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Browse our growing collection of articles from current and previous issues of both the Comox Valley Collective and Strathcona Collective magazines by topic.

Art and loss

On December 25, 2011, my life changed in a car accident caused by a distracted driver and icy road conditions. My ...

How individual practice and community engagement aid in the process of healing

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Karaoke. Why?

In the great spectrum of performative singing, karaoke falls somewhere between singing along with the car radio ...

Because it’s damn fun to belt out a banger in public.

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EMERGING ARTIST – TENLEY PRATT

Macramé and more My name is Tenley Pratt and I am fourteen years old. I have always loved to create art. I ...

A young fibre artist/entrepreneur explores her creative possibilities

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Campbell River’s shifting trail running culture

The first time I saw Bob Wall, he was in the middle of a forest run to who knows where. It was winter, one of ...

The joy in being out there

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The World Through the Eyes and Soul of the Poet

Instructions for Living a Life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. –Mary Oliver, ...

The world needs more poets

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Get Lost!

An invitation to a deeper knowledge. I have been completely lost by accident a handful of times: in a new ...

Editor's introduction to Vol. 11

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When Roads were Roads

Dear Townspeople, You’ve probably seen me around town before. I’m everyone’s favourite stretch of asphalt. The ...

A Satirical Look at How Ryan Road is Resisting Change

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A Look At Our Beloved Canada Jay

When I stop for a snack in Paradise Meadows, I hold my granola bar close. Within moments, a robin-sized bird ...

Theft from above

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A Volkswagen Bus gets a makeover

When my husband Jim said he wanted to convert a vintage Volkswagen van to electric, I was ecstatic. He was going ...

Electrifying Results

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Ready to launch

We often hear "the sky's the limit." But what if it isn't? What does it mean to live without limits? To dream ...

An Introduction to Vol. 41

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Art and loss

How individual practice and community engagement aid in the process of healing

Words & photos by

Nadine Bariteau

Karaoke. Why?

Because it’s damn fun to belt out a banger in public.

Words by

Drew Henderson

Photos by

Jared Popescu

EMERGING ARTIST – TENLEY PRATT

A young fibre artist/entrepreneur explores her creative possibilities

Words by

Tenley Pratt

Photos by

Jenn Dykstra

Campbell River’s shifting trail running culture

The joy in being out there

Words by

Camilla Sampson

Photos by

Nick Thornton

The World Through the Eyes and Soul of the Poet

The world needs more poets

Words by

Chad Morse

Illustration by

Lindsay Ness

Get Lost!

Editor's introduction to Vol. 11

Words by

Camilla Sampson

Photo by

Sara Kempner

When Roads were Roads

A Satirical Look at How Ryan Road is Resisting Change

Words by

Dave Flawse

Photos Courtesy of

Courtenay Museum and Archives

A Look At Our Beloved Canada Jay

Theft from above

Words By

Ryan Stuart

Photos By

Dan Strickland

A Volkswagen Bus gets a makeover

Electrifying Results

Words by

Tina Willard-Stepan

Photos by

Meredith Rose

Ready to launch

An Introduction to Vol. 41

Words by

Bevin Clempson

Photo by

Sara Kempner

Featured Poet: If I had nine lives

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YOSUKE HASUMI

The Story of Cortes Island Academy

A Crisis in Rural Education

FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: MATHEW WANBON

REFLECTIONS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SPORT

The coaching circle

Words by

Gillian Clayton

Photos by

Jenn Dykstra

Featured Artist: Maggie Ziegler

HIGHLIGHTS FROM MY FAMILY’S JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD

Japan to Iceland and everywhere in between

Words by

Violet Tunnah

Photos by

Gray Tunnah

Telling the stories of Cumberland

One village, many histories

Words by

Dawn Copeman

Illustration by

Jennifer Eaton

CEDAR BARK WEAVER

Traditional techniques, patience, and care go into Mahatta Price’s cedar bark designs

Words by

Jen Groundwater

Photos by

Meredith Rose

ELDER VALLEY: A JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES KIND OF ACTIVIST

Reflections from an older Comox Valley resident

Words by

BRIAN CHARLTON

Photo by

Sara Kempner

LOCAL TEA PURVEYORS

In pursuit of the perfect brew

Words by

Nicole Bergot

Photos by

Jenn Dykstra

THE REMARKABLE FATHER CHARLES BRANDT

A priest, a hermit, and an environmental activist walked into a forest . . .

Words by

Anne Arseneau

Photos by

Sara Kempner

THE MUSICAL JOURNEY OF HELENA JUNG

From Korea to Comox

Words by

Caroline Lenardon

Photo by

Crystal Chowdhury

HACK YOUR BRAIN

How finding flow makes you better at life

Words by

Tanja Yardley

Illustration by

Lauren Spinner

A LIFELONG JOURNEY INTO GRAPHIC NOVELS

Creative imagination, fantastical worlds

Words & Illustrations by

Matt Boucher

AN EMERGING COMOX VALLEY PHOTOGRAPHER

A young photographer shares some of his favourite work so far

Words & photos by

Jax McAllister

TIDINGS FROM PORT AUGUSTA

How two ships reshaped the Land of Plenty

Words by

Dave Flawse

MORNING SONG

We are ravens. Our nests have been here since the beginning of the world.

Words by

Kim Bannerman

Photos by

Bruce Moffat

CR LIVE STREETS: A NIGHT OUT DOWNTOWN

Cozy up in Campbell River with music, comedy, and art on a chilly February night

Words by

Hollie Ferguson

Photos by

Alison Dawn

LOOKING AT LICHENS

This amazing life form is a portal into interspecies collaboration

Words by

Marie Maccagno

Photos by

Courtney Brown

FALL RISE: THE COMOX VALLEY’S HIDDEN WHITEWATER

Cold November rains unveil epic whitewater adventures in the Valley

Words & Photo by

Dave Prothero

POETSKIS

Inspiring human connection, one ski turn at a time

Words by

Dave Nowak

Photos by

Jenn Dykstra

A CONSIGNMENT STORE ADVENTURE

Swimming in potential

Words by

Kayleen Turner

CELEBRATING HORNBY ISLAND’S ANNUAL HERRINGFEST

The CHI of land and sea

Words by

Melanda Schmid-Ochieng

Photos by

Kali Wexler

INVISIBLE STRINGS

An introduction to Vol. 40

Words by

Jen Groundwater

Photo by

Amy Shaw

BOHEMIAN/BAVARIAN RHAPSODY

Their instruments got lost. They still had fun.

Words & Photos by

Tereza Tomek

THE MANY COLOURS OF BUTE INLET

A magnificent fjord

Words by

Catherine Marie Gilbert

Photo by

Jenn Dykstra

FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: MICHAEL HACK

AN UPDATE ON STORIES FROM VOLUME 4

Ten years later

Words by

Zoë Cooper

Jen Groundwater

FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: KATIE PHILLIPS

FEATURED ARTIST: NICOLA NORTH