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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.

Respect, Protect, Flourish

Does the phrase “you are a product of your environment” sound familiar? Many cultures have long recognized the ...

HOW TO LIVE WITH THE LAND, NOT JUST ON IT.

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Migration of the Grizzlies

Vancouver Island has remote valleys, salmon streams, and mountainsides that, in summer, are ripe with plump ...

AN EXERCISE IN WILDLIFE ECOLOGY SPECULATION.

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Saying Yes to South East Asia

When I think of innovation, I think of the external: technology and system upgrades that make our lives better. ...

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A PRESSING MATTER

Although Cumberland-based Black Cat Skateboards is a relatively new entity, its founder’s love of skateboarding ...

The story of Black Cat skateboards.

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AN ICONIC TRAIL IN THE MAKING

Terry Lewis sits in his home office, staring at a computer screen displaying a GIS map that’s a spider’s web of ...

It’s time to get The Vancouver Island Trail across the finish line.

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WINE FROM THE SOIL UP

40 Knots Winery is alive with potential energy. I sit in the glassed-in terrace across from Layne Craig, who owns ...

A commitment to sustainable prosperity keeps 40 Knots Winery growing.

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WILD GARDENING

I remember the sweet satisfaction of pushing peas into the slowly warming spring soil of my first garden “plot,” a ...

Being a part of the great chain of life, and nourishing it.

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THE TAIL OF THE KITE

“Deputy Minister Department of Mines offers services of H. M. Laing of Comox [to] accompany Expedition … to act as ...

Hamilton Mack Laing’s sudden involvement in the 1925 Mount Logan expedition.

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EYES ON THE TREES

Introduced in 2018 by Comox Valley Nature (CVN), this event encourages Comox Valley residents to pay attention to ...

The nominations are closed, but the voting has just begun in the annual Tree of the Year (TOTY) contest. And everyone, of any age, is eligible to vote for their favourite tree between April 1 and May 31.

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THE KLAHOOSE WAY

GALLERY PHOTOS BY REGAN HATLEY, DARREN HULL, BEN POWELESS, CHASE TERON, & DESTINATION CANADA You’re greeted ...

EXPERIENCE THE MAGIC AND INNOVATION OF KLAHOOSE WILDERNESS RESORT.

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