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Cynthia Minden is a visual artist, and classical musician, who has an affinity for donkeys. Photo by Ali Roddam

Artistry and donkey therapy mix on Denman Island

Equine wellness - combining art and animals for mental health

 

Local musician Austin Diotte-Turner began his music career in 2019 with an online music production course. Photo by Ali Roddam

Vancouver Island musician Austin Diotte-Turning growing his exposure online

ADT Music pursuing his dreams one video at a time

 

Valley Girls has expanded beyond the Comox Valley, with classes now offered in Campbell River, and about 150 members between both cities. Photo by Ali Roddam

Valley Girls bring a new style of dance to the Comox Valley

‘I just want everyone to feel beautiful and confident’

 

The Haighs the standards they’ve since set for themselves when importing products to sell at their garden centre. Photo by Ali Roddam

Vancouver Island’s Paradise Plants setting standards for their business

Company building ethical roots in the world of import landscaping

The Haighs the standards they’ve since set for themselves when importing products to sell at their garden centre. Photo by Ali Roddam
N’alaga Consulting’s Suicide Initiative program takes a non-clinical, non-pathologizing approach to suicide. Photo by Ali Roddam

Island Indigenous youth suicide prevention initiative rooted in cultural practices

Finding healing with knowledge and sharing

N’alaga Consulting’s Suicide Initiative program takes a non-clinical, non-pathologizing approach to suicide. Photo by Ali Roddam
Gyrotonic and Gyrokinesis — employ spiraling, circular movements that offer cross-training for activities such as golf and tennis. Photo submitted

From Paris to L.A., Rebecca Halls brings Gyrokinesis to Vancouver Island

After working with Hollywood star Natalie Portman, woman brings her healing touch in Cumberland

  • Apr 25, 2023
Gyrotonic and Gyrokinesis — employ spiraling, circular movements that offer cross-training for activities such as golf and tennis. Photo submitted
The post office in Union Bay is the only wooden post office in Canada that is still in service. Photo by Ali Roddam

Canada’s only wooden post office stamping its way into history in Union Bay

Marking more than a century of mail in the Comox Valley community

The post office in Union Bay is the only wooden post office in Canada that is still in service. Photo by Ali Roddam
Diana Kolpak feels that clowns are a “powerful archetype in our psyches.” Photo by Ali Roddam

Clowning your way to truth: B.C. woman’s clown persona taps into comedy and drama

Comox Valley clown Diana Kolpak holding a subversive mirror to society

Diana Kolpak feels that clowns are a “powerful archetype in our psyches.” Photo by Ali Roddam
Leisha MacLennan began the Cold Water Cult, though she said she takes no credit for the organic growth of the group. Photo by Leisha MacLennan

Cult of Cold: B.C. barber hoists power of cold-plunges to find empowerment

Leisha MacLennan created the cult of cold

Leisha MacLennan began the Cold Water Cult, though she said she takes no credit for the organic growth of the group. Photo by Leisha MacLennan
The origins of ringette date back to 1963 when Sam Jacks introduced the sport in North Bay, Ont. Photo by Ali Roddam

Ringing on the ice: hockey’s counterpart growing in population in the Comox Valley

The Comox Valley Ringette Association is in its 12th year of existence

The origins of ringette date back to 1963 when Sam Jacks introduced the sport in North Bay, Ont. Photo by Ali Roddam
Aly Bird has written her first book, Grief Ally, which was published in January 2023. Photo by Ali Roddam

Vancouver Island author Aly Bird processes her loss with her first book

Whole person coach learning to be a grief ally after losing her husband at 30

Aly Bird has written her first book, Grief Ally, which was published in January 2023. Photo by Ali Roddam
Christina Nienaber-Roberts training included palliative massage and working with the body’s energy. Photo by Ali Roddam

Vancouver Island death doula provides for people who are dying and their loved ones

Christina Nienaber-Roberts helping with the final transition

Christina Nienaber-Roberts training included palliative massage and working with the body’s energy. Photo by Ali Roddam
For Merville author Harold Macy, he said the space between fiction and nonfiction is where his writing sits. Photo by Ali Roddam

Vancouver Island author not letting Parkinson’s take charge of his writing

Merville’s Harold Macy is releasing fictional stories based on something real

For Merville author Harold Macy, he said the space between fiction and nonfiction is where his writing sits. Photo by Ali Roddam
Piroska Müller is a German-born milliner who now resides in Black Creek. Photo by Ali Roddam

Vancouver Islander hat-maker’s work appearing on runways from Paris to Black Creek.

Comox Valley resident creating handcrafted hats perfected over time

Piroska Müller is a German-born milliner who now resides in Black Creek. Photo by Ali Roddam
Rainbow House or by the Kwak’wala word Gukwas sa Wagalus, and is the first of its kind in the country. Photo by Ali Roddam

Vancouver Island 2SLGBTQ+ youth housing project will be the first of its kind in Canada

Gukwas sa Wagalus or Rainbow House first of its kind in Canada

  • Jan 25, 2023
Rainbow House or by the Kwak’wala word Gukwas sa Wagalus, and is the first of its kind in the country. Photo by Ali Roddam
Comox Valley chiropractor Derek Vinge accompanied the Cycling Canada team to France last summer. Photo submitted

Vancouver Island chiropractor and athlete assists cyclists in France and Australia

Derek Vinge busy doing anything and everything during race, tending athlete aches and pains later

Comox Valley chiropractor Derek Vinge accompanied the Cycling Canada team to France last summer. Photo submitted
The Point Holmes Wild Swimming Society has grown quickly in the last couple of years. Photo by Glenn Naylor

Vancouver Island groups just one swim away from a good mood

Point Holmes Wild Swimming Society members take to the ocean every day

  • Dec 7, 2022
The Point Holmes Wild Swimming Society has grown quickly in the last couple of years. Photo by Glenn Naylor
Author Jordan Scott’s book I Talk Like A River was a 2020 New York Times Best Children’s Book of the Year. Photo by Ali Roddam

Finding his voice: Vancouver Island author, teacher focuses books on stuttering

Ed Sheeran picked Jordan Scott’s work to read aloud as a bedtime story on the BBC’s CBeebies

Author Jordan Scott’s book I Talk Like A River was a 2020 New York Times Best Children’s Book of the Year. Photo by Ali Roddam
Eugen and Oksana Moisieieva, along with their daughters Agnes, 6, and Amina, 4, fled Ukraine this year following Russia’s attacks. Photo by Ali Roddam

Building up and building over: how the Valley community is rising up to support a Ukrainian family

The Moisieievas arrived in the Comox Valley in April from Ukraine

  • Oct 5, 2022
Eugen and Oksana Moisieieva, along with their daughters Agnes, 6, and Amina, 4, fled Ukraine this year following Russia’s attacks. Photo by Ali Roddam
Courtenay’s Nicole Havrda is training to compete in Formula 3. Photo by Mercedes-Benz Canada.

Finding her own lane: Comox Valley teen breaking barriers from behind the wheel

Courtenay race car driver aims for the fast track

Courtenay’s Nicole Havrda is training to compete in Formula 3. Photo by Mercedes-Benz Canada.