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 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 DAIRY FARMING ON VANCOUVER ISLAND](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CVC_Vol12_16-HappyCows-400x284.jpg)
My husband Kyle and I grew up in the Comox Valley, both of us lovingly raised on the family farms started by our ...
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![Explore by Topic PRE-LOVED](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CVC_Vol12_15-Books-400x284.jpg)
I have always loved reading, but fell hard for books when I was eight. We were living in an amateur’s converted ...
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![Explore by Topic COMOX MARINA](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CVC_Vol12_14-ComoxMarina-400x284.jpg)
The Purple Martins swirl and swoop in the air above my head, their bright chirping punctuating the sound of the ...
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![Explore by Topic FORGING PERFECT IMPERFECTIONS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CVC_Vol12_13-FireHammer-400x284.jpg)
By his own admission, James Emslie has a knack for making modern things from other people’s discarded items. His ...
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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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![Explore by Topic DAIRY FARMING ON VANCOUVER ISLAND](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CVC_Vol12_16-HappyCows-400x284.jpg)
My husband Kyle and I grew up in the Comox Valley, both of us lovingly raised on the family ...
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![Explore by Topic PRE-LOVED](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CVC_Vol12_15-Books-400x284.jpg)
I have always loved reading, but fell hard for books when I was eight. We were living in an ...
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![Explore by Topic COMOX MARINA](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CVC_Vol12_14-ComoxMarina-400x284.jpg)
The Purple Martins swirl and swoop in the air above my head, their bright chirping punctuating ...
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![Explore by Topic FORGING PERFECT IMPERFECTIONS](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CVC_Vol12_13-FireHammer-400x284.jpg)
By his own admission, James Emslie has a knack for making modern things from other people’s ...
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