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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.

EASY, BREEZY E-BIKES

EASY, BREEZY E-BIKES

How many times have you thought about how nice it would be to drive less? Maybe you want to reduce your carbon ...

Rad new rides give biking a boost.

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LITTLE VALLEY: SAM GOLDBY

LITTLE VALLEY: SAM GOLDBY

My name is Sam and I am 11 years old. I love to go fishing, play basketball and ride bikes, but my very favourite ...

Our young residents reflect on the home they’re growing up in.

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FED UP NO MORE

FED UP NO MORE

We got together in the living rooms of cabins, converted barns, half-finished homemade houses. We ate date ...

Edible Island and the evolution of alternative eating in the Comox Valley.

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FEATURED ARTIST: JO PAYNE

FEATURED ARTIST: JO PAYNE

Jo is a Comox-based artist with a passion for exploring colour, texture, and light. Using primarily acrylics, ...
BELTANE

BELTANE

Curled against you under the night sky your touch reminds me that my flesh is made from the spark and dust of ...

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ON THE SHARP EDGE

ON THE SHARP EDGE

A rare beam of sunshine reflects off a long steel blade, catching the eyes of a pair of observers who press their ...

Local swordfighters get medieval at the Comox Valley Combat Guild.

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AIMING FOR ZERO

AIMING FOR ZERO

One of nature’s fundamentals is the way matter flows in loops, supporting life as it transforms from one state to ...

From circular to linear and back again: the human economy on a finite planet.

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THE CURVE OF TIME

THE CURVE OF TIME

I grew up in a house where bookshelves reached the ceilings, with cascading spider plants tucked in among the ...

The classic story of a BC family’s sailing adventures still thrills modern readers.

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TURNING DOWN THE TEMPERATURE

TURNING DOWN THE TEMPERATURE

The second in our series imagining how the Comox Valley’s communities could look 20 years from ...

Cumberland 2040: How Cumberland reached carbon negative

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