THE BRIGHTEST PATH
Escape. Run away. Get lost. Get free.
Last winter, when the long stretch of darkness was at its most ...
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ALL Volume 19
MARKINGS OF THE MIND
Ian McKenzie sees things.
These hallucinations started when he was a kid. He would hear voices while sitting ...
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STOLEN MOMENTS
Desperately pinching limestone tufas and underclinging stalactites, I tried hard, like full-body core-strength ...
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LITTLE VALLEY: ARLO FLEENOR
I have lived in the same place my whole life, in a smallish house in deep west Courtenay, near the river, forest, ...
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FEATURED ARTIST: AVA LUNA
Ava Luna is a professional henna and visual artist born and raised on Vancouver Island and new to the Comox ...
FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: DAVE INGRAM
Dave Ingram is a photographer and naturalist based on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. He currently works as a ...
DEEP BLUE
It is amazing to stand on the shores of Comox Lake and consider the vast amount of water it contains. With a ...
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FORTUNE FLAVOURS THE BOLD
Many people living in the Comox Valley develop a sense of adventure. We are blessed by forests, beaches, ...
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GENERATION GAP
In 1927, it was a day like any other for Peter Bardesonno as he clocked in alongside his father Jossepi for ...
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WHEREVER HELP IS NEEDED
For two decades it traveled and camped with couples and families, as most RVs do, but for the past 10 years the ...
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ADAPT OR DIE
The world of photography is broad and has no boundaries. Perhaps this is why so many people are drawn to it. But ...
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REMARKABLE SOFTNESS
What is yarn bombing? Some people call it art. Others call it craft. Some call it a nuisance and a waste of ...
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AN ISLAND OF SOUND
Standing in the golden hayfields that roll down to the ocean’s edge, I look over the sparkling water to the ...
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BENEATH THE HIGH
When it comes to doing drugs, Adam isn’t interested in getting high. “I’m a busy man,” the 49 year-old creative ...
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GROWING CONSCIOUSNESS
No one wants to be told what to eat. Food sharing is at the core of culture, group identity, and pleasure. Just ...
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IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK
During the late 1800s and early 1900s, thriving mining, logging, and fishing industries in the Comox Valley led to ...
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IN THE FIELD
MO MOSHIRI: EXPLORER
“I’ve been a traveller since I was three,” says Comox-based MC, songwriter, and producer ...
HIDDEN RICHES
We descended into a magical underworld. Giant, spider-like cave crickets filled the vast corridors of karst ...
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ON A WING AND A PRAYER
My heart races and my hands shake as I check my lines for the third time. My speedwing is neatly laid out on the ...
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BREAKING THE SURFACE
Storytelling originates underground. It’s the job of a writer to drag little known stories to the surface. ...
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