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.
![Explore by Topic FAREWELL TO THE DENTAL BUS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/CVC_Vol32_DentalBus_Header-400x284.jpg)
Things are often done a little differently on the Gulf Islands. Partly by necessity, partly by inclination, these ...
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![Explore by Topic THE FLYING DUTCHMAN](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/CVC_Vol32_FlyingDutchman_Header-400x284.jpg)
The legend of the Flying Dutchman, a ghost ship doomed to never enter port, has been told and retold since the ...
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![Explore by Topic GOOD AS GOLD](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CVC_Vol32_Mead_Header-400x284.jpg)
I first became drawn to mead because of my Scandinavian heritage: mead plays an important role in many of the ...
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![Explore by Topic BY DESIGN](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CVC_Vol32_Supermod_Header-400x284.jpg)
While some of us were out celebrating Valentine’s Day this past February, Eugen Sushko was feverishly drawing at ...
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![Explore by Topic BETTER BULLETINS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CVC_Vol32_Bulletin_Header-400x284.jpg)
Colin Garritty has an enviable job. Four days a week, all winter long, he gets paid to ski and snowmobile the ...
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![Explore by Topic Campbellton](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/SC_Vol8-Where_Header-400x284.jpg)
For decades, the renowned Campbell River surged past the small neighbourhood of Campbellton all but unseen by ...
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![Explore by Topic FORAGING FOR FLAVOUR](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CVC_Vol32_ForagingFood_Header-400x284.jpg)
When we think about hunting and gathering, the season we usually think of is fall. For many of us, there’s nothing ...
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![Explore by Topic CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CVC_Vol32_UsedBooks_Header-400x284.jpg)
My husband and I moved to the Comox Valley four years ago. From the start, we’ve enjoyed navigating our way around ...
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![Explore by Topic GIVE IT A REST](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CVC_Vol32_OpeningIntro_Header-400x284.jpg)
When I was a kid growing up in the ’70s and ’80s in Montreal, stores were closed on Sundays. Every single store. ...
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![Explore by Topic FEATURED ARTIST: LAURIE MARTZ](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CVC_Vol31_FeaturedArtist_Header-400x284.jpg)
Laurie is a “late in life” painter who moved to the Comox Valley after retiring in 2015 from a busy career as a ...
![Explore by Topic FAREWELL TO THE DENTAL BUS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/CVC_Vol32_DentalBus_Header-400x284.jpg)
Things are often done a little differently on the Gulf Islands. Partly by necessity, partly by ...
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![Explore by Topic THE FLYING DUTCHMAN](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/CVC_Vol32_FlyingDutchman_Header-400x284.jpg)
The legend of the Flying Dutchman, a ghost ship doomed to never enter port, has been told and ...
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![Explore by Topic GOOD AS GOLD](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CVC_Vol32_Mead_Header-400x284.jpg)
I first became drawn to mead because of my Scandinavian heritage: mead plays an important role ...
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![Explore by Topic BY DESIGN](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CVC_Vol32_Supermod_Header-400x284.jpg)
While some of us were out celebrating Valentine’s Day this past February, Eugen Sushko was ...
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![Explore by Topic BETTER BULLETINS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CVC_Vol32_Bulletin_Header-400x284.jpg)
Colin Garritty has an enviable job. Four days a week, all winter long, he gets paid to ski and ...
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![Explore by Topic Campbellton](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/SC_Vol8-Where_Header-400x284.jpg)
For decades, the renowned Campbell River surged past the small neighbourhood of Campbellton ...
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![Explore by Topic FORAGING FOR FLAVOUR](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CVC_Vol32_ForagingFood_Header-400x284.jpg)
When we think about hunting and gathering, the season we usually think of is fall. For many of ...
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![Explore by Topic CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CVC_Vol32_UsedBooks_Header-400x284.jpg)
My husband and I moved to the Comox Valley four years ago. From the start, we’ve enjoyed ...
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![Explore by Topic GIVE IT A REST](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CVC_Vol32_OpeningIntro_Header-400x284.jpg)
When I was a kid growing up in the ’70s and ’80s in Montreal, stores were closed on Sundays. ...
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![Explore by Topic FEATURED ARTIST: LAURIE MARTZ](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CVC_Vol31_FeaturedArtist_Header-400x284.jpg)
Laurie is a “late in life” painter who moved to the Comox Valley after retiring in 2015 from a ...