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CANNING 101

CANNING 101

Growing and canning their own fruits and vegetables has been a tradition in the Brown Family for over four ...

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WILD NEIGHBOURS

WILD NEIGHBOURS

A great thing about living in coastal British Columbia is the awareness that we inhabit ecological communities as ...

Sharing your community with wildlife

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LOCAL TOURISM’S LURE

LOCAL TOURISM’S LURE

Vancouver Island is both a world-class tourism destination and desirable place to work, live, and play. Its 30,000 ...

Island residents will deepen their social, environmental, and cultural connections by vacationing close to home.

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A CAUTIONARY TALE

A CAUTIONARY TALE

When it comes to 3D printing it’s easy to fall into the trap of simplicity. When I first got involved with this ...

Keeping up with the 3D printing Industry, or not.

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VANCOUVER ISLAND MUSEUM OF NATURE

VANCOUVER ISLAND MUSEUM OF NATURE

“I don't film what I see, I film what I feel” explains Marek Zaleski, as I carefully navigate my rusty old '94 ...

Trucking around the forest with filmmaker Marek Zaleski.

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VILLAGE OF ALERT BAY

VILLAGE OF ALERT BAY

An experience in cultural, historical, and outdoor exploration, Alert Bay on Cormorant Island is a photographer’s ...

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ALTERNATIVE THERAPY

ALTERNATIVE THERAPY

I was raised by an artist. She painted signs, designed graphics, papier mâché'd masks, and rearranged and ...

Art and music provide space to explore, heal, and transform.

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RAW REVELATION

RAW REVELATION

Everyone knows the old adage that eating an apple a day keeps the doctor away. Would you eat ten? How about ten or ...

A personal encounter with the raw food lifestyle.

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THE KUMUGWE BIGHOUSE

THE KUMUGWE BIGHOUSE

If you ask any local about things to see in the Comox Valley, there’s a strong chance they’ll mention places like ...

Revitalizing culture in the K’omoks Valley.

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WATER-PROOFED PIONEERS

WATER-PROOFED PIONEERS

They say necessity is the mother of all inventions, and that’s ever apparent when hearing the story of how the now ...

'Wet-Coast' inspired waterproof solutions for world travels and backward adventures.

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