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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).
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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Featured Photographer: Emily Palmer
One hundred days of silence
On a three-month Buddhist retreat, Marie Maccagno travels beyond words and back again
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Comox District Mountaineering Club celebrates 100 years with its 2028 Hiking Challenge
It's the climb
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The Hornby Island Free Store
Sharing the wealth
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In Mat Collings’ work, film and fun go hand in hand
Videos that connect
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Emily Thiessen blends beauty and resistance in her community-based art
The possibility of change
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A conversation with John Vaillant
From Fire Weather to a festival
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Healing through art
A story of loss and reclaiming beauty.
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The Cumberland Forest
The threshold between a village and the great beyond
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Ayla Roberts: Music that will make you stop and think
Music that will make you stop and think
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Moon Dance
High above the forest floor, small creatures find bliss
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Original music blooms within a cozy circle of songwriters
Wisdom sung from the heart
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Vintage cameras draw memories from the shadows
A return to film
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Freediving in Comox Lake
Beyond breathing
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One bean at a time
An Introduction to Vol. 43
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A trip to Okinawa, the birthplace of karate-do
Members of a Courtenay dōjō experience the culture of their traditional martial art
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The watery history of Lewis Park
The struggle for a beloved gathering place
The Dirt on Biochar
Black Gold
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A single lady at Maple Lake ponders life and the one that got away
Lonely Sam
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Featured Poet: Naveena Gill
Mysterious orange sky: a poem about a sunset over Goose Spit
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Just keep moving
Meet me in the park. We’ve got some walking to do
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Featured Artist: Judit Szilvasi
Featured Photographer: Damian Chudzinski, Comox Valley Landscape Artist
NIC Student Housing, tul’al’txw: Alive with Indigenous Culture
A house—and home—of learning
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Draw Together Strangers
How a global art initiative creates human connection
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Sandy Island Marine Park (Tree Island BC): Remote—and Right Next Door
Trees and sand
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How Ramona Gregory’s Slip Cast Porcelain Lamps Combine Form and Function
CRAFTING LIGHT
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Gwyn Sproule: Guardian of the forest and Cumberland history
A very engaging life
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The 1946 Vancouver Island Earthquake and Landslide Lake
When “bedlam” let loose
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Hollyhock — A Cortes Island oasis
Just across the water, magic awaits
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It’s not true BBQ until you add low heat, live fire, and flavourful smoke
The art of Smoke
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Sandra Viney of Courtenay’s Atlas Cafe
Thirty years of cuisine and community
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At the Royston Roasting Co. it’s a new era and a family affair
Boldly Brewing
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