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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.

A CUSHY ARRANGEMENT

If you live close to a ski hill, the couch surfer is a species you’re intimately familiar with. Much print space ...

Life on the back eddy of a ski attracts a revolving cast of characters.

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A CHILLING TURN

Despite living on the water in the Valley, you have few options for surfing and it helps to get creative. I met ...

For a pair of spirited river surfers, a surge of excitement for ideal conditions quickly turns dangerous.

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IN THE FIELD

NAZANEEN DIZAI: CONNECTORNazaneen Dizai brings ideas and people together. Whether in the corporate heart of ...

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WHAT MOVES US

We are made of the place we came from. If you eat locally and don’t drink bottled water, your body becomes a ...

The rivers of the Comox Valley have the power to carry us home.

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LONG MAY YOU RUN

Jane Wilde and Monika Terfloth are waiting for me at a patio on 5th Street. Not far from here, Terfloth once ...

Dancing In Gumboots is an intimate portrait of a bygone era on the coast, telling the tales of bold and inventive women arriving to the Valley in the '60s and '70s.

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AN ELEGANT STRUGGLE

It’s a crisp November morning and the autumn sun has just breached the Beaufort mountains, casting gold and pink ...

The tranquil experience of our riverbanks betrays the life-and-death cycle that is central to the health of our forests and watersheds.

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UNIVERSAL LOCAL

Dance has always been a significant part of Cathy Stoyko’s life. Her mother was a ballroom dance teacher, and with ...

Dancer and teacher Cathy Stoyko’s many cultural contributions include a multi-purpose space in Cumberland dedicated to inclusivity and creative freedom.

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A PLACE UPSTREAM

The rivers of the Comox Valley are made in the winter. All season long, drop by drop, the rain falls and they ...

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WITH CHILDLIKE WONDER

Our trip to South Africa was twelve years in the making. In 2006, my mother returned to her native homeland to be ...

With nostalgic food, a coastal road trip, and unforgettable animals, a family trip to South Africa reunites generations.

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THE GEM OF ISLAND MOUNTAINEERING

Mt Colonel Foster is among the most impressive peaks on Vancouver Island. Its east face rises over 1000 metres and ...

Three locals tackle Mt. Colonel Foster to find that it has more lessons to teach than a single climb can provide.

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