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.
A LINK TO THE PAST
The history of the Grieve family barn.
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NEWCOMERS’ BOOK CLUB
Turning the page on another year of stories and friendship.
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A (SNOW) SHOE-IN
Finding peace in the winter mountains.
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Centre Stage
The appeal of taking part in community theatre.
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FROM THOUGHT TO REALITY
Publisher's introduction to Vol. 36
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GRIT AND GRACE
Kayleen VanderRee and Tyler Turner might be more competitive than your average couple. But when they participated in The Amazing Race Canada, they had to go with the flow to stay in the game.
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Sticking To My (Traveller’s) Word
Seven continents in 40 years.
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Radical Love at the Art Hive
Open doors provide more than a creative opportunity for everyone.
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Featured Photographer: Bob Wild
Featured Artist: Kimberly Thompson
Wild Kelp Harvesting
Spending the day among strands of seaweed.
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KEEP IT GREEN
In an era of climate change and housing pressures, how can urban forests survive and thrive?
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FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS
The history of fire protection services in Cumberland.
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10,000 Volunteer Hours of Urban to Alpine
Campbell River’s Search and Rescue Society.
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DRIPPING IN CULTURE
Sweating my way through the public saunas of Finland and Estonia.
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THE SEA IN THEIR BLOOD
Meet the diving family who’ve been harvesting geoducks by hand for three generations.
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A CARING PRESENCE
Every week, Indigenous Elders connect with students at 11 Valley schools through the Ni’nox¯sola program.
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ELDER VALLEY: NESTING INSTINCT
Taking pleasure in the rituals of the changing seasons.
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FROM VENTURE CAPITALIST TO VINTNER
Alex Guertin’s circuitous path to a Comox Valley vineyard.
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LITTLE VALLEY: AZALEE BANKS
Our young residents reflect on the home they’re growing up in
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LISTEN TO THE WHISPER
Self-discovery at hollyhock retreat centre.
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Drawn to the Water
Documenting coastal mariners.
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FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: CHUCK BURDICK
The Heriot Bay Inn
Where ghosts, custodians, and community gather.
FEATURED ARTIST: SARAH CLARK
CAMP ROAD SPECIAL
Putting down roots in a place where people and stories live.
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Exploring the Roots of Midwifery
A midwife’s reflections.
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WHY WITCHCRAFT?
Modern witchcraft and how it may be able to help heal the planet.
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LITTLE RIVER: CLEMENTINE AND PEPPER WILTSIE
Reflections from a younger resident
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Discovering Ancient Coastal Migration Patterns
The Hakai Institute’s new ancient DNA lab opens on Quadra Island.
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The Journey is the Gift
Finding Mick Taylor’s forever place.
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BOW HUNTING: A MULTI-GENERATIONAL LIFETIME OF LESSONS
Raising daughters to appreciate nature through conservation.
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CREATING COMMUNITY BY THE KEG-LOAD
The family legacy behind the North Island Craft Beer Festival.
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UNCOVERING THE MYSTERIES OF TWIN ISLANDS
Stories from Sheltering in the Backrush.
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ANODIZED DOWNHILL DAYS
Local downhill and enduro racers fit right into the Valley’s monster mountain bike heritage.
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GIVE BEETS A CHANCE
This slow, easy technique makes their rich, sweet, earthy flavour even better.
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THE SEA AS MUSE
Conserving the coastline with photographer John Kelsey.
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A DECADE OF DUELLING RÉSUMÉS
My Path to Vancouver Island’s snowy slopes.
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OLD HOUSE ON THE RIVER
The Kirk family home that houses Locals Restaurant is part of Courtenay’s history—and future.
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FOSSIL FASCINATION
The Comox Valley has many ancient secrets for citizen palaeontologists to discover.
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