2024 Comox Valley Collective Winter
If you’ve spent any time around Comox Lake, you’ve likely heard the clap of gunfire booming out from the “Fish and Game,” or Courtenay & District Fish and Game Protective […]
Words by Dave FlawsePhotos by Luke Phillips
A WHEELCHAIR-ACCESSIBLE HOME
2024 Comox Valley Collective Spring
Universal access Julie and Ramesh Lad moved into their new home in February 2022. The home, which was custom built, is fully wheelchair accessible. Their words have been edited for […]
Words by Julie Lad& Ramesh Lad
CAMP ROAD SPECIAL
Comox Valley Collective 2023 Fall
It was late summer when my husband and I first rolled into Cumberland in our old Ford pickup. The year was 1996 and the village was still in a period […]
Words by Simone Gingras-FoxPhotos by Luke Phillips
NOT A BIKE SHOP
Comox Valley Collective 2023 Summer
The vision for the Gravity MTB Garage sounds like a mountain biker’s dream. After a fun afternoon in the Cumberland forest, a group of riders pedals down the village’s main […]
Words by Ryan StuartPhotos by Luke Phillips
WHALE BREATH AND ANGEL WINGS
Comox Valley Collective Fall
You don’t need to be an oyster farmer or sport fisherman for the daily ebb and flow of the ocean to impact your life. The tides influence everything from swimming […]
Words by Ryan StuartPhotos by Luke Phillips
SHARING THE LAND
Comox Valley Collective Summer
Land is on my mind a lot these days, as a dad and freelance journalist. I recently interviewed an old Findlay family friend, Trevor Goward. He’s a botanist who studies […]
Words by Andrew FindlayPhotos by Luke Phillips
CHANGING TIDES
Comox Valley Collective Spring
One of the most iconic locations in the Comox Valley is Goose Spit, a long finger of land that shields Comox Harbour and the Puntledge Estuary from the Salish Sea. […]
Words by Kerry HalePhoto by Luke Phillips
THE SEA IS RISING
Comox Valley Collective Spring
If you stand on Saratoga Beach and look out at the water on a calm day, the Salish Sea appears silent, steady, and as timeless as the earth’s orbit. However, […]
Words by Andrew FindlayPhoto by Luke Phillips
GREY TURNED GREEN
Comox Valley Collective Fall
The last in our series imagining how the Comox Valley’s communities could look 20 years from now. It’s hard to believe that Comox was once considered a creaking retirement destination. […]
Words by Ryan StuartPhoto by Luke Phillips
PUTTING THE SUN TO WORK
Comox Valley Collective Fall
From the expansive windows of Courtenay resident Tom Grimmer’s dining room, the Comox Valley is laid out below like an E.J. Hughes painting. Inside, the feel is quintessentially West Coast […]
Words by John GowerPhotos by Luke Phillips
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