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Nails seen sticking out of a float frequented by sea lions near Ucluelet’s public boat launch at the end of Seaplane Base Road have been removed and an investigation has been launched to determine what they were doing there, according to DFO Marine Mammal Coordinator Paul Cottrell. Photographs of the privately owned float taken last week by Wayne Barnes of Tofino Photography show large nails roughly evenly spaced along the perimeter of the float, spike-side up and roughly eight centimetres high. Cottrell told the Westerly News that DFO is working with the Ucluelet RCMP to determine if the nails were installed on the float to injure sea lions that tried to climb onto it. “If it was done intentionally to disturb sea lions, or injure them, that’s not cool,” he said. “Obviously, injuring animals is cruel and inhumane and, if it was done on purpose, then that’s something that’s not acceptable under the Marine Mammal Regulations and other regulations…It’s something that we take very seriously, so we’re definitely looking into it.” Local marine mammal researcher Wendy Szaniszlo said placing nails on a float to keep sea lions away would be both dangerous and ineffective. Continued on A2
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NECROPSY REVEALS INJURY: An 11.8-metre-long male humpback whale carcass was recently discovered near Muscle Beach and a necropsy performed by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada on Friday revealed the animal had a broken jaw that may have been caused by an interaction with a vessel. DFO plans to leave the carcass where it is so it can contribute to the local food-web. Read about it on page 3.
Community rallies after Food Bank theft ANDREW BAILEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca
The West Coast was shaken last week as news broke that thieves had hit the Food Bank on the Edge. “There was a lot of stuff taken. We figure it was somewhere between $700 and $800 worth of food,” Food Bank volunteer Kaytee Devlin told the Westerly News. “How can you steal from people that are trying to help other people?”
Devlin discovered the theft when she was dropping off donations at the Food Bank on Oct. 8 and noticed items had been moved and some were missing. When she checked the front door and noticed it was unlocked, she immediately called the Ucluelet RCMP. She said the front door did not look like it had been forced open in anyway, but the thieves managed to break a new lock that had been installed over the summer. She believes there were at least two thieves involved and suggested they were likely inside for some time based on the amount and variety of items stolen. Continued on A3
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From A1 “As the sea lions jump up, their full 350 kilograms is coming down on those [nails]. It just seems incredibly cruel,” she said adding she checked the float out last week and saw the nails as well as several sea lions. “In addition to being cruel and inhumane, it’s completely ineffective… The fact that nails were used greatly disturbs me. They could definitely cause serious injury to the sea lions. Sea lions are pretty robust, they can take a fair bit, but those nails are big.” She acknowledged sea lions are large animals that can damage docks and create noise by barking, but said there are a variety of safer and more effective methods of keeping them off local floats and docks, like installing wooden posts or rails or visual repellents like flags, pinwheels and streamers. “There is definitely a lot of options out there that are far more humane that don’t injure people, that don’t injure the sea lions and that have been shown to be effective and keep sea lions off the docks,” she said. She added a key way to keep sea lions off local docks is to stop luring them into the harbour. “Just like with food conditioned and habituated bears in town, these sea lions are becoming habituated and food conditioned and that’s why they’re coming into the harbour and staying in the harbour,” she said. “I’ve seen them hand-fed off the back of sport fishing boats and I’ve seen fish tossed to them
“In addition to being cruel and inhumane, it’s completely ineffective.”
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multiple times from a local processing plant in the harbour as well. Even if fish are being cleaned and nets are being cleaned in the harbour, all that food is readily available for the sea lions.” She said sea lions play an important ecological role, but their smell, noise and size make them unpopular amongst some locals. “Everyone has the right to their own perspective, but I don’t find them a nuisance at all,” she said. “They’re incredibly intelligent. They are playful. They’ve got unique social dynamics. They’re sentinels of the marine ecosystem. They’ve got a diverse diet. They’re one of my favourite species to study…I would love it if other people shared my perspective, but not everyone does.” She added that some fishers believe sea lions are hogging their livelihood. “I do think that there is a mentality that they are eating all the fish,” she said “It’s one of the reasons that I got funding through the Clayoquot Biosphere Trust to do a diet study, because I think differently and I want to do some science to find out what they’re really eating here in this area.”
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A necropsy performed on a humpback whale that washed up near Ucluelet has revealed a broken jaw. Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada performed the necropsy on the roughly 11.8-metre male carcass on Friday, according to DFO Marine Mammal Coordinator Paul Cottrell. “Unfortunately, the lower right jaw was dislocated, which indicates some sort of significant trauma,” Cottrell told the Westerly News. “Human interaction could be the cause of that type of impact, it could be a vessel for example, but that’s something we don’t know at this point and we’re working with the samples we’ve taken and the pictures and all the details and hopefully we’ll be able to clarify things.” He added the animal is believed to have been dead for “well over a week” before being discovered and information might be hard to obtain as it was already in a state of decomposition. He said DFO hopes to leave the carcass where it is as it is not in a heavily used area and could be a key food source for local wildlife. “If it’s isolated and not going to be a human danger, we’ll leave it where it is for other animals…All the marine critters there benefit from a huge animal dying like that, which is sad, but at least when it’s going back to nature it can help the food web that’s in that area,” he said. “It really is a buffet for them.”
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Shannon Floucault snapped this photo of a washed up humpback near Muscle Beach last week. Local marine mammal researcher Wendy Szaniszlo told the Westerly News the area the whale washed up is around La Perouse Bank, where humpbacks are abundant, and said she participated in a DFO survey in August where “well over 100” humpbacks were spotted. “There were lots and lots of humpbacks. So, it doesn’t surprise me that, with so many in the region…we might see a dead one wash up around here,” she said. She added the West Coast is celebrating a population boom that’s been coined a “humpback comeback.” “The humpback population is a growing population. There’s a lot of
them,” she said. “They were listed as threatened and now their numbers are coming back. So, from a recovery perspective, that’s definitely a good news story…There’s definitely enough food for them, at least in this area and the fact that they’re not being hunted anymore goes a long way as well to help their recovery.” She added one of the most significant threats to West Coast humpbacks is the possibility of being struck by vessels. “That’s definitely a safety concern for the whale, but also people in smaller, fast boats as well. That’s the biggest concern so, if you see a blow, go slow,” she said.
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From A1 “They took a lot of stuff. A lot of stuff,” she said, “hygiene products, toothbrushes, pork and beans, canned milk. Everything they could.” She added that the thieves may have still been inside when she arrived at the Food Bank that morning because a box in the backroom was partially packed up and left behind. “What might have happened was, they heard me drive up and, as I was coming in the back door, they were going out the front door,” she said noting there were no vehicles parked outside when she drove up. She said the Food Bank has since installed a new alarm system. “At least they’ll get an earful if they break in again,” she said. Const. Jarett Duncan of the Ucluelet RCMP told the Westerly that police are seeking the public’s assistance in tracking down the thieves and he urges anyone who has seen or heard anything suspicious to report it to the local RCMP detachment at 250-726-7773 or through Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477. “These individuals are taking from people in the community who truly need this service. It’s very sad to hear that someone’s done this because, at the end of the day, this is a non-profit organization and ev-
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eryone volunteers their time to help the Food Bank and help people who are in need. It’s just sad,” he said. “We’re two months from Christmas where the Food Bank is trying to stock up and every year it’s, kind of, a mad dash at the end to make sure people have what they need during the holiday season when it definitely is tight for everyone.” Anyone wanting to help replenish the Food Bank’s lost items is encouraged to reach out to 250-726-6909 or drop donations off at the Ucluelet Co-op’s donation bin. Ucluelet’s Floathouse Patio and Grill stepped up in support right away by donating all their sales on Saturday night to the Food Bank, bringing in a grand total of $2,530, according to the restaurant’s owner Udo Lerch. “I had a very good year and I just wanted to give back to the community,” Lerch said. “I thought, ‘What a way to end the season, by giving back to the Food Bank.” Local musician Geoff Johnson joined Lerch’s effort and reached out to other local artists to fill the restaurant with good vibes throughout the night. Johnson said that he and other musicians are planning future concerts for the cause. “It’s a good time to be supporting the Food Bank regardless, he said. “Especially
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Fed sucks joy out of Mentholville by axing flavour Do yourself a favour and give your neighbourhood menthol smokers a little extra space for a while. On second thought, make that a lot of extra space. The federal government has taken the minty winds out of our collectively addicted sails, officially outlawing menthol cigarettes on Oct. 1. I’ve never lashed out at so many inanimate objects and I’m not sure Netflix will ever feel comfortable chilling with me again after the way I responded when it asked if I was still watching. Thanks Trudeau. For those of you fortunate enough to not be in the know, menthols are mint flavoured cigarettes, although that definition undersells the impact that flavour
has on those who smoke them. Take Eddie she had, to ensure my memory of this Vedder’s vocals out of your favourite Pearl deadly pastime would be as un-fond as Jam song and you’re close. possible. Confident they would make me That mint flavour was, apparently, never want to smoke again, she sold me a first infused into cigarettes pack of menthols and, voila, an addiction was reborn. by an Ohioan in the 1920’s. My lungs were already black Ottawa, smartly, doesn’t by the time I was introduced want youth to share similar to them in the early 2000’s, origin stories. The government’s media release anafter making one of my many ‘final’ decisions to nouncing the ban suggests, quit smoking. I was sitting “Menthol masks the irritatin the smoke room—yes, ing effect of tobacco smoke kids, us olds used to have by making it easier to inhale, those—of my favourite pub which facilitates experimenAndrew Bailey and had been in there just tation by youth.” While the number of smokers hanging long enough to realize I didn’t want to be there anymore. I went to the bartender around seems to be dwindling, the Naand asked for the grossest pack of smokes tional Cancer Institute recently released
a thoroughly reviewed report that states smokers cost the world’s economies $1 trillion a year. We also wreak havoc on local beaches by flicking our butts in the sand and consistently irk parents whose kids are playing at the parks where we thoughtlessly light up. We’re not a good team to be on. Joining us should be discouraged and a habit as disgusting as ours should be as irritating to us as it is to those around us. Plus, now that candying up the flavour has justly ceased, maybe some of us will even make that final decision to quit, again. Respecting the reason won’t ease my unminted angst, but it’s better for me to yell at a lamp that’s in my way than it is for a teen to start a habit that will kill them.
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On Thursday, the West Coast Multiplex Society attended the presentation by the design/costing team of Vic Davies Architecture (VDA) in respect of the layout and costing of the Multiplex’s phase one Ice Arena and accommodation for future phases (pool, fitness center, etc.). The detailed appraisal addressed the architects’ indepth assessment of the proposed building, comparing standard “Pre-engineered buildings” with “Sprung” facilities. Both options have benefits and detriments relative to the west coast environment. A couple examples are, pre-engineered has less constraints on a fixed rectangular footprint. Sprung offers ease of erection of the pre-formed aluminum structure in a shorter time-frame thereby minimizing the on-site time. The assessment determined that while there were specific costings provided by developers of up to 50% less than the VDA evaluations, they felt it necessary to work on the assumption of a worst case-scenario. As such, they offered a possible capital cost of up to $18M (construction, site-development and start-up costs). While these figures are higher than the original assessment provided in the phase one business plan, the Multiplex Society has committed to funding this phase without financial liability to the 8 communities within the area (other than, of course, any in-kind and tax-deductible donations). The achievement of the worst-case scenario funding will serve to create a surplus of monies available for the subsequent pool phase of the project. A survey is being prepared to assess the support of all west coast residents for this exciting project. More details will be forthcoming as the survey is finalised, and the Society will be more than happy to answer any questions you may have. (Information will be available on our webpage – www.westcoastmultiplex.org). Your Multiplex Society seeks your support in bringing this 20-year dream to reality.
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The CBT Education Committee granted $100,000 to youth and education programs last year alone. One theme that has been persistent through this funding is the desire for as much outdoor learning as possible. With this in mind, the CBT is researching the viability of a semester-long, credit-based Outdoor Education program that would run at Ucluelet Secondary School. With financial support from the District of Tofino, the CBT is in the initial stages of an Outdoor Education Semester feasibility study. One surprising finding of our initial research is that there are already at least ten Outdoor Education semester programs in public School Districts across British Columbia -- clearly this is an attainable goal. Thankfully, we already have two exceptional outdoor programs in our schools: the USS Sea Kayak course and the Wickaninnish Elementary School’s EGOLS programs both get top marks from students, parents and school district staff. A semester-long program at USS will add considerably to our existing outdoor education inventory. I’m enthusiastic about the prospect of having an Outdoor Education Semester as part of our high school’s curricula and look forward to helping making it happen over the next few years. If you have any questions about this project, I’d love to hear from you. Otherwise, I look forward to updating everyone about the progress of making this dream a reality soon. John Platenius Clayoquot Biosphere Trust
As we breathe a sigh of relief after Back to School Fever, it’s an excellent time to reflect on how lucky we all are to have three fantastic public schools on the west coast. I’ve been fortunate to have direct experience with each of these schools and I’m so grateful for their positive and enthusiastic atmosphere. Over the past 17 years, the Clayoquot Biosphere Trust has contributed significantly to our schools.
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A small earthquake shook the West Coast last week. The 4.8 magnitude quake’s epicentre was recorded roughly 170 kilometres off Tofino on Oct. 11 at 2:26 a.m. “Typically we get one 5.0 magnitude and three 4.0 magnitudes [per year], or somewhere in that range. There was nothing remarkable about this earthquake, but it was a good reminder for us that we live in an area that’s at risk for earthquakes,” Tofino’s Emergency Program Coordinator Keith Orchiston told the Westerly News. “There’s a 30 per cent chance of an 8.0 magnitude, or higher, earthquake happening over the next 50 years, so we need to be prepared for it.” He said locals should secure their homes and workplaces by looking for hazards, like heavy objects on high shelves, to create as safe a space as possible and having an evacuation plan ahead of time to avoid scrambling when emergency strikes. He added all homes should have an emergency grab-and-go kit packed and locals should make sure any important documents and identification cards are accessible. He encourages locals to check out gov.bc.ca/PreparedBC to brush up on what they need to know. The West Coast will test out its emergency response during The Great British Columbia ShakeOut event being held province-wide on Oct.
19 at 10:19 a.m, where everyone is encouraged to drop to the ground and seek cover while thinking about what would happen in an actual event. “You want to look around and imagine what would happen in a major earthquake,” Orchiston said. “What would fall? Identify hazards. What would be the damage and what would be your next steps. Consider what to do after the shaking stops.” Thursday’s ShakeOut will include an Emergency Fair at Wickaninnish Community School where students and parents will meet emergency responders to learn about preparedness. Orchiston said building relationships between the community and first responders is a key way to create community resilience and “normalize” important safety conversations that don’t often strike up naturally. “There’s definitely a process that’s required to breach that gap because I have found, in the short period of time that I’ve been in this position, that some people are afraid to talk about these things,” he said. “It is a difficult message to get out there and it’s a difficult motivation to connect with, because it’s different for everybody. It’s complex and, I think, that’s part of the reason why it’s hard from the district’s point of view; there’s no real straight-forward formula for getting everybody onboard.” He said the district is putting together
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Community events, like this High Ground Hike hosted in April, help Tofino prepare for a disaster. events and workshops designed to bring the community together and infuse family-fun activities into emergency planning. “We did that with the High Ground Hike and, I felt, that was really successful so I want to try and emulate that moving forward,” he said. The High Ground Hike was held in April and was designed to show families the best route to take to reach safe ground in the case of a tsunami. The event included a fair at the Tofino Community Hall that included face painting, balloon making and a scavenger hunt for kids to participate in, while meeting members of 16 emergency response organizations. Tofino also launched Business Continuity Workshops this year to help local businesses prepare for recovery. “At the end of the day our community is
made up of the businesses and individuals that live here,” Orchiston said. “Without them, we don’t really have a community. So, we want to make sure they’re able to continue after a major emergency disaster happens.” He said everyone’s reasons for being prepared are different, but locals must understand that their community needs them to make it through a disaster. “You’re important,” he said. “I love this community and I love the community members and this place isn’t the same without you or me or our friends and families. I want to make sure that this community is resilient…Everyone matters.” The district will be testing it’s One Call Notification System on Thursday and locals can sign up at www.tofino.ca.
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Jen Lightning Soifer practices yoga amidst a breathtaking landscape on Flores Island. Yoga’s popularity is blooming within the Ahousaht First Nation and yoga mats are needed to help get locals into it.
Yoga community growing strong in Ahousaht Mats needed as First Nation’s members begin organizing retreats and workshops MARCIE CALLEWAERT Special to the Westerly
A new community is growing within Ahousaht. Yoga is on the rise in the village and to complement the weekly yoga sessions as the Chahchumhiiyup Tiicmas Holistic Centre, run by Dede Monette, community members are organizing a series of retreats and workshops that will run throughout the year. Open to the entire community and be-
yond, the retreats will have a variety of classes covering different topics and skill levels. One of the key components to these retreats is that they will run at no cost to participants. Jenn Agostini, an instructor in Tofino, is donating her time for the upcoming retreat, November 3rd through 5th. Space at the Maaqtusiis High School is being provided for free as well, so there are no overhead costs. Agostini wants the “community to be able to attend, participate and learn
together” without worrying about class fees. Agostini explained that “Yoga is a lifestyle, not just a physical activity. The greater the presence and dedication, the greater the benefits.” Yoga practitioners who commit themselves to practice “will experience the real power of yoga, leading to mental clarity, balance and stability.” Because many participants in Ahousaht don’t have a yoga mat of their own yet, or may just want to try out a class without committing by purchasing one, the group
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Tofino’s community hall is getting an addition and that’s not all the district has in store for the top of Arnet Road as a new recreation facility and potential swimming pool are also in the works. The district received a $175,000 grant from Canada’s federal government to help cover the cost of a $412,000 project that will add a 750-square-foot space as well as a storage room and covered entrance to the district’s current, roughly 4,500 sq. ft., community hall. “It’s been a really great asset for the community over the years, but it has its challenges, one being that there’s literally no storage so all the tables and chairs you might use for a community dinner or the Oyster Festival are stored on the side of the space and that leads to the space not being used to its fullest extent,” said Tofino’s Community Sustainability Manager Aaron Rodgers. “We have a crying need for smaller space for meetings or smaller activities like yoga or seniors’ tea.” Construction on the new addition started last week and Rodgers said he’s excited about the recreational opportunities the space will create as the hall is currently full about 90 per cent of the time. “In the middle of the day on a weekday, there might not be somebody there but, other than that, we have to turn people away,” he said adding the large hall only allows for one activity at a time, regardless of the size of the group using it. The area at the top of Arnet Road was once slated for Tofino’s future sewage treatment facility as well as a potential new library, but that sewage facility has since been slated for Industrial Way and the library plan has moved to a currentUBC parking lot at the corner of Main Street Study
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and Third Street outside Tofino’s municipal office. Rodgers said the Arnet site is now being mapped out to host three buildings, including the hall and its addition, as well as a new recreation facility and a third building that hasn’t been decided yet, though a swimming pool looks to be leading the way. “In the next few months, we’ll do a site plan to figure out the orientation of a future recreation facility and a third municipal building that may be a small pool in the future, depending on what happens with the [West Coast] Multiplex,” he said. “We want to make sure that, depending on what grants become available, we at least know where the buildings are going so that we’re not scrambling to find space. The site planning will set the table and then, as grants and funding becomes available, we’ll start putting the pieces in place.”
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Tofino’s Parks and Recreation department has its eyes on a $160,000 7576772 playground replacement for the Village Green and is hoping the West Coast can rock an online vote hard enough to get them halfway there. The district has applied for an We accept your Arts & Entertainment, Service$80,000 grant from the Aviva ComGroup, Non-Profit munity Fund to help kickstart the Organization, Church, Library, Fundraiser, Open to the new playground’s development and, Public notices on a first come,in order to score that grant, TofiTo submit your activities, e-mail: first served basis. no’s application must receive enough office@westerlynews.ca, votes to make it into the top 35 of or drop by: 541 other projects. #102-1801 Bay St, Ucluelet “The Tofino Village Green is the To submit your activities, email office@westerlynews.ca heart of Tofino,” said the district’s or drop by: Manager of Community Sustain#102-1801 Bay St, Ucluelet kids games ability Aaron Rodgers. “You see people of all ages there, playing basHot dogs ketball or skateboarding or playing Sponsored by hot the District pickleball or taking their grandkids of Tofino and chocolate to the park.” the Tofino Volunteer Fire After registering at www.avivabonfire Department communityfund.org, locals can vote up to 18 times and can choose to spread their votes over a variety of projects, or pour them all into one. Voting closes on Oct. 19 and, once the top 35 are selected, a panel of judges will determine the winners. “We really believe in community engagement,” company spokesperson Priscilla Wong told the Westerly. “We really want the community to come together and for them to choose for themelves and have a say in what ideas and what projects would really help them. Getting Where: Tofino Fire Hall by donation. the community involved and getting All proceeds going to the Volunteer Firefighters. their voice in there was really important to us.” Aviva Canada is one of Canada’s largest insurance providers and its Community Fund has dished out roughly $75 million to over 250 charities and community groups across Canada since its inception in 2009, according to the company’s website. “We are beyond excited for voting to begin and to see these amazing ideas become a reality,” said Aviva Canada’s senior vice president of marketing Debora Hendrickson. “We want to thank all idea submitters for their commitment to positive change. Each of the 541 ideas submitted is proof of how much Canadians care about their community needs.” Tofino’s application suggests the proposed new playground will boast a uniquely Tofitian aesthetic while
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promoting risk-taking, accessibility and education.“Our new park will maintain the eclectic character of Tofino by using west coast design elements, encourage local residents to interact, increase access to recreational opportunities for the First Nations population and support families by developing Tofino to be a healthy community. We are looking to design a park that is made out of natural elements and sparks excitement in both children and adults,” it reads. “Building on Tofino’s notoriety as a spectacular coastal destination, we would like to design a park that mimics a tidal pool. Tidal pools are an integral part of our ecosystem; gathering places for a wide variety of sea and land creatures. The inhabitants of tidal pools are hardy creatures, able to deal with frequently changing environments and fluctuating temperatures, much like the inhabitants of Tofino.” Rodgers said the current Village Green playground is roughly 20 years old and is reaching the end of its life. “We want to have a Village Green that’s fun and safe and exciting for our community, especially for our children and, either we pay for that through fundraising, or through taxation or through grants,” he said. “Instead of going back to the taxpayer for funds, we’re looking outside the district for grants and, hopefully, we’re successful. Please go and vote because it will ensure that your taxes remain at a reasonable level and that you’re children are active and have an amazing time at the Tofino Village Green.”
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Tofino local crushes Washington surf comp
Jasmine Porter takes Clean Water Classic’s top junior honours ANDREW BAILEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca
A 12-year-old Tofitian recently crushed her first American surf competition. Jasmine Porter shined in Westport, Washington’s Clean Water Classic, placing first overall in the mixed juniors’ division and second in the women’s division. The contest is hosted by the Pacific Northwest chapters of the Surfrider Foundation. “We’re definitely going to go back next year,” Porter told the Westerly. “The beaches were beautiful there and everybody was super nice. It was a really fun experience.” Porter and her family traveled to the American competition along with several other local surf families and the crew made a camping trip out of the journey. Porter said she competes in the local Queen of the Peak, Bruhwiler Kids Classic, Rip Curl and Tofino Paddle and Surf championships, but this was her first crack at a Washington-based competition and surfing against unfamiliar competitors in unfamiliar waves was daunting. “At first I was really nervous because I didn’t know how I was going to surf… When I do contests in Tofino it’s all against my friends and I know how good they are, where in Washington I didn’t know so I was kind of jittery,” she said. “Before every heat, I would watch where the waves were breaking and watch where everybody else was surfing in the contest so I knew where I’d sit, but the waves were definitely a lot
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Tofino locals Serena Porter, Keanna Hasz and Jasmine Porter were thrilled to travel to Washington together to compete in the Clean Water Classic. different. They were a lot more powerful than in Tofino.” She said her nerves calmed once she got into her heats and she was thrilled with the results. “For both my heats I got a good wave right off the bat so once I caught that wave I wasn’t as nervous,” adding she went into the adult women’s heat with no expectations. “I’m only 12, so I was like, ‘You know what? I’m just going to go out there and have fun’…I was super proud of myself.” Porter said she’s been surfing her entire life, but didn’t take to it right away and may not have stuck with it if it weren’t for the encouragement of her parents and
the comradery the sport created with her friends. “My parents both surf so they kept taking me out and all my friends were going out and we just started going out all together,” she said. “When I was really little, it was cold and I wouldn’t have any fun but I’m starting to get older and once I started to get better at it, it became more fun…When you get a really good wave, it gives you butterflies and you want to go out and do another one like that and you want to start getting better.” She added that having friends to go out with is key.
“You have to get a group of kids. One person might just get bored after a while because nobody else is out there. My friend group; we all surf and, I think, that’s mostly because all our parents surfed and they got us all into surfing. My mom took me out and was pushing me out all the time. We’d go to small waves. When she could have been surfing really good waves, she took me out and she pushed us in,” she said adding Tofino is blessed with a welcoming and supportive surf community. “I feel super lucky because we live in such a beautiful place with amazing waves. It’s pretty great. I just feel so lucky to be growing up here.”
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Tuna may taste delicious, but hunting for it is the real treat. A group of Tofino fishers, including former NHL star Willie Mitchell, recently experienced a rare salmon shark sighting. Mitchell told the Westerly News that the crew was roughly 120 kilometres offshore, cruising around the Clayoquot Canyon. “We were just doing some rad stuff offshore, exploring and trying to find some tuna,” he said. “We saw a big fin and got on top of it. We thought it was about an eight-foot white shark at first and then kind of settled down after the ‘Oh my, that is a monster.” Tofino nature photographer Jeremy Koreski was fishing with Mitchell and said it was the first time he’d ever seen a salmon shark. “When we first pulled up to it, we just thought it was a blue shark. When you’re tuna fishing, you see blue sharks all day,” he said. “Then we got closer and a lot of us thought it was a great white…Looking down on it from the top, it looked like a great white and we were all kind of freaking out because we were swimming around in the water earlier.” He added it wasn’t until Jesse Bone of Filter Studios put a camera in the water
that the crew realized it was a salmon shark. Mitchell was thrilled that the animal stuck around for a while, allowing the crew to watch it. “Fortunately enough for us, it was just kind of cruising around and doing it’s thing and wasn’t too spooked so we got a couple of good looks at it,” Mitchell said. Along with the shark, Mitchell said the crew spotted white-sided dolphins, false killer whales, humpback whales and even a sei whale, the third largest species of whale on the planet. “That’s what we go out there for. To see rad stuff,” Mitchell said. “If we get a tuna, or two, that’s certainly a bonus. That’s dinner,” he said. “Fishing and eating tuna is marvellous, but it’s what you see out there…Fishing is more the vehicle for the adventure.” He said tuna lures fishers into the blue water around Clayoquot Canyon. “They skirt that line because there’s so much life in the water. They jump in there and feed and gorge themselves, so that’s where we go,” he said. “It’s a completely different ecosystem…It’s an hour out there and, because of the upwelling of the shelf, you just start to have an abundance of life from humpback whales to whitesided dolphins to mola mola sunfish, blue sharks, salmon sharks; it just comes alive.”
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Jesse Bone of Filter Studios captured this image of a salmon shark while fishing with Willie Mitchell. Koreski said the canyon’s vibrant setting is a paradise for photographers. “You get out to that canyon and that drop off and all the upwelling brings the wildlife in and you see a lot of really interesting stuff,” Koreski said. “It’s fantastic out there.” Mitchell, who recently launched a local fishing derby to raise funds for salmon restoration efforts, added the West Coast’s abundant wildlife “puts life into perspective.” “All of us play on the west side of Vancouver Island and all the beaches here are our playgrounds. Being a local and
just knowing that we are certainly small creatures in the grand scheme of things, certainly we want to respect the ocean and respect what’s in it,” he said. “ “It’s just an invigorating experience to be here and have all those noises and life and everything just kind of fill your soul and that’s what it’s really about. That’s what I love about being here…The energy just fills the tank. It’s one of the marvellous spots on the planet where you have this big, mountainous backdrop on one side and beautiful Clayoquot Sound where you can explore on so many different capacities.”
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Surfrider Pacific Rim has chalked up another victory in its battle against plastic bags. The Tofino Co-op has nixed plastic bags on Monday and is handing out free, re-useable cloth bags throughout the week. “The Tofino Co-op alone would give out over 76,000 bags per year, that’s a lot of plastic that’s being saved from landfill, litter, the beach and ocean,” said Surfrider Pacific Rim chair Michelle Hall. “Huge kudos to all of the businesses whom currently do not hand out plastic bags at check out. We want to hear from you and celebrate and learn from you to help other businesses in the community make the transition.” Following in the footsteps of the Ucluelet Co-op, which eliminated plastic bags in June, the Tofino Co-op will offer paper bags for 10 cents each, reusable cloth bags for $1, and free cardboard boxes to cart groceries home in, according to Surfrider Pacific Rim chair Michelle Hall. Hall added free re-useable bags created by Surfrider’s Stitch ‘n’ Beach group will be available at the Co-op’s entrance. “To date we have made and donated close to 2,000 bags for the community,” Hall beamed. “People are aware that single use plastic is a problem of our generation, and that it isn’t going to go away overnight. So small changes in personal consumerism, like a single use plastic bag
will bring more awareness and inspiration to think, ‘What next?’.” Anyone with clean bags to donate can drop them off at either the Tofino or Ucluelet Co-ops. Hall said moving on from plastic bags should be a no-brainer by now as West Coasters are well aware of what discarded plastics do to beaches and sea life. “Plastic bags were invented as a convenience for shopping, part of the throwaway lifestyle before we knew better. But now we all do know better,” she said. “We remember to bring our very own personalized reusable bag to the store, our cups to the coffee shop and our water bottle to the beach. I love seeing all of the different art, and colours and choices that people have for their re-usables. It’s what defines us. What doesn’t define us, is a wasteful throwaway community, a polluter of the ocean, and a threat to the marine life and food security.” Hall is in Victoria this week to help lobby for a plastic bag ban in the province’s capital. “It makes sense for Victoria to lead the way as the capital of B.C., so that it can support all of the communities in BC who might have struggled with the resources to research and enforce a ban,” she said adding Victoria chapter manager for Surfrider Vancouver Island Gillian Montgomery has been working on banning plastic bags for several years. “This will allow for communities like Pacific Rim to follow suit, and have the tools and resources to present to council
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Tofino Co-op employee Ruthie Gallic is thrilled to hand out reusable bags instead of plastic ones. to enforce a ban here. In the meantime, Surfrider are working with businesses to support voluntarily moving away from plastic bags, and helping to educate and provide alternatives.” She said she has reached out to Tofino mayor Josie Osborne and is researching other communities that have banned plastic bags, but that education must come first. “For Surfrider, it’s important not to seek a bylaw before getting the education and support out to the community,” she said. “We have already proven that so many businesses are seeking ways to move away from single use plastics, and want to be involved. That’s when success and change happen, when the community are behind the campaign, and we know that so many
of the community are.” She noted Tofino’s municipal council supported a voluntary plastic bag ban in 2007. “Lots of amazing people in this community fought to make plastic bags a thing of the past then, but with no bylaw in place, it cannot be enforced,” she said. “I think it’s time to harness that energy that was created back in 2007, that had councillors in agreement that petrochemical-based, single-use plastic bags should be banned, this time with a little more muscle and Surfrider stoke.” She said a survey will begin circulating this month to collect information on plastic bag use and ideas for transitioning away from them.
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