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

RETHINKING ONIGIRI

CV Collective, Spring, Comox Valley, Food & Drink, Makers & Innovators, Volume 28

Hornby Island local Jake Berman first encountered onigiri while visiting his sister in Japan in 2006. This ...

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GETTING THE DRIFT

CV Collective, Winter, Comox Valley, Culture & Art, Volume 24

Every poem tells a kind of story, but poems are not short stories. They are a unique medium which is concerned ...

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DROP INTO A DEEP READ

CV Collective, Winter, Comox Valley, Adventure & Sport, Volume 28

In 2015, on his way to Whistler, Duncan Hague flew over the Rocky Mountains and peered out the plane’s little oval ...

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IT TAKES A VILLAGE

CV Collective, Winter, Comox Valley, People & Places, Volume 28

We’ve all heard the adage “It takes a village to raise a child.” Now imagine we’re talking about your child. ...

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MUD, MESS, AND MAGIC

CV Collective, Winter, Comox Valley, Environment & Nature, People & Places, Volume 24

I respectfully acknowledge that we are on the unceded traditional territories of the K’ómoks First Nation, and I ...

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SALMON AND STEWARDSHIP

CV Collective, Winter, Comox Valley, Culture & Art, Environment & Nature, Volume 21

The late autumn sun lazily streams through dwindling golden leaves. Live music drifts across the smiling, ...

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BREWMOX VALLEY 2.0

CV Collective, Winter, Comox Valley, Food & Drink, People & Places, Volume 28

When I wrote The New Brewmox Valley for the inaugural issue of this magazine in 2014, I told a hopeful and ...

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WHERE THERE’S WATER, THERE’S HOPE

CV Collective, Winter, Comox Valley, Environment & Nature, Makers & Innovators, Volume 28

Imagine noticing smoke in the distance, then, less than ten minutes later, your property is fully consumed by ...

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WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS

CV Collective, Winter, Comox Valley, Environment & Nature, Volume 21

I grew up on Vancouver Island, the fourth of five generations of my family to have done so. I have had the great ...

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KNIT LIKE A NORWEGIAN

CV Collective, Winter, Comox Valley, Makers & Innovators, Volume 28

I pull up to Kelsey Epp’s Merville farm, and, before my feet hit the ground, the silence of the long, verdant ...

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RETHINKING ONIGIRI

CV Collective, Spring, Comox Valley, Food & Drink, Makers & Innovators, Volume 28

Hornby Island local Jake Berman first encountered onigiri while visiting his sister in Japan ...

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Britt Hanson

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Jenn Dykstra

GETTING THE DRIFT

CV Collective, Winter, Comox Valley, Culture & Art, Volume 24

Every poem tells a kind of story, but poems are not short stories. They are a unique medium ...

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Ed Varney

Photo by

Jenn Dykstra

DROP INTO A DEEP READ

CV Collective, Winter, Comox Valley, Adventure & Sport, Volume 28

In 2015, on his way to Whistler, Duncan Hague flew over the Rocky Mountains and peered out the ...

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Dave Flawse

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Duncan Hague

IT TAKES A VILLAGE

CV Collective, Winter, Comox Valley, People & Places, Volume 28

We’ve all heard the adage “It takes a village to raise a child.” Now imagine we’re talking ...

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Trish Weatherall

Photos by

Crystal Chowdhury

MUD, MESS, AND MAGIC

CV Collective, Winter, Comox Valley, Environment & Nature, People & Places, Volume 24

I respectfully acknowledge that we are on the unceded traditional territories of the K’ómoks ...

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Britt Hanson

Photos by

Sara Kempner

SALMON AND STEWARDSHIP

CV Collective, Winter, Comox Valley, Culture & Art, Environment & Nature, Volume 21

The late autumn sun lazily streams through dwindling golden leaves. Live music drifts across ...

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Lisa Levesque

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Jenn Dykstra

BREWMOX VALLEY 2.0

CV Collective, Winter, Comox Valley, Food & Drink, People & Places, Volume 28

When I wrote The New Brewmox Valley for the inaugural issue of this magazine in 2014, I told a ...

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Max Oudendag

Photos by

Sara Kempner

WHERE THERE’S WATER, THERE’S HOPE

CV Collective, Winter, Comox Valley, Environment & Nature, Makers & Innovators, Volume 28

Imagine noticing smoke in the distance, then, less than ten minutes later, your property is ...

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Bevin Clempson

Jenny Deters

WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS

CV Collective, Winter, Comox Valley, Environment & Nature, Volume 21

I grew up on Vancouver Island, the fourth of five generations of my family to have done so. I ...

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Tim Ennis

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Brett Kroeker

KNIT LIKE A NORWEGIAN

CV Collective, Winter, Comox Valley, Makers & Innovators, Volume 28

I pull up to Kelsey Epp’s Merville farm, and, before my feet hit the ground, the silence of ...

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Allie Jenkinson

Photos by

Joslyn Kilborn