Finding a family doctor or health care professional is difficult enough in urban centres, but it’s even harder for ...
The ROAM team has selected some of their favourite winter items that we think everyone should know about. All are ...
In the summer of 2023, approximately 70 local emergency services personnel from the Comox Valley were deployed to ...
The earliest inhabitants of the Comox Valley lived lightly on these lands for millennia and didn’t capture their ...
i will always choose the trees
if i have to choose
between society
or the forest.
it makes sense
to me in ...
As I’m writing this, it’s October 24, and it’s snowing—the earliest snowfall I have experienced in the Valley—and ...
Reflections from an older resident.
Congratulations to the Comox Valley Collective on ...
Reflections from a younger resident.
As I hear my feet crunch on the frosty ground beneath me ...
Born and raised on Hornby Island, Kali Wexler is a self-taught Canadian wildlife conservation and nature ...
Jared was born and raised in Saskatchewan but spent his adult life in various pockets of British Columbia before ...
The Comox Valley has undergone some big changes since we published our first issue back in December 2014; many of ...
Words by
Zoë Cooper
Illustrations by
Alex Maertz
When I catch up with concert pianist Sarah Hagen, she is sitting on the floor of an airport concourse, halfway ...
In October 2023, I had the chance to speak with Wedlidi Speck. Wedlidi is Kwakwaka’wakw, Nuu-cha-nulth, and ...
Interview by
Dave Flawse
Photos courtesy of
Wedlidi Speck
I’m here to talk about winter squash: the wondrous genetic diversity they display, the dedicated farmers who grow ...
I was asked to share my story with you, and to keep it short at that. Bit of a hard ask for an old clock, but I’ll ...
Men’s broadly defined health issues—heart troubles, diabetes, liver disease—are deadly. So is depression. Many of ...
Paul Vroom grew up on Vancouver’s North Shore, ripping the slopes of Mt. Seymour. As a kid, he loved hanging out ...
Comox Valley Transition Society (CVTS) was founded in 1987 by a group of caring community members concerned that ...
Imagine two scenarios. The first is a quiet suburb of single-family homes—the Canadian dream—but with vans, ...
There is pure magic when the storm winds begin to blow from that direction. The sky glows and the air smells ...
One of the oldest buildings in the Comox Valley stands silent vigil on the highway to Campbell River. You can see ...
Words & Photos by
Jim Whyte
A group of women were gathered around a propane fire pit on Kye Bay in the fall of 2022. The sun was setting; they ...
The mountains beckon me throughout the year, but somehow their call in winter is different and holds a special ...
Words & photos by
Joanne McElroy
My name is Doris Wagner and I was born in Innsbruck, Austria. I grew up with parents who loved the music of our ...
Words & photos courtesy of
Doris Wagner
As we go into our 10th year of publishing this magazine, I am stepping out of my comfort zone. It’s often assumed ...
Publisher's Introduction & Photo by
Jenn Dykstra
Tyler and I stood crouched at the start line in Winnipeg this past April. Snow blew sideways, but our nervous ...
When I was 17, I was accepted to participate in the Tall Ship Millennium Challenge out of Southampton, England; a ...
Tradition is a funny thing. It's something we hold on to when the lights go out—guiding, connecting, grounding us. ...
Bob Wild considers himself a late bloomer—photography wasn’t on his radar until he was in his late 40s. As a kid ...
Kimberly Thompson moved to Campbell River in 2020 after many years as a resident of Sooke. Born and raised in ...
My name is Shaelynne and I am in my fourth year of running a wild kelp harvesting operation off the coast of Port ...
Communities in the Pacific Northwest are essentially human settlements in logging clearcuts. Whack down trees, lay ...
A curtain flutters through broken glass as fiery flakes litter the snow-covered ground. Despite the cold, ...
My phone is set to a special sound just for Search and Rescue calls and, while I have learned over the years to be ...
Words by
Tim Fairbank
Photo courtesy of
Daniel Gelson
As the owners of The Lost Faucet Sauna House in Courtenay, we are constantly seeking out more knowledge and ...
In the fall and winter, most people don’t immerse themselves in the Salish Sea, but for geoduck divers, it’s ...
PHOTOS BY GWEN MONNET, SANDI PHYE, & CRAIG SOROCHAN
We respectfully acknowledge that the land we gather on ...
Reflections from an older resident.
I grew up and lived for much of my life in northern ...
Alex Guertin is the newest proprietor of Beaufort Vineyard and Estate Winery. On a warm evening in July, he tours ...
Reflections from a younger resident.
Nests are everywhere when you spend lots of time ...