
My quads burned. I stared up the seemingly endless, brutally steep stairs, then I glanced back down the valley and ...

I’ve always loved eggs. Hard-boiled. Scrambled. Sunny-side up. Anything but poached—well, unless they’re smothered ...

How many times have you thought about how nice it would be to drive less? Maybe you want to reduce your carbon ...
Words & photo by
Dave Prothero

My name is Sam and I am 11 years old. I love to go fishing, play basketball and ride bikes, but my very favourite ...

We got together in the living rooms of cabins, converted barns, half-finished homemade houses. We ate date ...

Jo is a Comox-based artist with a passion for exploring colour, texture, and light. Using primarily acrylics, ...

Nature has always been a key part of Matt’s life. Growing up on Vancouver Island has given him countless mountains ...

Curled against you under the night sky
your touch reminds me
that my flesh is made
from the spark and dust
of ...

A rare beam of sunshine reflects off a long steel blade, catching the eyes of a pair of observers who press their ...

One of nature’s fundamentals is the way matter flows in loops, supporting life as it transforms from one state to ...

I grew up in a house where bookshelves reached the ceilings, with cascading spider plants tucked in among the ...
Words by
Nora Bingham
Cover painting by
Harry Heine

Soft whitecaps glisten atop cresting waves, tall green grasses dance in the wind, an eagle swoops low across ...
Words & photo by
Sophie Vigneau

Musical wizardry is something I’ve always admired, and after meeting Comox Valley luthier (guitar maker) Wyatt ...

Throughout history, humans have been fascinated–even obsessed–with the art of flight. From Leonardo da Vinci and ...

As the sun breaks through in a brief respite on a day of steady rain, the 11 acres of the MARS Wildlife Rescue ...

I'm inching along the narrow ridge leading to 5040 Peak, a ski on either side of the crest, mushy spring snow in ...

When my kids were younger, I logged long hours at the Rotary Skypark, going half-dizzy as they performed endless ...

Air. When it’s good, we often don’t notice it. Think of a spring hike through Paradise Meadows: we may be aware of ...

History was made recently at Kumugwe, the K’ómoks Bighouse. On October 16, 2019, a ceremony was held marking the ...

Ah, spring. It’s the time when the light begins to spill over our valley again—a little longer every day—and the ...