
The rising sun cast a pink glow on the cliffs as we prepared for landing on a crisp November morning. Just five ...

When I'm under the water, I feel at home. As soon as my head goes below the surface, an almost instant calm comes ...
Words & Photos by
Ryan Miller

On a sunny Saturday afternoon, Fossil Beach Farm is a-bustle with activity. People are sitting at long picnic ...

One of the many big questions of 2020 is how we adapt and evolve as consumers, locally and globally. Whether we ...

I used to write science fiction (which means I know little about science, but I liked playing with ideas). In one ...

Full disclosure: I am a Traci Skuce fangirl, but because one of the things I love so much about the way she writes ...

When you first look at a Waterman surfboard, you wouldn’t expect it had been crafted by a guy who grew up on the ...

The last in our series imagining how the Comox Valley’s communities could look 20 years from now.
It’s hard ...

The famous French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau once said, “We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are ...

“Now gently let your breath out and slip beneath the surface. I’ll go under first and be ready for you to join ...
Words & photo by
Lisa Graham

One of my twins’ favourite meals is tacos. They are easy to prepare and a great way to incorporate all the colours ...
Early in 2020, our editorial team envisioned the general look and feel of the covers and themes for the year ...

There’s something that connects me to a greater world when I fire up the smoker. I can’t put my finger on it. ...

By all accounts, Johnny Bannerman is a very nice young man. He’s a member of the Cumberland Volunteer Fire ...

Oh my god, this hurts so bad... Why does this hurt so bad?? Ohmygodohmygodohmygod. Uggggggghhhhhh, this burns so ...
Words & Photo by
Sarah Seads

Running a tourism business, especially in an area as remote as Kyuquot Sound, is challenging at the best of ...

“I take a lot of my inspiration from the natural world around me,” says Gordon Hutchens, Denman Island’s ...
Words & Photo by
Trish Weatherall

Richard Mravik was born in 1973 in the city of Nove Zamky, Slovakia. Of Hungarian descent, he was noted from a ...

Glynnis was raised on a hobby farm on Vancouver Island by parents who were "hippies" of the day. Their ...

The fire that forged the earth
holds the space between us
ancient atoms
in our blood and bones
pulled to the ...

“All along the way, where the deep green forest used to stand, lies a waste of mangled trunks and branches, enough ...

The third in our series imagining how the Comox Valley’s communities could look 20 years from now. ...

Earth, air, water, fire. In the extreme, these elemental forces can be either ineffectual or catastrophic. They ...

Burning sage, summer heat, and the vegetal scent of the plants in the traditional Indigenous tea garden of the ...

Before the headlines were screaming “Murder Hornets!!!” (officially known as Vespa mandarinia, aka “Baskin bees” ...

From the expansive windows of Courtenay resident Tom Grimmer’s dining room, the Comox Valley is laid out below ...

When I wrote the last Editor’s Letter, things were still reasonably normal in the Comox Valley. But some time ...