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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.

Filled with fresh energy, The Comox Bay Sailing Association offers saltwater for all.

Sailing is a beautiful sport—it gets deep into your soul. There is a unique magic in an activity that can ...

A big shift

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Let’s Rise Together

And you can say what is, or fight for it Close your mind or take a risk You can say it’s mine and clench your ...

An Introduction to Vol. 45

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Small Can Be Beautiful

Have you ever walked into a home and instantly felt the need to step back outside just to catch your breath? It’s ...

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Chef Ian: the heart behind the Berwick kitchen

Ian Murphy—Chef Ian to the residents of Berwick Comox—hails from Alberta, where he first began working amid the ...

Rhythm, precision, and passion

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Discovering Amman on an extraordinary gap year

Travelling the world is a privilege, and one I’ve been fortunate to experience from a young age. I spent my early ...

Gap Year in Jordan

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Starting from Scratch

Our Denman Island home took five years to plan and build, and we couldn’t be happier with it.My husband and I ...

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Building a community that’s inclusive, accessible, and safe for all

Queer Centre Comox Valley (QCCV)’s welcoming, casual vibe is apparent in a recent Instagram post: “Want to grow ...

Here and queer

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Svalbard

Svalbard is a remote Arctic archipelago touched by sea ice for many months of the year and bathed in 24-hour ...

A land of Arctic dreams

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CVRD takes a bold step to help address housing affordability

A big shift

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Andy Walther

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Jenn Dykstra

Let’s Rise Together

An Introduction to Vol. 45

Words by

Jen Groundwater

Photo by

Matt Newfield

Small Can Be Beautiful

Words by

Desiree Ross

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LSP Photo

Chef Ian: the heart behind the Berwick kitchen

Rhythm, precision, and passion

Words by

Karen Bezaire

Sponsored by

Berwick by the Sea

Discovering Amman on an extraordinary gap year

Gap Year in Jordan

Words by

Maeve Truax

Photos by

Susan Groundwater

Starting from Scratch

Words by

Christine Lindsay

Photos by

Bree Vandenberg

Building a community that’s inclusive, accessible, and safe for all

Here and queer

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Jen Groundwater

Photo by

Sophia Banks

Svalbard

A land of Arctic dreams

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Moira Le Patourel

I dig it!

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Peter Gibson

Photo by

Jenn Dykstra

A mayor revisits the path from past to bright future

Guided by Nature

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Martin Davis

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Jodie Gallant

A home in The hills

For one young family, the design/build process began with connecting deeply to the landscape and taking their time

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K Franklin

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True Elements Media

Featured Photographer: Jackson Photografix

Embracing weirdness to live an honest life.

Digging into myself

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Kamillah Ogston

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Haley Ogston

How an independent living retirement community empowers our elders

Pursuing Wonder Later in Life

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Berwick by the Sea

What we learned when designing our own hockey-inspired board game

Upping our game

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David Leverton

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Edith Desjardins

Featured Music: Ultraviolet

Threshold Choir eases The end of life with the gift of song

They’ll sing you home

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Ellen Strong Klassen

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Carsyn Hartling

A freediver happens upon enchanting sights

Where sea lions dance

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Emma Johannson

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Emma Johannson

Petals and Purpose

The gym life

It's about practice, hard work, and laughter

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Jolene Hansen

Take It All Off (For a Good Cause)

20 years, 3,000 naked jumpers, $700,000 raised for mental health

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Kat Craats

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WildPlay

Featured Words: Julie Zust

Found – Treasures And Troves In Nature

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Lynsey Burke

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Strathcona Park Lodge

A young Italian winemaker finds her place in the Comox Valley

Pinot and possibilities

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Hannah Slomp

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Meredith Rose

Aging skateboarders grind through midlife crises

Case of the Mondays

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Mike Prangnell

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Sara Kempner

Cohousing is the antidote to anonymous living

Just up the block

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RJ Herron

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Courtenay Cohousing

UofQ is a beautiful blend of education and entertainment

More than a lecture series

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Tracy Sinclair & Christi Edwards

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The Heriot Bay Inn

Read to your kids!

This family homework yields big results—and it's fun

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Mary Catherine Rolston

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Jenn Dykstra

How CorVee Forest Foragers reconnect people with the healing power of the forest

Love, land, and medicine

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Hollie Ferguson

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Erin Wallis

How the humble bunny is taking over Vancouver Island

Here, there, and everywhere

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Mac Newton

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Bruce Moffat

Exploring the gardens and grounds of Filberg Park

Island Oasis

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Linda Trevor

Photos by

Bree Vandenberg

Local teacher shares his appreciation for hospital care after BMX accident

Back on track

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Comox Valley Health Care Foundation

How Denman Islanders took connection into their own hands

Hold the Line

Words by

Laura Busheikin

Photos by

Karen McKinnon

Seeking answers in seaweed

A strange and intriguing organism calls for research

Words by

Jordan Hawkswell

Opening Photo

Lee Simmons

A Pentlatch place

Profound history in the centre of Comox, written by the Valley’s first inhabitants

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Jen Groundwater

Photo courtesey of

Comox Archives and Museum

Deep leadership at Croteau Lake

A wilderness retreat allows an entire company to connect as equals

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Lovena Harvey

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Jenn Dykstra

Three bags full

Friends don’t let friends’ fleeces go to waste.

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Marie Maccagno

Photos by

Bojan Uzicanin

Levels of history

An Introduction to Vol. 44

Words by

Jen Groundwater

Photo by

Sara Kempner

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