THE MYSTERIOUS FAROE ISLANDS
The rising sun cast a pink glow on the cliffs as we prepared for landing on a crisp November morning. Just five ...
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GOING DEEP
When I'm under the water, I feel at home. As soon as my head goes below the surface, an almost instant calm comes ...
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HOW YA GONNA KEEP ‘EM DOWN ON THE FARM
On a sunny Saturday afternoon, Fossil Beach Farm is a-bustle with activity. People are sitting at long picnic ...
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GLOBAL BUSINESS, LOCAL IMPACTS
One of the many big questions of 2020 is how we adapt and evolve as consumers, locally and globally. Whether we ...
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BEAVERS, WIDE OPEN!
I used to write science fiction (which means I know little about science, but I liked playing with ideas). In one ...
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THE ONLY WAY OUT IS THROUGH
Full disclosure: I am a Traci Skuce fangirl, but because one of the things I love so much about the way she writes ...
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FROM FENCE BOARDS TO SURFBOARDS
When you first look at a Waterman surfboard, you wouldn’t expect it had been crafted by a guy who grew up on the ...
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GREY TURNED GREEN
The last in our series imagining how the Comox Valley’s communities could look 20 years from now.
It’s hard ...
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MORE THAN KUS-KUS-SUM
The famous French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau once said, “We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are ...
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THROUGH THE VENEER
“Now gently let your breath out and slip beneath the surface. I’ll go under first and be ready for you to join ...
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EAT YOUR MEDICINE
One of my twins’ favourite meals is tacos. They are easy to prepare and a great way to incorporate all the colours ...
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MOVING THROUGH CHANGE
Early in 2020, our editorial team envisioned the general look and feel of the covers and themes for the year ...
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ON SMOKING AND PICKLING
There’s something that connects me to a greater world when I fire up the smoker. I can’t put my finger on it. ...
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INFLUENZA’S DEADLY TRAIL
By all accounts, Johnny Bannerman is a very nice young man. He’s a member of the Cumberland Volunteer Fire ...
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THE BEAUTY OF THE BURN
Oh my god, this hurts so bad... Why does this hurt so bad?? Ohmygodohmygodohmygod. Uggggggghhhhhh, this burns so ...
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THE SUSPENSE WON’T KILL US
Running a tourism business, especially in an area as remote as Kyuquot Sound, is challenging at the best of ...
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ALL FIRED UP
“I take a lot of my inspiration from the natural world around me,” says Gordon Hutchens, Denman Island’s ...
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FEATURED ARTIST: RICHARD MRAVIK
Richard Mravik was born in 1973 in the city of Nove Zamky, Slovakia. Of Hungarian descent, he was noted from a ...
FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: GLYNNIS GREY
Glynnis was raised on a hobby farm on Vancouver Island by parents who were "hippies" of the day. Their ...
FEATURED WORDS: DISTANCE
The fire that forged the earth
holds the space between us
ancient atoms
in our blood and bones
pulled to the ...
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PLAYING WITH FIRE
“All along the way, where the deep green forest used to stand, lies a waste of mangled trunks and branches, enough ...
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COURTENAY AFTER COVID
The third in our series imagining how the Comox Valley’s communities could look 20 years from now. ...
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DRAWN TO THE FLAMES
Earth, air, water, fire. In the extreme, these elemental forces can be either ineffectual or catastrophic. They ...
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ART, A HARVEST, AND A BLESSING
Burning sage, summer heat, and the vegetal scent of the plants in the traditional Indigenous tea garden of the ...
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VERACITY OF THE VESPIDS
Before the headlines were screaming “Murder Hornets!!!” (officially known as Vespa mandarinia, aka “Baskin bees” ...
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PUTTING THE SUN TO WORK
From the expansive windows of Courtenay resident Tom Grimmer’s dining room, the Comox Valley is laid out below ...
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FORGED IN TOUGH TIMES
When I wrote the last Editor’s Letter, things were still reasonably normal in the Comox Valley. But some time ...
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