Where’s Nanaimo Going?
In the first video from Volume 58 of The Nav, you are invited to spend a few minutes with Nav Videographer Daxton Comba as he tours the city of...
Daxton Comba
Daxton is a fourth-year Creative Writing student at VIU, a Graphic Designer, physical media hoarder, and filmmaker. He served as Script Editor and Audio/Visual intern for Portal 2025, and moved to Acquisitions Editor for Portal 2026 while working as videographer for The Nav. His writing has been published in both Portal and GOOEY magazines, and he received the Meadowlarks Award for Fiction in 2025.
A short stage play of his was produced for VIU’s 2025 One-Act Festival, and over the summer he wrote and directed a stage play titled Funeral Cake for the 2026 Nanaimo Fringe Fest. He is now the Associate Media Manager for Vol. 58 at The Navigator, and insists that he has overcome his fear of ghosts.
Volume 57 | Videographer
Volume 58 | Associate Media Editor
Everything by Daxton Comba
Driving in Nanaimo
This month, Nav videographer Daxton Comba takes us on a tour around Nanaimo with a series of mobile interviews, both island-lifers and newcomers to...
Vancouver Island, The Big One, & The Larger Story
Nav Videographer Daxton Comba takes us beneath Vancouver Island on a tour of the geologic processes underneath. He speaks with Senior SFU lecturer...
In the Crowd: Ladysmith Festival of Lights
During the holiday season on Vancouver Island, it’s unfortunately dark outside most of the time, and when the sun goes down before 5:00 pm, what...
Media Studies Merger
The Nav’s Videographer Daxton Comba turns the lens towards VIU this month, examining the recent changes to the Media Studies program regarding the...
Inside CHLY Radio
In the second instalment of his classic media series, The Nav’s Videographer Daxton Comba tours Nanaimo’s local campus community radio, CHLY...
Inside Nanaimo Fringe Fest
Nav Videographer Daxton Comba goes behind the scenes on Nanaimo’s 2025 Fringe Festival for its fifteenth anniversary. Shining a light on this...