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Two youth help prevent camper theft Thieves arrested after being fought off by brave teens Andrew bAiley
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Two men who attempted to steal a camper van in Tofino last week were arrested the next day thanks to two courageous kids and the keen eyes of the community. Const. Chris Lemon of the Tofino RCMP told the Westerly News two men, ages 33 and 23, forced their way into the vehicle, parked near Tofino’s baseball fields, on May 24 but were fought off by two kids, 12 and 14, who were inside the camper at the time. “A struggle ensued and these kids, considering their age, courageously fought these guys off,” Lemon said. He said the thieves ran off but descriptions of them shot through social media leading to their arrest on May 25. “The active updates on the Facebook Tofino Trading Post [page] definitely helped us track these guys down,” Lemon said. “Thanks to people posting photos and clothing descriptions on the Trading Post, we were able to spot these guys and arrest them following day.” He said both suspects were visiting from out of town and are suspected of other thefts that occurred while they were in Tofino. He added both men are now in custody and out of Tofino. “Good work on the community and they don’t need to worry that these guys are lurking around anymore,” he said.
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cops fore cancer: chris, amy, aili, Tara, scott, emma and chris had a blast at the cops fore cancer golf tournament on saturday. The event was held at the Long Beach Golf course and raised over $3,500 for the Tour de rock cops for cancer bike ride. participants were thrilled to luck out with tremendously sunny weather.
Bold wolf killed in Park Reserve
Habituated animal believed to have attacked two leashed dogs Andrew bAiley
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An attack on a leashed dog near Green Point Campground sealed a wolf’s fate on Sunday. The roughly 37-kilogram male wolf was shot and killed by Pacific Rim National Park Reserve staff later that night. “Parks Canada has worked hard to try to prevent this situation through attempts to haze the animal, increased monitoring, area closures, temporary dogs ban, and signif-
icant communications with the public,” read a statement released by Parks Canada on Monday morning. “Despite these efforts, the wolf continued to show a lack of fear around humans while increasingly treating dogs as prey. This is thought to have been caused in part by preventable visitor behaviour: letting dogs off leash, leaving food and garbage out on beaches, trails and parking lots, as well as enticing and approaching wolves too closely, often for a photograph.” See humans page 2
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the pacific rim national park reserve is urging locals and visitors not to let wildlife feel comfortable around them after a habituated wolf was killed in Florencia Bay on Sunday night.
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It marked the first time a wolf has been euthanized within the Park Reserve’s boundaries since 2008, according to the Park Reserve’s Resource Conservation Manager Renee Wissink. “This is our absolutely last resort. Having to euthanize an animal is not something we want to do,” Wissink told the Westerly News. “My staff are dedicated wildlife professionals and we try very, very hard to avoid this very situation.” He noted the Park Reserve has had a Wolf Advisory in place since November and that Sunday’s attack was the second on a leashed dog so far this year. “We’ve certainly had attacks by wolves on dogs, but this was the first year that we’ve had this new incident of wolves attacking dogs onleash. It’s one thing for wolves to be attacking dogs off leash, but when they’re attacking dogs on leash that’s a whole new concerning trend that we had not seen before,” he said. “We can’t and won’t take the risk that it would escalate beyond that to an actual attack on a person...Visitor safety is our number one priority and, looking at the number of incidents and the escalating trend of the incidents, the decision was made after [Sunday’s] incident to euthanize this one animal.” Wissink’s team tracked the animal to Florencia Bay where it was killed late Sunday night. “Not a starving animal or sick animal as far as we can tell so far, but we will know a lot more after it’s been necropsied by the provincial wildlife veterinarian later this week,” he said. Florencia Bay was closed to the public while the search was ongoing, but reopened Monday. Ucluelet mayor Dianne St. Jacques told the Westerly News she hopes the sad news serves as a reminder to locals and visitors to respect the wildlife surrounding them and not let animals become habituated. “When we see them, we need to scare them away. We don’t need to just stop and stare at them. We need to scare them away so that they know this is not a place for them to become habituated because it’s hurts them as well as our community,” she said. Wissink said West Coast locals have a shared responsibility to keep their surrounding wildlife wild and un-habituated.
“When we see them, we need to scare them away. ” - Dianne St. Jacques
“As we all know, the wolves that are in the Park today are in Ucluelet tomorrow and Tofino the day after. These wolves are our joint-responsibility as citizens,” he said. He pointed to the Park Reserve’s BARE Campsite Program as an example of how changing human behaviours can help keep animals safe. “Prior to implementing the BARE Campsite Program here in the Park 17 years ago, we were destroying several bears in that campground every year and, since that program has been implemented almost two decades ago, we’ve only had to destroy two,” he said. “What that proves is that, when everybody does their bit, we can coexist with these carnivores across the landscape and that’s what we need to do with the wolves.” He said locals must ensure they’re providing good examples for visitors to follow by leashing their pets, securing their garbage, and never leaving food unattended. He added wolves should never be approached for the sake of a photograph and anyone approached by a wolf should do everything they can to scare it away. “If we all do that then this situation shouldn’t repeat itself in the future,” he said adding locals must be wary of the example they’re setting. “They really need to understand the important role that they play as ambassadors to the visitors we get” He said the Park Reserve topped one million visitors for the first time last year and is expecting even more this year because of the waived fees associated with Canada’s 150th birthday. “It’s not necessarily the number of visitors, it’s how those visitors behave when they’re here,” he said. “As we’ve seen with our bears, if everybody does their bit, we can coexist on the landscape and the message we want to get out to the many visitors that will come this year is, ‘Be part of the solution, not part of the problem.’”
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Tofitians tackle marine debris Mayor hopes local efforts inspire change
MAY 31 • UCLUELET RECYCLES
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west Coast locals consistently show up to clean their shorelines and their efforts could spark conversations around marine debris in other communities.
volunteer support without assistance from the provincial or federal government, though local NDP MP Gord Johns is lobbying the federal government for funding. “It is frustrating that cleanups rely mostly on volunteer effort and local fundraising, that speaks to discrepancies between government spending decisions and society’s values. Then again, society keeps demonstrating that it wants all this plastic stuff and doesn’t seem to be willing enough to buy less, recycle more, or pay more for well-designed products that are long-lasting,” Osborne said. “Maybe increasing tax-payer funded clean-ups would help galvanize public outrage, but I think human behaviour
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is a lot more complicated than that... BC’s beverage container refund system clearly demonstrates that a deposit system works for recycling recovery. Why not consider expanding that to cover every single type of container we use?” She said the conversation needs to spread outside B.C. because marine debris “is coming from every corner of the globe—some more than others,” and that Tofino’s efforts could be the spark that starts the discussion. “My hat is off to organizations like Clayoquot Cleanup, Surfrider Pacific Rim, and all the businesses and individuals who are inspiring us to make better, more informed choices and to actively demonstrate our love for the ocean,” she said.
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Council upholds license refusal Tofino Vacation Rentals Inc. docked for advertising illegal vacation rentals
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Tofino Vacation Rentals Incorporated will remain shut down until it can prove each one of its clients has a valid business license. The district’s lead bylaw enforcement officer Flynn Scott refused to grant TVRI a 2017 business license in January and his decision was upheld by Tofino’s municipal council during a special meeting held on May 24. During that meeting, Scott explained Tofino’s proactive enforcement on unlicensed vacation rentals this year led him to investigate all business license applications and his investigation showed 26 of TRVI’s 39 clients did not have valid business licenses in 2017. He suggested TRVI was aware some of its clients were not licenced and its services to these clients went beyond advertising as the company was also taking reservations, collecting payments, and providing check in and check out services as well as guest services. “In my mind, this goes beyond a bulletin board where people can just post up their property. They’re actually operating, advertising and managing these
properties,” he said. “As a business licence inspector, I believe that TRVI knowingly offers services to the public for unlawful properties...I believe TVRI should be held accountable for the services they are offering.” TRVI’s lawyer John Alexander acknowledged the company’s client list included unlicensed properties, but said it was not TRVI’s responsibility to enforce Tofino’s bylaws and that the district should focus its efforts on shutting down individual properties operating unlawfully. “You have the wrong target here,” he said. He likened punishing TRVI for illegal vacation rentals to punishing a beer manufacturer for illegal activity in a bar and asked why Tofino hadn’t taken business licences away from landscaping or cleaning companies that are providing services to illegal vacation rentals. TRVI co-owner Andrew Latchford said he and his business partner Chris Brice purchased the company in 2015 and that the nature of the business remained unchanged since the company’s inception in 1998. “We essentially provide a service to property owners,” he said.
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Tofino’s mayor Josie Osborne hopes the efforts her constituents are putting into cleaning their coastline will help motivate change elsewhere. An impressive team of committed West Coasters have put together a massive two-year grassroots initiative, dubbed Clayoquot Cleanup: Restore the Shore, which is set to officially get underway on Thursday and would be the largest local cleanup to date. “I’m really impressed with the initiative that the individuals and businesses involved with the Clayoquot Cleanup have taken to deal with what seems to be an intractable problem: marine debris,” Osborne told the Westerly News. “This is a group of people who really care about the impacts that marine debris is having on our environment and, while the actual cleanup is terrific, myself, I am most interested in the potential they have to heighten awareness of the root causes of the problem. I hope this will result in more conversation, inspiration and action to provide solutions.” Clayoquot Cleanup’s coffers have been filled by community donations and
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“We act as an agency for the owners in that we market the property and handle reservations and billing.” He added his business was not the only accommodation management company in town and that others had received a 2017 business licence despite handling similarly unlicensed clientele. After hearing from both parties, council unanimously upheld their staff’s decision and told TVRI that a business licence would not be issued until the company could prove all of its clients were properly licenced. “It’s fairly obvious TVRI manages, markets and advertises a number of properties that either are not licensed or are unable to get their license,” said Coun. Duncan McMaster. “I believe they have an obligation to ensure the properties they manage are licensed.”
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Yes, Christy Clark won the election Some of the news outlets that breathlessly covered the recent B.C. election as if it was a sporting event had trouble digesting the final score. It’s 43-41-3. The B.C. Liberals got the most votes and the most seats. They won. Christy Clark is still premier, until the B.C. Liberal government is defeated in a confidence vote in the legislature, or she decides to resign as party leader. We will see results of this in the days ahead. even without the support of three tom fletcher B.C. Green Party MLAs, who announced Monday they will support the NDP, I expect Clark will convene the legislature in what amounts to a game of Who Wants Another election? There are strategic reasons for this. The most obvious one is that while the B.C. Liberals raised more money than they were allowed to spend in the formal campaign, the Greens and the NDP are likely broke if not in debt. Another one is that any coalition deal between the Greens and the NDP produces a 44-43 split, a situation as fragile as the one Clark faces. During the tense two weeks that followed election day, the possibility of a slim B.C. Liberal majority thanks to Courtenay-Comox kept all sides
from making any serious commitments. What we got were platitudes from Clark about the message from voters being about cooperation, ill-advised bluster from B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver about forcing a change to the voting system without a referendum, and hollow rhetoric from NDP leader John Horgan that almost 60 per cent of voters rejected the B.C. Liberals. In fact a larger number of voters rejected the NDP. Does Green support from 16.8 per cent of voters, much of it in and around the comfortable isolation of southern Vancouver Island, translate into a mandate for them to adjust the voting system in their favour? Self-serving nonsense. Does a switch from NDP to Green in two South Island constituencies signal voters’ desire for an NDPGreen coalition? Likely the opposite. The most significant results of B.C.’s 2017 election were new votes attracted by the Greens, and a substantial number of B.C. Liberal supporters who appear to have stayed home. I suspect many of those B.C. Liberal supporters were complacent in their belief that the woman in the blue hardhat was cruising to victory. But my subjective guesses are worth the same as those of political science profs who have filled the media space in the past couple of weeks.
Much has been made of the almost exact split in popular vote, 40.36 per cent for the B.C. Liberals and 40.28 for the NDP. Province-wide popular vote is another standard media horse-race topic, but it means nothing in practical and legal terms. It’s more useful to consider the rural-urban divide. Horgan made a couple of token swings into the B.C. Interior, campaigned against an oil pipeline expansion approved by the presiding jurisdiction in Ottawa, continued his soft opposition to the Site C dam, and benefited from electoral boundary changes in the Fraser Valley and Metro Vancouver. Clark worked the B.C. Interior hard, and was rewarded with a near-sweep of seats beyond Hope. Another notable result of the 2017 election is that areas enjoying nation-leading urban prosperity after 16 years of B.C. Liberal rule turned away from them, while the Interior regions struggling with high unemployment and depopulation supported an industrial jobs agenda in larger numbers than 2013. We’ll have another election sooner rather than later, and more people will pay attention. Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca Twitter: @tomfletcherbc
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A successful warm and sunny weekend was had by over 2,000 people who were boated across to Clayoquot Island . Locals and folks from around the world blissed out on the beaches, gardens and meandering boardwalks through the old growth forest, bogs and sand dunes on Saturday and Sunday. For the past 25 years Chris and myself have hosted this event on behalf of Susan Bloom ,whom provides free transportation and access to the magnificent Gardens. The Nature Conservancy of Canada who pitched in to help & deliver info and interpretive walks through the forested part of the island. We want to thank Ocean Outfitters especially for creating a fantastic departure point, from their docks and of going out their way to serve the needs of those in the lineup, thank you . Also a big thank you to our volunteer ambulance attendance, Bill and Scott, your presence is so appreciated. Jose and the Tofino choir for the delightful lovely touch of music and harmonizing with the crowds. To Sobo’ and her team for always finding time to put together a fabulous spread for us & our crew. And to our dock team and boat captains who ply the waters on our behalf getting the folks to and fro safely and without incident . Warm hugs to The Coast guards who remain our amazing back up, when and if needed. Thank you all for making this a fun and successful event .
Re: Wolf killed in Pacific Rim national Park Reserve, May 29, Westerlynews.ca. Wolves are sacred. We created this problem. And it should never have come to this. The wolf became habituated due to a series of human errors. If every encounter it had with humans involved airhorns, yelling and leashed dogs, it wouldn’t have been so comfortable around us in the first place. We need to be more vigilant in making sure these animals stay wild in order to protect them!
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beautiful aniMals pay the price Re: Wolf killed in Pacific Rim national Park Reserve, May 29, Westerlynews.ca. Sadly, as usual, the beautiful, wild animals pay for stupid human behaviour, when stupid humans are in the animals’ house!! Too many want a cool photo to stop and think, “Am I putting this beautiful creatures life at risk?”.....It makes me sad and mad at the same time. Sadly, to protect people, it had to die for doing what comes natural; hunting for food (and what carnivore wouldn’t take the easy pickings offered up), instead, too bad we can’t save the wolf and let nature takes its course (survival of the fittest so to speak) to prove that it’s time to literally “thin the herd,” but I know this is not a socially acceptable course of action as we always have to protect stupid humans by killing the wolf in this instance.
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THE DISTRICT OF UCLUELET WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE VANCOUVER ISLAND REGION PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA
for supporting the Ucluelet Volunteer Fire Brigade (UVFB) and the Ucluelet Community in returning to Ucluelet for their eighth annual Porsche Club event from May 25th to 28th, 2017.
The Vancouver Island Region Porsche Club of America and surrounding clubs from the interior of BC, AB and the USA have fund-raised over $35,000 for the UVFB Rescue Fund since 2010. The Rescue Fund supports the purchasing of safety equipment such as: harnesses, ropes, pulleys and helmets for road rescue calls. In 2016, the UVFB purchased Rescue #2, a Utility Terrain Vehicle (side-by-side) with a MEDLITE Transport skid unit (spine board), which is designed to carry one patient, a first responder attendant and emergency gear. This year’s event resulted in the UVFB raising $5,922.55. Proceeds from this campaign will go towards a trailer for the Rescue #2 apparatus. A big thank you to Deputy Chief Fortune, Captain Anderson, Lieutenant Udell and member Kevin Nixon, and all members from the Brigade for their hard work coordinating and participating in this year’s event. A special thank you to member Dan Mose for providing salmon and red snapper, Delta Specific Seafood’s for providing the cod, and previous member Calvin Clark for the crab donation, for the Friday evening BBQ/ fireworks event. Also, a big thank you to Black Rock Oceanfront Resort for hosting the Porsche Club, as well as, Tourism Ucluelet and the Chamber of Commerce for accommodating the club over the weekend. And last but not least, thank you to the Ucluelet RCMP Detachment, UVFB families, Chantelle Gemmell and the Ucluelet Community for their ongoing support. We hope you could enjoy the community events over the weekend. We look forward to next year’s equally successful event and community participation!
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Land Act: Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land Take notice that Ahousaht First Nation has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), West Coast Region for a Licence of Occupation – for the construction of a new marine sanitary outfall; buried and anchored on the seabed for a distance of 1.2km in Millar Channel, Flores Island. The Lands File Number that has been established for this application is: File# 1414508. Written comments concerning this application should be directed to the Land Officer, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations at 4885 Cherry Creek Road, Port Alberni, BC, V9Y 8E9, or email to: Annette.Bailey@gov.bc.ca Comments will be received by MFLNRO until July 14, 2017. MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please visit our website: http://arfd.gov.bc.ca/ Applicationposting/index.jsp for more information. Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact the Freedom of Information Advisor at the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operation’s office in Nanaimo.
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NOTICE OF INTENT RE: LIQUOR CONTROL AND LICENSING ACT APPLICATION FOR A MANUFACTURER LOUNGE ENDORSEMENT An application to transition from a Liquor Primary Club Licence to a Liquor Primary Licence has been received by the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch from the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #65 to be located at 331 Main Street in Tofino. There will be no change to the total capacity which will remain at 225 persons. The hours of liquor service will also remain the same at 11:00 AM to 1:00 AM Monday through Saturday and 11:00 AM to 12 Midnight on Sundays. Residents and owners of businesses located within a 0.5 mile (0.8 km) radius of the proposed site may comment on this proposal by: 1) Writing to: THE GENERAL MANAGER c/o Senior Licensing Analyst LIQUOR CONTROL AND LICENSING BRANCH PO BOX 9292 Victoria, BC V8W 9J8 2) Email to: lclb.lclb@gov.bc.ca PETITIONS AND FORM LETTERS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED To ensure the consideration of your views, your comments, name and address must be received on or before June 30, 2017. Please note that your comments may be made available to the applicant or local government officials where disclosure is necessary to administer the licensing process.
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A plethora of shined-up Porsches glistened under a warm West Coast sun over the weekend. The Porsche Club of America’s Vancouver Island Chapter settled into Ucluelet’s Black Rock Resort on Friday and packed their annual visit to town with three days worth of festivities and fundraising to support the Ucluelet Volunteer Fire Brigade and the Tour de Rock Cops for Cancer bike ride. The chapter’s past president Brad Blaney said Ucluelet has been an exciting annual staple on the club’s calendar for the past seven years because of the community’s consistently “fantastic” hospitality. “Everybody welcomes us here and we love coming here,” he said. “This is a beautiful place and the reception we get from everybody and the teamwork we get from the fire department and the city, you name it; everybody enjoys this, including us.” The Fire Brigade hosted a barbecue and fireworks display at Big Beach Friday night followed by a pancake breakfast and Show and Shine at Ucluelet’s Whiskey Dock on Saturday and a Porsche parade through town on Sunday. The club’s weekend events raised $5,922 for the Fire Brigade, according to Ucluelet’s Manager of Emergency and Environmental Services Manager Karla Robison. Ucluelet mayor Dianne St. Jacques was delighted the club enjoyed themselves and that the community’s hosting prowess shined as brightly as the cars being celebrated. “It’s awesome the support that they give for our fire department and the fundraising that they do,” she said. “We’re happy to host them and happy that they have a great time while they’re here, and we arranged the weather perfectly.” She said being an attractive destination for groups like the Porsche Club is an important cog in Ucluelet’s economic wheel. “These types of events are really welcomed as far as keeping our people working steady and our rooms full on a steady basis, in the shoulder seasons in particular,” she said.
“Everybody welcomes us here and we love coming here.” - Brad Blaney
“We’re proud of what we have to offer here and everybody is so appreciative when they do come to Ucluelet and walk the trail and go to the aquarium and get down to the lighthouse. It’s good all the way around. It’s nice for us to be able to host, it’s great that they have a positive impact on our economy and our jobs and it’s a fun thing to do.” While the chapter is comprised of Vancouver Islanders, Blaney noted many event goers were members of other chapters who wanted to take in the Ucluelet experience, including porsche enthusiasts from Texas, Washington, Alberta and Vancouver. One of the hottest rides on display was Irwin Axness’ 1973 914 2L S, which he bought, brand new, in the fall of 1973. “It has 63,000 miles on it...It doesn’t get driven too too much,” Axness told the Westerly. “It feels like a go-cart. Quick, responsive, super handling. It’s just fun to drive.” Axness, a Nanaimo local, has been a member of the Porsche Club for 37 years. “It’s just a great group of people with lots of activities and a good resource for maintenance on vehicles,” he said. “They’re super people with great cars.” He said he’s enjoyed visiting Ucluelet before, but this was the first time he’d participated in the Porsche Club’s annual trip and he was delighted to take in the festivities. “It’s a super event and the Black Rock Resort is excellent,” he said. “We couldn’t ask for better weather and this is a beautiful town.” Nanaimo-based Tour de Rock Cops for Cancer rider Cpl. Kevin Flood rolled in with the Porsche Club on Friday afternoon and was delighted by the warm West Coast welcome he received. “We started fundraising right away and instantly people were donating funds to Cops for Cancer,” he said. “Everybody has been so friendly and supportive. The weather has been fabulous and I just think everybody is happy to be here and enjoy the events...It’s amazing, the community support here.”
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The West Coast basked in Sunday’s warm sunshine while enhancing local salmon populations. A big turnout of excited locals spawned to the Thornton Creek Hatchery’s Adopt a Baby Salmon event in Ucluelet where roughly 5,000 Chinook fry were released into the wild. Carol Sedgwick of the Thornton Enhancement Society was thrilled to see so many West Coasters participate in the family-fun event by carrying fry from the hatchery to a nearby stream while learning about how the hatchery helps create healthy salmon stocks. “This is an important event for the hatchery because it helps educate the FR
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to actually be a part of what that is is a really good learning lesson for them. And, it’s a great way to support the hatchery; they do amazing things here.” Hurwitz said the fry released on Sunday had hatched in late October and grown to roughly five grams before being sent on their way. “We try and emulate nature in everything we do at the hatchery and this is the time of the year when wild Chinook would be starting to emerge from their natal streams and start that very ominous migration that they’re going to make up towards Alaska for the next two to five years,” he said. “We’re going to start to let them go so that they can begin that epic journey.” The event saw roughly 5,000 Chinook fry released and Hurwitz said a total of
about 100,000 will be released from the hatchery over the next eight days. He added other baby fish will start their journeys from West Coast sites the hatchery helps operate, including a chinook system in Toquaht River and chum systems at Twin Rivers and Salmon Creek. “Without the enhancement work that we do, in particular working with our partners at the Tofino Hatchery, some of the Chinook runs would probably be extinct right now,” he said. “Salmon are loved to death and we’re just trying to help nature keep an abundance not only for humans, but for the other 150-160 species that rely on salmon.” The hatchery feeds off local support and anyone interested in assisting local salmon enhancement efforts should reach out to 250-726-7566.
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glee kids rock the house: cassy ryles was dynamic in her role as wendy in the ukee glee kids’ two performances of ‘ucluelet’s neverland’ over the weekend. see more photos of ukee’s talented young performers in a slideshow the westerly news put together at westerlynews.ca.
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A longstanding pillar of Tofino’s tourism scene is taking her talents to Campbell River. Tourism Tofino announced on Friday that the destination marketing organization had accepted Kirsten Soder’s resignation and that her last day would be on June 30. Soder, who has lived in Tofino for 12 years and began working for Tourism Tofino in 2010, has accepted a position with Destination Think!, which works with Destination Marketing Organizations around the world. Destination Think! Recently received a contract to handle Campbell River’s destination marketing and tourism development and Soder will serve as the Executive Manager of Destination Marketing for Tourism Campbell River and Region. “I’m going to miss this community and all the wonderful people that I met here very much...It’s absolutely a very emotional decision,” Soder told the Westerly News. “I started my family here. I got married here. This is the only home my kids have ever known...It was not an easy decision to make. At the same time, I really love this industry. I really love this Island and I see this as an incredible opportunity for me to take what I’ve known and really grow personally and professionally and give my family some opportunities that a larger centre affords.” She said she’s been thrilled to watch Tofino grow as a destination and cited Tourism Tofino’s collaboration with local festival and event organizers as a key contributor to the destination’s success. “It’s a matter of leveraging resources and streamlining effort,” she said. She added the arrival of social media has brought Tourism Tofino new avenues to engage with prospective visitors and get Tofino’s message out.
“I’m going to miss this community and all the wonderful people that I met here very much.” - Kirsten Soder
“We’ve really tightened up all of our brand standards and identity guidelines and our brand promise so we’re setting up what that realistic expectation looks like for visitors and educating them on how and why Tofino is Tofino and what the lifestyle is here and what that means to somebody visiting here and how they can respect that and engage with that,” she said. She assured she would not be helping to create competition for Tofino by upping Campbell River’s brand and said Vancouver Island does well when all its destinations shine. “The beauty of tourism as an industry is there’s a very real sense of ‘co-opetition.’ As different destinations find new and innovative ways to position themselves in the marketplace, I think, it up-levels everybody’s learnings and everybody’s capabilities,” she said adding the market she’s heading to attracts different clientele than the one she’s leaving. “One of the most intriguing and interesting challenges of this job to me is going to be how the product is such a different sell,” she said. “I’m absolutely not going to be targeting the same visitors to come to Campbell River that I would probably have targeted to come to Tofino.” She said her and her family are excited to see Tofino from a tourist’s view. “It’s always going to hold a giant chunk of our hearts and it’s always going to be an incredible place for us to come back and enjoy and visit all of the things that I knew were awesome about it when I was talking to visitors,” she said.
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Kirsten soder is moving on from her role as tourism tofino’s Executive Director to become the Executive manager of Destination marketing for tourism Campbell river.
“It will be a very cool experience for us to be able to come back as a visitor and just enjoy it.” She added she’s confident Tourism Tofino will continue to excel. “This organization has been wonderful to me. I know they are poised to attract some really top talent so I’m so excited to watch my team thrive under new leadership because they are clever and brilliant and amazing and they are going to be such a huge asset to whoever the new person is that’s lucky enough to take the executive director job,” she said. “We’ve got some really exciting projects coming down the pipe right now that a big part of me is going to be sad to not be a part of the delivery of, but I feel so confident in my team to deliver.”
Tourism Tofino has hired a consulting firm to help find Soder’s replacement and has brought Jen Houtby-Ferguson, who has provided consulting services to Tourism Tofino in the past, to oversee the DMO’s operations until a permanent replacement is found. The chair of Tourism Tofino’s board of directors JJ Belanger was grateful for the positive impact Soder had during her tenure with the organization. “She has built a remarkable team of talented and hardworking professionals who collectively have lead the organization to be recognized as a top Canadian destination marketing organization,” Belanger said. “We all wish Kirsten every success in the future.”
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Local nature lovers received wildlife tracking training over the weekend from esteemed biologist and photographer David Moskowitz. Hosted by the Raincoast Education Society, the three-day workshop taught participants how to find, interpret and follow the tracks and signs of wildlife. Moskowitz opened the tracking weekend up with a public talk and slideshow at Darwin’s Café on Friday evening. “Tracking is intimately connected to conservation. It brings animals into the light and inspires curiosity,” he said. “I think curiosity is my first instinct with tracks when you find them. Paying attention to tracks and signs can really enrich your experience.” He encouraged people exploring the trails to take a moment to look at what’s around.
“I was on a really popular trail in the Olympics and I literally watched dozens of people walk past these mountain lion tracks on the side of the trail and they didn’t notice them. They were missing out on this opportunity to have an experience of this really cool creature,” Moskowitz recalled. More than tracks, Moskowitz said to keep an eye out for signs, like claw marks on a tree or wild berries in scat, to identify the tracks of an animal. “It’s not rocket science. You don’t need to be a genius. What basic observations can you make about the tracks? Are there multiple tracks? Where do they go?” he said. Nowadays, Moskowitz noted that animal tracking is used for hunting and research projects. “There is a lot of other research where the data that you use in the end of the project doesn’t come from tracking and signs, but you need tracking
skills to get the data that you are after,” he said, providing an example of a mountain lion project he was part of in Colorado. “We followed the tracks of a mountain lion until we found a carcass of an animal he was feeding on. We were actually trying to radio collar that animal so in finding that carcass we then put the carcass inside of the trap and then were able to trap and collar the animal.” Moskowitz is the author and photographer of Wildlife of the Pacific Northwest and Wolves in the Land of Salmon. His latest project is documentary called Last Stand: The Vanishing Caribou Rainforest. Anyone interested in learning more can visit: laststandfilm. org. The next Raincoast Education Society workshop will run from June 9 -11 and delve into the world of west coast seaweeds. For more information visit: raincoasteducation.org.
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Surfing will make its Olympic debut in 2020, but Canada’s athletes might not shine as brightly as they could without funding support from their federal government. “Canadian surfing athletes are in real danger of being left behind the rest of the world. If we don’t qualify for 2020, catching up for 2024 is going to be near impossible,” said Surf Canada president Dom Domic. “Canada is currently world ranked number 11 and there are dozens of hungry and well funded countries below us targeting Canada. It truly is now or never.” Courtenay-Alberni MP Gord Johns told the Westerly News he was excited to hear surfing would be part of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, but he’s sounding the alarm on Ottawa’s lack of financial support to Surf Canada. He said Canada typically funds its Olympic sports, but Surf Canada isn’t scheduled to receive any funding until too late in the game to be helpful. “They wouldn’t probably see any money until the end of 2019 or early 2020,” he said. “With the Olympics taking place in 2020, it would mean that Canada and our surf program wouldn’t have the necessary funds to help support our athletes to get to international competitions or get the coaching and the training they deserve and they need to stay competitive.” He said he has reached out to Canada’s Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities Carla Qualtrough and urged her to come up with a way to fast track Olympic funding to Surf Canada. “The timing is very important,” he said. “We’ve got international competitions coming
up this fall and we want to make sure that our athletes are present...To do that we need Ottawa to contribute.” He said surfing is rising in popularity and it’s the perfect time to invest in the country’s surfers. “We’ve got some tremendous young talent,” he said. “We have a great opportunity right now to empower these young individuals and they will be a great face for Canada.” He added the West Coast is packed with solid athletes who could become prime role models for a growing contingent of young surfers. “They’re role models for health, determination, success, and they bring forward a lot of attributes that we want to see in our society and in our children,” he said. “It’s important that we promote our healthy leaders in our country. At the same time, we need to support them. For many of our athletes, it’s always a challenge, between work and school and whatnot, to be able to stay at an elite level and, if we don’t have elite athletes, we don’t see Canadians as the face of sport internationally and kids don’t believe that they could be at that level.” He added any opportunity to motivate young Canadians to get outdoors and connect with their environment should be seized. “As a Vancouver Islander, I see this as a positive opportunity to engage and inspire youth while we get to showcase Canada’s world class beaches and athletes,” he said. “I raised my family in Tofino and I witnessed first-hand the positive attributes of surfing. It’s healthy, affordable and, most importantly, it has the unique ability to connect people to place.”
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Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land Take Notice that Mr. Chips Mobile Milling has applied to the Ministry of Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), West Coast Region, for a License of Occupation – Industrial situated on Provincial Crown land located at Ucluelet / Tofino Junction. The Lands File Number that has been established for this application is 10100–30 / 1414509. Written comments concerning this application should be directed to the Land Officer, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations at 4885 Cherry Creek Road, Port Alberni, BC V9Y 8E0, or emailed to: Annette.Bailey@gov.bc.ca. Comments will be received by MFLNRO until June 24, 2017. MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please visit our website: http://arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/index.jsp for more information. Be advised that any response o this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact the FOI Advisor at the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operation’s office in Nanaimo.
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PARKS & REC IS HIRING! PARKS LABOURER – SEASONAL POSITION Term: June 13th – September 30th 40 hours/week Tuesday - Saturday Wage: $23.31/hour & 12% benefits in lieu. Qualifications: Basic landscaping and use of small tools/equipment is an asset Principle Responsibilities: Planting and maintaining gardens, Beautification, Mowing, weed eating, Playground equipment maintenance, Trail/beach clean-up and minor repairs. Clean sweep: garbage can collection, porta-potty checks/cleaning. Special Events set-up, take down, ground maintenance during event
SUMMER STUDENT PARKS LABOURER Term: June 26th – August 25th 40 hours/week, Tuesday- Saturday Wage: $11.60 & 12% benefits in lieu. Qualifications: Basic landscaping and use of small tools/equipment is an asset *Applicants must have been at school full time and be returning to school full time in the fall of 2017 Principle Responsibilities: Assisting with: Planting and maintaining gardens, Beautification, Mowing, weed eating, Trail/beach clean-up and minor repairs. Clean sweep: garbage can collection, porta-potty checks/cleaning. Special Events set-up, take down, ground maintenance during event. Qualified applicants should submit a covering letter & resume by 4:00 p.m. Monday, June 5th to: Abigail K. Fortune, Director of Parks & Recreation, District of Ucluelet P.O. Box 999 Ucluelet, B.C. V0R 3A0 500 Matterson Drive afortune@ucluelet.ca fax 250-725-7774
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A Boeing 737 jet landed at the Alberni Valley Regional Airport on Friday afternoon, heralding the beginning of Coulson Aviation’s new air tanker conversion business. The 737, painted in the Coulson “Fireliner” red and white scheme and piloted by Jim Young of Seattle, conducted a few low passes for the crowd gathered at the airport before landing and taxiing to Coulson Aviation’s hangar at the west end of the airport. The 737 is one of six Coulson Aviation purchased from Southwest Airlines and will spend the next seven months converting them with new 4,000-gallon capacity tanks at their Port Alberni facility. “They’re upgrading their fleet,” owner Wayne Coulson said of the American airline. “They’re going to be retiring 53 airplanes this year, so we got our hands on a few of them.” Coulson said they will be biding on multiple contracts in 2018 in the United States, Europe, South American and Canada if opportunities arise. “This plane operates from air tanker bases and there’s 62 bases in the US that we work from,” Coulson said. “We have a tanker base we go and plug into and they fill us full of retardant and off we go.” In the world market, Coulson said there’s only about five businesses that operate large air tankers. “We’re the largest operator in Australia of large air tankers and one of the bigger ones in the US market as well, but it’s a growing market, that’s why we’re so keyed on South America,” he said. Britt Coulson, vice president of Coulson Aircrane, said all six Boeing 737’s will have the capacity to move 63 passengers. “We would be able to load up 63 firefighters, fly [to a fire], off load them while we’re filling our tanks and go work together and move around strike teams like that,” he said. “We’ll be the only air tanker in the world that can do that.” Port Alberni Mayor Mike Ruttan, Courtenay-Alberni MP Gord Johns and Mid-Island-Pacific Rim MLA Scott Fraser were part of the crowd gathered at the airport to greet the 737. “This is the reality we were hoping for with our airport when we chose to expand,” Ruttan said.
“It’s a great project for us.” - Mike Ruttan
The expansion—which should be complete by mid-July, when installation of new runway and taxiway lights is finished—will cost $8 million when complete. “It’s a great project for us and it’s something the citizens of the [Alberni] Valley will be paying for over a number of years, but that we’ll get back over many times in just the economic activity,” Ruttan said. Ruttan hopes the activity at Coulson Aviation will draw other business to the airport. “There’s a number of support services that are interested in coming in here, including helicopter companies, parts companies, companies that would be based at the airport and needing this facility to get their product out of the Valley. So yes, there’s interest,” he said. There is not enough room to store all the jets at once at the Alberni Valley Regional Airport, so they will likely store some at an American airport, Coulson said. Once all the conversions are done, the planes will be flown to southern California “where we will be verifying, drop-testing and all the processes we have to go through with the U.S. Forest Service. It’s a world standard for the airplanes.” Meantime, Coulson will bid on “multiple” firefighting contracts in 2018 with the U.S., Canada, South America and Europe, he said. There are two 737s and a 727 on the apron at Coulson Aviation in Port Alberni right now. The 727 landed on Sunday, and the first 737, adorned with Southwest Airlines’ signature blue and red paint job, arrived Thursday afternoon. The 727 was previously owned by a Saudi Arabian prince, then ex-National Basketball Association superstar Michael Jordan. The Coulsons bought the plane from a private citizen in the Victoria area, and will use it for spare parts for the 737 conversion project, Coulson said. Britt Coulson said the Martin Mars Water Bomber is expected to be back flying again by mid August. The plane was damaged last year at the Oshkosh Air Show.
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WED. MAY 31 UKEE DROP-IN SOFTBALL 6pm for warm-ups. 6:30 team selection. Meet at Tugwell Fields (Pacific Cres behind Petro Can). Just come out! Gloves and balls are provided. BBQ will be on hand if anyone wants to cook up. LIVE MUSIC 3-6pm The Great Room at Long Beach Lodge. PICKLEBALL 8am-12pm, Tofino Community Hall. Free. CHI GONG 10:30-11:30am, UCC Main Hall. $2 drop-in.
THU. JUNE 1 PUB SPORTS NIGHT 7pm, ANAF, Ucluelet. Darts, foosball, trivia and more. BINGO 8pm, Tofino Legion.
FRI. JUNE 2 CORAL’S KARAOKE Starts at 10pm, Officials, Ucluelet. Everyone is invited to come sing a favourite tune! DANCE FIT 55+ 9-10am, UCC Fitness Studio. $6 drop-in.
SAT. JUNE 3 PICKLEBALL 8am-12pm, Tofino Community Hall. Free.
SAT. JUNE 3 (cont.) PUBLIC MARKET 10am2pm, Tofino Village Green.Artisan wares and upcycled creations, fresh local food and beverages, plus live entertainment for the whole family! ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI CATHOLIC CHURCH 5pm, 441 Main St., Tofino.
SUN. JUNE 4 SPRING CHOIR CONCERT Door at 7pm, show at 7:30. UCC. Tickets $10 adults. Kids $5. On sale at Caravan Beach Shop ( Tofino) or Blackberry Cove (Ucluelet) or at the door! The Tofino and the Ucluelet choirs are joining their voices to offer you two shows! Monday, June 12 they will perform at Tofino Community Hall. SUNNY SUNDAYS IN THE GARDEN Anytime between 9am-3pm, Wya Community Garden. All ages and talents welcome! Located at the Wya point welcome centre at the junction. Bring bug spray, sun screen, hat and gloves, your small tools and drinking water. CHRIST COMMUNITY CHURCH 10:30a.m.,1419 Peninsula Rd.
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SUN. JUNE 4 (cont.) LES DIMANCHES FRANCOS / THE FRENCH SUNDAYS 7pm, Tofino Community Hall. Free or by donation ST. COLUMBA CHURCH 10:30am, 110 2nd St. HOLY FAMILY CHURCH 10am, 1663 Peninsula Rd GRACE BIBLE CHURCH 10:30am, UCC ST. LAWRENCE CHURCH 11am, Ahousaht. TOFINO BIBLE FELLOWSHIP 10:30 a.m., Tofino Legion.
MON. JUNE 5 CLAYOQUOT 2.0 INDUSTRY NIGHT 7:309:30pm, Darwin’s Cafe, Tofino Botanical Gardens. Bonny & Dan of Clayoquot Action are unleashing their new multimedia presentation. Free appies, door prizes and beer! Bring a friend! MOVIE NIGHT Doors at 7:15pm, Show at 8. Clayoquot Theatre. $8. DARTS 7pm, Tofino Legion
TUES. JUNE 6 ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI CATHOLIC CHURCH 5pm, 441 Main St.,Tofino
TUES. JUNE 6 (cont.) GAMES NIGHT 9pm, ANAF, Ucluelet. LIVE MUSIC 9pm, Jamie’s Rainforest Inn YOUTH NIGHT 7-9pm, Tofino Legion. Free. Bring your friends for games & a hang out. Ages 10+. FOOD BANK 1-3pm. 160 Seaplane Base Rd., Ucluelet. To register call 726-6909.
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The leaders of the BC Greens and the BC NDP intend to form a minority government. In an election that was too close to call on May 9, the BC Liberals emerged with 43 seats, the BC NDP with 41 and the BC Greens with three after absentee ballots were counted and a recount was completed in Courtenay-Comox. Horgan said that a “four year framework around budgeting and supply” has been agreed upon. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver said that details will be available tomorrow, after the BC NDP caucus officially signs the deal. Weaver said that although he saw commonalities with the Liberals, he felt that that the Green’s values were more in line with the NDP. “We specifically did not ask for there to be a coalition,” said Weaver. “[The legislature] can be an adversarial place… we have the opportunity now to fix that,” said Horgan. In terms of what will happen in regards to BC Liberal leader Christy Clark’s role, NDP leader John Horgan said that “the premier will have some choices to make.” In an emailed statement, Clark said that it was crucial the B.C. residents see “the specific details of the agreement announced today” by Horgan and Weaver. “As the incumbent government, and the party with the most seats in the legislature, we have
a responsibility to carefully consider our next steps,” Clark said. “I will consult on those steps with the newly elected BC Liberal caucus, and have more to say tomorrow.” Horgan said steps have to be taken before he can consider the idea of becoming premier. Clark is expected to be given the first opportunity to govern based on the election result and incumbency, and could challenge the opposition to defeat a throne speech or budget in the legislature. Weaver wouldn’t comment on the issues in the agreement, but noted that the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project is important to him. Both the NDP and Greens opposed the project in the election campaign, but it is a federally governed project.
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