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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.

DROP INTO A DEEP READ

In 2015, on his way to Whistler, Duncan Hague flew over the Rocky Mountains and peered out the plane’s little oval ...

Photographer Duncan Hague creates space to tell mountain biking’s unsung stories.

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IT TAKES A VILLAGE

We’ve all heard the adage “It takes a village to raise a child.” Now imagine we’re talking about your child. ...

Meet the organization that aims to help all Comox Valley children reach their full potential.

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MUD, MESS, AND MAGIC

I respectfully acknowledge that we are on the unceded traditional territories of the K’ómoks First Nation, and I ...

Making a case for outdoor education.

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SALMON AND STEWARDSHIP

The late autumn sun lazily streams through dwindling golden leaves. Live music drifts across the smiling, ...

the K’ómoks First Nation Guardian Watchmen use the bounty of the sea to help protect the forest.

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BREWMOX VALLEY 2.0

When I wrote The New Brewmox Valley for the inaugural issue of this magazine in 2014, I told a hopeful and ...

Not even a pandemic has stopped our growing love for local craft beer.

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WHERE THERE’S WATER, THERE’S HOPE

Imagine noticing smoke in the distance, then, less than ten minutes later, your property is fully consumed by ...

Clearflo Solutions was already working on the global clean water crisis. Then their technology was needed much closer to home.

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WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS

I grew up on Vancouver Island, the fourth of five generations of my family to have done so. I have had the great ...

Winters in the Valley aren’t what they used to be. What does this mean for our water supply?

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KNIT LIKE A NORWEGIAN

I pull up to Kelsey Epp’s Merville farm, and, before my feet hit the ground, the silence of the long, verdant ...

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MUSIC WAS OUR CONTRABAND

May 31, 2021: “Hey, Meaghan, we’re thinking if some restrictions lift this summer we might try to book some shows ...

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LET THE RIVERS RUN

In case you haven’t noticed, the Comox Valley has been experiencing a population boom of late. Newcomers choose ...

Streamkeepers keep a watchful eye on the Valley’s precious waterways.

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