
The Comox Valley is known for its abundance of fresh seafood and farm produce. At the right time of year, shoppers ...

In 2017, I attended a Soldier On ski camp at Mount Washington that changed (and maybe even saved) my life.
It ...
Words by
Nick Holyome
Photos courtesy of
Soldier On

Hi there, I’m Max and I was not born in St Joseph's Hospital. I was, however, born in Addenbrooke's Hospital, ...

We live by stories. By stories we understand the world, and ourselves. Each culture has its cosmology: an ...

CV Collective, Fall, Comox Valley, Gulf Islands, Mainland & Beyond, Mid Island, North Island, South Island, Strathcona, Sunshine Coast, West Coast, Food & Drink, Learning New Things, Volume 12 I am willing to hazard that you enjoy the results of fermentation in some way, shape, or form. What I'm not going ...

After our vegetable gardens has pumped out all of the food and flavour it can, one very important job remains: ...

As a Canadian living in Hong Kong in the late 1970s, I was regarded as a gweilo, a “white devil.” Even though I ...

The merry month of May is highly anticipated in the Village of Cumberland. Since 1888, Villagers have gathered on ...

Many people might be surprised to learn that one of the most successful astronomy news sites on the Internet is ...
Words by
Ryan Stuart
Featured photo by
Sara Kempner

Night riding can be eerie, there’s no question about that. Casting shadows as I pedal through the forest ...

I first sensed how landscape affects us while studying writing at the University of Saskatchewan. The ...

As we rounded the northern tip of Nootka Island, we were struck with sizable swell, wind, and refracting waves ...
Words & Photos by
Erica Keen

Strolling through Macdonald Wood Park, with its giant trees and verdant flora within town boundaries, is one of ...

INSTRUCTIONS FOR LIVING A LIFE:
PAY ATTENTION.
BE ASTONISHED.
TELL ABOUT IT.
– MARY OLIVER
In the ...

The Beaufort Range sits temptingly in our backyard. If you’re a backcountry skier, then you’ve probably gazed at ...
Words & Featured Photo by
Andrew Findlay
Gallery photo by
Chris Istace

Have you ever noticed that the flowers you see in local gardens—maybe even in your own yard—are rarely available ...
Words & photos by
Lydia Jackson

I first heard of silent disco headphones while working in Toronto’s music industry several years ago. When the ...

No vegetable family is as diverse and versatile as the brassicas. While you may not know the word, you’re ...

Curling saved my life. Sounds like an outrageous statement to make, but in 1999, the year I first threw a curling ...

Luc is a transplant from the prairies who made his way to the Comox Valley seven years ago in search of the ...

Shannon Ford is inspired by the magic of discovering beauty in chaos: “Walking up to a huge, empty canvas is pure ...
Words & Artwork by
Shannon Ford

In the natural world, winter is usually considered a season of rest as many plants and animals become dormant once ...

The dictionary says rest is “to cease work or movement in order to relax, refresh oneself, or recover strength.” ...

Except for Indigenous people, Canadians are settlers—immigrants themselves, or the descendants of immigrants. ...

There are two basic ways to look at a forest you manage—as a tree farm or an ecosystem.
To see the difference, ...

Homelessness can happen in many ways: job loss, injuries and accidents, mental health issues, and substance use. ...

Music and theatre provide an environment where, through collaboration, we are encouraged to celebrate diversity, ...

In the early morning hours of the winter solstice, December 21, 2021, my life and health changed forever. I was ...

Things are often done a little differently on the Gulf Islands. Partly by necessity, partly by inclination, these ...

The legend of the Flying Dutchman, a ghost ship doomed to never enter port, has been told and retold since the ...

I first became drawn to mead because of my Scandinavian heritage: mead plays an important role in many of the ...

While some of us were out celebrating Valentine’s Day this past February, Eugen Sushko was feverishly drawing at ...
Words by
Vivian Dean
Photos courtesy of
Supermod

Colin Garritty has an enviable job. Four days a week, all winter long, he gets paid to ski and snowmobile the ...

When we think about hunting and gathering, the season we usually think of is fall. For many of us, there’s nothing ...

My husband and I moved to the Comox Valley four years ago. From the start, we’ve enjoyed navigating our way around ...

When I was a kid growing up in the ’70s and ’80s in Montreal, stores were closed on Sundays. Every single store. ...

Laurie is a “late in life” painter who moved to the Comox Valley after retiring in 2015 from a busy career as a ...

Jim is a fifth-generation Comox Valley resident, born and raised here. His interest in photography began in junior ...

It is usually late May when I embark on the first mountain trip of the season. In this particular year I was ...
Words & photos by
Claire Gordon

Starting in 1888, a vast labyrinth of extraction tunnels was carved beneath the village of Cumberland, the old ...