Writing has taken Ryan from the middle of nowhere in the Northwest Territories to the Costa Rican jungle, a nanotechnology lab to the heart of Times Square. No matter where he goes, it’s the people he meets along the way that makes him feel like he’s got his dream job. Ryan is a full-time writer for magazines and websites including Outside, Men’s Journal, Canadian Geographic, Reader’s Digest, and, of course, the CV Collective. He lives in Royston with his wife, daughter, and a neurotic Weimaraner.
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 […]
Many people might be surprised to learn that one of the most successful astronomy news sites on the Internet is published from right here in the Comox Valley. Depending on […]
Words by Ryan StuartFeatured photo by Sara Kempner
Colin Garritty has an enviable job. Four days a week, all winter long, he gets paid to ski and snowmobile the mountains of Vancouver Island. Somewhere different every day. Locations […]
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 […]
In 2008, novice paddleboarder Norm Hann hatched a plan to travel by stand-up paddleboard (SUP), with boat support, along the proposed Northern Gateway tanker route from Kitimat, British Columbia, south […]
I don’t remember the summit of Mount Colonel Foster. I know I stood on it with my friends, Chris and Sean. I know we signed our names in the summit […]
Growing up in the Comox Valley, Mal Irvine, who uses they/them pronouns, often felt uncomfortable. They were assigned female at birth and curtsied to “societal pressure to just fit in […]
Watching John Waters scramble up a rock face is like watching a monkey climb a tree. A moment ago, he stepped off the ledge at the bottom of Devil’s Ladder, […]
Words by Ryan StuartFeatured photo by Sara Kempner
What separates SOS Gear from other outdoor stores is not what it carries, but what it doesn’t. Like most gear shops, the store, located in a cul-de-sac across Cliffe Avenue […]
Sarah Wilson always loved her veggies, even as a kid. She attributes the craving to growing up in Rivers Inlet, a remote, very rainy, and now mostly abandoned village on […]
One day, the Itatsoo Lake Trail will connect the community of Hitacu, near Ucluelet, to the lake hidden in the rainforest nearby. It will be a place for members of […]
Words by Ryan StuartFeatured photo by Scott Horley
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. […]
The third in our series imagining how the Comox Valley’s communities could look 20 years from now. How quickly we can adapt. That’s the underlying message inside historian […]
The second in our series imagining how the Comox Valley’s communities could look 20 years from now. MAY 2, 2040 At exactly 10:24 p.m. on May 1, Mother […]
I’m inching along the narrow ridge leading to 5040 Peak, a ski on either side of the crest, mushy spring snow in between, and an ugly consequence in both directions. […]
This year, we’ll be exploring possible futures for the communities of the Comox Valley based on current community planning processes, local and global trends, and conversations with community leaders. Our […]
If you know what to look for, the signs of the Comox District Mountaineering Club (CDMC) are everywhere. A new log bridge near Indianhead Mountain. Brush cutting along the trail […]
Jessica likes to eat her pot. Preferably in a gummy. But it could be years before she can buy them legally at a store in the Comox Valley. Jessica may […]
Ian McKenzie sees things. These hallucinations started when he was a kid. He would hear voices while sitting in a room alone—sounds that weren’t quite English, so he called it […]
At one time she was probably a sporty trimaran, moored inside Comox Harbour. Then, during a fall wind storm her buoy lines broke. She ghosted across the water and ran […]
Around 11am on a sunny Monday, Dan Espeseth, Sean Manara, and Chris Hancock show up for work. Instead of riding to their usual job at Dodge City Cycles (DCC), they […]
What a difference a year makes. I’m watching a small train of two-foot waves roll through a pack of paddlers at the start line of the 2017 MOMAR. One of these […]
On the water, the fastest way between two points is rarely a straight line. Sailing, surfing, paddling, it’s all about understanding and anticipating the rhythm and pulse of the wind, […]
The rain patters the roof. Again. It feels like every morning for the last week started this way. Me lying in bed, my senses slowly coming into focus: warmth, darkness, […]
The leap of faith challenges just about anyone. Standing at the top of a telephone pole, at the Tribune Bay Outdoor Education Centre, you literally leap into space. Jump far […]
On a summer afternoon with life jacket-less tubers bobbing by, teenagers jumping off cliffs and dogs fetching sticks, it’s hard to believe the Puntledge River is famous among whitewater paddlers. […]
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