LITTLE VALLEY: MAX WARD
Hi there, I’m Max and I was not born in St Joseph's Hospital. I was, however, born in Addenbrooke's Hospital, ...
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ALL Volume 11
AS YOU LIKE IT
As You Like It Products & Catering epitomizes the farm-to-table approach to food production and service. Chef, ...
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FLY TYING 101
1 Start with a stainless steel saltwater hook, in sizes 4 to 8. Pinch the barb with pliers to produce a smooth ...
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MATERIAL CREATIVE
When I arrived at Material Creative’s studio in Cumberland, an unseasonable rain was falling and the air was cool. ...
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DENMAN ISLAND
My journey to Denman begins on their new cable ferry, and while that part is surely different than the journey in ...
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AT JOURNEY’S END
It's 5:30 a.m., April 15, 1942. The full dark of night is just lifting. Suitcases are packed and weighed and ...
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A VOYAGE FROM SEA TO SEE
Many can say they have travelled to countries and continents around the world, tasted food from the most exotic of ...
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ALL POINTS TO THE WATER
On the water, the fastest way between two points is rarely a straight line. Sailing, surfing, paddling, it's all ...
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MAKING AN IMPACT
Picture a small boy sitting on a tall drafting stool, drawing rocket ships, submarines, and houses – sculptural, ...
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PARADISE MEADOWS
They say you should stop and smell the roses if you want to enjoy the journey. I’ve discovered my own ...
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CASTING LIGHT
The setting of The Fanny Bay Candle Company is pastoral. Donalda Lauzon and her husband Randy greet me while ...
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KEEPING NOTES
As editor of the Watershed Sentinel, B.C.’s award-winning “scrappy” environmental magazine, Delores Broten has ...
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UP, UP, AND AWAY FROM IT ALL
The Comox Glacier is such an iconic mountain for the Comox Valley. Since moving here in the fall of 2006, it’s ...
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PADDLE TO THE SEA
As a very young child, I enjoyed my mum reading to me the story of Paddle-to-the-Sea by Holling C. Holling. It is ...
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ON THE ROAD TO HEALING
Our world is busy. We invite stress and then wonder why our bodies fail us. We refuse to listen, but expect ...
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MOUNTAINAIRE AVIAN RESCUE SOCIETY
Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society (MARS) is a wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centre where over 700 injured and ...
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A PRETTY LITTLE SATURDAY
I am not sure if Kerouac had any idea when he was writing his iconic novel On the Road, that the idea of the road ...
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TRIBAL JOURNEYS
The air will be fragrant with the smell of smoking salmon and the shores lined with thousands of visitors who’ve ...
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FULL OF LIFE
EARLY MEMORIES
One of my earliest memories is on the beach. I am six years old and I am standing next to my dad ...
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SMALL SPACES, BIG TASTE
It's about time. We're a food region. But the food truck movement is only just starting to make itself felt in the ...
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CODY ‘BEAVER’ LAFRANCE
At the tender young age of eight, while attending Quadra Elementary School, Cody LaFrance (Beaver) was assigned a ...
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25 YEARS OF FRESHNESS AND CARE
There's always a day in mid-March when I peruse the veggie aisle at the grocery store feeling dejected. Despite ...
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JOURNEY
Each issue of this magazine is a journey of its own. It takes its first steps with simple ideas, drifts to making ...
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