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Local man pleads guilty to poaching elk ERIC PLUMMER
The poaching offences occurred between Nov. 1, 2013 and Dec. 31, 2013. The dead elk were found south of Port Alberni on Nuuchah-nulth territory. Jack’s arrest came as a result of an investigation into a wave of elk poaching on the West Coast in recent years. Ken Watts, vice-president of the Nuuchah-nulth Tribal Council, said there has been a number of elk poaching incidents
Alberni Valley Times A man accused of elk poaching pleaded guilty last week. Wilson Timothy Jack (a.k.a. Timothy Wilson Jack), 49, pleaded guilty to hunting wildlife out of season under the B.C. Wildlife Act. He appeared in court without a lawyer. His sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 14 at 9:30 a.m. in the Port Alberni provincial court.
in the region with at least 23 Roosevelt elk illegally killed since 2013. When eight elk carcasses were discovered in late 2013, the NTC offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction for poaching. B.C. Coastal Outfitters (now the Wildlife Stewardship Council) added $5,000 to the award amount with the B.C. Wildlife Federation offering an additional $2,000, CUPE 118 pledging $1,000 and Pearson Kal Tire adding $1,000 for a total reward of $34,000. Jack was arrested and first appeared in Port Alberni court on Aug. 5, requesting more time to consult a defence lawyer. Jack is a member of the Ucluelet First
Nation, one of the 14 communities served by the Nuuchah-nulth Tribal Council. The NTC hopes the court proceedings will shed some light on the elk poaching problem. Roosevelt elk are on the Provincial Blue List, meaning that harvesting is limited to 300 hunting permits a year from the typical volume of 15,000 applications. While Roosevelt populations on Vancouver Island and the B.C. mainland’s south coast have grown from 2,550 in 1986 to over 6,900, elk distribution south of Port Alberni remains as low as one animal per 10 square kilometres or less, according to a provincial management plan for the animals drafted in July 2014.
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Trial is set for January 11-19 in the case surrounding the death of Lorraine Ennis of Ucluelet. Van Nguyen, 57, of Vancouver stands charged with criminal negligence causing death. Cpl. Mike Elston of the RCMP’s island traffic services division recounted the particulars On Jan. 30, 2014, at about 8 a.m., Ennis was walking on the trail separated from the highway by a grassy divider and ditch, towards Ucluelet when a GMC Suburban towing a
large boat lost control. “The boat ended up fish-tailing down the road – it ended up striking Ms. Lorraine Ennis while she walked, killing her,” said Elston. The vehicle, driven by Nguyen and containing a passenger, was followed by another vehicle. They stopped at the scene and were cooperative, Elston said. Investigation into the death was conducted by an collision reconstructionist and other methods, taking over a year. That’s “no longer than usual,” said Elston.
“Most investigations that deal with somebody dying take a long time,” he said. The investigation’s complexity was compounded by language barriers; Nguyen is a native Vietnamese speaker. “There was a definite language barrier, for the driver English was not his first language,” he said. Ennis, a longtime Ucluelet resident, was well known for her community involvement and her long walks
on the trail from the junction into Ucluelet. Charges were sworn in the case on March 31, 2015, Elston said. Todd Patola, Crown Counsel in Port Alberni, said the case will go to preliminary inquiry on January 11 and 12, to determine if it goes to trial. Currently, Nguyen has elected for a jury trial.
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Westerly News Why did the tourists cross the road? To get to the Rainforest Trail, and now you have to stop for them. There’s a new crosswalk and reduced speed zone to help keep pedestrians and drivers safe in the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. Drivers should be aware of the new 60 km/ hr speed zone at the Rainforest Trail pedestrian crosswalk on Highway 4, the Pacific Rim Highway. The parking lot on one side of the highway and the trail on the other has been a recipe for traffic issues, particularly during the summer as visitors have had to wait or risk dashing out in traffic. Signs, road markings, and advance-warning strips have been added to the highway. Under BC traffic laws,drivers must yield to pedestrians in a marked crosswalk. Pedestrians should continue to exercise care and attention when crossing the highway and ensure drivers are stopped or stopping before stepping into the crosswalk. “Visitors of all ages and abilities cross the highway to experience the Rainforest Trail. The new reduced speed zone and marked crosswalk will help alert drivers and reduce the risk of incidents,” said a press release from Parks Canada. The Rainforest Trail is located 9 kilometres north of the Pacific Rim Visitor Centre, and 7 kilometres south of the main entrance to Long Beach.
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BC ShakeOut Thurs. at 10:15 a.m., events on Wed. and Thurs. in Ukee More than 3,000 earthquakes occur in B.C. each year. Most earthquakes are too small to be felt, but the risk of one big enough to cause major damage is real. On October 15th, the official ShakeOut BC Day will take place at 10:15 am. During this event millions of people worldwide will practice how to Drop, Cover and Hold On. The District of Ucluelet is asking residents, businesses and visitors to participate in the drill by practicing the three simple steps “Drop, Cover, Hold On” for one minute starting KARLA ROBISON at 10:15 am. Practicing these important steps /LOCAL is a great way for your VOICE family or organization to be prepared to survive and recover quickly from a large earthquake - wherever you live, work or travel. These three simple steps have been proven to reduce injury and death during earthquakes worldwide. To register your family or organization, please visit www.shakeoutbc.ca. ShakeOut BC is a great platform to get your family and organization thinking about your general state of emergency preparedness. Do you have an emergency plan? Do you have enough food, water and supplies to last a minimum of three days? Have you secured your homes and offices to prevent furniture, cabinets and appliances from toppling? Utilize this day and drill as an opportunity to speak to your family, friends, neighbours and colleagues about ways to be prepared for emergency events. Ucluelet ShakeOut Events: WEDNESDAY, OCT. 14 - A personal preparedness display at the Ucluelet Community Centre foyer in the afternoon and evening, and the Emergency Social Services team will be available to answer questions from 6-8 pm. Refreshments! *The Ucluelet Community Centre, Municipal Hall and Chamber of Commerce Office will have emergency preparedness displays up from October 13 to 16. THURSDAY, OCT. 15 - The community is invited to observe a mock Earthquake Drill with a controlled release of students at the Ucluelet Elementary and Secondary School grounds from 10:15 to 11:00 am. Join teachers, first responders and Ucluelet’s emergency team with this simulated emergency exercise. For more info, visit www..ucluelet.ca. Karla Robison is the District of Ucluelet Emergency Services manager.
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Thanks to UVFB for Molly’s rescue
Dear Editor, I am writing to express our great thanks and appreciation for Paul and the other members of the Ucluelet Volunteer Fire Brigade who rescued our dog Molly when she went over a cliff on the Wild Pacific Trail on Thursday morning. The dispatcher at the non-emergency police number called the volunteer fire department for us and they responded quickly and professionally, climbing down to our Molly and helping her back up to us. Molly is a notquite-two-year-old yellow lab, with more energy than brains. She is generally very leery of strangers, but Paul and the crew were able to win her trust even though she was very frightened. Their prompt and compassionate response left us with such a positive impression of Ucluelet, and we can’t thank them enough for their help.
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Family fun at Strong Start in Tofino and Ukee Dear Editor, School is back in session, and Fall is in definitely here. Did you know that children 0-5 can go to school in our towns too? I would like to take this opportunity to invite all families of children under school age to visit one of the StrongStart programs in our towns. StrongStart is a free drop in early learning program funded by the government of British Columbia and administered locally through our two elementary schools. Wickaninnish StrongStart operates Monday to Friday 8:38-11:38. Ucluelet StrongStart is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday 8:30-11:30, Tuesday 4-7pm, and Thursday afternoon 11:45-2:45. It is a place to engage preschoolers (including babies) in play. It is a place to connect with your own child and with other parents. If your child is entering Kindergarten in the next school
year, they and you will also have relationships with the children and adults who can help with the transition into school life. It is a free drop in program, so come for as little or as long as you like. There is no on-time or late, just drop by! Stop in at the office to find our room. Each day includes opportunities for gym time, snack, art and craft and story and song circles. Coffee and tea are always on, and you can find other types of parenting support there too! Coming up October 21st our school district is hosting a Ready Set Learn event especially for three year olds from 9:30 – 10:30 in Ucluelet, and 10:30-11:30 in Tofino. Look for ads in this paper for more information. Families can call the school to register their 3 year olds for this event at each elementary by Friday October 16th. No need to pre register to visit a StrongStart though, just drop in for a visit.
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Environment top election concern for West Coast To the editor: There have been great changes to Canada’s environmental regulations in the last ten years. A list of the negatives is long. Most obvious are the cut backs at the Coast Guard and Parks Canada. Other more subtle changes, like the Species at Risk Act JIM and the NavWHITWORTH igable Waters /LOCAL Protection Act, appear to have VOICE been altered to facilitate regulations for gas and oil production and transportation. For example, when the Kinder Morgan pipeline gets the go ahead, most of the tar/oil will be transported past our doorstep. Imagine the consequences of an oil spill for the Species at Risk, the physical environment and our economy. The state of Coast Guard preparedness for an oil spill in Vancouver, was obvious earlier this year and undoubtedly related to the closure the coast guard station as here in Ucluelet. It seems the Ottawa government is preparing to be not prepared for the eventuality of major oil spills, whether water or land based. The vulnerability for the West coast environment and it’s inhabitants is blatantly obvious, when we consider that oil exploration in the Arctic and deep water exploration in the Atlantic have been given the go ahead by the Feds. It’s no stretch to imagine to see oil rigs off the W.C. of Vancouver Island as there was one doing exploratory work off Long Beach just prior to the creation of the Park. We need change in Ottawa that respects the Species at Risk and reverses the Navigable Waters Protection Act that protected our oceans, lakes, rivers and streams. Anything less is dangerous folly. We need to vigorously support the real economy, not what is Harped on and on about, but rather that which we walk on, what we breathe and what we drink, our planet, our home.
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said Johns. on the West Coast, all four canditive candidate tell me about their responsibility on the coast. I Sollitt was eager to address the dates spoke about creating jobs investments in Coast Guard, it think more patrol and protection, around the local tourism industry. topic: makes me right away think about It was a standing-room only I think they should handle dere“We need to throw that darn the bunker spill in English Bay. We Both Green and NDP candidates affair at the All-Candidates meetlict vessels and increased role in discussed all rememup on Wed., Oct. 7 at research,” strategic voting idea out reinvestber what the Ucluelet Comsaid Sollitt the window. Tell everying in the happened munity Centre as canwho grew body. Educate yourself. Department without Kits didates for Member up as a Pick what you want. of Fisheries Coast Guard of Parliament in the commercial Vote for what you want. and Oceans. being there Courtenay-Alberni fisherman. And if everybody does because they riding sounded off on Conservathat, they’ll get what “I want closed it. It issues surrounding tive MP John they want,” Sollitt said. to see us took forever the Oct. 19 federal Duncan said Powell-Davidson CARRIE GORD JOHN GLENN restore DFO for them to election. the decision urged voters to look POWELLJOHNS DUNCAN SOLLITT and our role get there and on behalf of Questions were read at the candidate that’s DAVIDSON in DFO. DFO act on that,” the federal aloud by moderator going to give them the NDP Conservative government Green has been said Johns. Lance Blackwell, and best government going Liberal gutted, you “We don’t to close three over the course of forward. know? $100 million cuts have a world-class spill B.C. Coast Guard centres and contwo hours, attendees listened to “The Liberals are committed to response plan in place as much as to DFO. We need to restore DFO’s solidate the monitoring personnel Conservative John Duncan, NDP making this the last first-pastthey want to tell you that,” he said. role and that will create jobs here to Victoria and Prince Rupert Gord Johns, Liberal Carrie Powthe-post election that we have,” in our community,” said Johns. Carrie Powell-Davidson said her was the result of technology ell-Davidson, and Green Glenn she said. Towards the end of the evenparty is committed to diversifying improvements. Sollitt parley key issues effecting Duncan, who was first elected ing, the interesting topic of the economy by investing in sciAt a later point in the night, the community. to the House of Commons in 1993, strategic voting was called into Duncan announced that the entire ences and technology. The most lively topics at the said the British Parliamentary question. The NDP, Liberal, and “We will be reinstating $40 millifeboat fleet on the B.C. Coast event sponsored by the Ucluelet system that Canada has operated Green candidates were all in lion back into the ocean sciences has been replaced and that they Chamber of Commerce included: under since confederation has favour of reforming the electoral and monitoring programs that are also in the midst of building the closure of the Coast Guard served the country very well. system to include proportional were taken out by the current replacements for the mid-shore station, concerns about the “Nobody talked about strategic representation. government. We will get back and off-shore fleet, which will be environment, and staff cuts to voting when the Liberals were “I hate having to ask people to to a data driven evidence based Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. used for research and monitoring. getting 39 per cent majorities. research way of making decisions, lend me their votes so that we can “We are going to have a firstOn the issue of Coast Guard They’re only talking about when defeat the Conservatives in this and we will be unmuzzling our class, well-equipped Coast Guard closures, Liberal, NDP, and Green the Conservatives get 39 per cent federal election. But I am. I am scientists,” said Powell-Davidson to look after our interests going Party candidates were all veheand get majorities. It went on for a asking people to do that. Because who will celebrate 25 years of forward,” Duncan said. mently committed to re-opening long time. I was in opposition for in this riding it’s going to be a marriage on election day, Oct.19. Johns, a long-time Tofino resithe Ucluelet station and increas13 years, I can tell you about it,” In terms of restoring federal jobs very close race and we know that,” he said. dent, was quick to refute the Coning protection to our coastline. servative MP. Sollitt even suggested the Coast “When I Guard could do more: hear the “I would like to see it fundConservaed such that it takes on more
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Election Day is Monday, Oct. 19. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Ucluelet Community Centre and
Tofino Community Hsll. Bring a legal form of ID. By law, employers must allow employees time to vote. The Tofino Chamber of Com-
merce hosted the 2015 Courtenay-Alberni federal election candidates on Thursday, Oct. 8, with the exception of the Marxist-Leninist Barbara Biley who was unable to attend. Coming fresh from the Ucluelet meet-up the night prior, the electoral candidates appeared more relaxed and re-energized to share their political views to an audience of about 100 West Coast voters gathered at the Tofino Community Hall. No big surprises were revealed in regards to central issues, such as: transport, healthcare, and small business. NDP Gord Johns, Liberal Carrie Powell-Davidson, Conservative John Duncan, and Green Glenn Sollitt were all committed to funding new transport initiatives, investing in healthcare, and reducing the small business tax rate to 9 per cent. However, the candidates had differing views when it came to more localized issues like mining in Clayoquot Sound. “I would certainly not rule out mining in Clayoquot Sound. Of course, it would have to pass the hurdles of environmental assessment and permitting and First Nations participation would invariably be required,” said Duncan. Powell-Davidson sug-
gested a complete overhaul of the environmental assessment project as her initial response to mining in Clayoquot Sound. “I’m concerned that we have a company that wants to do a project here that could jeopardize two very solid industries that you already have in tourism and fisheries for the introduction of one,” she said. Johns eloquently communicated the need to create a better economy in Clayoquot Sound: “These communities wouldn’t consider that type of economic development if they had a choice. It’s bigger picture,” he said. “We’ve got to create a real economy in Clayoquot Sound that’s sustainable. That’s what these communities want. We want to make sure we create a community that we can grow the economy and protect the environment. So that we’re not talking about ideas like mining that can effect all of our salmon and fish,” said Johns. On the issue of increasing finfish aquaculture on the West Coast, both the Liberal and NDP candidates expressed the need to reinvest in research.
Sollitt who personally fished wild salmon from back in the early seventies, was not in favour of opening any new open can salmon fishing farms. “I think our focus should be on returning wild stocks up and down the coast. And if we do that, there will be enough fish,” said Sollitt. Conservative MP Duncan had an opposing view from his counterparts, advocating that there is room for responsible growth in the finfish industry. “I don’t think we can afford to pass up and say no to every opportunity for our rural, coastal communities to generate an employment base. We can’t say no to everything,” he said. One of the last questions of the evening pertained to funding the construction of the proposed West Coast Multiplex within Tofino-Ucluelet airport lands. All four candidates were onboard to invest federal dollars in the recreational building, which would include an ice rink. Johns, a former member of the West Coast Multiplex board of directors, was especially passionate about making the community facility come to fruition. “It’s the first thing in our region where we all signed on to do something together,” Johns said. Monday is election night. Polls are open at Ucluelet Community Centre and Tofino Community Hall from 7 a.m to 7 p.m.
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A Legacy of Tears An ancient sepia photo of Christie Residential School on Meares Island shows deceptively little: canoes pulled up at the shore, a cross on the building’s bell tower, figures on a porch. What it doesn’t show is the thousands of First Nations children who were, over a century, kept at the school and others around Canada under typically grim conditions, far from their families.
Westerly News publisher Jackie Carmichael interviewed residential school survivor Stephen Charleson of Hesquiat Harbour. The interview started with a conversation with Charleson’s daughter, Mariah, who got out the orangest clothing she had to wear for Orange Shirt Day. The day has garnered nationwide attention. It’s a story within a story, the orange garments representing what was taken from children (and their fami-
lies) when they were removed to residential school – and harm done to their self-esteem and well-being. A residential school survivor, Phyllis (Jack) Webstad recounted her first day at St. Joseph Mission Residential School at age 6, when the lovely new orange shirt bought for her by her grandmother that was taken from her and replaced by a uniform. Set during the season children were taken off to school, the
Sept. 30 event was designed to spark conversation about anti-bullying and a spirit of reconciliation and hope for generations of children to come, said a Facebook page devoted to the day. “Every Child Matters.” Mariah Charleson would agree. “I want to show my support for residential school survivors and bring awareness - I think it’s a great way of educating the general public,” she said.
One on One Interview: One Man’s Will to Survive & Thrive Westerly News publisher Jackie Carmichael interviewed residential school survivor Stephen Charleson via written responses on Oct. 2, 2015. Here is that interview:
Stephen: In 1957, September I went to Christie Indian Residential School on Meares Island for Grade One. In June, 1964, I finished Grade Eight and graduated. In 1964, September, I went to St. Mary’s Indian Residential School in Mission City, BC. In 1966, I completed Grade Ten. The school at that time went to Grade Ten. Jackie: Had other family members gone to residential school? Stephen: Yes – my two oldest brothers and one sister went to Christie before I did and went to high school in Kamloops. All the rest
Mary’s was three and a half hours to Tofino, five hours by bus to Nanaimo, one and a half hours by ferry, and two hours by bus to Mission City. The travel ended with a two mile walk to the school.
of us went to Christie School.
Jackie: How did you come to be taken to residential school? Stephen: At the time I became six years old, it was Canadian law that I attend residential school. Christie School was three hours by troller from Hot Springs Cove. St.
Jackie: What was your residential school experience like? Stephen: It was terrible at Christie and no better at St. Mary’s. It was similar to moving to another country or planet where it was normal to take me and change me so I didn’t know who I was anymore. Everyone had permission to treat me like I wasn’t human or good enough to be who I really was. It was a very lonely experience. Every year from See INTERVIEW Page 8, 9 and 10
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the time I was six until I completed Grade Ten at St. Mary’s, I was at home only in the summer – ten months of the year, I was in school far away from home.
Jackie: What was the worst thing about residential school? Can you share incidents/ experiences? Stephen: Religious peoples’ meanness and hypocrisy. They told us to treat others as we would like to be treated. With them it was one way only. We were never allowed to treat them like they treated us. Lies – a lot of lies were told to us. They claimed that we were savages, ignorant, uncivilized, godless, etc. etc. The way to become good was to forget being Indian and become religious and forget what our parents told us and we would become as good as a white man. That turned out to be a huge lie. The reality, I have found out the hard way, is that I will never
be accepted as equal in Canada. All they wanted from us was our land, ocean, trees, fish and anything worth money. The first day in school in Christie I will never forget. We were told to go the blackboard and write the number 1 over and over. I picked up the chalk and started to copy what the others were doing. I thought I was doing a good job when I was suddenly hit on the side on my head with a chalk eraser. The nun was yelling at me because I was using my left hand to write the numbers. She yelled that I must use only my right hand, she grabbed the chalk and put it in my right hand and instructed me to continue. I did, but found that I couldn’t use my right hand like I could my left. That kind of abuse was normal for the teachers and continued for seven years at Christie. The supervisors were meaner. They would strap us, punch us, slap us, yell at us, upset our beds when we were still sleeping, spy on us, verbally abuse us, sexually assault some of us, on
and on and on. We were six years old. I remember always missing my parents and my home. We would watch for a certain plant (Indian Paint Brush) to grow. We knew that when it sprouted and grew bigger that it was just about time to go home. St. Mary’s wasn’t much better. We were older but still far away from our parents and home. There is no ocean at Mission City. I always missed the ocean while I was there. The land itself is different than I was used to. It was flat and I could smell the cattle crap in the air all the time. The Fraser River looked huge and I couldn’t see the bottom of the river to see if there was fish there. Jackie: Did the residential school experience have any lasting effects on you?
Stephen Charleson and his wife Karen, right, and son Joshua and nephew Stephen Dennis, far right, in front of their family mural in the longhouse at Charleson’s Hooksum Outdoors School.
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Interview with Stephen Charleson, continued from Page 8 Stephen: Yes – mostly bad lasting effects on me. Any person in a capacity of authority, I view with great suspicion when they claim how they will help First Nations people. We watched a lot of Western movies in Christie School and the part that makes the most sense to me is the part about people and their forked tongues. They always lie about the goodness that will come if we allow them to do what they wish to make themselves richer. The flip side of that is my realization that I was the continuation of thousands of years of living here in my homeland. The parts the schools tried to rip from me are worth keeping or reviving. My ancestors worked very hard to take care of themselves and everything around them and I decided it was better for me to follow or rediscover their good ways.
Jackie: Did you observe others who experienced even worse lasting effects from residential school? Stephen: Yes – At Christie School I saw a supervisor throw a sugar container at someone’s head. He has the scar on top of his head today. I think the infraction was talking during meal time.
Some of my contemporaries are still alcoholics or drug addicts. The experts call it self-medicating. Self-medication, fifty years later, that’s how bad some boys had it in Christie School. Lots of my friends have died from alcohol abuse or drug use even today.
Jackie: How were you able to deal with the residential school experience – at the time and later on? Stephen: We were held basically against our will on an island. Our parents were prevented by Canadian law from keeping us at home. Policemen, priests, brothers, nuns made sure we were kept at Christie School. We were afraid something terrible would happen if we complained – like getting strapped or punished for complaining about the treatment. A lot of us basically suffered in silence. That’s just the way things were. Later on, when I was older and in Grades Eleven and Twelve in Nanaimo, I joined a Youth Group that went from community to community on the east side of Vancouver Island urging former students and current students to speak up about their experiences in these schools. We didn’t get too far. The religious people heard about it and
told us to stop it. But all these years these years I have never forgotten my parents, after I graduated from high school and how they taught me about my homeland, how I could survive here, how good it is and how lousy I had been treated by the Catholics and other Canadians as I was growing up. I vowed that my children would never have to go through what I did and worked hard so that wouldn’t happen.
Jackie: We know painful experiences can be cyclical. How were you able to protect yourself and others from the painful past? Stephen : I told all my children what I went through and told them it was a terrible experience. Some of the behaviours I learned from the school were very hard not to continue. I tried very hard not be violent, angry, mean, or disrespectful to my wife and children. For the most part I think I have succeeded. I will continue to act that way with my grand-children. My wife and I have made it a priority to ground our children in Hesquiaht ways and history. We have encouraged them to higher education so they can continue to repair and uplift our Hesquiaht ways, philosophy and love of our land and seas and to do the same for their children.
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Jackie: Why is it important for residential school history to be shared with students in public schools?
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Interview with Stephen Charleson, continued from Page 9 Stephen: Children should be told the true history of what transpired in these government sanctioned institutions. They should learn about the consequences of such ill-advised, racist, genocidal policies. They are very destructive to a whole race of people right across Canada. Native people should be the ones to tell the stories. There are a lot of Survivors with firsthand experience in what transpired. Jackie: How do you feel about news that Canadian school children will soon learn about the residential school experience? Stephen: I have mixed feelings about it. I applaud the decision to teach the history of the Indian Residential Schools, but I know firsthand how it can be interpreted the wrong way by people who did not experience the horrors. It is very painful to think of those nine years I was in those schools. There are many memories I have that make me feel quite sad. There are
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times when I see others talk about their bad experiences at these schools that overwhelming emotions well up and I start to cry. I am sixty-four years old now and it still is just as sad as when I was six years old and on my first day of school. This tragic chapter in Canada’s history should be common knowledge to every person in Canada. I hate feeling sad. I didn’t want to answer these questions at first because re-living these memories tears my heart out. I feel hollow and not here. But I realize that others in this world need to know what destruction has been done to generations of First Nations people. I know it is absurd to say so – but I actually feel ashamed that I let this happen to me, I don’t want anyone to see my shame. But then I realize that I was only six years old when this all began to happen. I have nothing to be ashamed of. I am absolutely proud I have survived the ordeal. I have a beautiful wife, six children, grandchildren, and I live at home where my ancestors have lived since time
immemorial. The upswing has taken a long time and has mostly been accomplished without too many others helping. It would only accelerate if a nation were helping us get over the trauma. EPILOG: Stephen Charleson’s daughter Mariah is the first generation of her family removed from the residential school system. A terrible lingering legacy of the residential schools that separated tens of thousands of First Nations young from their parents has been continued cycles of abuse that have impacted other generations, Mariah said. “It has intergenerational effects, from social issues to family issues – like people just not understanding how to love their children properly, and thing like that, for example … I’ve been extremely fortunate, because my father has made a direct effort to stop the cycle of abuse,” she said, adding that the Canadian government’s commitment to including residential schools in Canadian history school curriculum is “amazing” – and important. “It’s a crucial part of history, so I’m thrilled about it. 366 Campbell St. Even though it’s a dark part (Box 381), TOFINO, B.C., of history, we can’t lie – and V0R 2Z0 even though it’s a sad part of history, it’s just as important. People learn about the Holocaust and all that – we should learn about what happened in our own back yard,” Mariah said. P: 1 800 668 2208 “The truth is just really F: 1 250 725 3120 important.”
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Toastmasters welcoming new members
Pacific Rim Toastmasters is hosting an Open House on Wednesday October MARILYN 28th at the Ucluelet Community McEWEN Centre, room 2 /LOCAL from 7:00-8:30 pm. If you’ve ever wonVOICE dered what we do at our meetings, or how we can help you achieve your leadership goals, please join us that evening – you might be pleasantly surprised! How can Toastmasters can help
you? If you want to develop better speaking and presentation skills; learn to think quickly and clearly on your feet; build strong leadership abilities; hone your listening skills; the Toastmasters program will open doors in your personal and professional life. Instead of laboring in an academic setting or spending money on costly seminars, you’ll learn in a self-paced atmosphere of fun and fellowship. About Toastmasters: Toastmasters International is a world leader in communication and
leadership development. We have over 332,000 members with15,400 clubs in 135 countries. Becoming a member of Pacific Rim Toastmasters here on the West Coast means you are welcome at any club around the world. The world needs leaders. Leaders head families, coach teams, run businesses and mentor others. These leaders must not only accomplish, they must communicate. By regularly giving speeches, gaining feedback, leading teams and guiding others to
achieve their goals in a supportive atmosphere, leaders emerge from the Toastmasters program. Every Toastmasters journey begins with a single speech. During their journey, they learn to tell their stories. They listen and answer. They plan and lead. They give feedback— and accept it. Through our community of learners, they find their path to leadership. The Toastmasters International Mission is to empower individuals to become more effective communicators and leaders.
Our Club Mission is to provide a supportive and positive learning experience in which members are empowered to develop communication and leadership skills, resulting in greater self-confidence and personal growth. Please join us on Oct. 28th at 7:00 at the UCC to learn how Toastmasters can benefit you! For more info, contact Marilyn McEwen, at 250-726-8255. Marilyn McEwen is a Ucluelet business woman, district council member and Toastmaster.
Lennard Island lighthouse memoir sparks events It’s been a long while since I’ve written a book column. Just coping with this record-breaking summer season took all the energy I had. However, this new book written by the partner of the AssistSUSAN ant LightkeepLEE er of Lennard /LITERARY Island LightVOICE house and member of the Clayoquot Writer’s Group, has given me the motivation to take up the pen again. Because that is the driving theme of ‘Light Years: Memoir of a Modern Lighthouse Keeper’ (Harbour Publishing 2015) – a writer just gotta write. And a writer has to find the place and the lifestyle that lets her do that. Many of us can relate to that sense of one’s
life dream slipping away on us as our time passes, and for Caroline, modern “life on the lights” became the way and means to refocus on her true vocation. Though alluded to, this is not a book about the heroic deeds, hardships and employer abuse that many Lighthouse books document. It’s all in the mundane, the accurate and detailed accounting of lightkeeper duties, including the Christmas bake-a-thon that I personally sampled as an ex-MCTSO (read the book to find out!). She even explains the coded meaning of the daily weather report that is radioed to Coast Guard. But the beauty of her book is that she can turn a phrase to
make the mowing of a lawn into an entertaining exploit. I particularly enjoyed her poems, digressions, humourous bits, personal and political viewpoints unabashedly expressed throughout. And for us locals, the fun of catching the inside references. In short, a personable book, describing equally the life of a writer and the life of lightkeeper; and in no small part a touching love story. In my previous CG job I have
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Locally entertaining A hot new hashtag is out there on Instagram after actor Victor Garber (Jack Bristow in Alias, Thomas Andrews in Titanic, and Jesus in Godspell) JACKIE shared his CARMICHAEL newly official /LOCAL domestic bliss. Garber’s VOICE newly-wedded partner artist/ model Rainer Andreesen used all caps - the universally accepted font model for shouting - to announce it to the world, presumably from Tofino, where the couple tied the knot. “YES WE DID! #justgotmarried #elopedintofino #canada #therealvictorgarber #after16years.” Congratulations to the Garber-Andreesens. The West Coast’s wedding industry is alive and well! +++ No official word yet on what movie has been in filming in Ukee. A certain vacant subdivision has been cordoned off for the duration. More filming in progress at Long Beach as well. Call us Hollywood far west. +++ West Coast favourite Geoff Johnson is battening down the musical
hatches for winter. In addition to his regular gigs at Jack’s, Jamie’s and Black Rock’s Fetch, he has weddings, lessons and some Island tour dates coming up - some original material in there, as well as some of his Jef Zeppelin material and the 60s and 70s stuff we’re also a fan of. Sales on his CD, Women and Losin, (he’s a little bit country, and a little bit rock n roll with some jazzy notes) are clicking along nicely. Listen up for his wife Tara’s awesome voice in there. +++ The Seattle/Gabriola Island band NoRey did a show at Jamie’s Rainforest Inn and used a drone to shoot some spectacular footage of Long Beach for their new music video. Check it at https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=VF7jj3JvzYA ... we’re a fan of both the beach and the song.
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heard Caroline’s voice many times on the VHF radio receiving those aforementioned weather reports, so I’m truly looking forward to meeting her in person. I’m sure she’s as vibrant in life as in words. She is in our area for three special events: • Slide show and book signing at the Clayoquot Sound Community Theatre (380 Campbell Street, Tofino) on Friday, October 23rd at 7:30 pm. Enjoy complimentary beverages and snacks, and book sales courtesy of Mermaid Tales Bookshop. • Slide show and book signing at the Community Centre in the
George Fraser Room (500 Matterson Drive, Ucluelet) on Saturday, October 24th at 7:30 pm. Enjoy complimentary beverages and snacks, and book sales courtesy of Blackberry Cove Marketplace. • Writers workshop—Writing Your Own Memoir: the Light & Dark Years—at Main Street Gallery & Espresso Bar at the Kayak Shop (320 Main Street, Tofino) on Sunday, October 25thfrom 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. Cost: $40. See www.carolinewoodward.ca for more information. Susan Lee is a Ucluelet bookseller and reviewer.
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My thanks to you
This is the last Westerly News I will publish. I have stepped down as of JACKIE today. Today CARMICHAEL I become a West Coast /LOCAL reader of this VOICE newspaper. I would like to thank everyone who has graciously taught me about life on the West Coast. A big thanks to everyone who entrusted me with a story idea, a calendar item, a Local Voice, an ad. I am humbled by your patience and kindness, and your generosity in sharing what’s best and most important about the West Coast. I wish my colleagues at the Westerly News
and Black Press all the very best and thank them for all their support, patience, enthusiasm, skill and interest in this important endeavour. The Westerly News is an essential part of the communities of the West Coast, and it’s important for it to thrive and grow along with Tofino and Ucluelet. After a quarter-century in the
business of news and communications, I will continue to look for ways to be an active part of telling the stories of this really wonderful place. I am also hoping for more time to be involved in the community and look forward to seeing you all soon on the beach, downtown or on the trails of this beautiful West Coast. Kind regards, Jackie
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COMMENT
Tofino mayor agrees with letter writer
When the housing going gets tough, Tuff needs to get going Chris Christianson (Local Voice, Westerly News, September 23, 2015) is right. With respect to affordable housing, “Tofino residents and council need to JOSIE start thinking OSBORNE about their long LOCAL term goals as VOICE a community.” Although affordable housing has been on our collective mind for decades, and despite some concerted efforts over the past years, we haven’t made enough progress. That has to change, but it’s not going to be simple and easy. Let’s review what we know.
Employing workers who live in tents or vans is not a sustainable business practice, and lack of employee housing is forcing some businesses to scale back their operations. Moving every eight months as part of the “West Coast Shuffle” is not a safe and secure environment to raise children, and despite good jobs, families are taking their skills, volunteerism, and passion to other communities where they can actually unpack their suitcases and boxes. Paying 50% of your income for housing means sacrifices on transportation and healthy food, which can lead to anxiety and poor physical health.
None of this is acceptable if Tofino is to remain a true community: a meaningful place to live and thrive with strong social networks, good jobs, and a healthy environment. Now let’s review what we don’t know, or what perhaps we might not entirely agree on. Whose needs are greatest? Community members living under the poverty line, perhaps with mental health and/or addiction issues? Year-round resident employees doing the West Coast Shuffle? Seasonal employees essential to business success? Folks looking to rent? Folks looking to buy? How do we encourage the
development of rental housing when land prices are high and development cost charges of some amount are necessary lest we fall even further behind our infrastructure deficit? Which Tofino neighbourhoods are prepared to see increased density? How many homeowners might build a second or third suite, were it legal? If the minimum size of a house was removed or lowered, would it be more affordable to build? Would a regulatory review of Short Term Rentals help curb what is a needed mortgage helper for some, but a loss of long-term tenancy for others?
There are more questions than answers, but Tofino won’t make progress on affordable housing until we take these questions head on. I’m ready. Will you join me in the tough conversations ahead? Over the coming months, the District of Tofino will be engaging in public and private conversations with tenants, homeowners, landlords, housing developers, lenders, social service providers, and more. I hope you will join me.
Josie Osborne is the mayor of Tofino.
PROFILE
Ahier’s SOBO cookbook wins acclaim JACKIE CARMICHAEL
Westerly News ‘Grass roots gourmet’ is an approach that’s paying off for Tofino restaurateur and ‘The SOBO Cookbook’ author Lisa Ahier. The book took the gold medal at the Taste Canada Awards in the Regional/Cultural Cookbook category – and the SOBO Cookbook is a little of both. The book also won the Best Female Canadian Cookbook at Gourmand International’s June awards in China – but the Taste Canada win is particularly sweet for Ahier. “The cookbook’s as much about the landscape and the people (of the West Coast) as it is about SOBO’s food,” she said. The book soared to Canadian best-selling status within 6 weeks of publication, and made a number of best-seller lists. So far, more than 20,000 books have been sold, and a fifth printing is in the works. The SOBO Cookbook is generous with Ahier’s “secrets.” “I’m someone who wants to share when I see people cooking,” she said. Getting into print was something of a challenge – once she said she would write it, she had to get it done, Ahier said. “I felt like I gave my word – I completed it although it was completely out of my comfort zone,” she said. A self-identifying “old school” chef, Ahier goes into the kitchen every day, writes recipes by hand in a note book – so the digital nature of publishing was not her first nature. “I did lose it four times while I was writing it – it was certain-
ly challenging, it would have been a lot easier to give up,” she admitted. After seven years – including walking away from the project for over a year - eventually she got comfortable with the process. A good thing, because popular demand is up and she’s writing a second cookbook. But first and foremost, Lisa Ahier’s a chef.
“I’m a hands-on chef, not an office chef … I work the line, pull the tickets,” she said. Her restaurant perched on the corner with its sidewalk view of the dock and Clayoquot Sound beyond keeps her busy; at the height of the 2015 summer – the West Coast’s busiest ever – she had 44 staffers whirring from line to table, appetizer to dessert. “I do a lot of talking and a lot of
teaching every day, over and over,” Ahier said, citing patience and stamina as the big take-aways for that kind of busy. “I really enjoy the people I do this for,” she said. “Sixty percent of our business is local – and I like seeing our community, I really enjoy seeing them. “I think it’s important for people to see their chefs in the restaurant – I call it ‘grass roots gourmet,’”
she said. Ahier said she prefers farm-totable – “but I use local products with global influences and global intention.” That translates into everything from polenta fries to chowder – and reflects, at the most basic level, her Fort Worth, Texas roots, (where the graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY cooked at the upscale Cibolo Creek Ranch for names like Mick Jagger and Larry Hagman, and did Vogue spreads.) “I find Texas food is quite bold … mine is very forward in spice,” she said. “I love chilies.” That means pickling up100 pounds of jalopenos in a day, and snagging 40 pounds of poblanos from her favourite pepper farmer. “I blend traditional Canadian food with my Texas heritage,” she said. Ahier started in nearby Ucluelet, and she sees the two communities as very connected, of a piece. She introduced fish tacos to the West Coast, eventually leaving her gig as chef at Long Beach Lodge Resort for a schedule that accommodated a mother’s multi-tasking schedule (she walks a hot SOBO lunch to son Barkley at his nearby school daily). Her popular food truck start up eventually led to the glass-driftwood-steel SOBO. To turn a Texas phrase on its ear - she’s not from the West Coast, but she got here as quick as she could. “Now that’ I’ve discovered British Columbia, nothing against my native Texas, but I hope to never leave here,” Ahier said. “I hope that translated well in the book, how much I love my neighbourhood.”
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