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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.
![Explore by Topic IN THE FIELD](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CVC_Vol20_4-InTheField_Header-400x284.jpg)
PETER GEE: CONNECTOR
If you recently arrived in the Comox Valley and found a family doctor with little trouble, ...
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![Explore by Topic STROKE OF MAGIC](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol20_3-Paddleboard_Header-400x284.jpg)
My boyfriend, Curtis Blackburn, and I love to be in the mountains. Although we spend most of our time in ...
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![Explore by Topic DIFFICULT TERRAIN](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol20_2-SAR_Header-400x284.jpg)
As I roll over a small bump in the slope, a voice calls out to move out further to the edge of the run on skier’s ...
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![Explore by Topic WHERE YOUR HEART IS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol20_1-Intro_Header-400x284.jpg)
“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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![Explore by Topic FILM FOR THE FUTURE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol15_15-YouthMedia-400x284.jpg)
It was a warm summer afternoon when I first met Comox Valley Art Gallery (CVAG) Executive Director Sharon Karsten ...
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![Explore by Topic FASHION FORWARD](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol15_13-Swimwear_Header-400x284.jpg)
Nearly invisible, a fishing net drifts within the dark waters off the western shores of Vancouver Island. As a ...
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![Explore by Topic ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol15_Cannabis-400x284.jpg)
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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![Explore by Topic THE BRIGHTEST PATH](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol19_20-NZ_Header-400x284.jpg)
Escape. Run away. Get lost. Get free.
Last winter, when the long stretch of darkness was at its most ...
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![Explore by Topic MARKINGS OF THE MIND](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol19_19-Markings-400x284.jpg)
Ian McKenzie sees things.
These hallucinations started when he was a kid. He would hear voices while sitting ...
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![Explore by Topic STOLEN MOMENTS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol19_18-Climbing-400x284.jpg)
Desperately pinching limestone tufas and underclinging stalactites, I tried hard, like full-body core-strength ...
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![Explore by Topic IN THE FIELD](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CVC_Vol20_4-InTheField_Header-400x284.jpg)
PETER GEE: CONNECTOR
If you recently arrived in the Comox Valley and found a family doctor ...
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![Explore by Topic STROKE OF MAGIC](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol20_3-Paddleboard_Header-400x284.jpg)
My boyfriend, Curtis Blackburn, and I love to be in the mountains. Although we spend most of ...
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![Explore by Topic DIFFICULT TERRAIN](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol20_2-SAR_Header-400x284.jpg)
As I roll over a small bump in the slope, a voice calls out to move out further to the edge of ...
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![Explore by Topic WHERE YOUR HEART IS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol20_1-Intro_Header-400x284.jpg)
“I discovered mountain rivers late, for I was a prairie child… All I knew was that it was pure ...
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![Explore by Topic FILM FOR THE FUTURE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol15_15-YouthMedia-400x284.jpg)
It was a warm summer afternoon when I first met Comox Valley Art Gallery (CVAG) Executive ...
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![Explore by Topic FASHION FORWARD](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol15_13-Swimwear_Header-400x284.jpg)
Nearly invisible, a fishing net drifts within the dark waters off the western shores of ...
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![Explore by Topic ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol15_Cannabis-400x284.jpg)
Jessica likes to eat her pot. Preferably in a gummy. But it could be years before she can buy ...
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![Explore by Topic THE BRIGHTEST PATH](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol19_20-NZ_Header-400x284.jpg)
Escape. Run away. Get lost. Get free.
Last winter, when the long stretch of darkness was at ...
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![Explore by Topic MARKINGS OF THE MIND](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol19_19-Markings-400x284.jpg)
Ian McKenzie sees things.
These hallucinations started when he was a kid. He would hear ...
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![Explore by Topic STOLEN MOMENTS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol19_18-Climbing-400x284.jpg)
Desperately pinching limestone tufas and underclinging stalactites, I tried hard, like ...
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