
Antarctica is the coldest, driest, and windiest of earth’s continents. Though it’s a region of extremes, it’s much ...
Words & Photos by
Gordon Ross

Every second week, a group of adults varying in age and background meets at the beautiful Abbey Studio, a ...

Eric Greene’s mornings are different from most people’s. The New York city-based 36 year-old wakes before dawn, ...
Words by
Mike B
Photos by
Lucy Laucht

For many, spring means decadent chocolate Easter eggs and sunny daffodils. For others it’s the first taste of our ...

When the days grow short and the nights grow long, the foggy village of Cumberland starts to slow down. But in a ...

Near the end of July 1918, the blackberries were just starting to ripen, a welcome development for the hungry ...

Though the Comox Valley leaves little to be desired for the Island’s mountain biking community, our excitement ...

At 11 years old and growing up in the Comox Valley, I am lucky to be exposed to a lot of culture and experiences. ...

Both of my parents emigrated from Europe to Canada soon after WW2. People of the Netherlands, like other ...

A herd of Roosevelt Elk browses willows in a bog near the Mount Cain turnoff. Nearby, a pack of wolves lie hunched ...

Blissful, haunting, enchanting, and tranquil are just words on this flat piece of paper in black and white. ...

We’re familiar with boom and bust on the west coast, with the effect of a fluctuating economy challenging us all. ...
Words & Photos by
Ross Bodenmann

American sociologist Matthew Desmond said that housing is absolutely essential to human flourishing. These days, ...
Words & Photo by
RJ Herron

High on the verdant slope of Forbidden Plateau rests a craftsman lodge overlooking the Salish Sea. Though the area ...

Long known as “the cultural heart of Courtenay,” the Native Sons Hall is the most historical and iconic building ...

Bowen Technique involves a gentle yet dynamic system of muscle and connective tissue moves, which balance the body ...

A barefoot walk in the soft moss, slowly and with intent, senses heightened, just to witness the scampering of a ...

To some, it’s the Village in the Forest, to others simply “Cumby.”
But to those of us who crave the mud ...
Words by
Ryan Parton
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DODGE CITY

Do I love my mountain bike or dirt bike more?
When I was four years old, I saw a dirt bike in a book and became ...

Open. It brings to mind not one singular definition but a refusal of its opposites. Stubbornness. Inflexibility. A ...