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An injured eagle was transported from Ucluelet to the North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre in Errington on Wednesday night after crashing into a local residence the day before. Ucluelet local Crystal Wright told the Westerly News she was eating lunch inside her Eber Road home when she heard a commotion outside and looked out to see an eagle fly into her window. “I heard of bunch of crows calling and I looked and they were chasing an eagle,” she said. “The eagle looked up for one second and then it hit my back window.” She said she went outside and found the eagle unconscious. “The crows started to come down and try to peck the eagle and try to attack it, so I stayed there for a little bit because it was stunned. It was knocked out. I was trying to get the birds away from him,” she said. “He started coming around so, I thought, ‘I’ll just leave him for a little bit and he’ll hopefully fly away,’ but it didn’t.” After 24 hours passed and the eagle continued hopping around her yard seemingly unable to fly away, she started calling anyone she could think of seeking treatment for the bird. “I knew, at that point, that something was wrong with it,” she said. “I got a hold of the CARE Network and they hooked me up with Ryan Wackett from Westcoast Connect…It was really fortunate for Ryan to come and volunteer to take it down all the way.” See HEAD TRAUMA page 5
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CHAMPION CITIZENS: Ucluelet celebrated the Udell family’s community spirit on Sunday with a Citizen of the Year Award. From left, Percy, Mark, Tucker, Sebastian and Kristi Udell were delighted to be recognized. Read about it on page 3.
Skoda earns top volunteer honours Beloved Ucluetian always willing to lend a hand to anyone in need ANDREW BAILEY
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Whether it’s masonry work, installing a new roof or driving a fellow local to an out of town appointment, Art Skoda’s commitment to his community never stops. “He’s amazing,” Ucluelet local Mary Christmas told the Westerly News. “If you need something, he’ll come and do it. If he hears about somebody who needs something, he goes and does it.”
Christmas helped lead a local push to honour Skoda with Ucluelet’s 2017 Volunteer of the Year Award and had collected over 400 signatures by the time Skoda was announced as the award’s recipient on Sunday. “You have to be careful what you tell him, because he’ll come and fix it,” she said. “If people need him, he’ll be there.” She added she herself has been the recipient of Skoda’s tireless volunteerism. See UKEE page 16
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Ucluelet almost lost a beloved local entrepreneur to Tofino roughly 30 years ago, but a last minute vacancy cemented Barry Edge’s spot in the local business community’s Hall of Fame. Edge’s hometown expressed their appreciation of his Image West Gallery and Gifts store by crowning it Business of the Year on Sunday. Ucluelet Chamber of Commerce President Dian McCreary made the announcement at the Ukee Day’s closing ceremonies. “A big congratulations goes out to Barry Edge and his partner in crime Courtney [Johnson],” she said. “Barry loves doing things for this community.” She said Edge has been a “star-supporter” of various local organizations and fundraising events and, each Christmas, puts together an Image West gift basket to raise funds for “wherever there’s a need in the community.” Edge told the Westerly News he was “very surprised and happy” by the announcement and that the love he pours into the community mirrors the love he’s received from it. “Ukee’s just a wonderful place to live and do business,” he said. “Thank you for all your support and we’ll continue to be here and give back and be an interesting business. If you’re not having fun at what you do, you shouldn’t be doing it.” Edge arrived in Ucluelet 30 years ago as a tourist from the Okanagan visiting family, but quickly found the community’s beautiful surroundings impossible to leave. “It just got in my blood,” he said. “Ucluelet is not really just a place, it’s a state of mind.”
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Courtney Johnson and Barry Edge of Image West Gallery and Gifts were thrilled to hear Image West’s named called out as Ucluelet’’s Business of the Year.
Turning a blind-eye to his engineering degree, Edge opened Image West inside the old Wreckage building, where Gryphon’s Lair currently resides. “I’ve never looked at it as a business. If I had pursued my career that I came out of University for, I would probably have a little bit more financial stability, but this is a way of life,” he said. After five years operating at the Wreckage, Edge’s lease came up and he considered moving to Tofino before purchasing the 1932 Peninsula Road location that he has operated out of since around 1992. “We were just young kids in our mid-20’s and we didn’t want to leave, so here’s where we ended up,” he said.
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Ucluelet’s 2017 Citizen of the Year is a bunch of them. A Udell bunch. Mark and Kristi Udell and their three sons: Tucker, Percy and Sebastian, received the honours during Sunday’s Ukee Days closing ceremonies. “This entire family gives back to the community of Ucluelet in so many ways,” said Ucluelet councillor Marilyn McEwen who announced the award. “They’re very inspiring and teaching their children values and thinking about others all the time.” McEwen noted both Kristi and Mark have been key sources of support for Ucluelet’s daycare centre and added Mark, a volunteer firefighter, “always asks, ‘How can I help,’ or, ‘What do you need,’” while lending a hand wherever one is needed. “We do this because we love all of you,” Mark told the audience.
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He added he enjoys supporting local events like the Pacific Rim Whale Festival, Edge-to-Edge and Ukee Days while also helping local youth with employment opportunities. “It all ties together with our lifestyle,” he said. Edge’s partner Courtney Johnson was ecstatic by Edge’s well-deserved accolades. “It’s really touching. I’ve worked with Barry for seven years and, of course, he’s my person,” she said. “Image West is not just a business; it’s an extension of who he is. It’s really obvious to me how much he loves Ucluelet and the people in it and, I think, that shows in how he runs Image West.”
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“You guys are awesome.” He told the Westerly News that the community fuels his family’s support of it. “I just can’t say enough good things about this community,” he said. “Before I moved here, I hardly ever volunteered for anything, but the people here make me want to volunteer. I just want to help everybody out in any way I can.” He added that it meant a lot to him to see his entire family recognized. “I don’t think I’ve ever won anything that means this much to me. I’m very proud of my family and this community,” he said. “Here’s a community where our kids
can play on the streets. Here’s a community where our neighbours talk to each other and we all help each other out. It’s a friendly community. Everybody loves everybody here...We are the best place in the world to live.” Kristi said it was a privilege for her family just to be nominated, let alone crowned, Citizen of the Year. . “I’m honestly stunned,” she said. “We do it because we want to help out; not because of anything else.” The lifelong Ucluetian stressed the importance of locals helping locals. “I’ve always loved living here,” she said. “The people are great. The scenery is like living in a vacation almost all the time, but it takes a lot to make that community actually happen...We all need to work together.” She added Ucluetians are family, no matter what their last name is. “Whether they’re blood or not, they’re family and you love your family.”
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B.C. unions, protesters move up Who’s the biggest winner in the new NDP government, unions or environmentalists? Both! Professional protesters are thrilled. Joe Foy of the Wilderness Committee allowed that he’s “over the moon” about NDP MLA George Heyman taking over the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, as it has been rebranded. Foy assured The Vancouver Sun that during his three terms as B.C. Government Employees’ Union president, Heyman “brought togethTOM FLETCHER er a coalition of union representatives and environmental representatives and made the argument that it needn’t be jobs versus the environment.” It’s too bad his party’s version of that argument fails. Putting unconstitutional roadblocks in front of a federal pipeline project offers only lost jobs, since replacement oil is abundant. Shutting down Site C, B.C.’s biggest clean energy project in 30 years, would hurt the environment and push thousands of people out of work. These days it’s MoveUP, the BC Hydro office union, that has new clout. Two of its communications people moved up into top positions in Premier John Horgan’s office.
Horgan has turned green, and I don’t mean in a Hulk sort of way. He cries now. He drives a Prius. He loves small hydro projects, once derided by the NDP as “pirate power.” Not long ago, lefty economists, the Wilderness Committee and COPE 378, as MoveUp used to be called, ran a bitter campaign against private hydro. Now let 100 power flowers bloom, all in the unionized monopoly model of BC Hydro. That’s been Horgan’s only real problem with independent power all along. The first order of business when the legislature resumes after Labour Day is, once again, the election of a speaker. Officially, it’s a secret ballot vote, a privilege MLAs reserve for themselves that the NDP hopes to remove from employees in union certification votes. B.C.’s new Labour Minister is Surrey-Newton MLA Harry Bains, who came to politics from a career with the Steelworkers-IWA Canada. NDP insiders call it “Steel,” an indication of the intimacy between the party and the international union that bankrolled its campaign staff. Bains wants to replace the secret ballot in union certification with a “card check” that would allow union sign-ups in private. B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver, a former union negotiator himself with the UVic faculty association, is opposed. Vision Vancouver executive director Stepan Vdovine is doing a temporary stint in Victoria, on loan from Mayor Gregor Robertson’s city hall.
Vdovine and his Visionistas played the 2015 leak of a freighter’s bunker fuel into English Bay as a planet-threatening event, and played the Vancouver media like a violin. This forest fire season is already being framed as a preview of the Mad Max future that awaits if Canada’s oil isn’t kept in the ground and a global wealth shift is not immediately implemented, from your wallet. Like San Francisco-based ForestEthics, Vancouver-based Wilderness Committee is trying to edge away from the played-out “war in the woods” routine. It has a “climate change campaigner” now, whose job is to join all the other groups arrayed against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. His latest anti-pipeline newsletter is a predictable jumble of U.S. protester fake news about the “tar sands,” mostly around the familiar claim that it’s the dirtiest, most carbon intensive oil in the world. This is received wisdom for every NDP and B.C. Green Party MLA I’ve heard from on the subject. Actually, 13 oilfields in California have higher upstream greenhouse gas emissions than Alberta dilbit, as does Alaska North Slope crude, which has been tankered daily from Valdez past Victoria for 40 years. Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca Twitter: @tomfletcherbc
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Wackett, who owns and operates Westcoast Connect, a cargo and freight company based in Nanaimo, arrived with a crate and was able to capture the eagle and transport it to the North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre. He told the Westerly News he’d never wrangled an eagle before, but was happy to help. “It was an amazing experience. I would do it again in a heartbeat…We’re really down with helping out the community and helping out wildlife especially,” he said adding he consistently donates to the wildlife recovery centre. “We’ve been there a few times and we love it. So it was kind of a no brainer.” The centre’s wildlife manager Julie Mackey told the Westerly News on Thursday that the eagle was resting and would be assessed fully on Friday. “It’s had two good meals so far. It is a thin bird so it needs some good nutrition. It’s able to stand up. It’s got mild signs of some head trauma maybe, just the way its pupils are moving…We want to just give it a day of low stress after being caught and transported last evening,” Mackey said. She followed up with the Westerly on Friday and said X-Rays revealed no broken bones or obvious injuries and that the eagle is “in quite good body condition.” “We did notice she is having some balance problems which could support the previous idea that there may be some head trauma, although we do not know what from,” she said. “We have placed her in a small flight pen to observe for the next few days and to continue the supportive care of good meals and rest...Observation of her movements and hopefully ability to flap wings and perch over the next few days is the plan as of now.” She was thrilled to see locals come together to get the animal to treatment. “Wild species are facing more and more problems these days with people in their territory and there’s more dangers to them so if we have people that care enough to try and catch them and help them that’s wonderful,” she said. Wright suggested Eber Road hosts a constant flurry of bird activity because of the nearby fish plants and noted BC Hydro installed reflectors on power lines in the
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This eagle is recuperating at the North Island Wildlife Recovery centre after crashing into a Ucluelet residence last week. area to deter birds from running into them, though that still happens often. “It actually just happened yesterday, a crow hit the power line and the power went out here,” she said. She said her window was surprisingly undamaged, but neighbouring residents have had their windows smashed out by eagles. “Unfortunately it happens a couple times a year where birds are hitting the wires and eagles are hitting windows but this was a first time for me at my house,” she said. “It was quite a thing to see an eagle up that close. It was really cool. We’re wishing he would have flown away on his own, but we’re grateful that people helped out.” She hopes the eagle is released soon. “I’m hoping they can fix him up,” she said. “Eagles do mate for life so it was kind of a touchy thing of what we were going to
be doing with it, because, if you’re going to take it out of here, well he could have a mate.” The centre is currently rehabilitating another Ucluetian eagle that came in after being found on Cedar Road on March 29. “He was able to fly short distances, but he wasn’t able to gain any height so people were able to catch him and grab him and brought him down to us,” Mackey said. “It’s made it through all the graduated steps of rehab and it’s flying in our big 110-foot flight cage right now.” She said the recovering eagle is “showing all the signs that he’ll be releasable again,” but the centre will wait for hunting conditions to improve in the fall. “They’ve got good access to food here, so we’ll wait until the habitat conditions are not so hot and dry and low-food and, as soon as fish are running, he would be on the roster for release.”
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The West Coast came together to cheer each other at Ucluelet’s annual Ukee Days festival last weekend. The three-day event included a parade, rides for kids, a build-your-own-boat race and a well-run beer garden. For more photos of community events, check out www.facebook.com/WesterlyNews. You can also find a variety of Ukee Days videos at westerlynews.ca.
Volunteers Mark Boysen, Randy Oliwa, Tom Saunderson and Sally Mole had a blast helping out in the beer garden.
Elena Campbell was thrilled to check out a giant inflated slide ride at the Ukee Days fairgrounds on Saturday.
Clara Epp, Aeja Ferreira and Johanne Goulet basked in Sunday’s sunshine at the Seaplane Base fairgrounds.
Jason and Koen Lefevre of The Unsinkables took a commanding lead out of the gate and teammates Owen Rhodes and Orion Lefevre carried that lead to the finish of the 2017 Ukee Days NAIL! SAIL! BAIL! race.
Jennifer Rhodes had a blast with amateur logger sports.
Rachel Mair kept her focus and became a tiny champion at Sunday’s 2017 Ukee Days Baby Race competition.
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Courtney Johnson, Jacqueline Holliday, Sarah Hogan, and Lyvier Rivera are no strangers to the spotlight. Their combined artistic talents include running the community Glee Club, teaching dance lessons, and hosting dinner theatre. The dance troupe quartet proved their prowess at Saturday’s inaugural Ukee’s Got Talent competition by working the crowd with a vivacious performance of “Bad Romance” by Lady Gaga. Their vocal and dance act (which also included a slight wardrobe malfunction) won over the judges and earned them the cash prize of $150. “We are going to drink. That will buy us
a lot of wine,” laughed Johnson. Hogan said she would gift her portion of the winnings to her son. “I promised James that, whatever I won, I would give it to him for putting up with my dance schedule. He will probably put it towards a scooter,” she said. Hogan told the Westerly News why she loves being part of the dance troupe. “My thing about practicing with these gals, it reminds me of when I was 12-yearsold and we would make up dances in our basement and then perform them in our yards,” she said. “Usually hyped on sugar, but this time it’s hyped on wine. That’s how it is. I feel like a 12-year-old.” Johnson said they were missing one
member of the squad, director of Ucluelet Parks and Recreation Abby Fortune. “She’s an excellent dancer,” said Johnson. “She was supposed to dance with us, but got busy with festivities so we will get her a little treat.” The winning dance troupe, dubbed the “Wine and Glitter Girls,” were one of six contestants to showcase their talents in the new Ukee Days contest. There were nine entrants in the kids division and Tim Masso won $75 for coming first. MC of the event was Jamie Osborne of High Tide Collective. Ucluelet locals Fred Montpetit, Anne Gudbranson, and Sandra Hinder were tasked with judging Ucluelet’s talent. “It was a wonderful experience with lots
of great people and great acts,” Montpetit said. He thought Ukee’s Got Talent was a welcome addition to the Ukee Days schedule. “We have amazing talent in this town and it’s a wonderful opportunity to showcase people that have not been active or they are active… It’s just a great opportunity to showcase new talent and show everybody who comes how great the people of Ukee are,” he said. “If the contest runs next year, it will be bigger and better...And, if the ladies who won are an example, there will be glitter pageants next year.” Barbara Gudbranson, Ukee Days organizer, agreed. “Yup. It’ll happen again next year,” she said. “It’ll be bigger. It was the first one and the bleachers were full.”
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UVic Vikes head coach Craig Beaucamp was thrilled to see Ucluelet First Nation youth Jaden Touchie sign a commitment to play for the University of Victoria’s basketball team this fall.
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The University of Victoria has scored one of Vancouver Island’s best young basketball players. Ucluelet First Nation member Jaden Touchie will pull on a UVic Vikings jersey in the fall. The son of acclaimed local basketball legend Evan Touchie, Jaden has been playing basketball for as long as he can remember and he’s excited to continue pursuing his passion while receiving a post-secondary education. “School is really important to me,” he told the Westerly News. “The education part and getting the basketball is the coolest part of going to UVic this year.” The 6’ 2” 18 year-old point guard recently graduated from Victoria’s Oak Bay High School where he excelled under the leadership of coach Chris Franklin. “I was working on my game everyday and I had a great coach,” he said. “He pushed me to do the best I could and eventually got me to that point where i was good enough to play post-secondary basketball.” Touchie has lived in Victoria for the past 14 years and he’s excited to stay in his hometown and help the Vikings squad he’s been cheering for win games. “I’ve been watching them since I was a little kid, so it will be really cool to actually start playing for them,” he said. “I’m excited to get started. It’s a whole new level of competitiveness and I’m pumped.” Touchie said his speed and defensive abilities will be his biggest asset to his new team and added that he likes the high-speed program coach Craig Beaucamp runs at UVic. “He’s running a pretty fast-paced team, defending end-line to end-line, and it’s the same thing on the offensive end; trying to get up the court as fast as you can,” he said. “I’ll bring a lot of energy.” He said support from his family and the Ucluelet First Nation helped him stay focused on the sport and compete at a high level. “They’ve supported me with everything,” he said. “It’s a mental thing. You know they’re there and you can always go back to them. With your family and your Nation, you always have a home waiting for you. Knowing they’re always supporting me is great because I know, going into all my games, that all my Nation is behind me and I just feel well-supported when I play.” Ucluelet First Nation president Les Doiron said a variety of support sources and scholar-
ship opportunities are available to the Nation’s young achievers and has consistently supported Touchie’s efforts, most recently with a $1,500 donation from the Nation’s Interfor Relationship Agreement.. “As a Nation, it is important that we support all of our youth. I am a big believer in education. It is the key to a more prosperous future for our Nation,” Doiron said. “For some of our youth, like Jaden, athletics is the key to a University Education. Whatever we can do as a Nation to help kids like Jaden achieve their dreams we will do it. I can’t say enough how proud our Nation is of Jaden’s achievements.” Touchie plans to take social science and business classes during his first year and his mom Katy Gregg is thrilled that her son will be staying in Victoria to pursue his post-secondary education. “We’re excited that he’s going to be pretty much just in our backyard,” she said. “We’re really proud of him. He’s overcome a lot of adversity in his short years and he’s soldiered through that and been really successful.” Jaden was just eight year’s old when his dad Evan suffered a fatal heart attack at 33. “That was quite a blow,” Gregg said. “He was very, very, courageous getting through all of that and I think it was basketball that got him through it.” She added she loves watching her son play. “I see a lot of his dad in him. He’s a different player than his dad was, but it’s like watching a ghost out there on the court,” she said. “He is the spitting image of his dad physically. When he gets into his stance, he looks just like his dad, but his dad was definitely more of a firecracker on the court...Jaden has a sense of respect for the officials, whereas his dad just felt like he was at war with everyone.” She said Jaden’s calm presence makes him a solid leader for his teammates to emulate. “He is super chill. He’s very laid back and keeps his cool. He’s a great leader. He definitely was the spirit and the soul of his Oak Bay team this last year,” she said. She added her son’s success has been wellearned. “He’s got drive. He always has since he was a little guy,” she said. “He’s worked really hard to get where he is and he deserves it. He’s worked hard in school. He gets really good grades. He’s earned the respect of a lot of players...He’s worked really hard to get there and he’s really happy.”
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PARADE WINNERS: Pina Styles and Body by Kara Fitness Training teamed up to rock a prize-winning float that scored them first place in the commercial float category of Saturday morning’s Ukee Days parade. Parks Canada won top government float and the Ucluelet Aquarium won top special float.
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RESCUE
Dying sea lion disentangled on Cleland Island
Animal ensnared by deadly marine debris ANDREW BAILEY
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The Vancouver Aquarium’s head veterinarian Dr. Martin Haulena might not wear a cape, but he’s definitely a hero after swooping in to rescue an entangled sea lion near Tofino on July 9. An adult female Steller sea lion was facing a painful and slow death after getting caught up in marine debris on Cleland Island. Haulena told the Westerly News that the large animal had a piece of garbage tightly wrapped around her neck that had cut deep into her skin. “She was skinny. I do believe she was already being compromised in terms of her ability to go and forage,” he said. “Eventually this would have been the death of her. One of the major issues, for me in particular, is how long that takes. It’s an absolutely horrible way to go. It’s months or upwards of a year to succumb to these kind of injuries, They just don’t get better. The entanglement that’s there just keeps cutting and cutting and hurting and hurting.” The distressed sea lion had been spotted by several wildlife watching companies in the area and reported to the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Centre prompting Haulena’s team into action. Haulena was taken to the site by local adventure company Ocean Outfitters and was joined in the rescue effort by DFO and Parks Canada personnel as well as local researcher Wendy Szaniszlo, and Doug Sandilands, from Washington State rescue organization. When the team arrived at the site, Haulena was unable to shoot the distressed animal with a tranquilizing dart from the boat due to rough seas and the crowd of sea lions around the distressed one, so he and several other team members got onto the island. “I just kind of snuck out along the rocks to the haul out site and got a really good vantage point on a little high spot right beside the animal and waited for a good opportunity when the other animals got out of the way and then just took the shot.”
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Dr. Martin Haulena rescued a sea lion from being suffocated by marine debris that it had become caught up in on Cleland Island
Once the animal was sedated, the next step was to approach her without upsetting the other animals. “We approached from such an angle so the animals are moving away from her when they’re going into the water and clearing out of the way,” he said. “They are pretty good about moving off as long as you don’t try to antagonize them or anything…For the most part, they’re quite fearful and watchful, they stay close and they’re very curious, but they don’t tend to be very aggressive.” Once at the animal, Haulena made quick work of removing the trash around its neck. “She was a little bit close to the water, so we had to work a bit more quickly than in some other cases because the tide was coming in and there was a good wash happening there,” he said. “The disentanglement itself was very, very, quick and there was about an 8-10 minute recovery time and, of course, we want to collect some samples and put some flipper tags on the animal so we can identify her later.” He said the sea lion “was back in the water and acting very normal,” within 20
minutes of being freed from the debris and has been spotted by several whale watch groups since the rescue. “Once you get that material off of them, they do heal very well,” he said. He said the rescue was a solid collaborative effort between his team, DFO, Parks Canada, BC Parks and, he added, local wildlife watching companies played an integral volunteer role in the mission. “They kept an eye on it for a few days, made sure it was staying put and that there was a good chance it would be in the area by the time we could get our team together, get our weather window and get out there,” he said. “Ocean Outfitters was absolutely phenomenal. They donated their boat and captain to take us out there and spend a good chunk of the day with us and they monitored the animal before and after this with some other whale watching folks. It’s just so nice to see so many people from so many different situations just really care about animals and, you know, that makes me feel good.” Haulena said marine debris entanglement is a chronic problem and noted local marine mammal researcher and
Vancouver Aquarium associate Wendy Szaniszlo estimates roughly 400 sea lions are entangled in debris within the Pacific Rim Nation Park—between Tofino and Ucluelet—each year. “That’s a high number and, unfortunately, we can’t get to all of them,” he said. “It’s a major effort. We’re super lucky we can get six animals a year.” Discarded fishing gear, like nets and rope along with trash like plastic shipping straps, can easily become fatal snares around an animal’s neck and Haulena hopes to see more people get onboard a ‘Lose the Loop’ mentality to cut down on the number of man-made hazards animals face. There’s a lot of folks out there trying to get that message out,” he said adding tag lines like ‘Lose the Loop’ are spread far and wide. “It’s out there but, I think, if people don’t want to listen, they’re not going to find it.” West Coast locals and visitors are urged to never approach a distressed sea lion and to, instead, immediately report any sightings to Vancouver Aquarium’s Marine Mammal Rescue Centre at 604 258 7325.
Fraser begins work towards reconciliation KARLY BLATS
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Being sworn into the NDP cabinet as the minister of indigenous relations and reconciliation was surreal for Scott Fraser, Mid Island-Pacific Rim MLA, who’s been waiting for a seat in government for 12 years. “It was the most incredible day of my life in many ways,” Fraser said. “I’ve never experienced something like that before, it was moving. I had tears more than once as John Horgan got sworn in as the pre-
mier of British Columbia.” In his new role as minister, Fraser said the plan is to adopt the UN Declaration of the rights of Indigenous peoples and address the calls to action for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. “We’re going to make a relationship that’s not mired in conflict but moving together forward with First Nations in accordance with case law, court decisions and that’s going to help the whole province…it’s an exciting time,” he said. The NDP cabinet is made up of 23
ministers and 6 parliamentary secretaries, held by 15 women and 14 men. “It’s wonderful we have gender equity, that’s never happened before anywhere, not in Canada,” Fraser said. “We’ve got a great crew of people. Some have been around for quite a while like I have and others that are new. I think John has just nailed it with this current cabinet and I’m so pleased to be a part of it.” Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council Vice-President Ken Watts said he thinks Fraser is the perfect fit for his new posi-
tion as minister of indigenous of relations and reconciliation. “I think for a decade he’s been the critic for aboriginal relations and reconciliation,” Watts said. “Other First Nations around B.C. really respect Scott.” Watts said action is needed. “Not just First Nations but British Columbians are looking for action at this point. There’s a lot that can be said and commitments that can be made, but I think what people are looking for is action,” Watts said.
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COX BAY INTERPRETIVE WALK 11:30am-1pm, Meet at the Tofino Info. Centre (1426 Pacific Rim Hwy). Free. Run or shine. Led by Raincoast Education Society experts. UCLUELET ALANON GROUP 7:30pm, Catholic Church (use side entrance below), 1663 Peninsula Rd. JAM NIGHT 10pm1am, Eagle’s Nest Pub, Ucluelet. 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.
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FRI. JULY 28 SHORELINE WALK 2pm, Kwisitis Visitor Centre. Free. A guided tour of the fascinating world that exists where land and sea meet. No pets.
TIDEPOOL TOUR 10am, Big Beach picnic area, Ucluelet. Free. CORAL’S KARAOKE Starts at 10pm, Officials, Ucluelet. Everyone is invited to come sing a favourite tune!
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Tour begins and ends at the Ucluelet Elementary School Garden. Join us as we visit 5 to 6 different gardens. Learn from others about the challenges of gardening on the West Coast. Leave fresh ideas. Carpooling available. Questions, contact Jeanne at the Ucluelet Local Food Society: jmkferris@gmail.com or call 250-726-4249. Tofino’s Edible Garden Tour will be on August 6, contact tofinolocalfood@yahoo.ca to reserve your spot. Cost is $15; fee goes towards funding our community gardens.
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TONQUIN TRAIL WALK 2-3pm, Meet at the Tonquin Trail Sign at the Tofino Community Hall (1426 Pacific Rim Hwy Free. Run or shine. Led by Raincoast Education Society experts.
GRACE BIBLE CHURCH 10:30am, UCC ST. LAWRENCE CHURCH 11am, Ahousaht. TOFINO BIBLE FELLOWSHIP 10:30 a.m., Tofino Legion.
SCREENING OF ‘BAG IT’ Doors at 6:30pm, show at 7. ANAF, Ucluelet. Presented by Surfrider; the documentary explores the impact of plastics on oceanic & human health. By donation. Door prizes! Everyone welcome. CLAYOQUOT 2.0 SCREENING Doors at 7:30pm, show at 8. Clayoquot Theatre. Everyone welcome. Join Dan Lewis and Bonny Glambeck for an all-new multimedia presentation on what makes Clayoquot Sound so unique. FOOD BANK 1-3pm. 160 Seaplane Base Rd., Ucluelet. To register call 726-6909. ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI CATHOLIC CHURCH 5pm, 441 Main St.,Tofino
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“For me, he’s rebuilt a porch that was falling down, repaired a step that was broken, put in a railing on the stairs; he just does whatever people need for him to do,” she said adding Skoda also helped out a friend of hers who was temporarily knocked down by a medical issue. “He took me out three times to Nanaimo to see her and then, before she came home, he built a huge ramp so she could get into her house when she got home. He went in and put up all the railings and everything so it’s safe for her.” She added Skoda also volunteers to clear garbage off beaches, helps eradicate invasive scotch broom and has worked with the Thornton Creek Hatchery Society and the Food Bank on the Edge. She hopes to see more locals catch Skoda’s volunteer fever. “One of the things I think’s happening is that people are less and less able to volunteer. Volunteers are not as readily available as they used to be,” she said. “We forget that we can help each other and that we should help each other.” Ucluelet local Amie Shimizu wrote one of many letters in support of Skoda receiving the award. “Art is an amazing soul,” Shimizu wrote. She recalled Skoda helping her and her husband build their popular Howler’s Family Restaurant. “He showed up everyday ready to work, bringing his own tools. He wouldn’t allow us to pay him for his work,” she wrote. “We always looked forward to work along his side. He even showed Khan, our three year old
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Cleaning trash off local beaches is just one of many ways Art Skoda helps his community shine brighter.
son at the time how to mud up walls. Art deserves to be volunteer of the year for the rest of his life.” Skoda was not in town to receive his award on Sunday, but Christmas assured she would pass the news of his Volunteer of the Year accomplishment along to him.
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