Explore Collective Magazine Articles by Region
Browse our growing collection of articles from current and previous issues of both the CV Collective and Strathcona Collective magazines by region.
THE BEGINNING OF SONORA ISLAND’S BREAKWATER LODGE
Vision, grit, and beauty
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ESCAPE AT INNISFREE FARM
Exploring a whimsical, botanical playground
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REVIVAL VINTAGE
seller’s perspective on bringing a lost art back to life
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HEATHER GORDON MURPHY: HELPING PEOPLE DRINK LESS
WITH A GRANT FROM CAUDS, A PLAY STARTS A CONVERSATION
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WOLF BLOSSOM
CRAFTING LEATHER WITH PASSION, PURPOSE, AND A LITTLE WILD SPIRIT
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THE REINVENTION OF A HISTORIC PUB-TO-PUB TRAIL
Oyster River to Salmon Point
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CHRIS GIBBONS FINDS FUN IN HIS WORK AS AN ARBORIST
More than monkey business
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The Comox Strathcona Waste Management Service
Community initiatives
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Cycling Without Age offers free bike rides for seniors
Wind in their hair
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Upana Caves
one traveller finds more than they sought
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SEA LION SOLILOQUY
A poetic young pinniped and the art of storytelling.
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Engineering a new life at Surf Side Fungus Farm
How to quit your day job
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Feeding Futures School Food Programs
Yes, there can be a free lunch
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Art and loss
How individual practice and community engagement aid in the process of healing
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Karaoke. Why?
Because it’s damn fun to belt out a banger in public.
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EMERGING ARTIST – TENLEY PRATT
A young fibre artist/entrepreneur explores her creative possibilities
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Campbell River’s shifting trail running culture
The joy in being out there
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The World Through the Eyes and Soul of the Poet
The world needs more poets
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Get Lost!
Editor's introduction to Vol. 11
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When Roads were Roads
A Satirical Look at How Ryan Road is Resisting Change
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A Look At Our Beloved Canada Jay
Theft from above
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A Volkswagen Bus gets a makeover
Electrifying Results
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Ready to launch
An Introduction to Vol. 41
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Featured Poet: If I had nine lives
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The Story of Cortes Island Academy
A Crisis in Rural Education
FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: MATHEW WANBON
REFLECTIONS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SPORT
The coaching circle
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Featured Artist: Maggie Ziegler
HIGHLIGHTS FROM MY FAMILY’S JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD
Japan to Iceland and everywhere in between
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Telling the stories of Cumberland
One village, many histories
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CEDAR BARK WEAVER
Traditional techniques, patience, and care go into Mahatta Price’s cedar bark designs
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ELDER VALLEY: A JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES KIND OF ACTIVIST
Reflections from an older Comox Valley resident
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LOCAL TEA PURVEYORS
In pursuit of the perfect brew
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THE REMARKABLE FATHER CHARLES BRANDT
A priest, a hermit, and an environmental activist walked into a forest . . .
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THE MUSICAL JOURNEY OF HELENA JUNG
From Korea to Comox
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HACK YOUR BRAIN
How finding flow makes you better at life
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A LIFELONG JOURNEY INTO GRAPHIC NOVELS
Creative imagination, fantastical worlds
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AN EMERGING COMOX VALLEY PHOTOGRAPHER
A young photographer shares some of his favourite work so far
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TIDINGS FROM PORT AUGUSTA
How two ships reshaped the Land of Plenty
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MORNING SONG
We are ravens. Our nests have been here since the beginning of the world.
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