from UBC. ...
Shane Johnson

Shane Johnson

Shane is a gardener, plant geek, and outdoor enthusiast. He spends a lot of time chasing and photographing ...
Judith Wright

Judith Wright

Judith migrated west from Montreal in the early ‘90s and eventually settled in the Comox Valley ten years later, ...
Dave Prothero

Dave Prothero

Born and rasised in the Comox Valley, became interested in rivers during a trip to Nepal and spent the better part ...
Salinas Laperriere

Salinas Laperriere

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Annabelle Sproule

Annabelle Sproule

Proud to call Cumberland her birthplace, Annabelle keeps trying to escape her hippy Island roots but always ends ...
Kevin Flesher

Kevin Flesher

Kevin is a singer of songs, a doodler of doodles, a writer of words, and a man of many hats. He recently watched a ...
Darren Howlett

Darren Howlett

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Wendy Mayers

Wendy Mayers

Wendy has a love for travel, gardening, dogs, fibre art, food, and words. She has a growing collection of words in ...
John Gower

John Gower

John Gower offers custom home design solutions that are beautiful and simple, modest in size and comfortable to ...
Lyndsey Bell

Lyndsey Bell

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Maxwel Hohn

Maxwel Hohn

Maxwel is an adventurer, photographer, and filmmaker who lives in the Comox Valley, with a passion for showcasing ...
Amy Woods

Amy Woods

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Anja Roberts

Anja Roberts

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Britt Hanson

Britt Hanson

Britt was born and raised in the Comox Valley, and is currently living and playing in Cumberland. She teaches at ...
Trish Weatherall

Trish Weatherall

Trish wears a number of hats to earn a living on rural Denman Island. She balances contract work as a freelance ...
Max Oudendag

Max Oudendag

As a 'true local' to the Comox Valley, Max is proud to contribute to the CVC, as it both supports and illustrates ...
Allie Jenkinson

Allie Jenkinson

Originally from Calgary, Allie Jenkinson studied English at the University of Victoria before working as a ...
Tanis Gower

Tanis Gower

Tanis is a biologist with a passion for protecting and healing nature. Born in the Comox Valley, she returned in ...
Jason Straka

Jason Straka

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Kerry Hale

Kerry Hale

Originally from Australia, Kerry is an award-winning ESL teacher and freelance writer. Always seeking adventure ...
Damien Jannet

Damien Jannet

In 2018, Damien decided to focus on solo adventures throughout remote territories of the Pacific Northwest to get ...
Joline Martin

Joline Martin

Disillusioned with the political climate in the early '70s, Joline left the US to spend a year on Haida Gwaii. ...
Glen Sanford

Glen Sanford

Glen Sanford is executive director of the Comox Valley Art Gallery. He was born and raised in the Comox Valley, ...
Keisha Everson

Keisha Everson

Keisha was named “Wadzidalaga” by her great-grandmother, before being given the name "Tlakwa̱lał" in 2013. She is ...
Zaaven Forest

Zaaven Forest

Zaaven grew up on Lasqueti Island, though on and off over the past 10 years, she has found herself calling the ...
Loraine Hartley

Loraine Hartley

Loraine's compulsion to write exploded when her recent novel "My Delightfully Dysfunctional Family" was published ...
Tina Willard-Stepan

Tina Willard-Stepan

Christina (Tina) Willard-Stepan is an artist, facilitator, community developer, and environmental educator.  She ...
Sean Kerrigan

Sean Kerrigan

Sean is a longtime Comox Valley resident who takes full advantage of Vancouver Island’s endless offerings of ...
Angela Willard

Angela Willard

Angela Willard is a Clinical Herbalist and the co-founder of Harmonic Arts, a herbal formulation company located ...
Andrew Findlay

Andrew Findlay

Andrew Findlay is an award-winning freelance journalist who writes about adventure, travel, business, conservation ...
Carrera Teal

Carrera Teal

Carrera is the founder of CT Initiatives, a consulting firm supporting the non-profit and public sectors in the ...
Briana James

Briana James

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Angel Murphy

Angel Murphy

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Wes Sewell

Wes Sewell

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Leslie Cox

Leslie Cox

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Elizabeth Young

Elizabeth Young

A born and raised Vancouver Islander, Elizabeth is a seasoned communication professional with a passion for ...
Rhonda Teramura

Rhonda Teramura

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Erika Anderson

Erika Anderson

Erika is an active citizen of her community, volunteering for several organizations, including (but not limited ...
Jim Bagley

Jim Bagley

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Matthew Fox

Matthew Fox

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Naomi Tabata

Naomi Tabata

Naomi Tabata works to connect the talented faculty and students at North Island College with community businesses ...
Sara Lopez

Sara Lopez

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Colin Filliter

Colin Filliter

Colin flies a drone for a living. Is there any better job than that?! With a university education in forest ...
Craig Gillis

Craig Gillis

Craig has lived in Campbell River since 1976.  A retired teacher and Assistant Superintendent for School District ...
Julie Glaspy

Julie Glaspy

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Colin Dowler

Colin Dowler

Raised on Quadra Island, now living in Campbell River, Colin Dowler is an electrician and nature enthusiast ...
Amber Assu

Amber Assu

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Sophia Sauter

Sophia Sauter

Sophia Sauter wears many hats. She is the Owner and Founder of Active Living Physiotherapy, she is a Sports ...
Chelsea McCannel-Keene

Chelsea McCannel-Keene

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Jonah E. Richter

Jonah E. Richter

Jonah Richter is 11 years old and lives at Blind Channel Resort on West Thurlow Island.  His family has been ...
Carmen Amberson

Carmen Amberson

Joe and Carmen have been lucky to have worked successfully in the Hospitality Industry in the Campbell River & ...
Trevor Blasky

Trevor Blasky

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Wendy Ravai

Wendy Ravai

Wendy Ravai grew up in Smithers BC where her love of the forest began as a young girl exploring the local streams ...
Daniela Bizama

Daniela Bizama

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Sandra Parrish

Sandra Parrish

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Bob Sampson

Bob Sampson

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Sara Cherewaty

Sara Cherewaty

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Diane Jacquest

Diane Jacquest

Diane was born in Whitehorse, Yukon, in 1952 and (perhaps sadly) has been moving south ever since. She arrived in ...
Simone Gingras-Fox

Simone Gingras-Fox

Guided by a restless nomadic spirit, Simone has spent her life hurtling down mountain passes that inevitably end ...
Laura Busheikin

Laura Busheikin

Laura Busheikin is a writer-for-hire and a creative writer exploring the many subgenres of nonfiction. She is ...
Gibson James

Gibson James

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Camilla Sampson

Camilla Sampson

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Vivian Dean

Vivian Dean

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Madeline Christie

Madeline Christie

Madeline is your local Death Companion with a mission to provide education about end-of-life planning, ...
Jodi Kozicki

Jodi Kozicki

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Susan Barratt

Susan Barratt

Susan and her husband moved to the Comox Valley in 2018 and feel a strong connection to the natural beauty found ...
Maria Fyfe

Maria Fyfe

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Jenelle M. Pasiechnik

Jenelle M. Pasiechnik

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Claire Pomeroy

Claire Pomeroy

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Catherine Gilbert

Catherine Gilbert

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Lisa Meekin

Lisa Meekin

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Chyanne Trenholm

Chyanne Trenholm

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Melissa Wickihalder

Melissa Wickihalder

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Sue Moen

Sue Moen

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Laurel Cronk

Laurel Cronk

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Laurel Sliskovic

Laurel Sliskovic

With values rooted in genuine love and appreciation for learning and playing, Laurel’s free spirit, fierce ...
Tim Moshansky

Tim Moshansky

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Christine Baxter

Christine Baxter

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Erica Keen

Erica Keen

Erica is a film photographer, writer, and musician who splits her time between the mountains and the sea. She is ...
Maeva Collins

Maeva Collins

In 1996, Maeva and her husband moved to the beautiful Comox Valley where she began to fulfill a dream to learn ...
Lorna Seldon-Burd

Lorna Seldon-Burd

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Kayleen Vanderee

Kayleen Vanderee

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Marina Scott

Marina Scott

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Carly Caron

Carly Caron

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Bastian Fleury

Bastian Fleury

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Nic Pisterzi

Nic Pisterzi

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Chris Zumkeller

Chris Zumkeller

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Michael Hack

Michael Hack

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Erin Brizard

Erin Brizard

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Bob Wild

Bob Wild

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Brandon Pirie

Brandon Pirie

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Brittany Baxandall

Brittany Baxandall

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Mike Davies

Mike Davies

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Erin Wallis

Erin Wallis

Erin was born and raised in the coastal town of Campbell River, BC with respect and acknowledgment that it is the ...
Ben McGuffie

Ben McGuffie

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Tacey Keighley

Tacey Keighley

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Lisa Levesque

Lisa Levesque

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David Baar

David Baar

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Lucretia Schanfarber

Lucretia Schanfarber

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Heather Kellerhals-Stewart

Heather Kellerhals-Stewart

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Arzeena Hamir

Arzeena Hamir

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Terri Perrin

Terri Perrin

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Rachel Halliwell

Rachel Halliwell

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Tony Lebid

Tony Lebid

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Anita Lawrence

Anita Lawrence

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Kira Marshall

Kira Marshall

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Jody Hagel

Jody Hagel

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Paige Jarvis

Paige Jarvis

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Nicole Berns

Nicole Berns

Nicole Berns is a writer, yoga teacher, and backcountry mountain guide from Campbell River. She spent five years ...
Neal Calvert

Neal Calvert

Former journalist and book editor Neall Calvert has had poetry published online at the League of Canadian ...
Emese Tóth-Harasztos

Emese Tóth-Harasztos

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Madison Stewart

Madison Stewart

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Dionne Lapointe-Bakota

Dionne Lapointe-Bakota

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Maureen Hunter

Maureen Hunter

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Lynne Macara

Lynne Macara

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Kevin Yee

Kevin Yee

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Max Fisher

Max Fisher

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Hayley Zumkeller

Hayley Zumkeller

Hayley is a lifestyle Photographer & Videographer on Vancouver Island creating bold and breathtaking visuals ...
Jade Berg

Jade Berg

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Mary Ruth Snyder

Mary Ruth Snyder

Mary Ruth spent the first quarter of her life, assuming she lives to be 110, in the heart of southern Ontario’s ...
Eiko Jones

Eiko Jones

While growing up in New Zealand, Eiko acquired his first SLR camera at the age of fourteen. He quickly discovered ...
Keith Barker

Keith Barker

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Jake Tinkler-Josephi

Jake Tinkler-Josephi

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Cleo Corbett

Cleo Corbett

Cleo Corbett, RPP, MCIP (she/her), has been a municipal planner for 20 years in amenity regions across BC. ...
Jennifer Jellett

Jennifer Jellett

Jennifer Jellett is a freelance photographer and motivated visual story teller, called by the beauty of our ...
Howard Macdonald Stewart

Howard Macdonald Stewart

Howard lives on Denman Island with his partner, Mary Jane MacKay. He’s working on three books about forty years of ...
Tyler Johns

Tyler Johns

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Janna Rist

Janna Rist

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Claire Gordon

Claire Gordon

Kelly Cage

Kelly Cage

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Dwayne Roberge

Dwayne Roberge

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Sarah Carty

Sarah Carty

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Kaitlyn Nohr

Kaitlyn Nohr

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Trevor McMonagle

Trevor McMonagle

Trevor spent his professional career as a high school English teacher, during which time he developed a copy ...
Jennifer Abbott

Jennifer Abbott

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Susan Antler

Susan Antler

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James McKerricher

James McKerricher

James is a local gourmand and a strict omnivore. He believes in the power of food as a community-building tool and ...
Marie Maccagno

Marie Maccagno

Marie loves living in the Comox Valley, exploring natural areas in every season. When she's not running around in ...
Dave Nowak

Dave Nowak

Dave was born in Ontario and spent his formative years in the Toronto suburbs. After high school he packed up his ...
Dave Flawse

Dave Flawse

Dave tells history with a modern perspective through his Vancouver Island history Blog (located on his website). ...
Anne Arseneau

Anne Arseneau

Freshly retired, Anne can be found wandering around beaches and forests photographing the Comox Valley, or ...
Heather Gray

Heather Gray

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Jim Whyte

Jim Whyte

Jim is fifth-generation, born and raised in the Comox Valley. His interest in photography began in junior high ...
Mac Newton

Mac Newton

Mac teaches English composition and literature courses at North Island College. He is also the instructor at ...
Ryan Stuart

Ryan Stuart

Writing has taken Ryan from the middle of nowhere in the Northwest Territories to the Costa Rican jungle, a ...
Kyle Hansen

Kyle Hansen

Kyle was born and raised in Courtenay, on Island time. After high school he devoted the better part of a decade to ...
Steward Goodings

Steward Goodings

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Meaghan Cursons

Meaghan Cursons

Meaghan is a community animateur with big love on for the Comox Valley. She has worked extensively in the local ...
Lesley Assu

Lesley Assu

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Alissa Assu

Alissa Assu

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Ken Blackburn

Ken Blackburn

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Neil Borecky

Neil Borecky

Neil is a former surf bum turned Director of Fun (and Todd) at Mount Cain Alpine Park. He enjoys quiet evenings at ...
Dawn Copeman

Dawn Copeman

I am a writer, photographer, historian and artist interested in all things Cumberland. Wandering the local forest ...
Vicki Simmons

Vicki Simmons

Living close to the Beaverlodge Lands, Vicki has easy access to the spirit-refreshing gift of a forest, which she ...
Bob Dice

Bob Dice

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