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Just keep moving

ELDER VALLEY: REFLECTIONS FROM AN OLDER RESIDENT As an undergraduate student of literature, I read “The ...

Meet me in the park. We’ve got some walking to do

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Featured Artist: Judit Szilvasi

Judit Szilvasi’s passion for sculpting began when she was a teenager in Kecskemet, Hungary. She earned a Master of ...

Featured Photographer: Damian Chudzinski, Comox Valley Landscape Artist

Damian Chudzinski is a landscape photographer based in the Comox Valley, specializing in Vancouver Island's ...

NIC Student Housing, tul’al’txw: Alive with Indigenous Culture

North Island College student housing brings culture and community to campusWhen NIC student housing opens this ...

A house—and home—of learning

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Draw Together Strangers

From an early age, we learn a basic way to draw faces, which is kind of a cognitive shortcut—our idea of what a ...

How a global art initiative creates human connection

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Sandy Island Marine Park (Tree Island BC): Remote—and Right Next Door

My earliest memory of Tree Island BC (as it was called then—it’s now officially called “Jáji7em and Kw’ulh Marine ...

Trees and sand

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How Ramona Gregory’s Slip Cast Porcelain Lamps Combine Form and Function

Ramona Gregory tells me she has been making art for as long as she can remember. “Among my friends, I was allowed ...

CRAFTING LIGHT

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Gwyn Sproule: Guardian of the forest and Cumberland history

Chatting with Gwyn Sproule is a far-reaching and delightfully random undertaking. Do not be fooled by the ...

A very engaging life

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The 1946 Vancouver Island Earthquake and Landslide Lake

Mountains seem permanent. Trees grow, ice melts, and river courses change, but, from a human perspective at least, ...

When “bedlam” let loose

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Hollyhock — A Cortes Island oasis

You’ll hear it now and then—in the hum of a café conversation, murmured between friends on a seaside trail, or ...

Just across the water, magic awaits

ɫokʷimas – You Are Strong

THE KWAKWAKA’WAKW YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION INITIATIVE

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AVIS O’BRIEN

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Bluetree Photography

FROM OCEAN TO EYE LEVEL

DISCOVERY PASSAGE AQUARIUM IS AS INTERESTING AS THE ANIMALS THEMSELVES.

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RICKY BELANGER

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SHAWNA EGGLESTON

THOUSANDS OF GULLS

THE STEWARDS OF MITLENATCH ISLAND.

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SUSAN RYBAR

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MITLENATCH ISLAND STEWARDSHIP TEAM

THE REVOLUTION HAPPENING IN THE AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY.

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HALEY BURNS

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BLUETREE PHOTOGRAPHY

LITTLE RIVER: AUTUMN LOTT

Reflections from a younger resident

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Autumn Lott, age 7

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Francesca Lott

WHERE THE WIND TAKES US

HOW A COUPLE SAILED THEMSELVES INTO A BUSINESS VENTURE.

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STEPHANIE RACINE

MAXIME TREMBLAY

Generations of Sound

LIFE AT ORCALAB’S RESEARCH STATION.

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MEGAN HOCKIN-BENNETT

GOLD AT THE END OF THE ROUTE

WHITE WATER KAYAKING IN GOLD RIVER.

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Dave Prothero

WILD BUS FILMS

How Wild Bus Films tells some of the planet's biggest stories

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CORTNEY GILBERT

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OLLIE RICHARDS

Lights. Curtain. Go!

Reimagining the Rivercity Stage.

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Cleo Corbett

Featured photo by

Lucas Schuller

GOATS AND BOATS

An Annual Migration From One Island To The Next.

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Dood Turner

VENTURE NORTH

CHALLENGE YOURSELF AT SNOWDEN DEMONSTRATION FOREST.

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JOHN VANDERVEEN

KEN CLAUSEN

SO SAY THE FERRYMEN

Reflections on three careers on the water with BC Ferries.

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Laura Busheikin

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Jennifer Armstrong

STOCKING THE WORLD

Got an appetite for DIY global cuisine? Find international ingredients right here at home.

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Nicole Bergot

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Jenn Dykstra

INSPIRING RECOVERY

Rediscovering the joy of sport and my own spirit at the Invictus Games.

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Nick Holyome

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Soldier On

LITTLE VALLEY: MAX WARD

Our young residents reflect on the home they’re growing up in.

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Max Ward, age 13

IN SEARCH OF OUR INDIGENEITY

Diving into ancestral stories from Europe with Mythology Club Comox Valley.

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Kester Reid

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Amy Shaw

FERMENTATION 101

Simply Sauerkraut.

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Jake Galbraith

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Julie Sabey

PUTTING YOUR VEGETABLE GARDEN TO BED

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Mike McDonald

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Trevor Moore

BLACK AND RURAL

An intimate account of Black folk in the Canadian countryside.

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Joline Martin

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Keely O’Brien

ALL HAIL THE MAY QUEEN

Cumberland settlers brought ancient traditions.

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Meaghan Cursons

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Jenn Dykstra

FRASER CAIN’S UNIVERSE

The Valley resident behind one of the galaxy’s most popular websites.

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Ryan Stuart

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Sara Kempner

THE NIGHT RIDE

Moody, quiet, calm, serene. Wild, reflective eyes. Oh, how I love the secrets of the darkness.

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Mical Dyck

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Lorenz Jimenez

THE SURROUNDING BLUE

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Allie Jenkinson

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Paige Owen

ADVENTURES IN PADDLING

Circumnavigating Vancouver Island by sea kayak.

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Erica Keen

MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE

Macdonald Wood: A peaceful park born from controversy.

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Susan Barratt

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Deanne Matell

GLOOM AND BEAUTY

Why are we doing this? Because we can.

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Jen Groundwater

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Ron Pogue

THE ELEVENTH HOUR FOR OLD GROWTH

After decades of clearcutting, can a fundamental shift protect what’s left of BC’s ancient trees?

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Andrew Findlay

Gallery photo by

Chris Istace

BUSINESS IS BLOOMING

Farm-to-table flowers are a growing movement in the Comox Valley.

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Lydia Jackson

TUNING IN TO NEW OPPORTUNITIES

Invented for music festivals, silent disco headphones find new life during COVID-19.

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Ellian Bell

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Eugene Chung

ALWAYS HERE FOR US

Let brassicas delight your taste buds through the long winter months.

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James McKerricher

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Jenn Dykstra

THE COOL OF CURLING

There’s a place for everyone within the quintessential Canadian game.

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Keith Parry

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Sara Kempner

Reflections from an older resident.

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Diane Jacquest

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Jenn Dykstra

LITTLE VALLEY: CADE HALE

Our young residents reflect on the home they’re growing up in

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Cade Hale, Age 9

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Jenn Dykstra

A BENEFIT FOR ALL

The Immigrant Welcome Centre helps new residents succeed in the Comox Valley.

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Mac Newton

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Jenn Dykstra

A TALE OF TWO WOODLOTS

Small-scale operations offer hope for the future of forestry.

Words by

Andrew Findlay

Opening photo by

Jarrett Lindal

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