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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.

Videos that connect
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Off-grid and growing
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A complicated dream
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The Undiscovered Mountain
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The possibility of change
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An Introduction to Vol. 12
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From Fire Weather to a festival
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A story of loss and reclaiming beauty.
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The threshold between a village and the great beyond
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Music that will make you stop and think
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Stories from Sheltering in the Backrush.
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Local downhill and enduro racers fit right into the Valley’s monster mountain bike heritage.
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This slow, easy technique makes their rich, sweet, earthy flavour even better.
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Conserving the coastline with photographer John Kelsey.
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My Path to Vancouver Island’s snowy slopes.
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The Kirk family home that houses Locals Restaurant is part of Courtenay’s history—and future.
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The Comox Valley has many ancient secrets for citizen palaeontologists to discover.
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The Comox Valley Hospice Society (CVHS) marks its 40th anniversary of care.

How exclusion, discrimination, and racism took their toll on a thriving community.
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A fusion of Indigenous heritage and modern artistry is a way to keep memories forever.
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The Cumberland Fungus Fest celebrates the marvellous multitaskers of the natural world.
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Denman Island’s Hilda Slayter Lacon was a stalwart survivor of multiple disasters.
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Paige Whitehead is going beyond glow sticks to disrupt an entire toxic industry.
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The Comox Valley Digital Creation Hub: a new resource for local creatives.
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There’s not much you have to do to a summer cucumber to render it delicious.
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Reflections from an older resident.
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Our young residents reflect on the home they’re growing up in
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Everyone’s welcome at Gravity MTB’s new Cumberland clubhouse.
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The CVCF is pioneering an innovative trust-based approach to grants. It's helping community funds get to where they're needed, faster.
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Reflections on my Pacific Crest Trail thru-hike.
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For modern festivals, harm reduction services are part of the game plan.
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Pick up a manual camera and see what develops.
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The NVIHA—local riders with unique ways to have fun on a horse.
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In tending to the land, we can restore diversity—and restore ourselves.
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Filberg Heritage Lodge and Park.

The world’s rarest marmot lives on Vancouver Island. Photographer Catherine Babault wants to share its story with the world.
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Art in motion
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Conscious dance requires no skills or substances. And it’s remarkably freeing.
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Two stories exploring different perspectives on this passionate, beautiful art form.
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As Bill Nye said, “Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t.” So keep an open mind..
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Not every new mom’s to-do list includes summiting 53 peaks over 6000 feet.
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Our young residents reflect on the home they’re growing up in
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