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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 COASTAL COLLABORATION](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol24_CoastalCollaboration_Header-400x284.jpg)
It was late August in the Great Bear Rainforest and the salmon were starting to return to their nascent streams ...
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![Explore by Topic THE VINYL REVIVAL](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol24_Vinyl_Header-400x284.jpg)
In the last few years, you may have noticed the resurgence of vinyl records and local record shops. What is it ...
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![Explore by Topic TAKING THE PLUNGE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol24_ColdPlunge_Header-400x284.jpg)
On January 1, 2019, a large group of adventurous Cumberland residents gathered on the shores of Comox Lake. ...
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![Explore by Topic RAISING WOMEN](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol24_RaisingWomen_Header-400x284.jpg)
Famed feminist leader Gloria Steinem is quoted as saying: “Revolutions that last don’t happen from the top down. ...
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![Explore by Topic CALLED TO THE BAR](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol24_HornbyBars_Header-400x284.jpg)
It began in a small kitchen on a small island, with peanut butter, honey, and oats.
It was 1993 when Trish ...
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![Explore by Topic STORM, SPIRITS, AND ISOLATION: LIFE ON THE LIGHTS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CVC_Vol24_Lighthouse_Header-400x284.jpg)
Few manmade structures have the universal allure of the lighthouse. We are drawn to them, as much for their ...
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![Explore by Topic RAKING THE COALS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol24_Dementia_Header-400x284.jpg)
I never know what to expect during our visits. Often, she is not home; her tiny body is present in a mobile chair ...
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![Explore by Topic TAKING THE TEMPERATURE ON GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol24_Geothermal_Header-400x284.jpg)
I’ve been intimately involved in the ground-source heat pump (GSHP) industry for 20 years. I began with mud up to ...
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![Explore by Topic UNHINDERED GOOD TIMES ON FORBIDDEN PLATEAU](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol24_Forbidden_Header-400x284.jpg)
Katherine Kirk suspected the roof of Forbidden Plateau’s day lodge was going to collapse. “One day, a woman in the ...
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![Explore by Topic ARE WE OUT OF THE WOODS YET?](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol24_Intro_Header-400x284.jpg)
I began to write this letter on a rainy, blustery day in early November—possibly not the best time to reflect on ...
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![Explore by Topic COASTAL COLLABORATION](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol24_CoastalCollaboration_Header-400x284.jpg)
It was late August in the Great Bear Rainforest and the salmon were starting to return to ...
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![Explore by Topic THE VINYL REVIVAL](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol24_Vinyl_Header-400x284.jpg)
In the last few years, you may have noticed the resurgence of vinyl records and local record ...
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![Explore by Topic TAKING THE PLUNGE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol24_ColdPlunge_Header-400x284.jpg)
On January 1, 2019, a large group of adventurous Cumberland residents gathered on the shores ...
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![Explore by Topic RAISING WOMEN](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol24_RaisingWomen_Header-400x284.jpg)
Famed feminist leader Gloria Steinem is quoted as saying: “Revolutions that last don’t happen ...
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![Explore by Topic CALLED TO THE BAR](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol24_HornbyBars_Header-400x284.jpg)
It began in a small kitchen on a small island, with peanut butter, honey, and oats.
It was ...
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![Explore by Topic STORM, SPIRITS, AND ISOLATION: LIFE ON THE LIGHTS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CVC_Vol24_Lighthouse_Header-400x284.jpg)
Few manmade structures have the universal allure of the lighthouse. We are drawn to them, as ...
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![Explore by Topic RAKING THE COALS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol24_Dementia_Header-400x284.jpg)
I never know what to expect during our visits. Often, she is not home; her tiny body is ...
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![Explore by Topic TAKING THE TEMPERATURE ON GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol24_Geothermal_Header-400x284.jpg)
I’ve been intimately involved in the ground-source heat pump (GSHP) industry for 20 years. I ...
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![Explore by Topic UNHINDERED GOOD TIMES ON FORBIDDEN PLATEAU](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol24_Forbidden_Header-400x284.jpg)
Katherine Kirk suspected the roof of Forbidden Plateau’s day lodge was going to collapse. “One ...
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![Explore by Topic ARE WE OUT OF THE WOODS YET?](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CVC_Vol24_Intro_Header-400x284.jpg)
I began to write this letter on a rainy, blustery day in early November—possibly not the best ...
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