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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).
Iconic or irksome? Either way, resident Canada geese are here to stay
They can’t fly away home
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Fento: Clothing for women in their most powerful years
Feminist fashion
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Learning From Nature: The Land As Teacher
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Cumberland’s energetic, inclusive, and ever-growing punk scene is welcoming to all
Colour, Chaos, & Community
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Why photography is better together
The art of the image
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Filled with fresh energy, The Comox Bay Sailing Association offers saltwater for all.
A big shift
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Let’s Rise Together
An Introduction to Vol. 45
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Chef Ian: the heart behind the Berwick kitchen
Rhythm, precision, and passion
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Discovering Amman on an extraordinary gap year
Gap Year in Jordan
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Building a community that’s inclusive, accessible, and safe for all
Here and queer
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CVRD takes a bold step to help address housing affordability
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Featured Artist: David Besplug
Six decades of loving life in the Comox Valley
I dig it!
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Featured Photographer: Jackson Photografix
Embracing weirdness to live an honest life.
Digging into myself
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What we learned when designing our own hockey-inspired board game
Upping our game
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Featured Music: Ultraviolet
Threshold Choir eases The end of life with the gift of song
They’ll sing you home
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The gym life
It's about practice, hard work, and laughter
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Featured Words: Julie Zust
A young Italian winemaker finds her place in the Comox Valley
Pinot and possibilities
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Aging skateboarders grind through midlife crises
Case of the Mondays
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Cohousing is the antidote to anonymous living
Just up the block
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Read to your kids!
This family homework yields big results—and it's fun
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How the humble bunny is taking over Vancouver Island
Here, there, and everywhere
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Local teacher shares his appreciation for hospital care after BMX accident
Back on track
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How Denman Islanders took connection into their own hands
Hold the Line
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A Pentlatch place
Profound history in the centre of Comox, written by the Valley’s first inhabitants
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Deep leadership at Croteau Lake
A wilderness retreat allows an entire company to connect as equals
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Three bags full
Friends don’t let friends’ fleeces go to waste.
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Levels of history
An Introduction to Vol. 44
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Photographic adventures in a fabled landscape
Answering Patagonia’s Call
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Flipped Side Furniture: Skipping the landfill
A refreshing change
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Creativity and community
The Arts Alliance/CVAG have brought art to the Comox Valley for 50 years.
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The history of the Union Bay coke ovens
Here were dragons
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Bike & Brew
amily-friendly rides in the Comox Valley
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Memoir and musings from my 75-year road trip
Big deal to reveal
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Featured Artist: Ron Bridge
Making Our Old House a Home
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YANA’s Comox Valley-powered fundraising helps local families with medical travel
Better together
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