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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.

HANDCRAFTING LINEN

LIVING FROM LINENI’m Karla, and I create linen. That’s right, I start with a handful of unassuming flax ...

From tiny flax seed to majestic fabric

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HA̱’ME’ RESTAURANT REOPENS AT KWA’LILAS HOTEL

BEYOND THE PLATE AT HA’ME‘’S (RE)OPENINGThe eagerly anticipated (re)opening of Ha̱’me‘ Restaurant, in its ...

Food security and a celebration of culture

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THE HERRING GOLD RUSH OF 1979

In 1979, a certain smell sustained the herring gillnetters of British Columbia. It hung from their bibs and clung ...

For BC’s fishers, it was the year of money

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BUILDING COMMUNITY WITH LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES

A steady stream of people stops in front of a typical home in Courtenay’s Old Orchard neighbourhood. They come by ...

Take a book, leave a book

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THE STRATHCONA REGION IS GUIDED BY PASSION AND PURPOSE

As the editor of the Strathcona Collective, it is my privilege to help writers and community members throughout ...

Editor's introduction to Vol. 9

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OUR COMMUNITY RUNS ON HUMAN CREATIVITY

A beautiful mosaicThis is my first time writing in my own magazine. Writing has never been a passion of ...

Creative Director's Introduction to Vol. 37

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OUTRIGGER CANOEING IN SAMOA

SAMOAN SOULSitting on the start line of the World Long Distance Championships for outrigger canoeing in ...

Racing, roots, and reconnections

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A PLAN FOR HOME-GROWN DOCTORS

Finding a family doctor or health care professional is difficult enough in urban centres, but it’s even harder for ...

A new program at NIC helps Island students pursue professions in health care.

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SEASONAL GOODS: WINTER

The ROAM team has selected some of their favourite winter items that we think everyone should know about. All are ...

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WHEN THE BURNOUT IS REAL

In the summer of 2023, approximately 70 local emergency services personnel from the Comox Valley were deployed to ...

What emergency service providers want you to know.

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GET ON BOARD

Empowering youth one board at a time.

Photos by

Ron Pogue

GHOST CATS

Cumberland, Vancouver Island

Words by

Roanne English

Illustration by

Ross Bodenmann

ECLECTIC TONES

Joi Guitars

Words by

Dave Nowak

Photos by

Jenn Dykstra

NECESSARY BALANCE

An interview with Lindsay Sterk.

Interview by

Ross Bodenmann

Photo by

Karen McKinnon

AGRI-BALANCE

Words by

Andrew Findlay

Photos by

Kody Kryzanowski

PEDAL POWER

Words by

Kerry Hale

Photos by

Ross Bodenmann

LIVE / WORK IN TIN TOWN

Words by

Sophie Simard

Jared Sato

SQUEEGEE VALLEY

MEMORIES OF CHINATOWN

Cumberland, Vancouver Island

Words by

Dawn Copeman

Featured photos by

Ed Brooks

A YOGA STATE OF MIND

Words by

Alex Leikermoser

Photos by

Jenn Dykstra

CYCLE OF LIFE

Words by

Andrew Small

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MOVEMENT

Words by

Ross Bodenmann

Photo by

Dave Prothero

COMOX VALLEY UNCORKED

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SUSPENDED OVER ELK FALLS

Words by

Mary Ruth Snyder

Photos by

Ross Bodenmann

BEE KEEPING 101

Words by

Lisa Levesque

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MARKET INNOVATORS: HEALING BLISS BOTANICALS

Photos by

Richard Barry

GIDDY UP

Words & photo by

Kyle Hansen

GALIANO ISLAND

Words by

Christian Nally

Photos by

Kris Krüg

HORNBY ISLAND

Words by

Haeley Dewhirst

Opening photo by

DAVE SILVER

FUTURE PERFECT

Words by

Jamie McCue

Photo by

Alexandra Stephanson

A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT

The Puntledge Paddling Festival celebrates a world class river.

Words by

Ryan Stuart

Photos by

Dave Prothero

CUMBERLANDIA

Words by

Andrew Findlay

Photos by

Dave Prothero

ALPINE TO OCEAN

Words by

Sarah Seads

Illustration by

Ian Adams

GOOSE SPIT

Comox, Vancouver Island

Words & photos by

Kristy Pedersen

NAKED BICYCLES

The naked truth

Words by

Dave Nowak

Photos by

Jenn Dykstra

UNVEILING STORIES

An interview with Daniel Kooman.

Interview & photo by

Ross Bodenmann

AN OCEAN PLAYGROUND

Words by

Stuart Robinson

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SWEET SUMMERTIME

Local’s guide to beat the heat.

Words by

Britt Hanson

Opening photo by

Colton Hornstein

BLOWN AWAY

Words & Opening photo by

Jennifer Netherton

Gallery photo by

Josh Grafton

WRECKIN’ SHOP

Royston, Vancouver Island

Words by

Allie Jenkinson

Photo by

Jenn Dykstra

RECREATING NOSTALGIA

Exquisite auto creations.

Words by

Dave Nowak

Photos by

Jenn Dykstra

ISOLATED CIRCUMSTANCES

Words by

Francine McCabe

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Chris Webster <

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