
An enlightening interview from our last issue led me down a rewarding rabbit trail. The conversation was an ...

If you’ve never taken in a concert in a small town (think 400 peoplesmall), you may be interested in exploring the ...

"I would never have expected that house to be so inspiring...I haven’t had that much of a productive writing ...

A passion for exploration made the decision to live in a camper on the back of her Tacoma truck an easy one for ...

At 18 years old, Matt is fully submerged in wild island living. A ski instructor and fishing guide, Matt also has ...

Summer in the Amberson-Volk household is a very busy time, full of celebration and good energy. Between wedding ...

Picture a howling January morning in Campbell River. Rain pelts down on snow-covered rocks, the streets are full ...

My name is Jonah. I’m 11 years old and I live at Blind Channel on West Thurlow Island. My family has lived at ...

A community builder is someone who brings the community together, who loves to connect people with one another, ...

From the moment my head hits the pillow until first light shines through my bedroom windows, I’m thinking of food. ...

Please be advised that the following story contains a graphic description of a grizzly bear attack from the summer ...

Convincing a stone to become something else is no small task; it’s noisy, it’s dusty, it’s dirty. It is my labour ...

Campbell River photographer Moira Le Patourel has spent the last decade working around the world as an expedition ...

Sonny Assu (Ligwiłda’xw of the Kwakwaka’wakw Nations) was raised in North Delta, BC, over 250 km away from his ...

“Never let it be said that to dream is a waste of one’s time, for dreams are our realities in waiting. In dreams, ...

I’ve always been engrossed by the viewpoints that higher elevation grants. One of my first childhood memories as a ...
Words & Photo By
Colin Filliter

Twenty-nine and a half pounds. Twenty-four and a half pounds. Thirty-eight and a half pounds. Thirty-seven and a ...
Words & Photo By
Laurel Sliskovic

Sleeping soundly, Cole nuzzled into the duvet and Archie was curled in his favourite blanket—you would think ...

“Everything changes once you have kids.” It’s such a cliche, but one that holds true. After I had my kids I found ...

1. CHOOSING YOUR SEEDS
A blend of Mesclun mix, oriental greens, or lettuce mix for raised beds or container ...
Words & Photos by
Rowan Helliwell

The streets and alleys of downtown Courtenay look considerably different in the first week of June. It could be ...

Healing Bliss Botanicals inspires people to nurture their bodies and restore themselves and the planet through the ...

“I used to race Lasers when I was a kid” is what I wrote on the new member release form. A half-truth. It should ...

After two ferry rides and a quick jaunt across Denman Island, you arrive on Hornby Island, the gem of the Gulf ...

On a summer afternoon with life jacket-less tubers bobbing by, teenagers jumping off cliffs and dogs fetching ...

It’s go time. I know the big day has arrived when I see canoes in the parking lot of Mount Washington Ski Resort. ...
Words by
Sarah Seads
Illustration by
Ian Adams

For the past 90 years Royston’s rusty monuments to Vancouver Island’s nautical history rests on the Comox Harbour ...

North Americans love their cars. No matter how hard we try to avoid it and might hate to admit it, the automobile ...

With a spirit of excellence and determination Darcy Lange has overcome serious illness and found legendary status ...
Interview & photos by
Ross Bodenmann

What do you get when unruly people meet unruly bees? If Dave and Andrea Brimacombe, the creative geniuses behind ...

The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.
– John Muir
Silent Season is a music label ...

Most of you don’t know much about us. You like to talk like you do, gazing at each other over the plate. There’s ...

It was a hot day in May. My first spring as a resident of the Comox Valley and it felt as though summer was ...