
Escape. Run away. Get lost. Get free.
Last winter, when the long stretch of darkness was at its most ...

Ian McKenzie sees things.
These hallucinations started when he was a kid. He would hear voices while sitting ...

Desperately pinching limestone tufas and underclinging stalactites, I tried hard, like full-body core-strength ...

I have lived in the same place my whole life, in a smallish house in deep west Courtenay, near the river, forest, ...

Ava Luna is a professional henna and visual artist born and raised on Vancouver Island and new to the Comox ...

Dave Ingram is a photographer and naturalist based on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. He currently works as a ...

It is amazing to stand on the shores of Comox Lake and consider the vast amount of water it contains. With a ...

Many people living in the Comox Valley develop a sense of adventure. We are blessed by forests, beaches, ...

In 1927, it was a day like any other for Peter Bardesonno as he clocked in alongside his father Jossepi for ...

For two decades it traveled and camped with couples and families, as most RVs do, but for the past 10 years the ...

The world of photography is broad and has no boundaries. Perhaps this is why so many people are drawn to it. But ...

What is yarn bombing? Some people call it art. Others call it craft. Some call it a nuisance and a waste of ...

Standing in the golden hayfields that roll down to the ocean’s edge, I look over the sparkling water to the ...

When it comes to doing drugs, Adam isn’t interested in getting high. “I’m a busy man,” the 49 year-old creative ...

No one wants to be told what to eat. Food sharing is at the core of culture, group identity, and pleasure. Just ...

During the late 1800s and early 1900s, thriving mining, logging, and fishing industries in the Comox Valley led to ...

MO MOSHIRI: EXPLORER
“I’ve been a traveller since I was three,” says Comox-based MC, songwriter, and producer ...

We descended into a magical underworld. Giant, spider-like cave crickets filled the vast corridors of karst ...
Words & Painting
Nick Hutton-Jay

My heart races and my hands shake as I check my lines for the third time. My speedwing is neatly laid out on the ...

Storytelling originates underground. It’s the job of a writer to drag little known stories to the surface. ...