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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.

FEATURED ARTIST: ALEX MAERTZ

Alex Maertz is an illustrator based on the west coast. Born a stone’s throw from the woods, she instinctively ...

FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: PAIGE OWEN

Paige Owen is a photographer and graphic designer based in the Comox Valley. She takes inspiration from her ...

SUPPORTING THE NEXT GENERATION

We live in an incredible rainforest. Part of the wonder of our local geography is the amazing old-growth trees ...

In partnership with School District 71, skilled timber framers are teaching their craft to Comox Valley youth.

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IN HER ELEMENT

Take a moment and listen to your breath. Inside it is the cadence of the ocean, the push and pull of an endless ...

Through the push and pull of turbulence and peace, strength and submission, a surfer awakens.

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PROTECTING THE BALANCE

The Baynes Sound herring spawn in March is a spectacle, and the largest of its kind. About 38% of all the herring ...

Roughly one-sixth of Denman Island residents are a member of the Association for Denman Island Marine Stewards, an organization doing work on the ground for the sake of surrounding waters.

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THE RETURN OF GIANTS

For the past 15 years, I’ve spent summers working as a kayak guide leading multi-day trips, mostly in the waters ...

Following a decline due to the West Coast’s whaling history, the humpback population around Vancouver Island is making a massive comeback.

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CRUMBLING CANNERIES

It was the 1880s and “The Great Salmon Industry” was in its golden years on the British Columbia coast. Entire ...

The profits from a thriving fishing industry dried up, and businesses moved on. Some of the sites left behind are in hazardous decay, polluting our oceans and tarnishing BC’s coast.

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AQUA MAN

His name is Kumugwe (pronounced “koo-moo-gwee”). He lives in a mansion made of precious metals, is revered as a ...

The original underwater superhero swims the waters of the Pacific Northwest.

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CURRENT DEMAND

The red embers of cigarettes glow through a thick fog. It’s 6am and workers outside the processing plant at Mac’s ...

The nutrient-rich waters of Baynes Sound provide the ideal conditions for oyster harvesting, drawing workers to the Valley’s steady industry.

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CRUCIAL AND COMPASSIONATE CARE

Since 2011, Victoria Hospice Society has been organizing the Cycle of Life Tour, in which people from all over ...

The Vancouver Island Hospice Society provides assistance for people with terminal illnesses and the families that surround them. One woman takes to the bike to provide support in return.

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