Comox Valley Collective Winter
I grew up on Vancouver Island, the fourth of five generations of my family to have done so. I have had the great fortune of hearing stories from the previous […]
Words by Tim EnnisPhotos by Brett Kroeker
DARK SCIENCE
Comox Valley Collective Fall
[On Judgement Day] …men will cast away their idols of silver and gold—the idols they made to worship—to the moles and bats. They will flee to caverns in the rocks […]
Words by Tim EnnisPhotos by Neil Borecky
DARK SCIENCE
Comox Valley Collective Fall
[On Judgement Day] …men will cast away their idols of silver and gold—the idols they made to worship—to the moles and bats. They will flee to caverns in the rocks […]
Words by Tim EnnisPhotos by Neil Borecky
DEEP BLUE
Comox Valley Collective Summer
It is amazing to stand on the shores of Comox Lake and consider the vast amount of water it contains. With a surface area of 21 square kilometres and a […]
Words by Tim EnnisPhotos by Jenn Dykstra
PIONEERS AND BROKEN DREAMS
Comox Valley Collective Summer
Drive northwest past the ferry line-ups, strip malls, and highways choked with RVs. Carry on until you’re out of cell service. Keep going. Turn left at the old Hudson’s Bay […]
Words & Photos by Tim Ennis
FIELD OF DREAMS
Comox Valley Collective Winter
“I just want to wake up one day, open the company’s books, and not see the Field Sawmill property there,” John Horning tells me. Horning is the Executive Vice President […]
Words by Tim EnnisFeatured photo by Robert Lundquist
PADDLE TO THE SEA
Comox Valley Collective Summer
As a very young child, I enjoyed my mum reading to me the story of Paddle-to-the-Sea by Holling C. Holling. It is a magical message-in-a-bottle story of a young First […]
Words & photos by Tim Ennis
FOREST TO FAUCET: LIFE IN THE ERA OF HUMANS
Comox Valley Collective Spring
“Man must make himself small and humble to live in [nature] rather than a ruthless giant to conquer it” – Roderick Haig-Brown On August 29th 2016, the International Geological Congress […]
Words & photos by Tim Ennis
GROWTH
Comox Valley Collective Intro
This season, rivers and streams swell and grow like open hearts and minds, reminding us what we’ve left behind and leading us to places we can’t imagine. Growth in spring […]
Vol. 10 Intro by Julie SabeyPhoto by Tim Ennis
IN LAND WE TRUST
Comox Valley Collective Collective Efforts
British Columbia is home to more biological diversity than any other Canadian province or territory. This ‘species richness’ is a result of BC’s tremendous landscape-scale diversity that includes rich marine […]
Words & Photo by Tim Ennis
SEAS OF CHANGE
Comox Valley Collective Spring
“It’s getting too damn warm in the Salish Sea,” explains aquatic ecologist Bill Heath. He goes on to tell me about gametophytes, sporophytes, sori, and the lethal effects of sea […]
Words by Tim EnnisOpening photo by Grant Callegari
WIRED WATERSHED
Comox Valley Collective Fall
“Colby is a Swiss army knife. He pretty much does it all. James is our IT guy,” explains Jason (‘action’) Jackson. Collectively the three are the engine behind Hakai Energy […]
Words by Tim EnnisPhoto provided by Hakai Energy Solutions
LAST STAND IN THE LAND OF PLENTY
Comox Valley Collective Spring
It was a hot day in May. My first spring as a resident of the Comox Valley and it felt as though summer was rapidly approaching. Dave and I had […]
Words by Tim Ennis