MOUNTAINS AND MOTHERHOOD
All of us who love the alpine have our own reasons for getting out there. A hiker I once passed in the Kweishun ...
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ALL Volume 33
LITTLE VALLEY: GREETINGS FROM GRANADA
My name is Farrah. I am eight years old and right now I am living in Granada, Spain. I started the third ...
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A PRESSING MATTER
Although Cumberland-based Black Cat Skateboards is a relatively new entity, its founder’s love of skateboarding ...
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AN ICONIC TRAIL IN THE MAKING
Terry Lewis sits in his home office, staring at a computer screen displaying a GIS map that’s a spider’s web of ...
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WINE FROM THE SOIL UP
40 Knots Winery is alive with potential energy. I sit in the glassed-in terrace across from Layne Craig, who owns ...
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WILD GARDENING
I remember the sweet satisfaction of pushing peas into the slowly warming spring soil of my first garden “plot,” a ...
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THE TAIL OF THE KITE
“Deputy Minister Department of Mines offers services of H. M. Laing of Comox [to] accompany Expedition … to act as ...
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EYES ON THE TREES
Introduced in 2018 by Comox Valley Nature (CVN), this event encourages Comox Valley residents to pay attention to ...
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SO SAY THE FERRYMEN
To call Hornby Island “ferry dependent” is not just a figure of speech. If you live on this idyllic Gulf Island, ...
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STOCKING THE WORLD
The Comox Valley is known for its abundance of fresh seafood and farm produce. At the right time of year, shoppers ...
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INSPIRING RECOVERY
In 2017, I attended a Soldier On ski camp at Mount Washington that changed (and maybe even saved) my life.
It ...
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IN SEARCH OF OUR INDIGENEITY
We live by stories. By stories we understand the world, and ourselves. Each culture has its cosmology: an ...
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BLACK AND RURAL
As a Canadian living in Hong Kong in the late 1970s, I was regarded as a gweilo, a “white devil.” Even though I ...
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ALL HAIL THE MAY QUEEN
The merry month of May is highly anticipated in the Village of Cumberland. Since 1888, Villagers have gathered on ...
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FRASER CAIN’S UNIVERSE
Many people might be surprised to learn that one of the most successful astronomy news sites on the Internet is ...
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ADVENTURES IN PADDLING
As we rounded the northern tip of Nootka Island, we were struck with sizable swell, wind, and refracting waves ...
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MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE
Strolling through Macdonald Wood Park, with its giant trees and verdant flora within town boundaries, is one of ...
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GLOOM AND BEAUTY
INSTRUCTIONS FOR LIVING A LIFE:
PAY ATTENTION.
BE ASTONISHED.
TELL ABOUT IT.
– MARY OLIVER
In the ...
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FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: BRYAN WALWORK
Bryan Walwork got serious about photography when he learned to develop film and print at age 12. In 2002, he ...
FEATURED ARTIST: JULIE SABEY
Julie Sabey's creative work has, until recently, only been viewed on screens. Her writing and directing career has ...
ELDER VALLEY: AGING GRACEFULLY
Keep a childlike curiosity in search of life’s miraculous delight.
I celebrated my 85th ...
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THESE LEGENDARY WALLS. THESE STORIED WATERS.
When I was a Merville-raised teenager turning 19, my father wanted to take me for a beer on my birthday. Becoming ...
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NATURALLY AWARE
With stunning visuals and captivating words April Bencze is reconnecting humans with the natural world. Her ...
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