
for S’ólh Téméxw (the traditional territories of the Stó:lo-)
out in the valley
plump drupelets fall into ...

Born and raised in Quebec, Françoise is a self-taught wildlife/landscape photographer. Her first career was as a ...

A member of the Taku River First Nation by birth, Brian was adopted as an infant by Linda and Perry Jessop and ...

In August 2020, I travelled to a magical corner of the world where there are more glaciers than anywhere outside ...
Words & Artwork by
Tracy Kobus
Photos by
Malcolm Johnson

March 4, 2021: “This is not good. I’ve just gone to look at the area. The flagging starts about 50 meters beyond ...

My parents were notorious collectors. On any given Saturday, they would pack up our silver E150 Ford Econoline van ...

When Sarah McLoughlin passed away on February 10, 2021, at Mount Saint Joseph Hospital in Vancouver—her husband ...
Words by
Kerry Hale
Featured photo by
Susan Healy

We moved to the Comox Valley a little over three years ago. I spent most of my childhood living in Nelson, BC, ...

You pretty much can’t have a conversation anywhere in the world today without one of our global crises popping up ...

Imagine three siblings—Cumberland, Courtenay, and Comox—who tolerate each other, but aren’t exactly brimming with ...

North Island College’s (NIC)’s Indigenous language courses are bringing together students and building a community ...

A few years ago, a fog rolled in on me, gradually placing a dim, grey mist over my view in all directions. I ...

Urban agriculture can mean a number of things depending on who you ask and where in the world it’s occurring. To ...

What separates SOS Gear from other outdoor stores is not what it carries, but what it doesn’t.
Like most gear ...

The secret’s out regarding Vancouver Island and its amazing mountains. While all alpine environments are ...
Words & Photo by
Shane Johnson

There’s no real place to start this story of sailing. I never would have predicted that I would be writing this ...
Words by
Judith Wright
Featured photo by
Jenn Dykstra

A few years ago, there was a local kerfuffle because a new sign on the Inland Island Highway proclaimed: “Welcome ...

For over a year, we’ve all been dreaming of getting away, and perhaps Island adventures will once again be ...

One of the most iconic summer activities in the Comox Valley is tubing down the Puntledge River.
There’s no ...

At the end of a dirt road, minutes from the sea, sits an idyllic farm.
Youthful alder, fir, hemlock, and pines ...

I remember well the pitter-patter of tiny toad feet on my lawn when I was a child growing up across from the swamp ...

At the end of a meandering gravel driveway tucked among lush cedars stands the Deep Bay Marine Field Station, a ...

After so many months of navigating an ever-changing pandemic landscape of worries, warnings, restrictions, and ...