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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 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 THE NOSE KNOWS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/CVC_Vol30_SAR_Header-400x284.jpg)
Bark! Bark! Bark! We are an hour and a half into our wilderness validation search; Rudy has already found two ...
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![Explore by Topic WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CVC_Vol30_Intro_Header-400x284.jpg)
When LOVE was suggested as our summer theme, I jumped on it. I planned to write an inspiring intro that would ...
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![Explore by Topic CHANGING TIDES](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol29_GooseSpit_Header-400x284.jpg)
One of the most iconic locations in the Comox Valley is Goose Spit, a long finger of land that shields Comox ...
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![Explore by Topic THE SNOWLINE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol29_Snowline_Header-400x284.jpg)
In 2021, I decided to travel across British Columbia with my bike and my skis—or, more accurately—with my skis on ...
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![Explore by Topic A LOVE LETTER TO WATER](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol29_CleaMinaker_Header-400x284.jpg)
“Restoring land without restoring relationship is an empty exercise.”
– Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, ...
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![Explore by Topic FEATURED ARTIST: CHRISTIAN GEISSLER](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol29_FeaturedArtist_Header-400x284.jpg)
Born and raised on British Columbia’s West Coast, Christian grew up with a deep appreciation for nature, thanks to ...
![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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![Explore by Topic THE NOSE KNOWS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/CVC_Vol30_SAR_Header-400x284.jpg)
Bark! Bark! Bark! We are an hour and a half into our wilderness validation search; Rudy has ...
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![Explore by Topic WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CVC_Vol30_Intro_Header-400x284.jpg)
When LOVE was suggested as our summer theme, I jumped on it. I planned to write an inspiring ...
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![Explore by Topic CHANGING TIDES](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol29_GooseSpit_Header-400x284.jpg)
One of the most iconic locations in the Comox Valley is Goose Spit, a long finger of land that ...
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![Explore by Topic THE SNOWLINE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol29_Snowline_Header-400x284.jpg)
In 2021, I decided to travel across British Columbia with my bike and my skis—or, more ...
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![Explore by Topic A LOVE LETTER TO WATER](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol29_CleaMinaker_Header-400x284.jpg)
“Restoring land without restoring relationship is an empty exercise.”
– Braiding ...
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![Explore by Topic FEATURED ARTIST: CHRISTIAN GEISSLER](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol29_FeaturedArtist_Header-400x284.jpg)
Born and raised on British Columbia’s West Coast, Christian grew up with a deep appreciation ...