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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.

Pointing the Bow North

Spring brings variable weather and an itch to cast off the mooring lines. Except my itch goes beyond sailing. I ...

A Coastal Sailing And Snowboarding Adventure

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The Future is Digital

When the global pandemic first hit the Strathcona region, the local performing arts community was faced with many ...

Adversity Sparks Creative Innovation At Campbell River’s Tidemark Theatre

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River Magic

Life on Vancouver Island ebbs and flows with the life-cycle of the salmon. In the warmth of the late-September ...

The Watery Highway Of Life On The North Island

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REIMAGINING REGIONAL RECREATION

Imagine three siblings—Cumberland, Courtenay, and Comox—who tolerate each other, but aren’t exactly brimming with ...

Four local governments working together for better parks and recreation management? It could be a reality very soon.

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LEARNING LANGUAGE; BUILDING COMMUNITY

North Island College’s (NIC)’s Indigenous language courses are bringing together students and building a community ...

NIC’s Indigenous language courses help students bring Kwak’wala into their day-to-day lives.

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LIFTING THE FOG

A few years ago, a fog rolled in on me, gradually placing a dim, grey mist over my view in all directions. I ...

How a Valley-based program is helping people overcome anxiety and depression.

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FREE THE LAWNS!

Urban agriculture can mean a number of things depending on who you ask and where in the world it’s occurring. To ...

The front lines of food production, coming to a neighbourhood near you.

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IT’S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY

What separates SOS Gear from other outdoor stores is not what it carries, but what it doesn’t. Like most gear ...

At SOS Gear, every sale helps save lives.

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GETTING HIGH ON VANCOUVER ISLAND

The secret’s out regarding Vancouver Island and its amazing mountains. While all alpine environments are ...

Singing the praises of our unique alpine environment.

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SAILING FORTH

There’s no real place to start this story of sailing. I never would have predicted that I would be writing this ...

A thirst for adventure, a boat of her own, and the Salish Sea as her playground.

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