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.

FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: MIKEY PARSONS

FEATURED ARTIST: KEENAN MCCORMACK

THE COMOX VALLEY’S LEGION BRANCHES ARE OPEN TO ALL
Beyond Poppies
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FEATURED CREATIVE WRITER: AN ODE TO THE ISLAND COWBOY
Easy to love, hard to hold onto
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ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP IN BC GREEN BUSINESS
Making a difference
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FEATURED ARTIST: BRONWYN SCHUSTER

A TRIP TO THE SANCTUARY
A sufferfest leads to a Shangri-La deep in the backcountry
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FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: CHRISTOPHER LINDENAU

REINSTATING THE LIǦʷIŁDAX̌ʷ̌ LANGUAGE AROUND CAMPBELL RIVER
Names are bridges
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THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING GOOD DIGESTION
Love your guts
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PORT HARDY’S KYLE SCOW MEMORIAL SKATEPARK
An inclusive community hub for all ages
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386 KOMOX SQUADRON AIR CADETS
Learning to fly
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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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