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.
![Explore by Topic LITTLE VALLEY: INDI NEUFELD](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol14_LittleValley-400x284.jpg)
My favourite things about living in Black Creek are that my house is close to my school, which is nice, and also ...
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![Explore by Topic EVERYDAY INDULGENCES](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol14_12-CheeseChocolate-400x284.jpg)
Hallucinations. Feelings of bliss or excitement. A turbo-charged memory. Chocolate and cheese, those classic ...
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![Explore by Topic READY AND ABEL](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol14_11-Cain-400x284.jpg)
“Nature abhors a vacuum.” This is what Jeff Jones, the secretary of Mount Cain’s board, used to say. And then ...
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![Explore by Topic ON A SWELL AND A PRAYER](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol13_10-Paddling-400x284.jpg)
What a difference a year makes. I’m watching a small train of two-foot waves roll through a pack of paddlers at ...
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![Explore by Topic POWER MOVE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol13_HipHop-400x284.jpg)
If you’re of a certain age, you’ve likely watched Flashdance. As a full-blown Gen Xer, I’ve watched this iconic ...
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![Explore by Topic KYE BAY MORNING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol13_9-KyeBay-400x284.jpg)
Calm gravity of a misty morning rise —
Waves tickle the shoreline into a smile.
Cricket song lingers, entangled ...
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![Explore by Topic SPOKEN LOCAL](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol13_7-Darcy-400x284.jpg)
While California’s Marin County is credited with the invention of mountain biking, there is little debate that ...
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![Explore by Topic GOING PUBLIC](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol13_8-NickHJ_Header-400x284.jpg)
Armed with a limited budget, dedicated volunteers, and a substantial amount of exuberance, the Downtown Courtenay ...
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![Explore by Topic TOUGH LOVE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol13_6-WoodVibe_Header-400x284.jpg)
GALLERY PHOTOS BY SARAH KEER
& KAIN MCCOLLUM
There is a well known Western idiom that “work is a means to ...
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![Explore by Topic THE SWEET SPOTS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol13_5-ShinrinYoku-400x284.jpg)
Shinrin-yoku, sometimes known as “forest bathing,” is simply the act of being mindful and present in the forest ...
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![Explore by Topic LITTLE VALLEY: INDI NEUFELD](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol14_LittleValley-400x284.jpg)
My favourite things about living in Black Creek are that my house is close to my school, which ...
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![Explore by Topic EVERYDAY INDULGENCES](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol14_12-CheeseChocolate-400x284.jpg)
Hallucinations. Feelings of bliss or excitement. A turbo-charged memory. Chocolate and cheese, ...
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![Explore by Topic READY AND ABEL](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol14_11-Cain-400x284.jpg)
“Nature abhors a vacuum.” This is what Jeff Jones, the secretary of Mount Cain’s board, used ...
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![Explore by Topic ON A SWELL AND A PRAYER](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol13_10-Paddling-400x284.jpg)
What a difference a year makes. I’m watching a small train of two-foot waves roll through a ...
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![Explore by Topic POWER MOVE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol13_HipHop-400x284.jpg)
If you’re of a certain age, you’ve likely watched Flashdance. As a full-blown Gen Xer, I’ve ...
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![Explore by Topic KYE BAY MORNING](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol13_9-KyeBay-400x284.jpg)
Calm gravity of a misty morning rise —
Waves tickle the shoreline into a smile.
Cricket song ...
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![Explore by Topic SPOKEN LOCAL](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol13_7-Darcy-400x284.jpg)
While California’s Marin County is credited with the invention of mountain biking, there is ...
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![Explore by Topic GOING PUBLIC](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol13_8-NickHJ_Header-400x284.jpg)
Armed with a limited budget, dedicated volunteers, and a substantial amount of exuberance, the ...
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![Explore by Topic TOUGH LOVE](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol13_6-WoodVibe_Header-400x284.jpg)
GALLERY PHOTOS BY SARAH KEER
& KAIN MCCOLLUM
There is a well known Western idiom that ...
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![Explore by Topic THE SWEET SPOTS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol13_5-ShinrinYoku-400x284.jpg)
Shinrin-yoku, sometimes known as “forest bathing,” is simply the act of being mindful and ...
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