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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.

GIDDY UP

GIDDY UP

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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GALIANO ISLAND

GALIANO ISLAND

Galiano Island rests half way between the urbanized areas of Victoria and Vancouver, and yet retains a splendid ...

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HORNBY ISLAND

HORNBY ISLAND

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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FUTURE PERFECT

FUTURE PERFECT

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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A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT

A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT

On a summer afternoon with life jacket-less tubers bobbing by, teenagers jumping off cliffs and dogs fetching ...

The Puntledge Paddling Festival celebrates a world class river.

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CUMBERLANDIA

CUMBERLANDIA

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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ALPINE TO OCEAN

ALPINE TO OCEAN

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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GOOSE SPIT

GOOSE SPIT

Follow winding Hawkins Road up and over the hill to Goose Spit on a sunny day, winter or summer, and you’re bound ...

Comox, Vancouver Island

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NAKED BICYCLES

NAKED BICYCLES

The first bike I ever owned was a black triumph BMX with yellow gum-wall tires and matching grips. I have always ...

The naked truth

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UNVEILING STORIES

UNVEILING STORIES

Daniel Kooman is a local filmmaker and a partner of Unveil Studios, an independent studio finding its roots in Red ...

An interview with Daniel Kooman.

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