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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.
![Explore by Topic SAILING FORTH](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/CVC_Vol26_Sailing_Header-400x284.jpg)
There’s no real place to start this story of sailing. I never would have predicted that I would be writing this ...
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![Explore by Topic WELCOME TO HISTORIC CUMBERLAND](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol26_HistoricCumberland_Header-400x284.jpg)
A few years ago, there was a local kerfuffle because a new sign on the Inland Island Highway proclaimed: “Welcome ...
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![Explore by Topic GET AWAY TO GOLD RIVER](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/CVC_Vol26_GoldRiver_Header-400x284.jpg)
For over a year, we’ve all been dreaming of getting away, and perhaps Island adventures will once again be ...
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![Explore by Topic SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LAZY RIVER](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol26_Tubing_Header-400x284.jpg)
One of the most iconic summer activities in the Comox Valley is tubing down the Puntledge River.
There’s no ...
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![Explore by Topic BEYOND FARMING FOOD](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CVC_Vol26_SmithLakeFarm_Header-400x284.jpg)
At the end of a dirt road, minutes from the sea, sits an idyllic farm.
Youthful alder, fir, hemlock, and pines ...
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![Explore by Topic CUMBERLAND, A TINY-TOAD SUPERHIGHWAY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CVC_Vol26_Toads_Header-400x284.jpg)
I remember well the pitter-patter of tiny toad feet on my lawn when I was a child growing up across from the swamp ...
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![Explore by Topic THE FUTURE LOOKS TASTY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol26_Seafood_Header-400x284.jpg)
At the end of a meandering gravel driveway tucked among lush cedars stands the Deep Bay Marine Field Station, a ...
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![Explore by Topic RECHARGED AND READY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CVC_Vol26_Intro_Header-400x284.jpg)
After so many months of navigating an ever-changing pandemic landscape of worries, warnings, restrictions, and ...
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![Explore by Topic SCENES FROM CVAG, 2020](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol25_CVAG_Gallery-400x284.jpg)
THE TIME OF THINGS
A masked woman reaches toward the fabric hanging on the art gallery wall.
“Don’t!” ...
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![Explore by Topic LEAVING OLD ENMITIES BEHIND](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol25_Japan_Header-400x284.jpg)
I enjoy the practice of traditional karate for many reasons, including what it teaches me about Japanese and ...
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![Explore by Topic SAILING FORTH](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/CVC_Vol26_Sailing_Header-400x284.jpg)
There’s no real place to start this story of sailing. I never would have predicted that I ...
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![Explore by Topic WELCOME TO HISTORIC CUMBERLAND](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol26_HistoricCumberland_Header-400x284.jpg)
A few years ago, there was a local kerfuffle because a new sign on the Inland Island Highway ...
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![Explore by Topic GET AWAY TO GOLD RIVER](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/CVC_Vol26_GoldRiver_Header-400x284.jpg)
For over a year, we’ve all been dreaming of getting away, and perhaps Island adventures will ...
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![Explore by Topic SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LAZY RIVER](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol26_Tubing_Header-400x284.jpg)
One of the most iconic summer activities in the Comox Valley is tubing down the Puntledge ...
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![Explore by Topic BEYOND FARMING FOOD](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CVC_Vol26_SmithLakeFarm_Header-400x284.jpg)
At the end of a dirt road, minutes from the sea, sits an idyllic farm.
Youthful alder, fir, ...
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![Explore by Topic CUMBERLAND, A TINY-TOAD SUPERHIGHWAY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CVC_Vol26_Toads_Header-400x284.jpg)
I remember well the pitter-patter of tiny toad feet on my lawn when I was a child growing up ...
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![Explore by Topic THE FUTURE LOOKS TASTY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol26_Seafood_Header-400x284.jpg)
At the end of a meandering gravel driveway tucked among lush cedars stands the Deep Bay Marine ...
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![Explore by Topic RECHARGED AND READY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CVC_Vol26_Intro_Header-400x284.jpg)
After so many months of navigating an ever-changing pandemic landscape of worries, warnings, ...
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![Explore by Topic SCENES FROM CVAG, 2020](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol25_CVAG_Gallery-400x284.jpg)
THE TIME OF THINGS
A masked woman reaches toward the fabric hanging on the art gallery ...
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![Explore by Topic LEAVING OLD ENMITIES BEHIND](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol25_Japan_Header-400x284.jpg)
I enjoy the practice of traditional karate for many reasons, including what it teaches me ...
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