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Browse our growing collection of articles from current and previous issues of both the CV Collective and Strathcona Collective magazines by topic.

TASTING ROOM ETIQUETTE

CV Collective, Spring, Comox Valley, Food & Drink, Volume 10

We’re spoiled for choice when it comes to high-quality food and beverage producers in the Comox Valley. ...

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HEIRLOOM SEEDS

CV Collective, Spring, Comox Valley, Food & Drink, Volume 10

The first time I ate an heirloom tomato I had my doubts. I was never a tomato lover. I’d seen too many sandwiches ...

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A CLOSER LOOK AT HYPNOTHERAPY

CV Collective, Comox Valley, Health & Wellness, Volume 10

So often we think of hypnosis as a magic trick or simply good for a laugh. My first experience with hypnosis was ...

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IGNITING A SPARK

CV Collective, Spring, Comox Valley, People & Places, Volume 10

When I moved to the Comox Valley as a new-ish parent, thinking about things like good schools felt far off. Since ...

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FREE-DIVING, WITH A CATCH

CV Collective, Spring, Comox Valley, Adventure & Sport, Food & Drink, Plants & animals, Volume 10

I hold my breath, feeling a trickle of cold that distracts me for a second; there must be a hole in my suit from ...

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GROWTH

CV Collective, Intro, Comox Valley, Volume 10

This season, rivers and streams swell and grow like open hearts and minds, reminding us what we’ve left behind and ...

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LOST SAVANA FARM

CV Collective, Market Innovators, Winter, Comox Valley, Makers & Innovators, Volume 9

At the end of a road in Black Creek, in the heart of our region’s agricultural belt, my daughter Cadence and I ...

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STOCK 101

CV Collective, Food & Drink, Volume 9

Announce to the world that you're unwell, whether via a hangover or an outsourced ailment, and there's a good ...

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CAFFEINATED

CV Collective, Winter, Comox Valley, Food & Drink, People & Places, Volume 9

The coffeehouse dates back to the Middle East, with origination suggested as early as the late 1400s, where they ...

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JAPOW

CV Collective, The Collective Abroad, Winter, Mainland & Beyond, Travel & Discovery, Volume 9

If you're a true powder junkie, you're always on the hunt for the deepest, softest, and fluffiest snow. I live my ...

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TASTING ROOM ETIQUETTE

CV Collective, Spring, Comox Valley, Food & Drink, Volume 10

We’re spoiled for choice when it comes to high-quality food and beverage producers in the ...

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Katie Phelan

HEIRLOOM SEEDS

CV Collective, Spring, Comox Valley, Food & Drink, Volume 10

The first time I ate an heirloom tomato I had my doubts. I was never a tomato lover. I’d seen ...

Words by

Nora Bingham

Photos by

Meredith Rose

A CLOSER LOOK AT HYPNOTHERAPY

CV Collective, Comox Valley, Health & Wellness, Volume 10

So often we think of hypnosis as a magic trick or simply good for a laugh. My first experience ...

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Britt Hanson

Carly Panzenboeck

IGNITING A SPARK

CV Collective, Spring, Comox Valley, People & Places, Volume 10

When I moved to the Comox Valley as a new-ish parent, thinking about things like good schools ...

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Tom Keenoy

Photos by

Laura Mann

FREE-DIVING, WITH A CATCH

CV Collective, Spring, Comox Valley, Adventure & Sport, Food & Drink, Plants & animals, Volume 10

I hold my breath, feeling a trickle of cold that distracts me for a second; there must be a ...

Words by

Galyn Franklin

Photos by

Jeremy Koreski

GROWTH

CV Collective, Intro, Comox Valley, Volume 10

This season, rivers and streams swell and grow like open hearts and minds, reminding us what ...

Vol. 10 Intro by

Julie Sabey

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Tim Ennis

LOST SAVANA FARM

CV Collective, Market Innovators, Winter, Comox Valley, Makers & Innovators, Volume 9

At the end of a road in Black Creek, in the heart of our region’s agricultural belt, my ...

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RJ Herron

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Britt Arbanas

STOCK 101

CV Collective, Food & Drink, Volume 9

Announce to the world that you're unwell, whether via a hangover or an outsourced ailment, and ...

Words by

Jake Galbraith

Photos by

Julie Sabey

CAFFEINATED

CV Collective, Winter, Comox Valley, Food & Drink, People & Places, Volume 9

The coffeehouse dates back to the Middle East, with origination suggested as early as the late ...

Words by

Bevin Clempson

Photo by

Jenn Dykstra

JAPOW

CV Collective, The Collective Abroad, Winter, Mainland & Beyond, Travel & Discovery, Volume 9

If you're a true powder junkie, you're always on the hunt for the deepest, softest, and ...

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Max Oudendag