
The Beaufort Range sits temptingly in our backyard. If you’re a backcountry skier, then you’ve probably gazed at ...
Words & Featured Photo by
Andrew Findlay
Gallery photo by
Chris Istace

Have you ever noticed that the flowers you see in local gardens—maybe even in your own yard—are rarely available ...
Words & photos by
Lydia Jackson

I first heard of silent disco headphones while working in Toronto’s music industry several years ago. When the ...

THE TIME OF THINGS
A masked woman reaches toward the fabric hanging on the art gallery wall.
“Don’t!” ...
Words by
Glen Sanford
Featured photo by
Kyle Little

I enjoy the practice of traditional karate for many reasons, including what it teaches me about Japanese and ...

Behind every non-profit there’s at least one driven, talented founder willing to make sacrifices to chase their ...

Haida art is internationally recognized as part of the Indigenous artistic tradition of the peoples of the Pacific ...
Words by
Keisha Everson
Featured photo by
Zac Whyte

1. Field’s sawmill
A burial site with ghost bodies
on platforms in trees
retaining walls at the river’s ...

Michael was born in Campbell River and currently resides in Fanny Bay with his partner Anna and cat Sophie Bean. ...

Living on a Gulf Island is a dream come true to Shannon. Slowing down her lifestyle has allowed her the time to ...

Your recent travel plans may have gone down the toilet, but was there ever a better time to start planning another ...

My name is Olivia. I am nine years old and I adore art. It is one of my favourite things to do. All of my family ...

The Comox Valley has long been home to an impressive array of local restaurants that have made highly valuable ...

“We so rarely get second chances,” says whale researcher Jackie Hildering, the co-founder of Port McNeill-based ...

Often in an instant, an acquired head injury can change everything. How do you make sense of so much loss? Where ...

Editor’s note: Rick Zyvitski, now retired, used to fly fighter jets out of Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Comox. We ...
Words by
Rick Zyvitski
Featured photo by
Sara Kerr

There are many ways to spin a wheel. Even within each discipline of cycling—BMX, mountain and road, to name a ...

“Hi, I’m Sam. I’m trans.” I start quite a number of conversations this way, and although it’s an unfortunate ...

There’s money in honey (sometimes), and for several beekeepers in the Comox Valley, keeping bees is a full-time ...

It is no secret that the Comox Valley offers us a unique opportunity to work, play, and revel in the natural ...

Sarah Wilson always loved her veggies, even as a kid. She attributes the craving to growing up in Rivers Inlet, a ...

Welcome to the 25th volume of our ongoing love letter to the Comox Valley.
In 2014, Ross Bodenmann had the ...