KEEP IT GREEN
Communities in the Pacific Northwest are essentially human settlements in logging clearcuts. Whack down trees, lay ...
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ALL Volume 35
FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS
A curtain flutters through broken glass as fiery flakes litter the snow-covered ground. Despite the cold, ...
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DRIPPING IN CULTURE
As the owners of The Lost Faucet Sauna House in Courtenay, we are constantly seeking out more knowledge and ...
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THE SEA IN THEIR BLOOD
In the fall and winter, most people don’t immerse themselves in the Salish Sea, but for geoduck divers, it’s ...
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A CARING PRESENCE
PHOTOS BY GWEN MONNET, SANDI PHYE, & CRAIG SOROCHAN
We respectfully acknowledge that the land we gather on ...
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Elder Valley: Nesting Instinct
Reflections from an older resident.
I grew up and lived for much of my life in northern ...
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FROM VENTURE CAPITALIST TO VINTNER
Alex Guertin is the newest proprietor of Beaufort Vineyard and Estate Winery. On a warm evening in July, he tours ...
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LITTLE VALLEY: FROM ONE NEST TO THE NEXT
Reflections from a younger resident.
Nests are everywhere when you spend lots of time ...
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FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER: CHUCK BURDICK
Chuck Burdick is a self-taught photographer working in multiple genres including macro, landscape, and abstract ...
FEATURED ARTIST: SARAH CLARK
As a creative generalist working in an array of art practices, Sarah Clark is less interested in becoming an ...
CAMP ROAD SPECIAL
It was late summer when my husband and I first rolled into Cumberland in our old Ford pickup. The year was 1996 ...
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WHY WITCHCRAFT?
Many witches, including myself, when asked how and why we became witches, will answer that they didn’t become a ...
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ANODIZED DOWNHILL DAYS
The year was 1990. On the steep, raw edge of a Mount Washington ski slope, summer wildflowers stood in stark ...
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GIVE BEETS A CHANCE
I’m writing these words in the height of summer, when I barely have enough time to juice a cucumber. But it will ...
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OLD HOUSE ON THE RIVER
Darren Howlett is sitting in Locals Restaurant, a place he has a long history with. He’s worked in this dining ...
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FOSSIL FASCINATION
It is a universal truth, I think, that the further you move through adulthood, the more you’re aware that life is ...
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A WORK OF COMPASSION
Since 1983, Comox Valley Hospice Society (CVHS) has been working to support the physical, psychological, ...
ECHOES IN CHINATOWN
At Cumberland Chinatown’s peak in the years just after the end of World War I, around 1500 residents bustled down ...
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THE ART OF DRYING FLOWERS
The practice of pressing and drying flowers and herbs dates back centuries and is part of many Indigenous cultures ...
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FALLING IN LOVE WITH FUNGI
“Fungi make worlds. They also unmake them. There are lots of ways to catch them in the act. When you cook mushroom ...
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THE NEXT RIGHT THING
My husband and I sometimes travelled with our kids when they were tiny. If we ever stayed in a motel, we would ...
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