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![Explore by Topic LIFE BEGINS AT 40](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol21_9-Where_Header-400x284.jpg)
A quick Google search on turning 40 will tell you everything from “You’re on the brink of a mid-life crisis” to ...
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![Explore by Topic A BACKCOUNTRY, MODULAR ROOM OF ONE’S OWN](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol21_8-What_Header-400x284.jpg)
Gaining popularity in the mid-1950s, the modest A-frame, with its inherently simple aesthetic, defined a way of ...
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![Explore by Topic PROFILE OF COMMUNITY IN ACTION SPONSORED BY NORTH ISLAND UROLOGY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol21_7-Who_Header-400x284.jpg)
The first thing you need to know about Glen Alwin Farm is that nobody involved is named Glen. Or Alwin. The people ...
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![Explore by Topic THE SONSHINE LUNCH CLUB: A LOCAL LIFELINE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol21_6-Sonshine_Header-400x284.jpg)
It’s a Tuesday, and when the doors of St. George’s United Church hall open at 11:30am, Gail, who is 70, comes in ...
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![Explore by Topic THE ORIGINAL SPIN SESSIONS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol21_3-Wool_Header-400x284.jpg)
Driving north out of Courtenay on an October day, one really notices the changing seasons. The wet leaves and ...
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![Explore by Topic WAIT ’TIL THE SUN SHINES, NELLIE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol21_2-Logging_Header-400x284.jpg)
While looking at a 1931 photo of a crew of men seated on a logging raft, long-time Cumberland resident Karl ...
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![Explore by Topic THE SEASON OF EARTH](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol21_1-Intro_Header-400x284.jpg)
Almost all the ancient civilizations identified four similar basic elements: earth, air, fire, and water. I ...
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![Explore by Topic NOW OR NEVER](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol20_17-Roadtrip_Header-400x284.jpg)
Last summer my family and I embarked on an epic journey. 10 months, 10 provinces, 25 US states, 17 Mexican states, ...
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![Explore by Topic COVERING NEW GROUND](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol20_16-Trailrider_Header-400x284.jpg)
Despite the perpetual spotlight that the world of technology enjoys for “changing the world”, few technical ...
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![Explore by Topic LITTLE VALLEY: MIA BEATTIE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol20_15-LittleValley_Header-400x284.jpg)
I have lived in Cumberland my whole life. I was born in October, even though I wasn’t supposed to come until ...
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![Explore by Topic LIFE BEGINS AT 40](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol21_9-Where_Header-400x284.jpg)
A quick Google search on turning 40 will tell you everything from “You’re on the brink of a ...
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![Explore by Topic A BACKCOUNTRY, MODULAR ROOM OF ONE’S OWN](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol21_8-What_Header-400x284.jpg)
Gaining popularity in the mid-1950s, the modest A-frame, with its inherently simple aesthetic, ...
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![Explore by Topic PROFILE OF COMMUNITY IN ACTION SPONSORED BY NORTH ISLAND UROLOGY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol21_7-Who_Header-400x284.jpg)
The first thing you need to know about Glen Alwin Farm is that nobody involved is named Glen. ...
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![Explore by Topic THE SONSHINE LUNCH CLUB: A LOCAL LIFELINE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol21_6-Sonshine_Header-400x284.jpg)
It’s a Tuesday, and when the doors of St. George’s United Church hall open at 11:30am, Gail, ...
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![Explore by Topic THE ORIGINAL SPIN SESSIONS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol21_3-Wool_Header-400x284.jpg)
Driving north out of Courtenay on an October day, one really notices the changing seasons. The ...
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![Explore by Topic WAIT ’TIL THE SUN SHINES, NELLIE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol21_2-Logging_Header-400x284.jpg)
While looking at a 1931 photo of a crew of men seated on a logging raft, long-time Cumberland ...
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![Explore by Topic THE SEASON OF EARTH](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol21_1-Intro_Header-400x284.jpg)
Almost all the ancient civilizations identified four similar basic elements: earth, air, fire, ...
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![Explore by Topic NOW OR NEVER](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol20_17-Roadtrip_Header-400x284.jpg)
Last summer my family and I embarked on an epic journey. 10 months, 10 provinces, 25 US ...
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![Explore by Topic COVERING NEW GROUND](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol20_16-Trailrider_Header-400x284.jpg)
Despite the perpetual spotlight that the world of technology enjoys for “changing the world”, ...
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![Explore by Topic LITTLE VALLEY: MIA BEATTIE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol20_15-LittleValley_Header-400x284.jpg)
I have lived in Cumberland my whole life. I was born in October, even though I wasn’t supposed ...
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