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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.
![Explore by Topic THE COOL OF CURLING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol32_Curling_Header-400x284.jpg)
Curling saved my life. Sounds like an outrageous statement to make, but in 1999, the year I first threw a curling ...
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![Explore by Topic FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: LUC ANTAYA](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol32_FeaturedPhotographer_Header-400x284.jpg)
Luc is a transplant from the prairies who made his way to the Comox Valley seven years ago in search of the ...
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![Explore by Topic FEATURED ARTIST: SHANNON FORD](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol32_FeaturedArtist_Header-400x284.jpg)
Shannon Ford is inspired by the magic of discovering beauty in chaos: “Walking up to a huge, empty canvas is pure ...
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![Explore by Topic ELDER VALLEY: REFRAMING REST](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol32_ElderValley_Header-400x284.jpg)
Restful interludes are integral to the rhythm of life.
In the natural world, winter is ...
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![Explore by Topic LITTLE VALLEY: CADE HALE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol32_LittleValley_Header-400x284.jpg)
Winter tells us to chill out. But that doesn't mean we have to sit still.
The dictionary says rest is “to ...
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![Explore by Topic A BENEFIT FOR ALL](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol32_MISA_Header-400x284.jpg)
Except for Indigenous people, Canadians are settlers—immigrants themselves, or the descendants of immigrants. ...
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![Explore by Topic A TALE OF TWO WOODLOTS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol32_Woodlots_Header-400x284.jpg)
There are two basic ways to look at a forest you manage—as a tree farm or an ecosystem.
To see the difference, ...
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![Explore by Topic STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol32_CNOY_Header-400x284.jpg)
Homelessness can happen in many ways: job loss, injuries and accidents, mental health issues, and substance use. ...
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![Explore by Topic A THEATRICAL FORCE FOR GOOD](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/CVC_Vol32_Theatre_Header-400x284.jpg)
Music and theatre provide an environment where, through collaboration, we are encouraged to celebrate diversity, ...
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![Explore by Topic THE GIFT OF LIFE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/CVC_Vol32_GiftofLife_Header-400x284.jpg)
In the early morning hours of the winter solstice, December 21, 2021, my life and health changed forever. I was ...
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![Explore by Topic THE COOL OF CURLING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol32_Curling_Header-400x284.jpg)
Curling saved my life. Sounds like an outrageous statement to make, but in 1999, the year I ...
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![Explore by Topic FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: LUC ANTAYA](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol32_FeaturedPhotographer_Header-400x284.jpg)
Luc is a transplant from the prairies who made his way to the Comox Valley seven years ago in ...
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![Explore by Topic FEATURED ARTIST: SHANNON FORD](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol32_FeaturedArtist_Header-400x284.jpg)
Shannon Ford is inspired by the magic of discovering beauty in chaos: “Walking up to a huge, ...
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![Explore by Topic ELDER VALLEY: REFRAMING REST](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol32_ElderValley_Header-400x284.jpg)
Restful interludes are integral to the rhythm of life.
In the natural ...
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![Explore by Topic LITTLE VALLEY: CADE HALE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol32_LittleValley_Header-400x284.jpg)
Winter tells us to chill out. But that doesn't mean we have to sit still.
The dictionary ...
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![Explore by Topic A BENEFIT FOR ALL](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol32_MISA_Header-400x284.jpg)
Except for Indigenous people, Canadians are settlers—immigrants themselves, or the descendants ...
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![Explore by Topic A TALE OF TWO WOODLOTS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol32_Woodlots_Header-400x284.jpg)
There are two basic ways to look at a forest you manage—as a tree farm or an ecosystem.
To ...
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![Explore by Topic STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol32_CNOY_Header-400x284.jpg)
Homelessness can happen in many ways: job loss, injuries and accidents, mental health issues, ...
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![Explore by Topic A THEATRICAL FORCE FOR GOOD](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/CVC_Vol32_Theatre_Header-400x284.jpg)
Music and theatre provide an environment where, through collaboration, we are encouraged to ...
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![Explore by Topic THE GIFT OF LIFE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/CVC_Vol32_GiftofLife_Header-400x284.jpg)
In the early morning hours of the winter solstice, December 21, 2021, my life and health ...
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