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A happy and healthy northern fur seal made history as it sprinted off Ucluelet’s Little Beach and into the open ocean last week. The small animal, dubbed Flores, is believed to be the first northern fur seal ever rehabilitated and released by the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Centre.He was in rough shape when he arrived at the centre on Jan. 21 after being discovered washed up and in distress on Flores Island off the West Coast of Vancouver Island. “He was really tiny and really lethargic,” Vancouver Aquarium veterinary fellow Barbara Linnehan told the Westerly News. She said the roughly eight-month-old Flores should have weighed about 30 kilograms, but only weighed only six. “Six kilograms is basically their birth weight,” she said. “We had him on pretty intense supportive care at the beginning with some antibiotics and a lot of fluids to get him rehydrated and, of course, food to get him fattened up.” Flores was also blind in his right eye, suffering from blood circulation issues and received treatment for frostbite on his back flippers. “We ended up having to actually do a digit amputation on one of his frost bitten back toes, which he recovered really well from,” Linnehan said.
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oceAns dAy cleAnup: local students joined the Aquarium and emerald sea protection society on world oceans day to help clear debris from underneath ucluelet’s whiskey dock. one of the more peculiar items found on the ocean’s floor was a rusted out washing machine. read about the cleanup on page 7 and check out a video at www.westerlynews.ca.
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$7 million project would decrease First Nation’s diesel dependency Andrew bAiley
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The Hesquiaht First Nation is putting a hydro power project together to decrease Hot Spring Cove’s dependence on diesel fuel. “The village of Hot Springs Cove has long been dependent on diesel generation for electricity...The diesel emissions are 580 tonnes annually, on average. This will reduce it by 67 per cent,” said John Ebell of Barkley Project Group,
a consulting organization working with Hesquiaht on the project. “It’s a financial burden to the Hesquiaht First Nation because it obviously costs a lot of money to buy that diesel and it’s also an environmental risk to the region. There’s many barge-loads of diesel a year that are being transported from Tofino to Hot Springs Cove.” Ebell said the cost to install the new, 250 kilowatt, hydro facility would be in the neighbourhood of $7 million.
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A bear that locals had hoped would make its way through Ucluelet without trouble has become habituated and will likely be killed. Conservation Officer Steve Ackles was in Ucluelet last Wednesday and told the Westerly News a trap has been set for the bear because it has accessed unsecured, non-natural food and become hooked on that food enough to start breaking into structures to find it. “We’re trying to keep the public safe and save bears and people have to help us,” he said. “People have to clearly understand, I might have ended that animal’s life, but they killed it. There’s no getting around that. This is a world of accountability and they have to wear it. They killed the bear. If they’re not managing their attractants, it’s them that killed it.” Locals began spotting the bear in town roughly three weeks ago and the Conservation Officer Service hoped it would get through the area without accessing any unnatural attractants. “At that time, the bear was exhibiting some low-level habituated behaviour and we hadn’t had any information that it had accessed garbage or non-natural food sources,” Ackles said. “Unfortunately, it has accessed non-natural food sources and it has broken into structures so we have set a trap for that bear. The habituation level has increased, so that bear is at the point where it’s probably going to be removed, meaning destroyed.” He expressed frustration that attractants were left unsecured and urged locals to make animals feel unwelcome in town and keep their garbage secured, their barbecues clean and all bird feeders put away. “It’s not the bear we have to educate, it’s the
“It’s too much of an intrusion on their life to put the garbage out the day of pickup or put it in a shed.” - Steve Ackles
people,” he said. “If people would have thrown rocks, used airhorns, banged pots and pans and [the bear] did not access non-natural food sources, meaning garbage and bird seed and that kind of thing, it’s behaviour more than likely would not have escalated and it probably would have gone back to natural food sources. I’ve seen it turn out that way many times in my career…That’s not what happened here.” He said West Coasters should be aware that their garbage cannot be left out and accessible to wildlife. “People just aren’t listening. I don’t know if it’s laziness or if it’s apathy or what it is. We’ve been doing this too long and messaging this for too long for it not to sink in. People just don’t want to listen. It’s too much of an intrusion on their life to put the garbage out the day of pickup or put it in a shed,” he said. “It’s not the animals that have to coexist with us, it’s us that have to coexist with the animals. The animals don’t have to change. We have to change. It’s not until an animal, like a bear or a wolf, becomes conditioned to human food sources and habituated to people, that it becomes a public threat because it starts defending that non natural food source, or it sees the human associated with that food.” He said locals must “step up to the plate” by ensuring their attractants are secured and animals aren’t allowed to feel comfortable in town. He encourages anyone looking for information on how to co-exist with wildlife to check out www.wildsafebc.com.
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Comox local wins half-marathon Andrew bAiley
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Ucluelet wrapped up another exciting Edge to Edge event on Sunday after crowning a Comox local as its champion. Stephan Smit of Comox B.C. completed the Edge-to-Edge half-marathon’s course in one hour, 18 minutes and 28 seconds taking the event’s top honours. “I’m very stoked about the time,” Smit, who bested second place finisher Allan Roberts of Kingston Ontario by over six minutes, told the Westerly News. “I felt strong and ended strong.” He added overcast skies provided the perfect weather for running and he was impressed with how well the event was organized by locals. “Great race,” he said. “Very friendly marshals and great marked course. It was just excellent and I had so much fun.” Ucluelet local Jonathan Hopkins placed third overall and first among locals. “It’s a fun little run and something that me and my wife get to train together to do,” he said adding he went into the day’s event hoping to best his time from last year, which he did by over three minutes. He said Edge to Edge is an important local feature and he was proud to see it shine again. “It’s very cool for Ucluelet,” he said. “Not only does it put Ukee on the map
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a little bit more, but it showcases the great volunteers that we have and the community spirit. It’s great overall.” Edge to Edge included a 10-km race, which was won by Port Alberni’s Royd Burkart with a time of 41 minutes and 40 seconds. Ucluelet’s Robin Lavigne was the race’s fastest local, finishing in 47 minutes and 55 seconds and placing fifth overall. “I’m really proud of myself. This is an accomplishment,” Lavigne said adding he plans to compete every year from now on. “It was the best. I’ll be a regular.”
Mid Island-Pacific Rim NDP MLA Scott Fraser attends Edge to Edge each year to congratulate every finisher and told the Westerly News that the popular event is a key contributor to the community’s strong reputation. “Edge to Edge is an important event for Ucluelet because it brings people from all over the province, all over the country, all over the world, to this beautiful place,” he said while handing out medals at the finish line. “The atmosphere is fun. It’s exciting. People come back for more every year and it just gets better and better and better.”
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‘Feisty’ Flores sent back to the wild
continued from page 1 She added tests were done to ensure the one-eyed animal could make its way around ocean habitats. “Based on watching him eat and how he got around we decided that even though he can’t see out of that right eye we think he can do just fine navigating and foraging out in the wild,” she said. In addition to Flores’ medical issues, Linnehan said her team was worried about him becoming habituated to humans, but that concern vanished as the animal was consistently grumpy towards his handlers. “He is the feistiest little man I’ve ever met, which is awesome,” Linnehan said. “We worry when they’re that young and we are rehabilitating them. We don’t want them to get too friendly towards people because we don’t want to release him and have him going up to people thinking they’re going to feed him or provide him with anything. That’s where we run into trouble with people getting bit.” She said the veterinary team’s confidence in Flores’ potential release began to grow around March as his fur grew back, his weight increased, and his orneriness remained. “He was really still feisty and not habituated towards us. He had gained his fur back. He had gained weight really, really, well, everything else had healed up really well and his blood work looked perfect,”
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rehabilitated northern fur seal Flores bolted into the ocean off Ucluelet’s little Beach after being released on June 5. Linnehan said. “All of those things came ing pad to release Flores because of its together for us to decide that we think he access to open ocean and that a tracking will thrive in the wild, he doesn’t need to device was placed on the fur seal that will stay in our care.” allow the Rescue Centre to track his moveHarbour Air donated a charter flight to ments until he molts in the fall. get the animal from Vancouver to Ucluelet “We’re confident that he’ll be able to and Linnehan said Flores wasted no time meet up in the right areas with other fur and shed no tears as he raced away from seals and, hopefully, go on to live a totally his rescuers at Little Beach on June 5. normal fur seal life,” she said adding that “When we released him, he was like rehabilitating Flores was a valuable educa‘Goodbye, see you never.’ He didn’t want tional experience for the Vancouver Aquarto stick around and hang out with us,” Lin- ium Marine Mammal Rescue Centre’s nehan said. “That’s the attitude we want so team. “We absolutely learned as much as he can go back into the wild, not associate possible from him while he was here so, in humans with food and thrive on his own.” the future, we’re even better equipped and She added Ucluelet was a solid launch- know more about these guys,” she said.
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People need to be protected too How often have you felt real fear? I’m not talking the bumblebee buzz of anxiety that comes in the hours before stepping up to a microphone, nor the sweaty-palmed anticipation you feel after being called to the boss’s office or while preparing for a big date. I mean the sudden, unexpected jolt of adrenalin that courses through your body when you realize your safety, or that of a loved one is at risk. It happened to me once on a trail. I was alone — in the bush John mcKinley outside of town, but within a kilometre of houses and people. I rounded a corner below a rail overpass and stopped short. In front of me, across the trail was a large, tan, quivering mound. Mental gears and levers clicked as my brain struggled to process. It was a deer, on its side, head and legs pointed away, partially obscured from my view. The heaving was the ragged wheeze of its breath. More processing. And then the fear, a dagger that exploded from my core into my palms and heels. The animal was injured. Had it been attacked? Bear? Cougar? OMFG, was I standing between an alpha predator and its meal? I think about that moment of ter-
ror when I read the latest in what seems to be a constant stream of stories about Vancover Island animal encounters gone bad. These stories inevitably are followed by a number of angry posts about how human incursion into the wilderness is putting our beautiful wild creatures at risk. And while I can’t say I disagree, I also think these posts often come with a false urban premise attached that we somehow can and should live apart from the natural world. The reality is, we don’t. And that means that sometimes we have to take steps to protect ourselves. Remember the two-year-old girl attacked just steps from her Tahsis back door in 2015? How about the eight-year-old in 2012 near Sproat Lake? The 18-month-old pounced on without warning a year earlier near Kennedy Lake? Consider their surgeries and their recurring nightmares. These weren’t people thoughtlessly invading wilderness preserves, tossing bones and leftover spaghetti along the trail while calling “here, wolfie, come here boy!” They were just Vancouver Islanders, living life on Vancouver Island. It’s a lot easier to romanticize a cougar, bear, or wolf from the safety of a coffee shop than it is while walking your dog along a beach, or hearing a predator has been spotted near your kid’s school. And don’t kid yourself, these animals are predators. I still don’t know why that deer
was prone across the trail. The instant the fear arrived, the fight or flight instinct kicked in. I turned, immediately, and walked quickly back in the direction from where I came. From my desk, a decade later, I know I could have been turning my back on a sick animal needing help, or offering that same back to a big cat as another meal. I didn’t think about it. I just did it. When your body thinks it is in danger it acts. It acts because of a deep-rooted, necessary and ultimately useful instinct toward self-preservation. And that cannot be ignored. Like the instinct of a bear to forage, a cougar to hunt, or a deer to charge at a threat to its young, it is natural. I get sad when I read about a conservation officer putting down a cougar or a wolf. I get mad when I read about idiots leaving out their garbage and engaging in other behaviour that encourages human/ predator interaction. I think killing is a last resort and steps need to be taken to discourage the idiot factor. But let’s not kid ourselves: the outskirts of Tofino and Ucluelet and the school fields of the north Island are not the remote fjords of the Great Bear Rainforest; they are habitat for people as well as animals. And people need to be protected too. John McKinley writes for www.vifreedaily.com.
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A Cessna 172 that crashed in North Vancouver on Sunday did so because it ran out of fuel, according to Transportation Safety Board officials. The four-seater privately owned plane making a round trip from Langley to Tofino crashed just before 4 p.m. during its return flight. “The engine lost power and stopped when crossing over the North Shore,” a Transportation Safety Board spokesperson said adding that one
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Biosphere reserves celebrate ‘Day on the Hill’ Andrew bAiley
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The Clayoquot Biosphere Trust is glowing with political shine after spending a day in Ottawa’s limelight. Over 100 Members of Parliament recently joined representatives from Canada’s 18 UNESCO biosphere reserves on Parliament Hill to learn about, and celebrate, the contributions biosphere reserves have made and are making to the country. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has designated 669 biosphere reserves in roughly 130 countries and the designation marks an international recognition that clear steps are being taken to infuse conservation ideals into sustainable development. “The UNESCO designation recognizes the unique nature of these ecosystems, and more importantly, the people who work tirelessly to find balance with the environment, social well-being, and economic resilience,” Courtenay-Alberni MP Gord Johns said during the May 29 event. Clayoquot Biosphere Trust executive director Rebecca Hurwitz said the event was “fantastic” and touted Johns as instrumental in putting it together with the Canadian Biosphere Reserve Association. “This day was a first for Canada’s biosphere reserves and it was exciting to see that we can bring people together from every political party from coast to coast to coast to share our values and work,” Hurwitz said. She told the Westerly News that the day gave biosphere representatives valuable opportunities to promote and discuss the grassroots initiatives the’ve supported in their regions. “It’s long overdue for the opportunity that Canadian Biosphere Reserves represent to be recognized...Each of Canada’s
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from left deputy speaker of the house bruce stanton, mp gord johns (courtenay-alberni), clayoquot biosphere trust executive director rebecca hurwitz, indigenous peoples’ and community conserved territories and areas (icca) regional coordinator eli enns, tofino mayor josie osborne, and assistant deputy speaker of the house carol hughes enjoyed the first cbra ‘day on the hill.’
biosphere reserves is very unique because they’re specific to their geography so the issues that are presented in each region are different. At the same time we’re all working on themes of sustainable development, biodiversity conservation and reconciliation,” she said. “It was really exciting to be on [Parliament Hill] and to hear MP’s from all of the parties speak passionately and knowledgeably about the biosphere reserves in their communities and then to hear them be champions amongst the MP’s for the work that we are doing.” She said Clayoquot Sound’s biosphere reserve is financially healthy because of a $12 million endowment fund the Clayoquot Biosphere Trust received from the federal government in 2000. Thanks to
savvy investments and shrewd spending, that fund has actually grown to around $17 million despite 17 years of investing in local initiatives. “We’re the only Canadian Biosphere Reserve with that endowment, so we really want other biosphere reserves to be recognized and have an ability to leverage their work further,” she said. “There’s such an opportunity at each local level. There are projects that are ready to go and pressing needs with volunteers in place to deliver projects but often just the financial capacity isn’t there.” She said the Canadian Biosphere Reserve Association is engaged in ongoing conversations with Environment and Climate Change Canada around funding opportunities and that
the Parliament Hill event was a solid step towards generating support. “We felt tons of support,” she said. “Both from the MP’s who were familiar with biosphere reserves, and those MP’s who were not familiar, but were very interested in knowing more and appreciative of the work we’re doing. Tofino mayor Josie Osborne was delighted to attend the event in person and watch the collaborations unfold. “It was an honour to attend this event as the mayor of a community that lies in the heart of Canada’s westernmost biosphere reserve,” she said. “We are proud to be citizens of a biosphere reserve and to incorporate principles of biodiversity, reconciliation, and sustainable development into our daily lives.”
MP Johns urges Trudeau to fund cleanups Andrew bAiley
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Tofino locals have put together a massive grassroots initiative to clean up Clayoquot Sound and their local MP took Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to task on June 7 urging the federal government to dish out some funding support. “Yesterday at the United Nations Conference on Oceans we were warned that the amount of plastics in our ocean could soon outweigh fish,” Courtenay Alberni NDP MP Gord Johns said in the House of Commons. “On the eve of World Oceans Day where is this government’s plan to clean up marine debris on our coast and will the Prime Minister provide immediate support for the clean-up on Vancouver Island?” Trudeau did not cite Clayoquot Cleanup in his response, but did say his government is committed to Canada’s coastlines and touted the “historic investments in our oceans with our oceans protection plan” the Liberals committed to last year.
“It’s high time a Canadian Government took seriously the responsibility of protecting it and supporting it. That’s what this government is doing after too many years of inaction particularly by the previous government,” he said. “We are moving forward to protect our coasts and the people who make a living along them.” With a two-year phased approach mapped out, Clayoquot Cleanup is the largest local debris clearing project ever launched and its founder, Tofino local Josh Temple, confirmed it has not received any government support so far. “We haven’t received a dime from any level of government, including municipal, provincial or federal,” Temple told the Westerly News on Thursday. “We’ve completely funded this thing and we’re seriously underfunded.” He said the group had raised about $75,000 so far, but another $100,000 would likely be needed to complete the first phase.
He said he and the rest of the organization were thrilled to see their local MP go to bat for their cause. “Gord Johns is a champion of this initiative and to have him up there asking questions about whether or not we’re going to get funding to the Prime Minister yesterday was a very heartwarming moment for all of the team and the volunteers here at Clayoquot Cleanup,” Temple said. “We’re behind him 110 per cent in his efforts to secure funding for not only ourselves but other organizations up and down the coast who desperately need it.” Clayoquot Cleanup officially began clearing debris on June 2 and, according to Temple, has covered 15 kilometres of coastline, removing roughly 60,000 lbs of debris so far. “There’s a lot more there than we originally anticipated. There’s probably two to three times as much debris as we originally anticipated, which is shockingly sad, but we’re out there getting the job done,” he said. “It’s tragic when you walk up and
down these shorelines. They look so pristine and beautiful from the air and from the water, when you’re driving by them in boats. But, when you actually put boots in the sand and walk up and down these shorelines and get into the bush and get into the log piles, how much garbage is actually piled up there is staggering.” He added debris isn’t contained on shores as much has been pushed deep onto land. “It’s quite a daunting task to be able to go to shore in these remote areas and face, literally, a giant mountain and wall of garbage that, sometimes, extends as far as 200 or 300 metres into the forest,” he said. He said the massive effort has seen roughly 60 volunteers working in threeday shifts, with the third shift settling in last night. Anyone looking to help the initiative out is encouraged to check out their website at www.clayoquotcleanup.com as well as the group’s GoFundMe page at www.gofundme.com/clayoquot-cleanup.
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the amount of rusted out metal debris underneath Ucluelet’s whiskey dock was greatly diminished last week thanks to local students and the Emerald Sea protection Society.
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Ukee kids clear debris for World Oceans Day Elementary School’s oceanography class spends wet Thursday afternoon cleaning their ocean
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Ucluelet Elementary School’s oceanography students spent a rainy Thursday afternoon removing a surprisingly significant amount of garbage from underneath their local Whiskey Dock on June 8. “It’s International World Oceans Day so we really wanted to do a special project today,” UES principal Jennifer Adamson told the Westerly News at the dock. “It’s a very exciting day.” She said the school’s Oceanography Class works with a variety of organizations to learn about what’s happening in the ocean around them and to become good stewards of their environment.
“Today we’re making a difference.” - Jennifer Adamson
“Today we’re making a difference. Our kids are seeing what’s in the ocean and they are loving it,” she said. “They are so excited…They’re seeing little critters and rescuing them and just knowing that all that stuff that’s in the ocean polluting is going to be out and making our ocean healthier.” She said the school received a Canada 150 grant to help make the work possible and collaborated with the Emerald Sea Protection Society, the District of Ucluelet, Sonbird Refuse and Recycle, Surfrider Pa-
cific Rim, and the Ucluelet Aquarium to fill the day with valuable education and enjoyment. Gideon Jones, a director with the Emerald Sea Protection Society was thrilled to be in Ucluelet helping foster a keen interest in ocean health amongst youth. “One of the most important things we can do for our environment is educate and communicate,” he said. He said the society’s divers did an initial survey of the area under the dock and found a variety of discarded items like fishing gear, shopping carts and even a washing machine. “Were retrieving it all,” he said. “We’ve got professionally trained commercial div-
ers down there with lift bags finding the equipment, gathering it into those bags, raising it to the surface and then volunteers are bringing that stuff up to the dock.” He added the students helped remove ocean critters that had made homes in, and on, the debris and also got a chance to see how garbage affects those critters’ habitats through underwater cameras. “We’ve got remote cameras that are showing them, while the divers are working on the sea bed, the types of wildlife that are down there and how this wildlife are interacting with the garbage that’s down there and being damaged by it,” he said. See students page 12
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Tofino Resort and Marina have installed a new boat dock for community members and sailors from afar. The new marina would increase moorage capacity from 32 small vessels to about 53. Each jetty includes running water for washing down, each slip will have electricity, and eventually there will be fuel lines. Project supervisor Gord Plecas from Ruskin Construction Ltd. said the marine structure cost the new owners about $1.5 million. “There were a lot of considerations that had to be done for environmental side of things. It was a little bit more time consuming and did have some cost values involved,” Plecas said. “The owners decided, through engineering design, that they wanted to go a step further, so there was no hindrance on their part. They spent the money to do it right.” Construction on the new dock began in mid-April. Plecas said the biggest challenge for his pile driving crew of six was the inclement weather and working with the spring and
early summer tides. “Keeping the piling and marina straight in line has its strong ambitions to failure,” he said. “There’s a higher rate of failure trying to manoeuver derricks plus keeping marine traffic open to the public. The biggest obstacle here was the heavy flooding tides running at eight knots.” The new dock is special in the fact that it is the first dock in Tofino to have embedded pipe piles, according to Plecas. The pipe piles are made from non-weathering steel and on top of each pile there is a white fiberglass cone hat to protect the waterfowl from falling inside. “All of the material and organics and drilled bedrock is exhausted up through the piling and out through a discharge hose and out into a containment bin. The containment bin is then transported to the safe environment area offloaded into trucks and transported offsite,” said Plecas, who has been working in the marine construction industry for the past 47 years. “Very, very little is put back into the marine environment, as in drill clays or mud.” Preston Charlie of the Tla-o-
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everything was going according to schedule. “We should have the marina over to the new owners by the end of next week. Our projected completion date is June 15. And, I believe, the full marina will be open to the public by the first week of July,” he said.
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procedure called endovascular thrombectomy (EVT), doctors insert a thin tube through a large artery, guiding it with advanced imaging through blood vessels to the brain. There, a retrievable stent is used to remove the clot. Dr. Penn says EVT is having a profound effect on outcomes. “Patients who would otherwise die, or become permanently disabled, are leaving hospital and returning to their families with reduced impacts.” Brain cells die at a rate of 1.9 million per minute after a stroke, so the sooner blood flow can be restored, the better. Health professionals urge the public to learn the signs of stroke from Heart & Stroke’s FAST campaign and call 9-1-1 immediately if they think they’re experiencing or witnessing a stroke. Face – is it drooping? Arms – can you raise them? Speech - is it slurred or jumbled? Time – to call 9-1-1 right away.
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energy source, according to Ebell. Before construction can begin though, an adjustment is needed to the Maquinna Protected Area that would allow 17 poles to be installed along a roughly 1.7 kilometre stretch of road that’s currently designated for vehicle traffic only, with any utilities, like power or water lines, prohibited. “We can’t actually build the hydro power project, we can’t start it, until we actually have a Park Boundary Adjustment that will allow for those utilities through the Maquinna Protected Area,” Ebell said. Details of the adjustment can be found at BC Parks’ website—www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/ PBAProcess— and Hesquiaht leaders will host an open house alongside BC Parks staff at the Tofino Botanical Gardens on June 27 from 4-7 p.m. to explain the proposed hydro project and collect feedback. Ebell expressed confidence that the project would move through the public process smoothly. “We’re expecting that Park Boundary Adjustment will be completed by the spring of 2018,” he said. “Once that’s done, we can start construction and construction will take place over about a year-and-a half...We should have an operating hydro power project by the fall of 2019.”
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Surfrider Pacific Rim is singing the praises of the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve and champing at the bit to clear more debris from local shores. The Park Reserve recently received $72,000 last week from Korean shipping company Hanjin shipping after roughly 35 styrofoam insulated shipping containers spilled off one of the company’s vessels and crashed onto the Coast in November. The West Coast’s local Surfrider chapter immediately organized cleanups of the shipping debris and, according to Surfrider Pacific Rim chair Michelle Hall, volunteers cleared roughly 950 kilograms of debris off local beaches in November. To compensate their efforts, the Park Reserve announced Surfrider would receive about $15,000 worth of the Hanjin cleanup funding. “It’s an exciting movement for everyone,” Hall told the Westerly News. “Surfrider are very impressed with how our local Parks team have set the standard for successfully receiving compensation when it comes to ocean pollution...They went after Hanjin, got the cash, had to deal with internal politics, and fought it to ensure that the cash would be spent to clean up the remaining pieces even though they are outside of the Park.” She said Surfrider enjoys working with, and learning from, the Park Reserve’s staff. “They are so experienced in remote areas, especially when it comes to safety, wildlife and knowledge for the environment,” she said. “We are following their lead on the Hanjin cleanup plan.
“It’s an exciting movement for everyone.” - Michelle Hall
“The plan will involve cutting up the huge pieces of containers, some 20 feet long, and get them ready to be long lined out of there by helicopter to a barge.” Hall said removing styrofoam and other debris is vital to the health of local ecosystems. “Styrofoam is one of the five top trash trends here on the Pacific Rim and is the most toxic and hardest to remove when it breaks down,” she said. “Getting debris off the beach and out of the ocean is so important for the health of the marine ecosystems, animals of the ocean and food security.” Volunteers opportunities to help Surfrider’s efforts will abound over the summer with roughly 17 sites being targeted for cleanups, according to Hall. “Cleanups are tangible and feel good to be involved in protecting what we love, but we find that most volunteers who join a cleanup always have so much more to give, wisdom, humour, fresh ideas, and become part of the Surfrider community,” she said. “We are growing. I look around this community and see so many participants in some way, shape or form that are making change, inspiring change, and sharing that education with others.” Anyone interested can attend Surfrider’s public meets, held on the first Wednesday of every month at the Tofino Brewery Company, or email volunteercoordinator@pacificrim.surfrider.org. “There is a requirement list,” Hall said. “You should be strong, fit and responsible and, of course, have tons of stoke.”
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USS French class excited to share experiences Students to present on trip to Montreal and Quebec City
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West Coast youth were recently infused with East Coast culture and are preparing a power point presentation to share their experience with locals. Students from Ucluelet Secondary School’s French class have returned from the school’s fifth successful French Trip and will present what they did and learned at the Ucluelet Community Centre on June 19 and the Clayoquot Sound Community Theatre on June 20. Both presentations start at 7 p.m. “It was amazing. It was such a great experience and I’m going to have all those memories of the whole trip lifelong in my brain. We did so much and we had so much fun,” class-member and Tofino local Sylvia O’Brien, 18, told the Westerly News. “We’re from such a small place with such a small variety of people. Going somewhere new and immersing yourself in that culture, I thought, was going to be a great experience and it was.” The school has offered a French Trip every second year since 2009 and this year’s contingent saw nine of Rina Vigneault’s French students head out East on May 18 and return on May 27 excited to talk about the culture they’d been immersed in. “Over the years, I have enjoyed every one of these trips with my students and I know how much of a difference it makes in the students’ lives,” Vigneault told the Westerly. “While being there, they are so proud of being able to communicate in French and enjoy the French culture. They come back more worldly and so much more knowledgeable about the diversity we have in our country.” She said the class spent three days in Montreal and six in Quebec City, with each day packed with historical tours and cultural experiences unique to French Canada. “This trip gives the students a chance to visit Quebec, find out about the French culture, the history and be immersed in
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during their French trip experience, Ucluelet Secondary School students checked out the montreal biodome, which offers a variety of wildlife exhibits including penguins and houses replicas of four different ecosystems found in north and South america.
French,” she said. “It gives them an opportunity to use the French they learned at school and it finally becomes real for them. Seeing 400 years of history, that they also learned about at school, makes them realize how much history our country has. They love the old French and English architecture, and discover how multicultural Montreal is.” She added the trip helps prepare students for future travelling and also boosts their ability to help tourists at home. “It prepares them for going travelling on their own. Several students go back to spend more time in Quebec afterwards, even if it is just to enjoy the summer festivals,” she said. “Then, they enjoy taking jobs in tourism on the West Coast and are proud of speaking French with the tourists.” She added the class arrived in the middle of Montreal’s 375th anniversary and were delighted to take in the festivities while representing the West Coast well. “It is a very busy trip, but we take advantage of everything while we are there. The students were fantastic, very polite
and respectful throughout the trip. It was a real pleasure to travel with them. They made the trip a real success. I am very proud of them,” she said adding the class’ chaperon Torben Hansen did an “excellent” job. “The students enjoyed using the subway in Montreal as their main mean of transportation, shopping whenever they could and were pleased to discover how practical it is to stay in youth hostels.” Class member, and recent graduate, Evelina Hansen told the Westerly she had been looking forward to the French trip since Grade 8 and the experience did not disappoint. “Every day was jam packed with activities. We experienced a lot of new things and a lot of fun things,” she said adding her favourite experiences included riding the subway and checking out the circus. “The architecture is so much different. It’s really beautiful there.” Kassidy Cortes echoed Hansen’s enthusiasm. “I’m grateful I got to go so that I could experience that side of Canada,” Cortes
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said. “We got to do amazing things.” “It’s a chance to get a new perspective on Canada and life in general,” added class member Lukas Bewick. “It was mind-expanding to meet all these new people.” He said the trip strengthened bonds between classmates. “Being together for that extended period all the time really opened everyone up to each other,” he said. Bewick, who is entering grade 12 next year, encourages younger USS students to work hard and earn their right to have their own French experience in two years. “It’s a long road. It takes a lot of effort. You’ve got to want to do it and you have to put the work in. You can’t just be lazy about it,” he said. “It will be completely worth it. He added Vigneault’s contagious enthusiasm as an educator helps makes her classes’ lessons stick. “Mrs. V is always very excited to teach us,” he said. “She always gets into her lessons and is very passionate about what she does.”
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“Through seeing that, the children are inspired hopefully to help the environment when they get a little bit older, but also they’re just aware. Even if they don’t go into any kind of work that protects the environment, they’re maybe just not throwing garbage in the ocean when they’re older. It’s just a really important side of marine stewardship.” Courtenay-Alberni’s NDP MP Gord Johns was delighted to hear about the work his young constituents put in to improve the health of their environment and touted the West Coast’s schools as solid sources of future ocean stewards. “It teaches them a lot about single-use plastics and the importance to conserve and pro-
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tect and educate so that we take care of what’s important to all of us. Local knowledge is fundamental on the West Coast,” he said. “Jen [Adamson] is an incredible leader in our communities. Her and [Wickaninnish Community School] principal Drew
Ryan and all the teachers and educators live here for a reason; because they love it. They know the beauty of the region and what’s important to them and they all, for many years at those schools, have been committed to making sure our kids are well educated.”
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LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, you don’t need any extra encouragement to go after what you want. You are quite motivated at the moment, putting a lot of possibilities within reach. SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 If you want a particular relationship to thrive, then you have to work together with a partner, Scorpio. No one is out for herself or himself in this situation. SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Your social life is about to heat up, Sagittarius. You might find your calendar going from empty to chock full in just a few days. Pace yourself to avoid burnout. CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, while it is important to take care of others, you shouldn’t do so at the expense of your own health and happiness. Give yourself a break this week. AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Don’t be afraid to take the next big step in your love life, Aquarius. Your partner may be feeling the same way. Communication is key in this situation. PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, your emotions may have been all over the place the last few days, but you will be able to reel them in soon. Enjoy the respite.
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YARD TECHNICIAN Tofino, BC Cermaq Canada is currently looking to fill the permanent, full-time role of Yard Technician at our Tofino operations As a Yard Technician you’ll work in a fast-paced, outdoors environment driving a forklift and loading and unloading our trucks and barges with supplies. You’ll also help maintain and distribute a well-stocked inventory of supplies for our facilities. We’re looking for someone who likes to work in a fast-paced environment; has great interpersonal skills; is well organized; wants to work outside; and prioritizes safety. This position will require you to operate a forklift on a daily basis, so certification or previous experience with operating a forklift would be considered an asset. For a more detailed task list and desired qualifications, please review our full job ad posted under our “Work with Us” page on our website at www.cermaq.ca. This role is a permanent, full-time position located in Tofino that operates Monday to Friday, 8 hours per day with variable early morning start times and occasional evening or weekend work. Starting wage is $17.53 per hour. Wide-ranging Employer-paid benefits are available after probation. Deadline to apply: Monday, June 26, 2017.
To apply for the position, please forward your resume and cover letter in person, by fax, or by e-mail to: Office: 61 – 4th Street, Tofino BC | Fax: 250-725-1250 | Email: careers.canada@cermaq.com Please clearly state “Yard Technician” in the subject. Cermaq Canada is an equal opportunities employer who provides a workplace that is free of discrimination.
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Wednesday, June 14, 2017
PHOTO FEATURE
Edge to Edge
andrew bailey PHOTOs
Runners packed Ucluelet’s streets and trails on Sunday as the community’s annual Edge to Edge event brought a half-marathon and 10-kilometre race to town. For more photos of community events, check out our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/WesterlyNews. You can also watch a video of the Edge to Edge festivities at www.westerlynews.ca.
Ucluelet local Taylor Lee, right, kicked off the 10 - kilometre race with a playful pose at the Village Green’s start line.
Ucluelet mayor Dianne St. Jacques places a well deserved medal on Germany’s Anna Katherine Wylegala.
Chilliwack’s Terresa McKenzie and Lynda Seifred took a break from their half-marathon to smile for the camera.
Ukee’s Robin Lavigne said the Wild Pacific Trail’s Lighthouse Loop was the toughest part of the 10-kilometre race.
Marti Oltmann of Coombs trecked through Ukee’s trails.
Water station volunteers Catherine Audet and Tarah MacDonald helped hydrate Vancouver runner Susan Ewing.
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WED. JUNE 14 HOW TO CO-EXIST WITH WOLVES 7:30-9:30pm, UCC. Free. Join Parks Canada for an info session about preventing conflicts with wolves. Bring your questions. COUGAR ANNIE TALES Doors at 7:30pm, Clayoquot Sound Theatre. $18 at the door. There is also a show on June 15 UKEE DROP-IN SOFTBALL 6pm for warm-ups. 6:30 team selection. Meet at Tugwell Fields 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 15 INTERPRETIVE WALK 10am, Lighthouse Loop Whale Lot Trailhead. Ucluelet. Learn about Coastal Migrations. PUB SPORTS NIGHT 7pm, ANAF, Ucluelet. Darts, foosball, trivia and more. BINGO 8pm, Tofino Legion. DANCE FIT 55+ 9-10am, UCC Fitness Studio. $6 drop-in.
FRI. JUNE 16 TIDEPOOL TOUR 10am, Big Beach picnic area, Ucluelet. Free. Join Ucluelet Aquarium naturalists to explore amazing tidepools. CORAL’S KARAOKE Starts at 10pm, Officials, Ucluelet. Everyone is invited to come sing a favourite tune!
SAT. JUNE 17 INTERPRETIVE WALK 10am, Lighthouse Loop Whale Lot Trailhead. Ucluelet. Geologist guest speaker offers surprising insights. PICKLEBALL 8am-12pm, Tofino Community Hall. Free. TOFINO PUBLIC MARKET 10am-2pm, 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 18 HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!!! PHILOSURFER CONVERGENCE 10am, Jamie’s Rainforest Inn. Public Lecture “The Surfer, the Asshole and the Future of Capitalism” with professor Aaron James.
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SUN. JUNE 18 (cont.) UKEE PUBLIC MARKET 11-3pm, Ucluelet Village Green. “Make it, Bake it, Grow it, Gather it.” 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 10:30am,1419 Peninsula
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ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI CATHOLIC CHURCH 5pm, 441 Main St.,Tofino 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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Tofino welcomed a unique community of surfers, artists and shapers to the shores of Cox Bay on June 10 for a one-day beach festival celebrated craftsmanship, collaboration and creativity in surf culture. “This was a new concept for us were we take four shapers that are surfers, they create two boards each, and those two boards stay behind in the community wherever we go,” said Vans surf global marketing director Scott Sisamis. “We thought Tofino was such a welcoming and surf stoked place that it was the perfect place to do this first one.” Professional surfers Dane Reynolds, Tanner Gudauskas, Alex Knost, and Joel Tudor presented a library of their own hand-shaped custom
surfboards to share with the public. The boards now live permanently at Storm Surf Shop. Knost told the Westerly News he was taken aback by the tranquil beauty of the community. “When you live in Southern California and you think about coming to Canada to surf you’re not necessarily associating it with fairly warm weather, sunny skies and light winds,” he said. “It was a pleasant surprise for sure.” The inaugural Vans Duct Tape Festival was held in partnership with Vans, Surfrider Foundation and the District of Tofino. Sisamis said the Vans crew will return. “I think we’ll come back to do something whether it’s bring an artist back that we use to create the artwork for these events or whether it’s another Duct Tape Festival, we’ll be back here someday,” he said.
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CHAMBER CHAT
THANK YOU
To everyone who participated in the Boardwalk Project
Yacht race comes to Ukee SUZANNE RYLES
Special to the Westerly
Our Artists:
Christy Feaver, Jeremy Koreski, Roy Henry Vickers, Mark Hobson, Pete Clarkson, Marika Swan, Ursula Banke, Kyler Vos, Cory Diamond, Marcus Paladino, Victor Michael West, Claire Watson, Joe Martin, Wickaninnish Art Group, Ucluelet Secondary School Art Class, Clayoquot Writers Group with Joanna Streetly, Tara Baas, Marion Syme, Peta and Crystal Heald, Josie and Ian Byington with Jim Darling
Our Sponsors:
District of Tofino, Tourism Tofino, BC Arts Council, Shelter, Common Loaf, Pacific Sands, Ocean Village, Wolf in the Fog, Remote Passages, House of Himwitsa, SoBo, Storm Surf Shop, Jamie's Rainforest Inn, Wickaninnish Inn, Long Beach Lodge, Surf Sister, Storm Light Outfitters,, Crystal Cove, Tofino Coop, Tony's Pizza, Pharmasave Tofino
Support for the Gala and Boardwalk Project:
Ice House, Long Beach Lodge, SoBo, Common Loaf, Tofino Coop, Sheila Orchiston, Tin Wis Resort, Tofino Legion, Tofino Light and Sound, Jill Nancy Photography and Pilot House Media, Aftanas Surf, Wyatt Visual, Tofino Time, Claire Watson Design, Geoff Johnson and Tara Lightnin, all the volunteers
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The Ucluelet Chamber of Commerce is honoured to again sponsor the Van Isle 360 Race who will be arriving June 18 and departing 21, 2017. This race is a huge economic boost for our town and local businesses. While they are here, their families come up to visit with them. The Ucluelet Chamber of Commerce host the Van Isle Awards Dinner with the continued support from our sponsors: Creative Salmon —who generously supply and BBQ their Organic Chinook—The Ucluelet Coop, The District of Ucluelet, SUZANNE RYLES Tourism Ucluelet, Ukee Daze and Tofino Time. There are some limited tickets available for this event. Please contact Suzanne Ryles at 250-266-2094 for more details. In addition, this year, The Ucluelet Chamber of Commerce will be honouring the late Mark Livingstone with a plaque which will be installed on the Log Bench in front of the Chamber Office on Peninsula Avenue. Here is a little history on how Mark and the Van Isle Yacht Race are connected. Ten years after his tragic death. Many reading this may remember that day – an industrial accident in the middle of town quickly ending a life that seemed invincible. Mark, who was the Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue (RCM SAR38) unit leader from 2000-2007, implemented the communications protocol and co-operation for the Van Isle Race with the Coast Guard. This allowed the logistics for Leg 8 to be completed.
In 2001, Mark led the call for a life-saving rescue for one of the boats missing in the yacht race, where a 3D Trimaran capsized between Winter Harbour and Ucluelet, the race’s most challenging stretch. After an all-night search into dawn the next morning, the radar on the Canadian Coast Guard Buffalo discovered the rudder which was pointing upward, and found the crew laying on top of the hull, cold and shaken, but alive. As Wayne Gorrie, the event’s first organizer stated, “It was because of Mark that this boat was found. Safety was of utmost importance to him and we always knew that Unit 38 would be there for us. Every year, they consistently escorted us peacefully into the harbour. We had a natural connection with Mark and he always made us feel comfortable. And so we knew we had to name the leg from Winter Harbour to Ucluelet the Mark Livingstone leg, in honour of him.” Mark was central to the construction of the RCM SAR38 boat house, which is positioned in the marina. From donated wood and paint, and raising money for equipment and a new boat, Mark and his three teenage daughters and members of the Unit worked tirelessly building this very important structure and symbol for all boaters of Ucluelet. Because the auxiliary is a non-profit society, Mark gave much of his time building relationships with local businesses, who still today, donate funds to help support the unit. But many more donors are still needed. For more information in how to support our local RCMSAR, please contact Dave Payne, leader for Unit 38 Ucluelet at 250-720-7231 or email at BSR2@telus.net or reach Brian Congden at 250-726-7336.
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