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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 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 THE MYSTERIOUS FAROE ISLANDS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol23_FaroeIslands_Header-400x284.jpg)
The rising sun cast a pink glow on the cliffs as we prepared for landing on a crisp November morning. Just five ...
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![Explore by Topic GOING DEEP](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol23_GoingDeep_Header-400x284.jpg)
When I'm under the water, I feel at home. As soon as my head goes below the surface, an almost instant calm comes ...
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![Explore by Topic LITTLE VALLEY: ZOLA FINDLAY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CVC_Vol23_LittleValley_Header-400x284.jpg)
Why travel makes us love home.
The very first thing she told us was that the monkey didn’t like kids. Of course, ...
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with help from her sister
![Explore by Topic HOW YA GONNA KEEP ‘EM DOWN ON THE FARM](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol23_FossilBeach_Header-400x284.jpg)
On a sunny Saturday afternoon, Fossil Beach Farm is a-bustle with activity. People are sitting at long picnic ...
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![Explore by Topic GLOBAL BUSINESS, LOCAL IMPACTS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CVC_Vol23_Aquaquest_Header-400x284.jpg)
One of the many big questions of 2020 is how we adapt and evolve as consumers, locally and globally. Whether we ...
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![Explore by Topic BEAVERS, WIDE OPEN!](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CVC_Vol23_Beavers_Header-400x284.jpg)
I used to write science fiction (which means I know little about science, but I liked playing with ideas). In one ...
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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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![Explore by Topic THE MYSTERIOUS FAROE ISLANDS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol23_FaroeIslands_Header-400x284.jpg)
The rising sun cast a pink glow on the cliffs as we prepared for landing on a crisp November ...
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![Explore by Topic GOING DEEP](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol23_GoingDeep_Header-400x284.jpg)
When I'm under the water, I feel at home. As soon as my head goes below the surface, an almost ...
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![Explore by Topic LITTLE VALLEY: ZOLA FINDLAY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/CVC_Vol23_LittleValley_Header-400x284.jpg)
Why travel makes us love home.
The very first thing she told us was that the monkey didn’t ...
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with help from her sister
![Explore by Topic HOW YA GONNA KEEP ‘EM DOWN ON THE FARM](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol23_FossilBeach_Header-400x284.jpg)
On a sunny Saturday afternoon, Fossil Beach Farm is a-bustle with activity. People are sitting ...
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![Explore by Topic GLOBAL BUSINESS, LOCAL IMPACTS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CVC_Vol23_Aquaquest_Header-400x284.jpg)
One of the many big questions of 2020 is how we adapt and evolve as consumers, locally and ...
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![Explore by Topic BEAVERS, WIDE OPEN!](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CVC_Vol23_Beavers_Header-400x284.jpg)
I used to write science fiction (which means I know little about science, but I liked playing ...
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