
I am willing to hazard that you enjoy the results of fermentation in some way, shape, or form. What I'm not going ...

After our vegetable gardens has pumped out all of the food and flavour it can, one very important job remains: ...

Back in the seventies, Glen and Kathy Beaton got married then saved enough money to buy 47 acres in Black Creek. ...

My first impressions of Peru came on a domestic flight between Lima and Cusco. Bleary eyed after 20 hours of ...
Words & Photos by
Sara Kempner

I met Cyril Werlen from cascadianwoodtech almost a year ago in our favourite coffee shop. Unbeknownst to me, this ...

When I was a little girl in the 1960s, we’d play hand games to amuse ourselves: cat’s cradle, shadow puppets, and ...

The sun rises from the east, cresting over the peaks of Salt Spring Island to bring light to the little village of ...
Words & Photos by
Chris Istace

My husband Kyle and I grew up in the Comox Valley, both of us lovingly raised on the family farms started by our ...

I have always loved reading, but fell hard for books when I was eight. We were living in an amateur’s converted ...

The Purple Martins swirl and swoop in the air above my head, their bright chirping punctuating the sound of the ...

By his own admission, James Emslie has a knack for making modern things from other people’s discarded items. His ...

There’s a new sign up at the Harbour Centre building in Comox that maybe doesn’t quite fit with the other ...

Summer lays down to sleep in the cool woods. The crisp fall air wakens. Trails of dark wet earth wind through the ...

The map of British Columbia is festooned with splotches of green, and we've got the granddaddy of them all—2500sq ...

In 1874 in Kirksville, Missouri, Dr. Andrew Taylor Still pioneered a form of manual therapy that emphasized the ...

We live in an agriculturally rich region where traditions converge to create a sophisticated local food culture. ...
Words by
RJ Herron
Photos by
Amy Shaw

Over the years, I’ve quietly contemplated whether I have the skills—and the lady balls—to try roller derby. It’s a ...

“I had no idea they made planes this small…it’s so cute. What a lovely scenic flight. Oh, look at Quadra and ...

I’m standing at the sink, doing the dishes, washing out the plastic yoghurt pot before tossing it into the ...

As we stood at the bottom of the twenty-one steps leading to the main entrance of the former Royston schoolhouse ...

We have much to celebrate in the Comox Valley.
Aside from spectacular scenery and a host of ways to amuse ...