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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.

DAIRY FARMING ON VANCOUVER ISLAND

DAIRY FARMING ON VANCOUVER ISLAND

My husband Kyle and I grew up in the Comox Valley, both of us lovingly raised on the family farms started by our ...

Happy Cow Dairy Farm to Table

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PRE-LOVED

PRE-LOVED

I have always loved reading, but fell hard for books when I was eight. We were living in an amateur’s converted ...

An ode to used books.

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COMOX MARINA

COMOX MARINA

The Purple Martins swirl and swoop in the air above my head, their bright chirping punctuating the sound of the ...

Changing Times & Tides.

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FORGING PERFECT IMPERFECTIONS

FORGING PERFECT IMPERFECTIONS

By his own admission, James Emslie has a knack for making modern things from other people’s discarded items. His ...

FIRE & HAMMER FORGEWORKS.

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CREATING FUN & GAMES

CREATING FUN & GAMES

There’s a new sign up at the Harbour Centre building in Comox that maybe doesn’t quite fit with the other ...

An interview with Jason Kapalka.

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HARVEST & SHADOWS

HARVEST & SHADOWS

Summer lays down to sleep in the cool woods. The crisp fall air wakens. Trails of dark wet earth wind through the ...

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STRATHCONA PARK

STRATHCONA PARK

The map of British Columbia is festooned with splotches of green, and we've got the granddaddy of them all—2500sq ...

Getting by with a little help from our friends.

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HOLISTIC HEALTH

HOLISTIC HEALTH

In 1874 in Kirksville, Missouri, Dr. Andrew Taylor Still pioneered a form of manual therapy that emphasized the ...

A lesson in Osteopathy.

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FOOD AT THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY

FOOD AT THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY

We live in an agriculturally rich region where traditions converge to create a sophisticated local food culture. ...

LUSH Valley Food Action Society.

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HOW THEY ROLL

HOW THEY ROLL

Over the years, I’ve quietly contemplated whether I have the skills—and the lady balls—to try roller derby. It’s a ...

A crash course in roller derby.

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