At its root, tradition is the sharing of stories. Perhaps our oldest tradition is exactly that: storytelling. ...
Articles in this issue (my first as editor) feel like a love letter to our region. A testament to the vast melting ...
Does the phrase “you are a product of your environment” sound familiar? Many cultures have long recognized the ...
Vancouver Island has remote valleys, salmon streams, and mountainsides that, in summer, are ripe with plump ...
When I think of innovation, I think of the external: technology and system upgrades that make our lives better. ...
Words & Photos By
Hayley Zumkeller
GALLERY PHOTOS BY REGAN HATLEY, DARREN HULL, BEN POWELESS, CHASE TERON, & DESTINATION CANADA
You’re greeted ...
It’s a beautiful summer day and, just as I’m arriving home, Jonathan and the kids call me from the backyard. I ...
Content warning: this article speaks about suicide prevention, self-harm, addiction, and genocide.
My name is ...
As a small collect-and-release aquarium facility, displaying a selection of animals in an ethical and sustainable ...
The ocean is full of creatures. Humpback whales, orcas, barking sea lions, playful dolphins, and curious seals ...
Born in Campbell River, raised on Cortes Island, and now living in Victoria, David Ellingsen is an artist whose ...
Kiley Panziera is the woman behind the lens of Panziera Photography. Her photography journey sprung to life in ...
Meeting the growing demand for sustainable food production is becoming increasingly important for our global ...
Hi, my name is Autumn, my mom is Francesca, and we love to go hiking and adventuring together. We have been hiking ...
Rolling into another year living aboard our 34-foot sailboat, we often reaffirm why we moved from the mountains, ...
It’s just past midnight when I wake to a familiar sound; R Clan is back. Jumping out of bed, I scurry down the ...
As I look in the mirror to wash my face, car loaded, kayak on roof, ready to embark on the drive to Gold River, I ...
Words & Photo By
Dave Prothero
GALLERY PHOTOS BY LOUISA GILBERT & KAI WHITE
Wanderlust. We’ve all heard of it, and many of us dream of ...
You sit in a softly lit theatre; a buzz throughout the red, velvet draped room. You sip wine, whispering to a ...
The first thing I remember hearing about Maya was that she kept goats. As I got to know her better, and eventually ...
Words & Photo by
Dood Turner
On the northeast corner of Campbell River lies Snowden Demonstration Forest. For mountain bikers, the Snowden ...
After our vegetable gardens has pumped out all of the food and flavour it can, one very important job remains: ...
I'm Emese, and my husband Géza and I are the proud owners of Freyja, a new croissant shop in downtown Campbell ...
Sophie Whittingham is an illustrator and storyboard artist born and raised on Quadra Island, British Columbia. Her ...
Colin Somers was born in Powell River and has lived in Campbell River for 50 years. He has spent most of that time ...
For more than 35 years, Campbell River Children's Choir (CRCC) has provided children and young adults with the ...
The gritty exfoliation of sand between toes, the softness of dewy grass underfoot, the wet flecks of mud that ...
Canada’s dark history of Indigenous people and government authorities is riddled with violence and mistrust. ...
As I look down at my crampons kicked solidly into the thin ice, I feel the exposure of being hundreds of metres ...
Flip through the spectacular pages of A Taste of Life on Quadra Island and you'll never guess the heroic efforts ...
The Strathcona Food Hub, put simply, is a group of collaborators working on contemporary food issues in the ...
I'm entering Grade 10 and I go to Timberline Secondary School. I have lived in Campbell River my whole life. It is ...
An ice climber hangs from a mountain cliff so remote, so otherworldly, that its location is kept secret. A chef ...
Opening Introduction by
Trevor McMonagle
Photo by
Alex Brennan
We are blessed to live on an island with so much wild food at our fingertips. An outdoor table is spread before us ...
Words & Photos by
Jade Berg
Photos by
Jesse Bone
Here follows the abridged story of the evolution of the Sayward Valley from as near the beginning as we dare ...
Life on Earth exists from and because of soil, yet many of us go about our lives with little thought about its ...
Cruising over the turbulent waters of Discovery Passage is a familiar activity to many Campbell Riverites. The ...
Words & Photo by
Eiko Jones
In February 2018, Lucas Schuller drove from Campbell River down to Cumberland to see the Lonesome Ace Stringband ...
When Chris Goulet was 14 years old, his brother put a set of clippers in his hand and said, "Give me a mohawk." ...
Five years ago we made a quick decision to sell our house on Salt Spring Island and seek out a more peaceful home ...
Words by
Sarah Carty
Words and Photos by
Dwayne Roberge
If a crow flew from Campbell River to Bute Inlet Lodge, he would aim for Mount Doogie Dowler. Doogie resembles a ...
For more than half a century, Special Olympics sport training programs and competitions have empowered athletes ...
Terri-Lynn Papagiannis (TL PAPA) is an artist and art educator, born and raised on Vancouver Island. At a young ...
River Love
After yearning for decades
to say I love you and mean it, today
on my practised water’s-edge path
I ...
True Dennison has been in love with photography and film for as long as she can remember. Growing up on the ...
“I never knew what I wanted to do,” Valerie Lamirande confided to me. She had dabbled in photography, woodwork, ...
Like the daily ebb and flow of the tides along the shores of Vancouver Island, there is constant movement of ...
Nestled amongst the towering forest on Galiano Island and backing onto Bluffs Park, Leña Residency is a retreat ...
Located on the West Coast of Vancouver Island within the traditional territory of the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First ...
Words & Photos by
Kira Marshall
Island Clayworks would like to acknowledge that we operate our business in the traditional territory of the ...
Building custom homes in Campbell River and the surrounding area is a gift not every craftsman gets to experience. ...
The honeybee, or apis mellifera, is what we call a pollinator. Flying from flower to flower collecting nectar and ...
When I moved to Vancouver Island in 2009, finding like-minded “horse folks” to ride with was top priority. I ...
My family and I have lived on the northern end of Quadra Island for two years. We moved here from Manitoba, and ...
THE GARDENING NARRATIVE
HEATHER KELLERHALS–STEWART
Behind every widely held belief there is a narrative—true ...
The Campbell River Area Angel Group (CRAAG) was founded in February 2019 when Campbell River Economic Development ...
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
— Mary Oliver
“Shhh, listen … ...
Words & Photos by
Lisa Levesque
Oh no! What? Wait for another traffic light? Simultaneous laughter, as our eyes connect, and we realize we have ...
In a way, a farm is like the ocean, a fixture of the landscape, yet in constant motion. Every season brings a part ...
When you walk into the cavernous room at Robron Centre in Campbell River—which feels part warehouse, part ...