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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.

RAISING WOMEN

Famed feminist leader Gloria Steinem is quoted as saying: “Revolutions that last don’t happen from the top down. ...

Now in its 21st year, Comox Valley Girls Group provides a safe space for the development of female empowerment.

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CALLED TO THE BAR

It began in a small kitchen on a small island, with peanut butter, honey, and oats.It was 1993 when Trish ...

Hornby Organic is building an energy-bar empire based on a family recipe.

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STORM, SPIRITS, AND ISOLATION: LIFE ON THE LIGHTS

Few manmade structures have the universal allure of the lighthouse. We are drawn to them, as much for their ...

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RAKING THE COALS

I never know what to expect during our visits. Often, she is not home; her tiny body is present in a mobile chair ...

Seeking meaning in a beloved mother’s dementia.

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TAKING THE TEMPERATURE ON GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS

I’ve been intimately involved in the ground-source heat pump (GSHP) industry for 20 years. I began with mud up to ...

When it comes to energy efficiency, what’s hot may not be that cool.

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UNHINDERED GOOD TIMES ON FORBIDDEN PLATEAU

Katherine Kirk suspected the roof of Forbidden Plateau’s day lodge was going to collapse. “One day, a woman in the ...

It was all fun and games ’til the roof caved in—but the former Wood Mountain Ski Park still delivers the goods.

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ARE WE OUT OF THE WOODS YET?

I began to write this letter on a rainy, blustery day in early November—possibly not the best time to reflect on ...

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THE MYSTERIOUS FAROE ISLANDS

The rising sun cast a pink glow on the cliffs as we prepared for landing on a crisp November morning. Just five ...

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GOING DEEP

When I'm under the water, I feel at home. As soon as my head goes below the surface, an almost instant calm comes ...

Reflections on life under water.

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LITTLE VALLEY: ZOLA FINDLAY

Why travel makes us love home. The very first thing she told us was that the monkey didn’t like kids. Of course, ...

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

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