2024 Comox Valley Collective Fall
Editor’s note: This fall 2024 issue is the last one of our tenth-anniversary year, and we’re taking a final look back at the last issue of our first year. The […]
Words by Zoë Cooper& Jen Groundwater

THE WORLD IS YOUR EGGPLANT
2024 Comox Valley Collective Fall
I’ve been bumping up against a lot of self-proclaimed eggplant haters lately. “Impossible!” is usually my reply. Once we get beyond their initial state of confusion, a quick line of […]
Words by James McKerricherPhoto by Zoë Cooper

AN UPDATE ON STORIES FROM VOLUME 3
2024 Comox Valley Collective Summer
Editor’s note: In the summer of 2015 (10 years ago!), one of the biggest chart-toppers was “See You Again” by Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth. The title seems fitting for […]
Words by Zoë CooperIllustrations by Alex Maertz

PARSLEY PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
2024 Comox Valley Collective Summer
I usually like to kick these articles off with a brief introduction: a little background about the crop’s botanical classification and other plants it’s related to. In the case of […]
Words by James McKerricherPhoto by Zoë Cooper

CUMBERLAND CAMPGROUND’S NEW SLEEPING BARRELS
2024 Online Feature Summer
It’s no secret that the Comox Valley is blessed with an abundance of beautiful places to explore and enjoy. It’s quite remarkable how many unique and varied environments are right […]
Words by Zoë Cooper& James McKerricher

EMBRACING FRIVOLITY
2024 Comox Valley Collective Intro Summer
Your inner kid wants you to come out and play I just brought a ten-week-old kitten home from the SPCA, so writing about the theme of play feels fitting, as […]
Words by Zoë CooperPhoto by Jenn Dykstra

AN UPDATE ON STORIES FROM VOLUME 2
2024 Comox Valley Collective Spring
Throughout our 10th anniversary year, we’re looking back at some of the people, places, and endeavours that we featured in our very first issues. We’re following up on a handful […]
Words by Zoë CooperIllustrations by Alex Maertz

AN UPDATE ON STORIES FROM VOLUME 1
2023 Comox Valley Collective Winter
The Comox Valley has undergone some big changes since we published our first issue back in December 2014; many of the people, places, and endeavours that we’ve covered don’t look […]
Words by Zoë CooperIllustrations by Alex Maertz

UNIVERSAL LOCAL
Comox Valley Collective 2018 Winter
Dance has always been a significant part of Cathy Stoyko’s life. Her mother was a ballroom dance teacher, and with strong influences from her Ukrainian parents, she learned traditional folk […]
Words by Zoë CooperPhoto by Shane Philip

TREE OF LIFE
Comox Valley Collective 2018 Spring
Every second week, a group of adults varying in age and background meets at the beautiful Abbey Studio, a converted church on Cumberland’s Penrith Ave. They gather to practice the […]
Words by Jonathan Cooper& Zoë Cooper
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