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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 T’AAM LAAN, STEERSMAN OF THE CANOE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/CVC_Vol30_TaamLaan_Header-400x284.jpg)
In 2008, novice paddleboarder Norm Hann hatched a plan to travel by stand-up paddleboard (SUP), with boat support, ...
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![Explore by Topic SAVING PLACE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/CVC_Vol30_SavingPlace_Header-400x284.jpg)
We’ve all done it. Bragged about how we used to go somewhere when it was still cool and undiscovered, before the ...
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![Explore by Topic TRUE FACTS ABOUT FAKE BIRDS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CVC_Vol30_Seagulls_Header-400x284.jpg)
Deep in the heart of Utah Mormon country, in a place called Temple Square, sits an unusual statue known as the ...
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![Explore by Topic A COMMUNITY’S HEART IS IN ITS FORESTS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/CVC_Vol30_Forest_Header-400x284.jpg)
The ferns have their fresh, feathery leaves and everything in sight is electric green. This is Vancouver Island in ...
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![Explore by Topic FRIENDS OF FELINES](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/CVC_Vol30_KKP_Header-400x284.jpg)
Two “very pregnant” cats. That was the delivery at the door of the Kitty Cat P.A.L. (Prevent-A-Litter) Society at ...
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![Explore by Topic A PASSION FOR CLAY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/CVC_Vol30_PottersPlace_Header-400x284.jpg)
In 1992, an eclectic group of local artisans joined together to form The Potters Place Gallery. “There was already ...
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![Explore by Topic DENMAN ISLAND READERS AND WRITERS FESTIVAL IS BACK](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/CVC_Vol30_Denman_Header-400x284.jpg)
There is a natural intimacy to be found at the Denman Island Readers and Writers Festival. Readers, writers, ...
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![Explore by Topic SHARING THE LAND](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol30_SharingTheLand_Header-400x284.jpg)
Land is on my mind a lot these days, as a dad and freelance journalist. I recently interviewed an old Findlay ...
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![Explore by Topic FROM CLEARCUTS TO COMMUNITIES](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol30_Halls_Header2-400x284.jpg)
If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably driven past the community halls north of Courtenay along Highway 19A ...
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![Explore by Topic THE POWER OF GROWING THINGS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/CVC_Vol30_Yarden_Header-400x284.jpg)
My dearest Yarden, It wasn’t just one of your plants that snared me. Nor did my love for you hit all of a sudden. ...
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![Explore by Topic T’AAM LAAN, STEERSMAN OF THE CANOE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/CVC_Vol30_TaamLaan_Header-400x284.jpg)
In 2008, novice paddleboarder Norm Hann hatched a plan to travel by stand-up paddleboard ...
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![Explore by Topic SAVING PLACE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/CVC_Vol30_SavingPlace_Header-400x284.jpg)
We’ve all done it. Bragged about how we used to go somewhere when it was still cool and ...
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![Explore by Topic TRUE FACTS ABOUT FAKE BIRDS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CVC_Vol30_Seagulls_Header-400x284.jpg)
Deep in the heart of Utah Mormon country, in a place called Temple Square, sits an unusual ...
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![Explore by Topic A COMMUNITY’S HEART IS IN ITS FORESTS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/CVC_Vol30_Forest_Header-400x284.jpg)
The ferns have their fresh, feathery leaves and everything in sight is electric green. This is ...
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![Explore by Topic FRIENDS OF FELINES](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/CVC_Vol30_KKP_Header-400x284.jpg)
Two “very pregnant” cats. That was the delivery at the door of the Kitty Cat P.A.L. ...
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![Explore by Topic A PASSION FOR CLAY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/CVC_Vol30_PottersPlace_Header-400x284.jpg)
In 1992, an eclectic group of local artisans joined together to form The Potters Place ...
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![Explore by Topic DENMAN ISLAND READERS AND WRITERS FESTIVAL IS BACK](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/CVC_Vol30_Denman_Header-400x284.jpg)
There is a natural intimacy to be found at the Denman Island Readers and Writers Festival. ...
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![Explore by Topic SHARING THE LAND](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol30_SharingTheLand_Header-400x284.jpg)
Land is on my mind a lot these days, as a dad and freelance journalist. I recently interviewed ...
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![Explore by Topic FROM CLEARCUTS TO COMMUNITIES](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol30_Halls_Header2-400x284.jpg)
If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably driven past the community halls north of Courtenay ...
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![Explore by Topic THE POWER OF GROWING THINGS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/CVC_Vol30_Yarden_Header-400x284.jpg)
My dearest Yarden, It wasn’t just one of your plants that snared me. Nor did my love for you ...
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