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Each issue of this magazine is a journey of its own. It takes its first steps with simple ideas, drifts to making ...
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Bryan Walwork got serious about photography when he learned to develop film and print at age 12. In 2002, he ...
Merville Organics is a food grower cooperative made up of several Comox Valley farms including Amara Farm, Ripple ...
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Julie Sabey's creative work has, until recently, only been viewed on screens. Her writing and directing career has ...
The principals of rainwater harvesting have remained the same for centuries: collect and contain clean ...
Capturing nature's bounty.
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Keep a childlike curiosity in search of life’s miraculous delight.
I celebrated my 85th ...
Reflections from an older resident.
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In the 1980s, I was living in a subdivision in the suburbs just north of Toronto. On any given Saturday afternoon ...
The Shed Tool Library and Makerspace Co-op.
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Tucked away in the northwest corner of Vietnam, with China to the north and Laos to the west, is the frontier town ...
A pilgrimage to Fanispan Mountain.
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You know the expression, "Never trust a man with a moustache?" Well the same goes for a wealthy man in a top hat. ...
Ghosts of Vancouver Island’s past.
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When I was a Merville-raised teenager turning 19, my father wanted to take me for a beer on my birthday. Becoming ...
Many of the Comox Valley’s iconic pubs have come and gone, but, like empty cans of Lucky Lager beside a gravel road, the memories remain.
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