
I first sensed how landscape affects us while studying writing at the University of Saskatchewan. The ...

No matter where I’ve ended up on this journey, the coast has always called me back and the surf has kept me sane. ...
Words & Photos by
Andrew Talbot

Once upon a time, my grade seven teacher took our class on a road trip from our interior town of Kamloops to the ...

The 2014 annual general meeting of the Comox Valley Road Runners (CVRR) was winding down when something ...

My name is Justin, and I am a very active boy who loves the outdoors. My favourite summer sports are BMX racing ...

Alex Maertz is an illustrator based on the west coast. Born a stone’s throw from the woods, she instinctively ...

Paige Owen is a photographer and graphic designer based in the Comox Valley. She takes inspiration from her ...

We live in an incredible rainforest. Part of the wonder of our local geography is the amazing old-growth trees ...

Take a moment and listen to your breath. Inside it is the cadence of the ocean, the push and pull of an endless ...
Words & featured photo by
Laurissa Cebryk
Gallery photo by
Mélina Lamoreux

The Baynes Sound herring spawn in March is a spectacle, and the largest of its kind. About 38% of all the herring ...

For the past 15 years, I’ve spent summers working as a kayak guide leading multi-day trips, mostly in the waters ...

It was the 1880s and “The Great Salmon Industry” was in its golden years on the British Columbia coast. Entire ...
Words & Photos by
Oriana Smy

His name is Kumugwe (pronounced “koo-moo-gwee”). He lives in a mansion made of precious metals, is revered as a ...

The red embers of cigarettes glow through a thick fog. It’s 6am and workers outside the processing plant at Mac’s ...

The life of a Tibetan Buddhist monk is often assumed to take place in a remote monastery with complete detachment ...

At one time she was probably a sporty trimaran, moored inside Comox Harbour. Then, during a fall wind storm her ...

ERIC RUSH: EXPLORER
To put it mildly, Eric Rush is pretty fond of road biking. A member of Courtenay’s Riverway ...

I’m tied to the dock as a gale grows outside the protection of the bay. Snow is piling up on the sailboat, but ...
Words & Photo by
April Bencze

Under the steady gaze of the Comox Glacier, looking east to the Strait of Georgia, the airfield at Canadian Forces ...