
Did you hear? Campbell River has one of the highest rates of volunteerism in the country. Therefore, by the ...

My name is Matthew Fox and I am a Sprockids Leader volunteer and overall community enthusiast here in Campbell ...
Words & Photo By
Matthew Fox

I like to refer to Vancouver Island as my beautiful corner of the world. Having grown up here in Campbell River, I ...

To the uninitiated, cricket might seem the strangest of games. In what other sport could matches last five days ...

I live near the estuary, so I walk the Raven Trail and Baikie Island on a regular basis. The estuary is also my ...

The pounding of heavy footfall, crunching on inclined gravel,
is loudly competing with the sound of your laboured ...

Hi, I’m Raegen Collins and I have lived in Campbell River (CR) my whole life. It is an amazing place! I am a ...
Words & Photo By
Raegan Collins

North Island College (NIC)’s expanded and renovated Campbell River campus has transformed the look and feel of the ...

Each seed is a true miracle of life. One weighing a mere 0.8 micrograms that grows into a beautiful orchid ...
Words & Photos by
Leslie Cox

As I sit on the dock of Sonora Resort prepared for a day of fishing, I look north to see Mt. Estero looming 1649 m ...

Big cities often have large central areas where citizens
can congregate. New York has Times Square, London has ...

The sky is alive with distant storm clouds, purple, broken by pockets of sunlight. Looking west across the ...

Words on the Water Writers’ Festival is typical Campbell River: unpretentious and accessible, but when experienced ...

With a big emphasis on water-based photography, Eiko Jones’s work includes images of mountains, lakes, rivers, and ...

Cathy Holfeld is an Irish graphic designer and illustrator. She was born and bred in Ireland until the Canadian ...

When thinking of where we live, I can’t help but conjure up images of lush greenery, diverse ecosystems, and ...

Contrary to the expansive vision of the young, it’s often the tiny details where we live the largest parts of ...

I pulled up to my desk with a fresh Earl Grey and Carolans. It was a sunny afternoon to begin what I thought would ...

An authentic Italian Circus Tent was shipped half way around the planet to Vancouver Island this past summer. It ...

A bucket bumps gently against my hip, filling slowly with ripe purple-black berries. This is high summer gathering ...
Words & Photos by
Kristy Pedersen

Three years ago I first laid eyes on a Kindred snowboard in a local sporting goods consignment store. The top ...

Marla Limousin and her husband George are the fermentation alchemists conjuring up the innovative wines coming out ...

While it is a small community of athletes, it is a passionate community that craves what most others dread, the ...

When I moved up to the Comox Valley from Victoria over 10 years ago, I noticed a huge lack of what I call ‘good’ ...

In the fall of 2011 I walked away from my role as the director of a big-budget video game production at a studio ...

It was the perfect storm for backcountry success on Vancouver Island; a skier’s dream.
Okay, ...

If you’re rattling down the back roads of Merville on your way to Mount Washington or searching the Tsolum River ...
Words & Photos by
Ross Bodenmann

Old school, new school, ski school no school. Freestyle, freeride, slopestyle, no style. Front side, back side, ...
Words by
Eugene Chung
Opening photo by
Jenn Dykstra

A few months ago I traveled all the way from Norway to visit Vancouver Island for the first time. My Islander ...

Some say it’s simply where they grew up, the place they remember most or where they count most familiar. Others ...