Explore Collective Magazine Articles By Topic
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 COMOX VALLEY STARGAZING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol27_Stargazing_Header-400x284.jpg)
Fighting the urge to crawl back into my warm bed, I force myself to grab my camera bag and head into the chilly ...
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![Explore by Topic PROTECTING PERSEVERANCE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol26_Perseverance_Header-400x284.jpg)
March 4, 2021: “This is not good. I’ve just gone to look at the area. The flagging starts about 50 meters beyond ...
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![Explore by Topic BRINGING BACK THE BYGONE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CVC_Vol26_FurnitureRestoration_Header-400x284.jpg)
My parents were notorious collectors. On any given Saturday, they would pack up our silver E150 Ford Econoline van ...
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![Explore by Topic A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO GREEN BURIAL](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CVC_Vol27_GreenBurial_Header-400x284.jpg)
It’s better to burn out than to fade away? Not always. New alternatives to cremation allow bodies to return to the ...
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![Explore by Topic THE EVOLUTION OF BANNOCK](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CVC_Vol27_Bannock_Header-400x284.jpg)
Bannock: a simple quick bread made with a few ingredients most people will have on hand. But bannock, for all its ...
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![Explore by Topic ROCK BEATS WATER](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CVC_Vol27_RockClimbing_Header-400x284.jpg)
Watching John Waters scramble up a rock face is like watching a monkey climb a tree. A moment ago, he stepped off ...
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![Explore by Topic ON THE UPSWING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CVC_Vol27_Intro_Header-400x284.jpg)
I’m so glad you’re here. As many readers know, each issue is part of a cycle with four linked themes.
COVID-19 ...
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![Explore by Topic THE MCLOUGHLIN GARDENS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol26_Gardens_Header-400x284.jpg)
When Sarah McLoughlin passed away on February 10, 2021, at Mount Saint Joseph Hospital in Vancouver—her husband ...
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![Explore by Topic LITTLE VALLEY: TOWNES BLUE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol26_LittleValley_Header-400x284.jpg)
We moved to the Comox Valley a little over three years ago. I spent most of my childhood living in Nelson, BC, ...
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![Explore by Topic TOWARD A MORE LIVABLE VALLEY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CVC_Vol26_Coalition_Header-400x284.jpg)
You pretty much can’t have a conversation anywhere in the world today without one of our global crises popping up ...
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![Explore by Topic COMOX VALLEY STARGAZING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol27_Stargazing_Header-400x284.jpg)
Fighting the urge to crawl back into my warm bed, I force myself to grab my camera bag and ...
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![Explore by Topic PROTECTING PERSEVERANCE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol26_Perseverance_Header-400x284.jpg)
March 4, 2021: “This is not good. I’ve just gone to look at the area. The flagging starts ...
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![Explore by Topic BRINGING BACK THE BYGONE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CVC_Vol26_FurnitureRestoration_Header-400x284.jpg)
My parents were notorious collectors. On any given Saturday, they would pack up our silver ...
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![Explore by Topic A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO GREEN BURIAL](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CVC_Vol27_GreenBurial_Header-400x284.jpg)
It’s better to burn out than to fade away? Not always. New alternatives to cremation allow ...
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![Explore by Topic THE EVOLUTION OF BANNOCK](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CVC_Vol27_Bannock_Header-400x284.jpg)
Bannock: a simple quick bread made with a few ingredients most people will have on hand. But ...
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![Explore by Topic ROCK BEATS WATER](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CVC_Vol27_RockClimbing_Header-400x284.jpg)
Watching John Waters scramble up a rock face is like watching a monkey climb a tree. A moment ...
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![Explore by Topic ON THE UPSWING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CVC_Vol27_Intro_Header-400x284.jpg)
I’m so glad you’re here. As many readers know, each issue is part of a cycle with four linked ...
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![Explore by Topic THE MCLOUGHLIN GARDENS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol26_Gardens_Header-400x284.jpg)
When Sarah McLoughlin passed away on February 10, 2021, at Mount Saint Joseph Hospital in ...
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![Explore by Topic LITTLE VALLEY: TOWNES BLUE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol26_LittleValley_Header-400x284.jpg)
We moved to the Comox Valley a little over three years ago. I spent most of my childhood ...
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![Explore by Topic TOWARD A MORE LIVABLE VALLEY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/CVC_Vol26_Coalition_Header-400x284.jpg)
You pretty much can’t have a conversation anywhere in the world today without one of our ...
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