Explore Collective Magazine Articles By Topic
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 THE PERKS OF PLAYING PRETEND](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol21_13-PlayingPretend_Header-400x284.jpg)
You have been stuck on the glacier for three days and whatever has been stalking you is closing in. Night is ...
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![Explore by Topic THE BIG ONE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol21_12-BigOne_Header-400x284.jpg)
The stopwatch on the computer screen read four minutes and counting until the Great British Columbia ShakeOut. ...
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![Explore by Topic BRAVO FOR BUCKET OF BLOOD](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol21_11-BucketBlood_Header-400x284.jpg)
It’s two in the morning. I just turned the last page of Kim Bannerman’s book, Bucket of Blood.
I flip through ...
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![Explore by Topic YOU’LL BE GLAD TO HEAR: UNION BAY 2040](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol21_10-UnionBay_Header-400x284.jpg)
This year, we’ll be exploring possible futures for the communities of the Comox Valley based on current community ...
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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 PERKS OF PLAYING PRETEND](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol21_13-PlayingPretend_Header-400x284.jpg)
You have been stuck on the glacier for three days and whatever has been stalking you is ...
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![Explore by Topic THE BIG ONE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol21_12-BigOne_Header-400x284.jpg)
The stopwatch on the computer screen read four minutes and counting until the Great British ...
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![Explore by Topic BRAVO FOR BUCKET OF BLOOD](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol21_11-BucketBlood_Header-400x284.jpg)
It’s two in the morning. I just turned the last page of Kim Bannerman’s book, Bucket of ...
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![Explore by Topic YOU’LL BE GLAD TO HEAR: UNION BAY 2040](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol21_10-UnionBay_Header-400x284.jpg)
This year, we’ll be exploring possible futures for the communities of the Comox Valley based ...
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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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