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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 JOYS OF KEEPING BIRDS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CVC_Vol37_Birds_Header-400x284.webp)
A FLOCK OF OUR OWN
Two years ago, we moved from Cumberland to Black Creek and brought our small flock of hens ...
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![Explore by Topic HOMALCO NATION’S NEW TRANSPORTATION COMPANY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SC_Vol9_QayaWay_Header-400x284.webp)
Today, they’re taking staff up to April Point Resort. Tomorrow, they’re headed up the Toba Inlet. “We go where ...
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![Explore by Topic MAKING CUMBERLAND TRAILS MORE INCLUSIVE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CVC_Vol37_Gene_Header-400x284.webp)
To the casual observer, Gene Wey is a glass-full-to-the-brim kind of person. When a doctor told him he would never ...
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![Explore by Topic MEET THE ARTISTS AT THE QUADRA ISLAND STUDIO TOUR](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/SC_Vol9_HeArt_Header-400x284.webp)
It started with four thousand bricks—hauled by two high school sweethearts, newly married, from Calgary to Quadra ...
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![Explore by Topic CREATING A SANCTUARY FOR CORKY THE ORCA](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/SC_Vol9_DoubleBaySanctuary_Header-400x284.jpg)
My work for cetaceans began in the 1990s. Using my love of ocean sailing and racing as a platform, I raised ...
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![Explore by Topic TRANSIENT ORCAS ARE THRIVING IN THE SALISH SEA](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/CVC_Vol37_Orcas_Header-400x284.webp)
Through conservation efforts and education, humans have finally made space for our supernatural neighbours, the ...
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![Explore by Topic THE ART AND CRAFT OF WOODTURNING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CVC_Vol37_Wood_Header-400x284.webp)
Woodturning, one of the most ancient of crafts, is a way of producing wood creations using razor-sharp chisels and ...
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![Explore by Topic HOW COMMON BROOM BECAME ALL TOO COMMON ON VANCOUVER ISLAND](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/CVC_Vol37_Broom_Header-400x284.webp)
Colonialism has taken many forms and has had many legacies. Beginning in the 1840s, settlers on what is now called ...
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![Explore by Topic A WHEELCHAIR-ACCESSIBLE HOME](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CVC_Vol37_Accessibility_Header-400x284.webp)
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Julie and Ramesh Lad moved into their new home in February 2022. The home, which was custom ...
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![Explore by Topic THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/SC_Vol9_Flowers_Header-400x284.webp)
“The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not ...
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![Explore by Topic THE JOYS OF KEEPING BIRDS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CVC_Vol37_Birds_Header-400x284.webp)
A FLOCK OF OUR OWN
Two years ago, we moved from Cumberland to Black Creek and brought our ...
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![Explore by Topic HOMALCO NATION’S NEW TRANSPORTATION COMPANY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SC_Vol9_QayaWay_Header-400x284.webp)
Today, they’re taking staff up to April Point Resort. Tomorrow, they’re headed up the Toba ...
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![Explore by Topic MAKING CUMBERLAND TRAILS MORE INCLUSIVE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CVC_Vol37_Gene_Header-400x284.webp)
To the casual observer, Gene Wey is a glass-full-to-the-brim kind of person. When a doctor ...
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![Explore by Topic MEET THE ARTISTS AT THE QUADRA ISLAND STUDIO TOUR](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/SC_Vol9_HeArt_Header-400x284.webp)
It started with four thousand bricks—hauled by two high school sweethearts, newly married, ...
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![Explore by Topic CREATING A SANCTUARY FOR CORKY THE ORCA](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/SC_Vol9_DoubleBaySanctuary_Header-400x284.jpg)
My work for cetaceans began in the 1990s. Using my love of ocean sailing and racing as a ...
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![Explore by Topic TRANSIENT ORCAS ARE THRIVING IN THE SALISH SEA](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/CVC_Vol37_Orcas_Header-400x284.webp)
Through conservation efforts and education, humans have finally made space for our ...
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![Explore by Topic THE ART AND CRAFT OF WOODTURNING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CVC_Vol37_Wood_Header-400x284.webp)
Woodturning, one of the most ancient of crafts, is a way of producing wood creations using ...
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![Explore by Topic HOW COMMON BROOM BECAME ALL TOO COMMON ON VANCOUVER ISLAND](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/CVC_Vol37_Broom_Header-400x284.webp)
Colonialism has taken many forms and has had many legacies. Beginning in the 1840s, settlers ...
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![Explore by Topic A WHEELCHAIR-ACCESSIBLE HOME](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CVC_Vol37_Accessibility_Header-400x284.webp)
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Julie and Ramesh Lad moved into their new home in February 2022. The ...
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![Explore by Topic THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/SC_Vol9_Flowers_Header-400x284.webp)
“The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a ...
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