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.

STROKE OF MAGIC

My boyfriend, Curtis Blackburn, and I love to be in the mountains. Although we spend most of our time in ...

Accessing a glacier for a spring paddle board session is leagues above one couple’s regular adventures.

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DIFFICULT TERRAIN

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 ...

Comox Valley Ground Search and Rescue trains for innumerable circumstances in order to return people to civilization. But some challenges are more than physical.

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WHERE YOUR HEART IS

“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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FILM FOR THE FUTURE

It was a warm summer afternoon when I first met Comox Valley Art Gallery (CVAG) Executive Director Sharon Karsten ...

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FASHION FORWARD

Nearly invisible, a fishing net drifts within the dark waters off the western shores of Vancouver Island. As a ...

How one small business is making an environmental sea change with thoughtfully crafted swimwear.

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ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT

Jessica likes to eat her pot. Preferably in a gummy. But it could be years before she can buy them legally at a ...

With the Federal Government on the verge of legalizing recreational marijuana use, Comox Valley municipalities drag their heels on implementing non-medicinal dispensaries while consumers find out-of-town alternatives.

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THE BRIGHTEST PATH

Escape. Run away. Get lost. Get free. Last winter, when the long stretch of darkness was at its most ...

A serendipitous trip to New Zealand provides soothing reprieve from the west coast winter.

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MARKINGS OF THE MIND

Ian McKenzie sees things. These hallucinations started when he was a kid. He would hear voices while sitting ...

A designer and artist utilizes his craft to break down the barriers of schizophrenia.

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STOLEN MOMENTS

Desperately pinching limestone tufas and underclinging stalactites, I tried hard, like full-body core-strength ...

Time slows and memories collect and blur together while climbing amongst the Valley’s age-old terrain.

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LITTLE VALLEY: ARLO FLEENOR

I have lived in the same place my whole life, in a smallish house in deep west Courtenay, near the river, forest, ...

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

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