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Browse our growing collection of articles from current and previous issues of both the CV Collective and Strathcona Collective magazines by region.
FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: MICHAEL HACK
AN UPDATE ON STORIES FROM VOLUME 4
Ten years later
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FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: KATIE PHILLIPS
FEATURED ARTIST: NICOLA NORTH
SEASONAL GOODS: FALL
WINTER RESOLVE
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ELDER VALLEY: NATURAL EXPLORATION
Reflections from an older Comox Valley resident
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Elder River: Life after 70
Reflections from an older Strathcona Region resident
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LITTLE VALLEY: A SURVIVAL TRIP STORY
Our young Comox Valley residents reflect on the home they're growing up in
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THE WORLD IS YOUR EGGPLANT
Don’t be a hater. Boldly go forth and try it.
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LITTLE RIVER: ANNA ENGLAND
Reflections from a younger resident
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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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