Explore Collective Magazine Articles By Topic

Browse our growing collection of articles from current and previous issues of both the Comox Valley Collective and Strathcona Collective magazines by topic.

MORNING SONG

Dawn kindles in the east. The first ray of autumn light slides through the rippled landscape, pooling between ...

We are ravens. Our nests have been here since the beginning of the world.

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CR LIVE STREETS: A NIGHT OUT DOWNTOWN

The streets of downtown Campbell River will once again light up this winter with CR Live Streets: A Night Out ...

Cozy up in Campbell River with music, comedy, and art on a chilly February night

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LOOKING AT LICHENS

There’s more than meets the eye when it comes to lichen.How many times have you passed by a rock face and ...

This amazing life form is a portal into interspecies collaboration

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FALL RISE: THE COMOX VALLEY’S HIDDEN WHITEWATER

This is a valley of rivers. In summer, residents and visitors float down the Lower Puntledge, look for fossils ...

Cold November rains unveil epic whitewater adventures in the Valley

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POETSKIS

The feeling of being fully immersed in the momentReflect back on your greatest moment on skis, board, ...

Inspiring human connection, one ski turn at a time

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A CONSIGNMENT STORE ADVENTURE

Impulse buys and the quest for a put-together styleMy style may have evolved over the years—not that I really ...

Swimming in potential

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CELEBRATING HORNBY ISLAND’S ANNUAL HERRINGFEST

Hornby Island: a unique ecosystem and tourist destinationHornby Island is one of the smaller Northern Gulf ...

The CHI of land and sea

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INVISIBLE STRINGS

A penny for your thoughtsThe Comox Valley Collective starts a new theme cycle with every winter issue, and ...

An introduction to Vol. 40

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BOHEMIAN/BAVARIAN RHAPSODY

Last November, my partner Josh and I travelled to the Czech Republic, my birth land, to visit family, eat ...

Their instruments got lost. They still had fun.

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THE MANY COLOURS OF BUTE INLET

In the Ayajuthem (ʔayʔaǰuθəm) language of the Homalco, a northern Coast Salish First Nation, the colours blue and ...

A magnificent fjord

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It Began as a Dream

Helping people help others for over 30 years.

Words By

Craig Gillis

Laurel Cronk

An Aerial Perspective

Seeing the forest and the trees without leaving the ground.

Words & Photo By

Colin Filliter

Exploring West

Thirty-five kilometer of trail, six friends, six backpacks, four days, three nights, and one impromptu adventure.

Words & Photo By

Laurel Sliskovic

If Dogs Could Talk

The Adventures of Cole and Archie.

Words By

Mary Ruth Snyder

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Hayley Zumkeller

A Hiługwila for Mia

Ceremony, Heart, Tradition, and Family.

Words By

Sara Lopez Assu

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Nycky-Jay Vanjecek

COVID DISCOVERIES

COVID MOMENTS

Reflections on going with the flow with a young family in this unusual time

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Christa Petch

COMOX VALLEY SCHOOLS AND CORONAVIRUS

Pivoting with compassion

COLLABORATING AGAINST COVID-19

NATION OF STAIRS

Dogs, donkeys, and other delights of trekking in Nepal.

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Finn Manktelow

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Kip Manktelow

THE EGG EQUATION

Not all eggs are created equal—here’s some straight-up clucking about which ones are best.

Words by

Bevin Clempson

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Jennifer Brazil

EASY, BREEZY E-BIKES

Rad new rides give biking a boost.

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Dave Prothero

LITTLE VALLEY: SAM GOLDBY

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

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Sam Goldby

FED UP NO MORE

Edible Island and the evolution of alternative eating in the Comox Valley.

Words by

Mike Redican

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Susan Holvenstot

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Jennifer Brazil

ON THE SHARP EDGE

Local swordfighters get medieval at the Comox Valley Combat Guild.

Words by

Chad Herbert

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Anastasia Skye

AIMING FOR ZERO

From circular to linear and back again: the human economy on a finite planet.

Words by

Tanis Gower

Photos by

Femke Overmaat

THE CURVE OF TIME

The classic story of a BC family’s sailing adventures still thrills modern readers.

Words by

Nora Bingham

Cover painting by

Harry Heine

TURNING DOWN THE TEMPERATURE

Cumberland 2040: How Cumberland reached carbon negative

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Ryan Stuart

Photo by

Jenn Dykstra

THIS PLACE IS FOR THE BIRDS

From fresh waters to the salty sea—the K’ómoks Important Bird Area.

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Sophie Vigneau

THE ART OF THE ARCHTOP

At the pinnacle of guitar making, you might just find Comox Valley luthier Wyatt Wilkie.

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Jen Groundwater

Photos by

Sara Kempner

NO FEAR OF FALLING

BASE jumper Angelique Vinnedge loves being airborne.

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Laurissa Cebryk

Opening photo by

Micaiah Kind

LEARNING TO FLY

MARS’s newly expanded rescue centre is a haven for Valley wildlife.

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Mac Newton

Photos by

Alexandre Crouzet

HOME IN THE HILLS

It took a community to build Vancouver Island’s backcountry hut.

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Ryan Stuart

Photos by

Alex Mackay

IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL LAND

The history and community behind Courtenay’s beloved Airpark.

Words by

Andrew Findlay

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Jenn Dykstra

DOWN IN THE PIT

Inside the unseen world of musical-theatre musicians.

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Jan Adams

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Rosalind Humphreys

BLANKETED IN HOPE

A meeting of art, reconciliation, and the law in the K’ómoks Bighouse.

Words by

Lindsay Keegitah Borrows

Photos by

Doug Harrington

BREEZING INTO SPRING

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Jen Groundwater

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Vince Kehn

Salmon, Fundraising, and Volunteering

How one night of celebration supports a community vision.

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Naomi Tabata

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Eiko Jones

Biking and Learning with Sprockids

Seeing health and connection to community in kids of all ages.

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Matthew Fox

It Just Tastes Better

A look at the growth of the Farm-to-Table movement in the Strathcona Region.

Words By

Alison Bell

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Nycky-Jay Vanjecek

THE CAMPBELL RIVER CRICKET CLUB

Global influence, local action

Words By

Jim Bagley

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Farro Mackenzie

Lost and Found

The history of the restoration of the Campbell River Estuary.

Words By

Erika Anderson

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Museum at Campbell River

Kusam Klimb, Sayward

Reach your peak

Words By

Rhonda Teramura

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Joanne McElroy

LITTLE RIVER: RAEGAN COLLINS

Reflections from a younger resident

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Raegan Collins

Transforming Campus and Community

How North Island College's new bistro space has gone from vision to reality.

Words By

Elizabeth Young

Photos by

Lee Simmons

Seed Sowing 101

Witnessing the wonder of nature in your own backyard.

Words & Photos by

Leslie Cox

My Playground

A local's perspective of the place he calls home.

Words By

Wes Sewell

Photo by

Robin O’Neill

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