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The Comox Valley Collective is our inaugural magazine and is created and published by ROAM Media Inc. Launched in the winter of 2014, it is a quarterly publication focused on the Comox Valley region that releases on every solstice and equinox (mid March, June, September, and December).

Karaoke. Why?
Because it’s damn fun to belt out a banger in public.
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EMERGING ARTIST – TENLEY PRATT
A young fibre artist/entrepreneur explores her creative possibilities
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The World Through the Eyes and Soul of the Poet
The world needs more poets
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When Roads were Roads
A Satirical Look at How Ryan Road is Resisting Change
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A Look At Our Beloved Canada Jay
Theft from above
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A Volkswagen Bus gets a makeover
Electrifying Results
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Ready to launch
An Introduction to Vol. 41
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Featured Poet: If I had nine lives
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FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: MATHEW WANBON

REFLECTIONS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SPORT
The coaching circle
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Featured Artist: Maggie Ziegler

HIGHLIGHTS FROM MY FAMILY’S JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD
Japan to Iceland and everywhere in between
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Telling the stories of Cumberland
One village, many histories
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CEDAR BARK WEAVER
Traditional techniques, patience, and care go into Mahatta Price’s cedar bark designs
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ELDER VALLEY: A JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES KIND OF ACTIVIST
Reflections from an older Comox Valley resident
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LOCAL TEA PURVEYORS
In pursuit of the perfect brew
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THE REMARKABLE FATHER CHARLES BRANDT
A priest, a hermit, and an environmental activist walked into a forest . . .
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THE MUSICAL JOURNEY OF HELENA JUNG
From Korea to Comox
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HACK YOUR BRAIN
How finding flow makes you better at life
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A LIFELONG JOURNEY INTO GRAPHIC NOVELS
Creative imagination, fantastical worlds
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AN EMERGING COMOX VALLEY PHOTOGRAPHER
A young photographer shares some of his favourite work so far
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TIDINGS FROM PORT AUGUSTA
How two ships reshaped the Land of Plenty
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MORNING SONG
We are ravens. Our nests have been here since the beginning of the world.
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LOOKING AT LICHENS
This amazing life form is a portal into interspecies collaboration
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FALL RISE: THE COMOX VALLEY’S HIDDEN WHITEWATER
Cold November rains unveil epic whitewater adventures in the Valley
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POETSKIS
Inspiring human connection, one ski turn at a time
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A CONSIGNMENT STORE ADVENTURE
Swimming in potential
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CELEBRATING HORNBY ISLAND’S ANNUAL HERRINGFEST
The CHI of land and sea
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INVISIBLE STRINGS
An introduction to Vol. 40
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BOHEMIAN/BAVARIAN RHAPSODY
Their instruments got lost. They still had fun.
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AN UPDATE ON STORIES FROM VOLUME 4
Ten years later
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FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: KATIE PHILLIPS

FEATURED ARTIST: NICOLA NORTH

SEASONAL GOODS: FALL

WINTER RESOLVE
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ELDER VALLEY: NATURAL EXPLORATION
Reflections from an older Comox Valley resident
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LITTLE VALLEY: A SURVIVAL TRIP STORY
Our young Comox Valley residents reflect on the home they're growing up in
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THE WORLD IS YOUR EGGPLANT
Don’t be a hater. Boldly go forth and try it.
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CLIMATE HOPE
We have the power to make change. Hope helps us act.
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FROM PLASTIC IN THE SEA TO ART INGENUITY
Lost buoys
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