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 CONFESSIONS OF AN AVERAGE SAILOR](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol2_12-Sailing-400x284.jpg)
“I used to race Lasers when I was a kid” is what I wrote on the new member release form. A half-truth. It should ...
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![Explore by Topic GIDDY UP](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol3_14-GiddyUp-400x284.jpg)
Gone are the days of bundled up rides, getting home with frozen toes, and wet rain jackets. Today, we leave the ...
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![Explore by Topic GALIANO ISLAND](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol3_13-Galiano-400x284.jpg)
Galiano Island rests half way between the urbanized areas of Victoria and Vancouver, and yet retains a splendid ...
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![Explore by Topic HORNBY ISLAND](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol2_10-Hornby-400x284.jpg)
After two ferry rides and a quick jaunt across Denman Island, you arrive on Hornby Island, the gem of the Gulf ...
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![Explore by Topic FUTURE PERFECT](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol3_12-FuturePerfect-400x284.jpg)
You see their work in commercials and movies but you never know who they are or how they do it. They represent the ...
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![Explore by Topic A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol2_9-Kayaking-400x284.jpg)
On a summer afternoon with life jacket-less tubers bobbing by, teenagers jumping off cliffs and dogs fetching ...
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![Explore by Topic CUMBERLANDIA](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol3_11-Cumberlandia-400x284.jpg)
It’s go time. I have to drop off my Delica at the shop to get a skylight leak fixed. I was planning to sell it, ...
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![Explore by Topic ALPINE TO OCEAN](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol2_8-AlpinetoOcean-400x284.jpg)
It’s go time. I know the big day has arrived when I see canoes in the parking lot of Mount Washington Ski Resort. ...
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![Explore by Topic GOOSE SPIT](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol3_10-Where-400x284.jpg)
Follow winding Hawkins Road up and over the hill to Goose Spit on a sunny day, winter or summer, and you’re bound ...
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![Explore by Topic NAKED BICYCLES](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol3_9-What-400x284.jpg)
The first bike I ever owned was a black triumph BMX with yellow gum-wall tires and matching grips. I have always ...
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![Explore by Topic CONFESSIONS OF AN AVERAGE SAILOR](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol2_12-Sailing-400x284.jpg)
“I used to race Lasers when I was a kid” is what I wrote on the new member release form. A ...
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![Explore by Topic GIDDY UP](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol3_14-GiddyUp-400x284.jpg)
Gone are the days of bundled up rides, getting home with frozen toes, and wet rain jackets. ...
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![Explore by Topic GALIANO ISLAND](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol3_13-Galiano-400x284.jpg)
Galiano Island rests half way between the urbanized areas of Victoria and Vancouver, and yet ...
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![Explore by Topic HORNBY ISLAND](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol2_10-Hornby-400x284.jpg)
After two ferry rides and a quick jaunt across Denman Island, you arrive on Hornby Island, the ...
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![Explore by Topic FUTURE PERFECT](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol3_12-FuturePerfect-400x284.jpg)
You see their work in commercials and movies but you never know who they are or how they do ...
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![Explore by Topic A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol2_9-Kayaking-400x284.jpg)
On a summer afternoon with life jacket-less tubers bobbing by, teenagers jumping off cliffs ...
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![Explore by Topic CUMBERLANDIA](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol3_11-Cumberlandia-400x284.jpg)
It’s go time. I have to drop off my Delica at the shop to get a skylight leak fixed. I was ...
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![Explore by Topic ALPINE TO OCEAN](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol2_8-AlpinetoOcean-400x284.jpg)
It’s go time. I know the big day has arrived when I see canoes in the parking lot of Mount ...
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![Explore by Topic GOOSE SPIT](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol3_10-Where-400x284.jpg)
Follow winding Hawkins Road up and over the hill to Goose Spit on a sunny day, winter or ...
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![Explore by Topic NAKED BICYCLES](https://thecollectivemags.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/CVC_Vol3_9-What-400x284.jpg)
The first bike I ever owned was a black triumph BMX with yellow gum-wall tires and matching ...
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