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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.

Two for the Road
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Sharing the wealth
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Getting comfortable with going astray
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Fortune favours the fisherman
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Dance, music, and theatre help one young resident to find his role in life and on stage
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Boldly Going
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Considering the world beneath our feet
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Beyond Poppies
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Entrepreneurial immigration to a new continent, with pastry.
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Campbell River Children's Choir makes music around the world.
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The art of connecting through earthing.
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Three community members in Mowachaht/Muchalaht territories build trust.
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The story of a cookbook and a recipe for community.
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Strathcona community food hub works to improve food security.
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Reflections from a younger resident
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Going on a treasure hunt and building memories.
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A place of deep quiet
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What you take out, you must put back in.
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A visual feast in green local waters may include iconic Wolf Eel.
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Lucas Schuller brings music to Campbell River.
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An homage to the tradition of Dogwood Strip.
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A family's peaceful life on Cortes Island.
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A soul-restoring destination for active dreamers.
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Opening doors that are unimaginable.
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After five decades and counting, the show goes on for the Comox Valley Youth Music Centre.
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This ancient practice may be getting a rebrand, but it’s still about using our food resources wisely.
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Recreation in the great outdoors hasn’t always been an option for people of colour in Canada. Erica Keen reflects on her family's history and the importance of nature.
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Reflections from an older resident.
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A SUP adventurer’s trajectory through the mist.
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Managing gentrification to protect the communities we love.
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They’re among our most plentiful bird species, but seagulls don’t actually exist.
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The importance of knowing what you’ve got—before it’s gone.
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The Kitty Cat P.A.L. Society cares for the Comox Valley’s under-loved cats.
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After thirty years, The Potters Place Gallery continues to flourish.
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Authors and book lovers rejoice at the return of the big literary festival on a small island.
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We can’t fix the past for our forests and watersheds, but we have to get the future right.
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The Valley’s community halls have stories to tell.
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Ode to a Comox yarden (yes, that’s yard + garden).
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Raising a Search and Rescue dog.
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Goose Spit has an intriguing, complicated history.
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A tale of seeking adventure—and finding satisfaction—amid the unpredictable charm of the mountains.
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