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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.

Featured Photographer: Kennedy Armstrong

Born in Comox, Kennedy Armstrong is a 26-year-old mixed-media artist with many artistic and creative passions. Her ...

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Bonjour, je m’appelle Jack. In case you’re wondering, that means “Hello, my name is Jack” in French.I have ...

LITTLE VALLEY: REFLECTIONS FROM A YOUNGER RESIDENT

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On rain, resilience, and creating community

The rain makes me feel alive.I’m not talking about that incessant grey drizzle that sometimes hangs over us for ...

An umbrella in a downpour

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Featured Words: Toni Dunne

This poem is for youYou are not something to fix You are not broken, faulty or bad Your failures are not a ...

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A local podcast explores life, creativity, and community through neurodivergent perspectives

For most of my life, I felt like I was trying to play a game where everyone else had been given the rulebook but ...

Neurosparx—Wired Differently

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Featured Music: Alick Mac

Alick Mac is a rapper, singer, and songwriter based in the Comox Valley. His style is defined by honest, ...

Grassroots organizations are the heart of Campbell River’s adult learning programs

Throughout the twentieth century, North Island communities have adapted to astonishing technological changes—from ...

The evolution of literacy

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Salmonberry Nature Festival

Jeff Groat is the Outreach and Food Security Organizer for Greenways. Every spring on the West Coast, ...

A bioblitz and more to mark Greenways' 30th anniversary

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How letting go of our stuff affects our lives

My husband and I are in our early seventies. His latest health challenge, last June, prompted us to begin looking ...

Goodbye, hello

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From an old building, a vision for a gathering place begins to take shape

The Shipyard. High ceilings, cement floors meant for wear, open beams, old wood walls with stories to tell … it ...

historic shipyard to creative space

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Sandra Viney of Courtenay’s Atlas Cafe

Thirty years of cuisine and community

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Nicole Bergot

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Karen McKinnon

At the Royston Roasting Co. it’s a new era and a family affair

Boldly Brewing

Summer skin, simplified

Beneath the surface

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Penny Smith

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Alex Maertz

A Young Author on Writing and Self-Discovery

Creating her own story

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Aurora Spouler

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Ayla Roberts

Creativity and collaboration rule the world of Live Action Role Play (LARP)

Join the quest!

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Jamie Black

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Joslyn Kilborn & Jared Popescu

Understanding food flows in the Comox Valley

Planning for a resilient, sustainable, edible future

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Kristen Battle & Maurita Prato

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Jenn Dykstra

Compass Adventures: A Comox Valley water sports legacy

Riding the waves for 30 years

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Todd MacSween

Comox Valley paragliding offers pure, joyous flight

Frontier flying

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Emmanuel Lavoie

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Andrey Polyakov

Easy from the outside

An Introduction to Vol. 42

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Jen Groundwater

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Jarrett Lindal

Walking two hundred clicks on the Camino Portugues

Two for the Road

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Dawn Copeman

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Dawn Copeman & Sue Wheeler

Reimagining Cumberland lake park tourism for community good

Sharing the wealth

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Bevin Clempson

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Sara Kempner

Exploring the ancient markets and cities in Morocco

Getting comfortable with going astray

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Vince Kehn

Life as a fishing guide in Campbell River

Fortune favours the fisherman

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Jeremy Maynard

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Ross Bodenmann

IMMERSED IN THE ARTS

Dance, music, and theatre help one young resident to find his role in life and on stage

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Nate Diemer

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Ross Bodemann

It’s never too late for a big life change

Boldly Going

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Ann & David Ryan

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Sara Kempner

THE VALUE OF SOIL

Considering the world beneath our feet

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Neil Borecky

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Emily Yewchuk

Beyond Poppies

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Mac Newton

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Carsyn Hartling

FEATURED CREATIVE WRITER: AN ODE TO THE ISLAND COWBOY

Easy to love, hard to hold onto

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Marie Wheeler

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Kat Craats

ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP IN BC GREEN BUSINESS

Making a difference

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Emily Shields

FEATURED ARTIST: BRONWYN SCHUSTER

A TRIP TO THE SANCTUARY

A sufferfest leads to a Shangri-La deep in the backcountry

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Eryn Tombu Haigh

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Barry Hansen

FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: CHRISTOPHER LINDENAU

REINSTATING THE LIǦʷIŁDAX̌ʷ̌ LANGUAGE AROUND CAMPBELL RIVER

Names are bridges

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Jeff Groat

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Jenn Dykstra

THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING GOOD DIGESTION

Love your guts

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Nicole Bergot

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Alex Maertz

PORT HARDY’S KYLE SCOW MEMORIAL SKATEPARK

An inclusive community hub for all ages

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Heather Nelson-Smith

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Kimberley Kufaas

386 KOMOX SQUADRON AIR CADETS

Learning to fly

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Don McClellan

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Lucien Haury

THE BEGINNING OF SONORA ISLAND’S BREAKWATER LODGE

Vision, grit, and beauty

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Wes Sewell

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Tyler Cave

ESCAPE AT INNISFREE FARM

Exploring a whimsical, botanical playground

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Courtney Brown

REVIVAL VINTAGE

seller’s perspective on bringing a lost art back to life

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Dawn Mahaney

Alison Dawn

HEATHER GORDON MURPHY: HELPING PEOPLE DRINK LESS

WITH A GRANT FROM CAUDS, A PLAY STARTS A CONVERSATION

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Hollie Ferguson

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Bluetree Photography

WOLF BLOSSOM

CRAFTING LEATHER WITH PASSION, PURPOSE, AND A LITTLE WILD SPIRIT

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Zoë Cooper

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Kareen Sanderson

THE REINVENTION OF A HISTORIC PUB-TO-PUB TRAIL

Oyster River to Salmon Point

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Lynsey Burke

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Lindsay Ness

CHRIS GIBBONS FINDS FUN IN HIS WORK AS AN ARBORIST

More than monkey business

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Jen Groundwater

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Sara Kempner

The Comox Strathcona Waste Management Service

Community initiatives

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Stephanie Valdal

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Jodie Gallant

Cycling Without Age offers free bike rides for seniors

Wind in their hair

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Dawn Collins

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Matthew Wanbon

Upana Caves

one traveller finds more than they sought

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Scottee Giles

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Karen Massier

SEA LION SOLILOQUY

A poetic young pinniped and the art of storytelling.

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Rhianna Walz

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Ryan Miller

Engineering a new life at Surf Side Fungus Farm

How to quit your day job

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Matt Macdonald and Shannon Reeb

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Wild Shay Photography

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