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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.

Notes on a Job

Notes on a Job

What is a job? The place you clock in, clock out, collect a paycheque, and maybe use as a rung on the ephemeral ...

Working with LUSH Valley's volunteers in the Comox Valley taught me the value of community—and of showing up to make change happen

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Harold Macy: A man of the trees

Harold Macy: A man of the trees

Harold Macy sits in a wheelchair on the third floor at Ocean Front Village, looking out the big bay windows. He ...

At 80, Macy reflects with gratitude on a life filled with family, faith, and forestry

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Wild Foraging Walks

Wild Foraging Walks

In a cottage by the woods there lived a girl, and while she was by no means small, she had the heart of a ...

Exploring the beauty and bounty of our local forests

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Springford Farm: A Family of Farmers

Springford Farm: A Family of Farmers

On a hot July day, Ross Springford gave me an unheard of 45 minutes of his time, sitting in front of his busy farm ...

Six generations of community-focused farming in Nanoose Bay

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Bridging gaps with community paramedicine

Bridging gaps with community paramedicine

When you picture a paramedic, you probably associate the word with ambulances, adrenaline, and emergencies. But ...

K'ómoks First Nation adopts community paramedicine, with a unique focus on cultural safety

Celebrating 90 years of Rotary in the Comox Valley

Celebrating 90 years of Rotary in the Comox Valley

Many Comox Valley places and landmarks display the Rotary International wheel. Some are large and prominent, such ...

Making the world a better place since 1936

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The Birth of the Mid Island Health Alliance

The Birth of the Mid Island Health Alliance

When Marilyn Harvey-Heinz stood up and asked a question at a packed Qualicum Beach Newcomer’s Club meeting, she ...

Local women join forces to address doctor shortage in Oceanside

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Coastal Sauna Culture

Coastal Sauna Culture

Sauna culture is on the rise here on Canada’s West Coast, with more permanent and pop-up locations opening each ...

Inviting cultural tradition and connection to the land boosts the benefits of sauna bathing

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Valley of Salmon: easy-access viewing locations

Valley of Salmon: easy-access viewing locations

Every fall, one of nature’s most extraordinary migrations takes place right in our backyards. Across coastal ...

The Comox Valley offers front-row seats to the annual salmon run

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