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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.

CR LIVE STREETS: A NIGHT OUT DOWNTOWN

The streets of downtown Campbell River will once again light up this winter with CR Live Streets: A Night Out ...

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

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LOOKING AT LICHENS

There’s more than meets the eye when it comes to lichen. How many times have you passed by a rock face and ...

This amazing life form is a portal into interspecies collaboration

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FALL RISE: THE COMOX VALLEY’S HIDDEN WHITEWATER

This is a valley of rivers. In summer, residents and visitors float down the Lower Puntledge, look for fossils ...

Cold November rains unveil epic whitewater adventures in the Valley

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POETSKIS

The feeling of being fully immersed in the moment Reflect back on your greatest moment on skis, board, ...

Inspiring human connection, one ski turn at a time

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A CONSIGNMENT STORE ADVENTURE

Impulse buys and the quest for a put-together style My style may have evolved over the years—not that I ...

Swimming in potential

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CELEBRATING HORNBY ISLAND’S ANNUAL HERRINGFEST

Hornby Island: a unique ecosystem and tourist destination Hornby Island is one of the smaller Northern Gulf ...

The CHI of land and sea

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INVISIBLE STRINGS

A penny for your thoughts The Comox Valley Collective starts a new theme cycle with every winter issue, and ...

An introduction to Vol. 40

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BOHEMIAN/BAVARIAN RHAPSODY

Last November, my partner Josh and I travelled to the Czech Republic, my birth land, to visit family, eat ...

Their instruments got lost. They still had fun.

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THE MANY COLOURS OF BUTE INLET

In the Ayajuthem (ʔayʔaǰuθəm) language of the Homalco, a northern Coast Salish First Nation, the colours blue and ...

A magnificent fjord

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FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: MICHAEL HACK

Born and raised in Campbell River, Michael Hack has always had a passion for the outdoors. As much of his time as ...

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

Nycky-Jay Vanjecek

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

Photo by

Nick Thornton

ELDER VALLEY: NATURAL EXPLORATION

Reflections from an older Comox Valley resident

Words by

Wendy Kotilla

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Elder River: Life after 70

Reflections from an older Strathcona Region resident

Words by

Vicki Simmons

Photo by

Alison Dawn

LITTLE VALLEY: A SURVIVAL TRIP STORY

Our young Comox Valley residents reflect on the home they're growing up in

Words by

Torin Jackson

Photo by

Scott Jackson

THE WORLD IS YOUR EGGPLANT

Don’t be a hater. Boldly go forth and try it.

Words by

James McKerricher

Photo by

Zoë Cooper

LITTLE RIVER: ANNA ENGLAND

Reflections from a younger resident

Words by

Anna England

Photo by

Sophie Vigneau

CLIMATE HOPE

We have the power to make change. Hope helps us act.

Words & illustration by

Tina Willard-Stepan

FROM PLASTIC IN THE SEA TO ART INGENUITY

Lost buoys

Words by

Tiare Boyes

Photo by

Andrew McCurdy

FEATURED ARTIST: BRITTANY WEST

TALES FROM WITHIN AN OLD SAUNA’S WALLS

Hot in here

Words by

Neil Borecky

Photos by

Jenn Dykstra

GOLD RIVER AND ELK RIVER COFFEE CO.

A tale of two rivers

Words by

Jesse Hanas

Photos by

Tylan Tough

HORNBY ISLAND FOSSILS

One man’s decades-long hunt

Words by

Dave Flawse

Photos by

Mel McLachlan

SHELTER POINT’S LOCALE-INFUSED WHISKIES

Salt, sun, and soil

Words by

Camilla Sampson

Photos by

Allison Kuhl

CRAFTING A ONE-NIGHT DINING EXPERIENCE

The pressures—and pleasures

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Photos by

Nick Hutton-Jay

CLEANING OUR COASTLINES

The life cycle of our marine debris: from flotsam to recycled and beyond

Words by

Dave Flawse

Photos by

Kianna Zivny

PEER OUTREACH WORKERS

Part of a family bound by shared experience, suffering, and heartache

Words & photos by

Andrew Findlay

FUNKANOMETRY’S JACKSUN FRYER

Popping and locking happiness

Words by

Anne Farrer

Photos courtesy of

Funkanometry

FUNGI’S POTENTIAL ON OUR REMOTE COASTLINE

A mysterious world of wonders

Words by

Andrew Findlay

Illustration by

Lindsay Ness

WILD CORTES

The origins of a special exhibit

Words by

Laurel Bohart

Photo by

Melanie Boyle

THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND MYSTICAL TAILS

Bridging souls

Words & photos by

Ingrid van Ree

CUMBERLAND’S WOODSTOVE FESTIVAL

Fall in love, I dare you…

Words by

Erica Keen

Photos by

Joslyn Kilborn

GARRET T. WILLIE

Having a hell of a good time on stage

Words by

Mélanie Ritchot

Photo by

Matt Leaf

CUMBERLAND’S REVAMPED JUMP PARK

The merchants of dirt

Words by

Mike B

Photo by

Jenn Dykstra

RESTORING CRITICAL EELGRASS HABITAT

Collaboration and conservation in the Campbell River estuary

Words by

Jeff Groat

Photos by

Nycky-Jay Vanjecek

THE TIMELESS APPEAL OF TINTYPE PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY

A memory set in metal

Words & photos by

Shantina Rae

THE SANDWICK CAIRN

Comox Valley remembers

Words by & photo courtesy of

Jim Whyte