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“I discovered mountain rivers late, for I was a prairie child… All I knew was that it was pure delight to be where ...
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It was a warm summer afternoon when I first met Comox Valley Art Gallery (CVAG) Executive Director Sharon Karsten ...
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Nearly invisible, a fishing net drifts within the dark waters off the western shores of Vancouver Island. As a ...
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Jessica likes to eat her pot. Preferably in a gummy. But it could be years before she can buy them legally at a ...
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Escape. Run away. Get lost. Get free.
Last winter, when the long stretch of darkness was at its most ...
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Ian McKenzie sees things.
These hallucinations started when he was a kid. He would hear voices while sitting ...
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Desperately pinching limestone tufas and underclinging stalactites, I tried hard, like full-body core-strength ...
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I have lived in the same place my whole life, in a smallish house in deep west Courtenay, near the river, forest, ...
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Ava Luna is a professional henna and visual artist born and raised on Vancouver Island and new to the Comox ...



Dave Ingram is a photographer and naturalist based on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. He currently works as a ...



“I discovered mountain rivers late, for I was a prairie child… All I knew was that it was pure ...
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It was a warm summer afternoon when I first met Comox Valley Art Gallery (CVAG) Executive ...
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Nearly invisible, a fishing net drifts within the dark waters off the western shores of ...
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Jessica likes to eat her pot. Preferably in a gummy. But it could be years before she can buy ...
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Escape. Run away. Get lost. Get free.
Last winter, when the long stretch of darkness was at ...
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Ian McKenzie sees things.
These hallucinations started when he was a kid. He would hear ...
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Desperately pinching limestone tufas and underclinging stalactites, I tried hard, like ...
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I have lived in the same place my whole life, in a smallish house in deep west Courtenay, near ...
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Ava Luna is a professional henna and visual artist born and raised on Vancouver Island and new ...



Dave Ingram is a photographer and naturalist based on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. He ...