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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.

FOLLOW THE MOUNTAIN HOME

It is usually late May when I embark on the first mountain trip of the season. In this particular year I was ...

A journey to one of Strathcona Provincial Park’s most iconic peaks.

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THE COAL BENEATH OUR FEET

Starting in 1888, a vast labyrinth of extraction tunnels was carved beneath the village of Cumberland, the old ...

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DINNER IS SERVED

Eating local is a popular concept in the Comox Valley, with its long growing season and wealth of farms producing ...

Creative culinary events help put gustatory joy on everyone's menu.

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MAGIC IN THE DYE POT

When I was a kid growing up in the northern boreal forest, my mother took me and my siblings out foraging for ...

Fibre and fungi are key ingredients in Amy Crook’s creative process.

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EVERYTHING WE KNOW IS WRONG

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. – Søren Kierkegaard, 1843 I don’t ...

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WERE IT NOT FOR THE BIKE

This past January, I received an email from the organizer of the BC Epic thanking me for my registration. Which ...

Three days, two cyclists, and one island-sized mission.

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ELDER VALLEY: RETIREMENT REDEFINED

Opening up, embracing new ideas, and making time for wonder. I spent most of my career ...

Reflections from an older resident.

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LITTLE VALLEY: DAKOTA BLOMGREN

Hi, my name is Dakota Blomgren. I was born in the Comox Valley and I am nine years old. I am a proud member of the ...

Reflections from a younger resident.

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THE DAY THE PRINCE CAME TO TOWN

Over a century ago, on a Monday in late September, crowds of young and old thronged Vancouver’s sidewalks. Mothers ...

An irreverent look at a long-ago royal visit to the Comox Valley.

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ALTERED LANDSCAPE

My first home in Cumberland was on Camp Road, in a row of rough cabins that were built in 1888 when the coal mine ...

Restoring and reconnecting land and water includes understanding our history.

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