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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.

Singing for Joy

Singing for Joy

For more than 35 years, Campbell River Children's Choir (CRCC) has provided children and young adults with the ...

Campbell River Children's Choir makes music around the world.

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The Land Beneath Our Feet

The Land Beneath Our Feet

The gritty exfoliation of sand between toes, the softness of dewy grass underfoot, the wet flecks of mud that ...

The art of connecting through earthing.

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Building Reconciliation

Building Reconciliation

Canada’s dark history of Indigenous people and government authorities is riddled with violence and mistrust. ...

Three community members in Mowachaht/Muchalaht territories build trust.

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Ice Climbing

Ice Climbing

As I look down at my crampons kicked solidly into the thin ice, I feel the exposure of being hundreds of metres ...

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A Taste of Life on Quadra Island

A Taste of Life on Quadra Island

Flip through the spectacular pages of A Taste of Life on Quadra Island and you'll never guess the heroic efforts ...

The story of a cookbook and a recipe for community.

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No More Pineapples In December

No More Pineapples In December

The Strathcona Food Hub, put simply, is a group of collaborators working on contemporary food issues in the ...

Strathcona community food hub works to improve food security.

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Little River

Little River

I'm entering Grade 10 and I go to Timberline Secondary School. I have lived in Campbell River my whole life. It is ...

Reflections from a younger resident.

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In Stillness

In Stillness

An ice climber hangs from a mountain cliff so remote, so otherworldly, that its location is kept secret. A chef ...

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Foraging for Food

Foraging for Food

We are blessed to live on an island with so much wild food at our fingertips. An outdoor table is spread before us ...

Going on a treasure hunt and building memories.

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THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF SAYWARD

THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF SAYWARD

Here follows the abridged story of the evolution of the Sayward Valley from as near the beginning as we dare ...

A place of deep quiet

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