NATION OF STAIRS
My quads burned. I stared up the seemingly endless, brutally steep stairs, then I glanced back down the valley and ...
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ALL Volume 22
THE EGG EQUATION
I’ve always loved eggs. Hard-boiled. Scrambled. Sunny-side up. Anything but poached—well, unless they’re smothered ...
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EASY, BREEZY E-BIKES
How many times have you thought about how nice it would be to drive less? Maybe you want to reduce your carbon ...
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LITTLE VALLEY: SAM GOLDBY
My name is Sam and I am 11 years old. I love to go fishing, play basketball and ride bikes, but my very favourite ...
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FED UP NO MORE
We got together in the living rooms of cabins, converted barns, half-finished homemade houses. We ate date ...
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FEATURED ARTIST: JO PAYNE
Jo is a Comox-based artist with a passion for exploring colour, texture, and light. Using primarily acrylics, ...
FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: MATT NEWFIELD
Nature has always been a key part of Matt’s life. Growing up on Vancouver Island has given him countless mountains ...
BELTANE
Curled against you under the night sky
your touch reminds me
that my flesh is made
from the spark and dust
of ...
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ON THE SHARP EDGE
A rare beam of sunshine reflects off a long steel blade, catching the eyes of a pair of observers who press their ...
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AIMING FOR ZERO
One of nature’s fundamentals is the way matter flows in loops, supporting life as it transforms from one state to ...
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THE CURVE OF TIME
I grew up in a house where bookshelves reached the ceilings, with cascading spider plants tucked in among the ...
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THIS PLACE IS FOR THE BIRDS
Soft whitecaps glisten atop cresting waves, tall green grasses dance in the wind, an eagle swoops low across ...
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THE ART OF THE ARCHTOP
Musical wizardry is something I’ve always admired, and after meeting Comox Valley luthier (guitar maker) Wyatt ...
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NO FEAR OF FALLING
GALLERY PHOTOS BY COLTON WILS
& TOM LAPLANTE
Throughout history, humans have been fascinated–even ...
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LEARNING TO FLY
As the sun breaks through in a brief respite on a day of steady rain, the 11 acres of the MARS Wildlife Rescue ...
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HOME IN THE HILLS
I'm inching along the narrow ridge leading to 5040 Peak, a ski on either side of the crest, mushy spring snow in ...
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IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL LAND
When my kids were younger, I logged long hours at the Rotary Skypark, going half-dizzy as they performed endless ...
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DOWN IN THE PIT
Air. When it’s good, we often don’t notice it. Think of a spring hike through Paradise Meadows: we may be aware of ...
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BLANKETED IN HOPE
History was made recently at Kumugwe, the K’ómoks Bighouse. On October 16, 2019, a ceremony was held marking the ...
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BREEZING INTO SPRING
Ah, spring. It’s the time when the light begins to spill over our valley again—a little longer every day—and the ...
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