
No vegetable family is as diverse and versatile as the brassicas. While you may not know the word, you’re ...

Curling saved my life. Sounds like an outrageous statement to make, but in 1999, the year I first threw a curling ...

Luc is a transplant from the prairies who made his way to the Comox Valley seven years ago in search of the ...

Shannon Ford is inspired by the magic of discovering beauty in chaos: “Walking up to a huge, empty canvas is pure ...
Words & Artwork by
Shannon Ford

In the natural world, winter is usually considered a season of rest as many plants and animals become dormant once ...

The dictionary says rest is “to cease work or movement in order to relax, refresh oneself, or recover strength.” ...

Except for Indigenous people, Canadians are settlers—immigrants themselves, or the descendants of immigrants. ...

There are two basic ways to look at a forest you manage—as a tree farm or an ecosystem.
To see the difference, ...

Homelessness can happen in many ways: job loss, injuries and accidents, mental health issues, and substance use. ...

Music and theatre provide an environment where, through collaboration, we are encouraged to celebrate diversity, ...

In the early morning hours of the winter solstice, December 21, 2021, my life and health changed forever. I was ...

Things are often done a little differently on the Gulf Islands. Partly by necessity, partly by inclination, these ...

The legend of the Flying Dutchman, a ghost ship doomed to never enter port, has been told and retold since the ...

I first became drawn to mead because of my Scandinavian heritage: mead plays an important role in many of the ...

While some of us were out celebrating Valentine’s Day this past February, Eugen Sushko was feverishly drawing at ...
Words by
Vivian Dean
Photos courtesy of
Supermod

Colin Garritty has an enviable job. Four days a week, all winter long, he gets paid to ski and snowmobile the ...

When we think about hunting and gathering, the season we usually think of is fall. For many of us, there’s nothing ...

My husband and I moved to the Comox Valley four years ago. From the start, we’ve enjoyed navigating our way around ...

When I was a kid growing up in the ’70s and ’80s in Montreal, stores were closed on Sundays. Every single store. ...

The beginning of winter, with its transition from warmth to cold and from growth to decay, is a reminder of the ...

Not many people know this about me, but I’ve got a real penchant for fine, stiff Italian boots. This confession ...