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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.
![Explore by Topic FIELD OF DREAMS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol13_4-Estuary-400x284.jpg)
“I just want to wake up one day, open the company’s books, and not see the Field Sawmill property there,” John ...
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![Explore by Topic HEROES, BIG AND SMALL](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol13_3-YANA_Header-400x284.jpg)
YANA’s Executive Director Marcie Dumais has agreed to meet me at their office in Tin Town. I’m a few minutes ...
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![Explore by Topic THE SCIENCE OF SAFETY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol13_3-Safety_Header-400x284.jpg)
Avalanche forecasting on Vancouver Island is getting a boost this winter thanks to the installation of two remote ...
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![Explore by Topic THE CONSTANT GARDENERS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol13_2-CougarAnnie-400x284.jpg)
I grew up in a cheaply thrown together subdivision in Fort McMurray, erected during Alberta’s oil boom. Surrounded ...
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![Explore by Topic THE FIRST SNOWFALL](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol13_1-Intro-400x284.jpg)
In my 20s I was thrilled by the promise of a blank slate. I moved often, believing each new location was rich with ...
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![Explore by Topic STONECROFT FARM](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CVC_Vol12_23-Stonecroft-400x284.jpg)
Back in the seventies, Glen and Kathy Beaton got married then saved enough money to buy 47 acres in Black Creek. ...
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![Explore by Topic COFFE AND COASTLINES IN PERU](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CVC_Vol12_21-Peru_Header-400x284.jpg)
My first impressions of Peru came on a domestic flight between Lima and Cusco. Bleary eyed after 20 hours of ...
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![Explore by Topic A CABIN BUILT FROM THE WOODS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CVC_Vol12_19-Cascadia_Header-400x284.jpg)
I met Cyril Werlen from cascadianwoodtech almost a year ago in our favourite coffee shop. Unbeknownst to me, this ...
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![Explore by Topic OUR CHURCH BUILDINGS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CVC_Vol12_18-Church_Header-400x284.jpg)
When I was a little girl in the 1960s, we’d play hand games to amuse ourselves: cat’s cradle, shadow puppets, and ...
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![Explore by Topic CHEMAINUS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CVC_Vol12_17-Chemainus_Header-400x284.jpg)
The sun rises from the east, cresting over the peaks of Salt Spring Island to bring light to the little village of ...
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![Explore by Topic FIELD OF DREAMS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol13_4-Estuary-400x284.jpg)
“I just want to wake up one day, open the company’s books, and not see the Field Sawmill ...
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![Explore by Topic HEROES, BIG AND SMALL](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol13_3-YANA_Header-400x284.jpg)
YANA’s Executive Director Marcie Dumais has agreed to meet me at their office in Tin Town. I’m ...
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![Explore by Topic THE SCIENCE OF SAFETY](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol13_3-Safety_Header-400x284.jpg)
Avalanche forecasting on Vancouver Island is getting a boost this winter thanks to the ...
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![Explore by Topic THE CONSTANT GARDENERS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol13_2-CougarAnnie-400x284.jpg)
I grew up in a cheaply thrown together subdivision in Fort McMurray, erected during Alberta’s ...
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![Explore by Topic THE FIRST SNOWFALL](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/CVC_Vol13_1-Intro-400x284.jpg)
In my 20s I was thrilled by the promise of a blank slate. I moved often, believing each new ...
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![Explore by Topic STONECROFT FARM](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CVC_Vol12_23-Stonecroft-400x284.jpg)
Back in the seventies, Glen and Kathy Beaton got married then saved enough money to buy 47 ...
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![Explore by Topic COFFE AND COASTLINES IN PERU](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CVC_Vol12_21-Peru_Header-400x284.jpg)
My first impressions of Peru came on a domestic flight between Lima and Cusco. Bleary eyed ...
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![Explore by Topic A CABIN BUILT FROM THE WOODS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CVC_Vol12_19-Cascadia_Header-400x284.jpg)
I met Cyril Werlen from cascadianwoodtech almost a year ago in our favourite coffee shop. ...
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![Explore by Topic OUR CHURCH BUILDINGS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CVC_Vol12_18-Church_Header-400x284.jpg)
When I was a little girl in the 1960s, we’d play hand games to amuse ourselves: cat’s cradle, ...
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![Explore by Topic CHEMAINUS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CVC_Vol12_17-Chemainus_Header-400x284.jpg)
The sun rises from the east, cresting over the peaks of Salt Spring Island to bring light to ...
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