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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 ALTERED LANDSCAPE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CVC_Vol31_Landscapes_Header-400x284.jpg)
My first home in Cumberland was on Camp Road, in a row of rough cabins that were built in 1888 when the coal mine ...
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![Explore by Topic FEEL LIKE A KID AGAIN](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CVC_Vol31_LINC_Header-400x284.jpg)
What an ugly night. It’s dark, pouring rain, and there are still remnants of slushy snow melting in the driveway, ...
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![Explore by Topic WHALE BREATH AND ANGEL WINGS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CVC_Vol31_Tides_Header-400x284.jpg)
You don’t need to be an oyster farmer or sport fisherman for the daily ebb and flow of the ocean to impact your ...
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![Explore by Topic JUMP SCARES AHEAD](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CVC_Vol31_JumpScaresAhead_Header-400x284.jpg)
Decades ago, I was sitting in a cinema seat in Toronto, gripping the armrests as the tension heightened, and ...
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![Explore by Topic A DOORWAY TO HOPE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CVC_Vol31_Doorway_Header-2-400x284.jpg)
When David and Angela Mackenzie open the door to their new home, they will bring with them an unwavering ...
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![Explore by Topic SUNSET AT SMITH LAKE FARM](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CVC_Vol31_SLF_Header-400x284.jpg)
As I pull through the gates of Smith Lake Farm, I’m greeted by the sounds of chickens clucking and disc golfers ...
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![Explore by Topic MISADVENTURES IN BAKING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CVC_Vol31_Baking_Header-1-400x284.jpg)
Back in 2013, I started shopping around for healthy nutrition options to supplement my gym goals. I’d never given ...
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![Explore by Topic THE SCIENCE OF SASQUATCH](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CVC_Vol31_Sasquatch_Header-400x284.jpg)
Do you laugh when you hear the word sasquatch? Do you believe that sasquatches exist? Do you think that a ...
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![Explore by Topic VIVA LA TRASH PANDA](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CVC_Vol31_TrashPanda_Header-400x284.jpg)
I’ve occasionally yearned to wear a Davy Crockett-inspired coonskin hat. The reason I don’t isn’t that I fear I’d ...
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![Explore by Topic CHEERS TO THE LAZO BARREL COLLECTIVE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/CVC_Vol30_LazoBeer_Header-400x284.jpg)
It’s a lazy Sunday afternoon as I make my way through Alex Blais’ yard, following the sound of laughter toward an ...
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![Explore by Topic ALTERED LANDSCAPE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CVC_Vol31_Landscapes_Header-400x284.jpg)
My first home in Cumberland was on Camp Road, in a row of rough cabins that were built in 1888 ...
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![Explore by Topic FEEL LIKE A KID AGAIN](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CVC_Vol31_LINC_Header-400x284.jpg)
What an ugly night. It’s dark, pouring rain, and there are still remnants of slushy snow ...
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![Explore by Topic WHALE BREATH AND ANGEL WINGS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CVC_Vol31_Tides_Header-400x284.jpg)
You don’t need to be an oyster farmer or sport fisherman for the daily ebb and flow of the ...
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![Explore by Topic JUMP SCARES AHEAD](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CVC_Vol31_JumpScaresAhead_Header-400x284.jpg)
Decades ago, I was sitting in a cinema seat in Toronto, gripping the armrests as the tension ...
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![Explore by Topic A DOORWAY TO HOPE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CVC_Vol31_Doorway_Header-2-400x284.jpg)
When David and Angela Mackenzie open the door to their new home, they will bring with them an ...
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![Explore by Topic SUNSET AT SMITH LAKE FARM](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CVC_Vol31_SLF_Header-400x284.jpg)
As I pull through the gates of Smith Lake Farm, I’m greeted by the sounds of chickens clucking ...
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![Explore by Topic MISADVENTURES IN BAKING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CVC_Vol31_Baking_Header-1-400x284.jpg)
Back in 2013, I started shopping around for healthy nutrition options to supplement my gym ...
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![Explore by Topic THE SCIENCE OF SASQUATCH](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CVC_Vol31_Sasquatch_Header-400x284.jpg)
Do you laugh when you hear the word sasquatch? Do you believe that sasquatches exist? Do you ...
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![Explore by Topic VIVA LA TRASH PANDA](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CVC_Vol31_TrashPanda_Header-400x284.jpg)
I’ve occasionally yearned to wear a Davy Crockett-inspired coonskin hat. The reason I don’t ...
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![Explore by Topic CHEERS TO THE LAZO BARREL COLLECTIVE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/CVC_Vol30_LazoBeer_Header-400x284.jpg)
It’s a lazy Sunday afternoon as I make my way through Alex Blais’ yard, following the sound of ...
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