Gaining popularity in the mid-1950s, the modest A-frame, with its inherently simple aesthetic, defined a way of ...
How one award-winning company is reinventing a classic design for modern adventurers.
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The first thing you need to know about Glen Alwin Farm is that nobody involved is named Glen. Or Alwin. The people ...
Think you’ve lived in the Comox Valley a long time? These women run a farm that’s been in the family since John A. Macdonald was prime minister.
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It’s a Tuesday, and when the doors of St. George’s United Church hall open at 11:30am, Gail, who is 70, comes in ...
Turns out there is such a thing as a free lunch. Five days a week, the Sonshine Lunch Club in Courtenay provides a nutritious meal and a gathering place for people who need a little help.
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Driving north out of Courtenay on an October day, one really notices the changing seasons. The wet leaves and ...
Black Creek’s spinning community has nothing to do with stationary bikes, and everything to do with the art and craft of wool.
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While looking at a 1931 photo of a crew of men seated on a logging raft, long-time Cumberland resident Karl ...
The hard work of logging Comox Lake—by hand and raft.
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Almost all the ancient civilizations identified four similar basic elements: earth, air, fire, and water. I ...
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Last summer my family and I embarked on an epic journey. 10 months, 10 provinces, 25 US states, 17 Mexican states, ...
A family of four pursues vast and vivid collective memories on a 10-month road trip.
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Despite the perpetual spotlight that the world of technology enjoys for “changing the world”, few technical ...
The Stratchcona TrailRider Program, and others like it, strive to make the backcountry truly accessible.
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I have lived in Cumberland my whole life. I was born in October, even though I wasn’t supposed to come until ...
Our young residents reflect on the home they’re growing up in.
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Board riding culture and the visual arts have always held a natural alliance, sharing a rejection of norms to ...
An inventive art show rallies local talent and business for the sake of environmental sea change.
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