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.
CLIMATE HOPE
We have the power to make change. Hope helps us act.
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FROM PLASTIC IN THE SEA TO ART INGENUITY
Lost buoys
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FEATURED ARTIST: BRITTANY WEST
TALES FROM WITHIN AN OLD SAUNA’S WALLS
Hot in here
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GOLD RIVER AND ELK RIVER COFFEE CO.
A tale of two rivers
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Hornby Island fossils
One man’s decades-long hunt
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SHELTER POINT’S LOCALE-INFUSED WHISKIES
Salt, sun, and soil
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CRAFTING A ONE-NIGHT DINING EXPERIENCE
The pressures—and pleasures
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CLEANING OUR COASTLINES
The life cycle of our marine debris: from flotsam to recycled and beyond
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PEER OUTREACH WORKERS
Part of a family bound by shared experience, suffering, and heartache
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FUNKANOMETRY’S JACKSUN FRYER
Popping and locking happiness
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FUNGI’S POTENTIAL ON OUR REMOTE COASTLINE
A mysterious world of wonders
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WILD CORTES
The origins of a special exhibit
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THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND MYSTICAL TAILS
Bridging souls
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CUMBERLAND’S WOODSTOVE FESTIVAL
Fall in love, I dare you…
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GARRET T. WILLIE
Having a hell of a good time on stage
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CUMBERLAND’S REVAMPED JUMP PARK
The merchants of dirt
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RESTORING CRITICAL EELGRASS HABITAT
Collaboration and conservation in the Campbell River estuary
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THE TIMELESS APPEAL OF TINTYPE PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY
A memory set in metal
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THE SANDWICK CAIRN
Comox Valley remembers
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WINTER AT THE THELWOOD-MYRA DIVIDE
Recalling a wild adventure that gave Whiteout Dome its name
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HAPPIER, MORE PURPOSEFUL HUMANS
Editor's introduction to Vol. 10
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GROWING APPLES AND MAKING CIDER
A 120-year old tradition
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A LOVE LETTER TO THE VALLEY
An introduction to Vol. 39
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Featured Artist: Bryn Ball
A creative journey in France
Une grande aventure
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The Ocean Waves Square Dance Club celebrates 70 years
Get on the floor!
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A 160-KM SOLO SUP ADVENTURE
Exploring Vancouver Island’s rugged northwestern coast
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ART AS AN INCUBATOR FOR RESILIENCE, EMPATHY, AND COMMUNITY
Why do we love pencils?
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THIRTY YEARS OF TIN TOWN
The Comox Valley’s distinctive live/work enclave is also a tightly bonded community
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THE VIETNAM WAR
War resisters: Stories of courage and compassion
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HOOKED ON THE SONORA LIFE
How one summer job became a lifelong vocation
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PICKLEBALL: MORE THAN A GAME
For its many enthusiasts, plckleball is a way of life
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Featured Photographer: Tom Powell
COLLABORATIVE MICRO-FARMING
Growing food and community, one yard at a time
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CUMBERLAND ADULT SOCIAL CLUB
Cumberland seniors make new connections—and some even find love
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AN UPDATE ON STORIES FROM VOLUME 3
See them again
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AN ISLAND-TO-ISLAND SWIM BECOMES A TRADITION
Taking the plunge
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COMOX VALLEY HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION
Working together in support of local seniors
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CELEBRATING DIVERSITY IN THE COMOX VALLEY
Alive with pride
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