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Ucluelet’s municipal council has written a letter urging the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada to have a closer look at its proposed recovery strategy for orcas before it crushes Ucluelet’s economy with a potential fishery closure. DFO has identified Swiftsure and La Perouse Banks as feeding areas for southern resident killer whales and is considering designating the areas as critical habitats, which West Coast fishers fear could bring closures, particularly to the region’s recreational fishery. “There is no doubt that, if the proposed critical habitat area was implemented today, Ucluelet would be placed into an economic crisis having major financial implications to the community,” Ucluelet council wrote in their letter. Through the letter, Ucluelet asks DFO to pause the designation pursuit until an economic impact assessment has been completed that specifically looks at the potential impacts to coastal communities and also demands further consultation with residents and stakeholders. Mayor Dianne St. Jacques read the letter aloud during Oct. 9’s regular council meeting and council agreed to encourage other communities in the region to work together to find alternative solutions. Continued on A6
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A juvenile bald eagle is soaring above the West Coast again after spending several months recovering at the North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre in Errington. The centre’s Animal Care Supervisor Tawny Molland arrived with the young bird on Sept. 30 and released it off an Hitacu beach, alongside volunteers from the Coastal Animal Rescue and Education Network. “It’s a great success story,” Molland told the Westerly News after the release. “When they come in, they’re injured, they’re down and then to be able to rehab them and be able to release them into the wild, it’s full circle. It’s something that’s truly amazing.” The eagle was discovered covered in a mysterious substance and unable to fly near Ucluelet’s Brown’s Beach in March and the residents who spotted it reached out to the Coastal Animal Rescue and Education Network for help. CARE volunteer Tara Wood swooped into action, capturing the animal and transporting it to Errington for treatment. “They have been absolutely truly amazing this summer, helping me out and bringing injured and orphaned animals to the centre,” Molland said of the CARE Network. “I can call on them anytime.” She said the substance that downed the eagle was never identified, but the bird was bathed and checked for other injuries before building
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up its strength in the centre’s flight cage. “He was good to go…I’m very confident that he’s going to make it. He’s done very well,” she said adding the fall season provides the perfect conditions for the once-again-wild animal to thrive. “We know that there’s going to be a good food source for him and there’s lots of other eagles around, so we know that this is a good time for him to go,” she said. She added that she was happy to invite CARE Network volunteers to witness Sunday’s release. “A lot of people don’t ever get the chance to actually see an eagle being released back into the wild. It is pretty amazing,” she said. CARE co-founder James Rodgers said the network sends dozens of animals to Errington for treatment each year. “It was a very exciting day,” he said. “Days like today can be fairly emotional. It’s great to have these positive events. So often we’re dealing with very sad circumstances…So, to have days like today where we can come out and be together under happy circumstances, in this beautiful place we all call home, really makes it all worthwhile.” Anyone interested in supporting the CARE Network’s efforts should check out their Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/CoastalAnimalRescue or their website at www.Care.ca. “We’re a group of neighbours that are concerned for animals and their well-being as well as the well-being of those animals’ families,” Rodgers explained.
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Vet says Ucluelet sea lion was shot
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A distressed adult male Steller sea lion that was rescued off a Ucluelet beach and transported to the Vancouver Aquarium’s Marine Mammal Rescue Centre last Thursday is believed to have suffered at least one gunshot to the head. “It does look like there’s some pretty serious metal density in his skull so I have to assume they’re some kind of bullet or pellet, fairly large gauge,” the centre’s head veterinarian Dr. Martin Haulena told the Westerly News on Friday. “I don’t know whether it’s one really large bullet that fragmented into two major pieces, but it certainly looks pretty serious.” He said the centre’s staff will try to stabilize the sea lion over the weekend with antibiotics and anti-inflammatory medication to help with the pain it is in before taking a closer look at its injuries next week, but added that the animal’s chances of survival do not look promising. “He’s very lethargic, very weak, he’s been allowing people to come up to him so I have to assume that
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A distressed adult male Steller sea lion rests in a cage after being pulled off a Ucluelet shoreline by a crane on Thursday. Watch video of the rescue at www.WesterlyNews.ca. there’s some pretty serious degree of head trauma,” he said. “Unfortunately, with a big sea lion like that, if he’s letting people approach, it’s usually something pretty serious.” He added the sea lion may have been blinded. “Right now, he’s got one eye tightly shut, the other eye’s pupil is dilated and doesn’t appear to be visual at all. He might be a blind sea
lion, which is obviously a problem for release,” he said. “We really need to evaluate that other eye and then really see what the degree of injury is from the bullets; where they are, what they’ve hurt, what they’ve damaged and evaluate his quality of life as well as whether he can be releasable or not…I’m a bit worried about him for sure.” The sea lion was reported to the Marine Mammal Rescue Centre
and Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada on Oct. 10 and a rescue team assembled in Ucluelet to capture it and transport it to the rescue centre the next day. Collecting the sea lion was a tough task as it had beached itself high up a rocky shoreline near Ucluelet’s fuel dock. The rescue team tranquilized the animal and were assisted by local volunteers to carry it to the edge of a cement wall adjacent to the beach where a Windsor Plywood truck and crane then lifted the sea lion onto a transport vehicle to be taken to the rescue centre. Anyone who spots a marine mammal in distress should never approach the animal, but should instead immediately contact DFO at 1-800-465-4336 or the Marine Mammal Rescue Centre at 604258-7325.
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A sea lice infestation forced Cermaq Canada to shut down its Fortune Channel salmon farm near Tofino over the summer. “Closing the site was the right thing to do as the fish were never going to recover well and would remain a target for sea lice,” Cermaq Canada spokesperson Amy Johnson told the Westerly News in an email. She suggested unusually warm and dry weather in Clayoquot Sound caused “poor environmental conditions for our fish, most notably water quality.”
“The company made the difficult decision to humanely euthanize the fish using a nature based anaesthetic.” – Amy Johnson “The fish entered in the spring of this year, sea lice free, and then experienced challenging water quality conditions which impacted their health and gill condition,” she wrote. The provincial government gave the company permission to use pesticide Paramove50 to treat sea lice at its farms in March of this year, but
that treatment proved insuffient to save the fish at Fortune Channel. “The company made the difficult decision to humanely euthanize the fish using a nature based anaesthetic. This was not an easy decision, but it was the right thing to do for the wild fish as well as our farmed salmon,” Johnson wrote. “As a business we are transparent, we value our relationship with the Ahousaht Nation, the neighbouring Nations and communities as well as the Clayoquot Sound Fisheries roundtable and thus we have openly shared this information, we are committed to operating responsibly in the Sound and safeguarding
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Ucluelet THURSDAY OCTOBER 18, 2018 TIDE 02:40 09:33 15:11 20:54
Metres 1.2 2.6 1.8 2.7
Feet 3.9 8.5 5.9 8.9
14°/8° Cloudy
FRIDAY OCTOBER 19, 2018 TIDE 03:37 10:18 16:05 21:55
Metres 1.2 2.7 1.7 2.8
Feet 3.9 8.9 5.6 9.2
14°/10° Rain
SATURDAY OCTOBER 20, 2018 TIDE 04:22 10:52 16:48 22:44
Metres 1.1 2.9 1.5 2.9
Feet 3.6 9.5 4.9 9.5
16°/7°
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SUNDAY OCTOBER 21, 2018 TIDE 05:01 11:23 17:26 23:28
Metres 1 3 1.2 3
Feet 3.3 9.8 3.9 9.8
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MONDAY OCTOBER 22, 2018 TIDE 05:35 11:52 18:03
Metres 1 3.2 1
Feet 3.3 10.5 3.3
18°/12° Sunny
TUESDAY OCTOBER 23, 2018 TIDE 00:09 06:09 12:21 18:39
Metres 3.1 1 3.3 0.8
Feet 10.2 3.3 10.8 2.6
18°/11° Mostly sunny
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 24, 2018 TIDE 00:50 06:42 12:52 19:15
Metres 3.1 1.1 3.4 0.7
Feet 10.2 3.6 11.2 2.3
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Cast your vote for sanity on homelessness The latest “tent city” atrocity in Nanaimo should have signalled the end of soft, uninformed support by politicians and media for the professional organizers of urban B.C.’s neighbourhood-invading squatter camps. In case you missed it, self-styled anarchist-communist-whatever “housing activists” broke into an elementary school and trashed it. This went beyond the usual squatter filth and scattering of government-supplied needles amid the garbage. The destruction was systematic, smashing doors and windows and tossing desks around to make some kind of deluded political statement. The school district is facing a six-figure security and repair bill. The invaders had time to do this because police didn’t know if they were armed, so they called in the emergency response team for an armoured entry. If this sounds like a response to low-grade terrorism, that’s
because it was. Nanaimo’s notorious tent camps around the baker’s dozen tent camp and its associated crime is of municipalities that make up the Capital Regional District. the latest project of an outfit calling itself Alliance Against Displacement. I It’s apparently quite easy to round started tracing its activities three years up drifters who have been kicked out ago, when green space next to Victoof the region’s many shelters, and ria’s courthouse was taken over by gather them where they can vent their squatters. anger against the system that tries to In 2016, organizer Ivan Drury help them. bused in “supporters” from the Lower Brett constantly plays the IndigeTom Fletcher Mainland to the Victoria camp, where nous “stolen land” card. among other incidents, a CTV camera operator was She says she’s from Bella Coola, and as CFAX radio assaulted. Drury and company boast of establishing host Adam Stirling revealed in the only critical intersquats in Maple Ridge, Abbotsford, the notorious view I’ve found with her, she asserts aboriginal rights Whalley “strip” in Surrey and now Nanaimo. without any effort to contact the Songhees, Esquimalt Island organizer Chrissy Brett burst on the scene or other communities recognized as the actual holders at the Victoria squat, going on to stage a series of of those rights.
Alliance Against Displacement’s mission statement claims B.C.’s housing crisis is caused by “colonialism and capitalism.” The website gives no hint of how it finances its buses, lawyers, and full-time organizers. It merely appeals for donations from those keen to help smash capitalism and disrupt private property rights. A couple of weeks ago, an Alliance squad invaded B.C. Housing Minister Selina Robinson’s constituency office, yelling slogans until they were arrested. Apparently Robinson’s efforts to rush out temporary housing and catered meals for residents of their squatter camps aren’t sufficient. I asked Premier John Horgan about this. He acknowledged that some of these squatters aren’t homeless, and said his priority is to deal with the many “hard to house” people in B.C. Read more at www.WesterlyNews.ca
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Ucluelet urges DFO to keep fisheries open From A1
“It’s basically a call to arms,” said Coun. Randy Oliwa. DFO hosted a public information session on Oct. 4, but that did little to ease local concerns. Sportsfisher Miles Downsbrough told the Westerly News he has been fishing off Ucluelet for roughly 15 years and said any fishery closure would have dramatic impacts on the West Coast. “Bamfield is going to be hugely affected. Ucluelet has other economies to keep it going, but fishing and sport fishing is a big part of the economy here. So that affects everybody, it can affect property values, jobs; it can affect everything right down the line,” he said. He said the implications of the designation remain ambiguous as DFO has not announced what the specific ramifications would be if the designation goes forward. “I don’t really know what I’m fighting for because they’re being really unclear,” he said. During the public input portion of Oct. 9’s council meeting, resident Eric Larsen said he came out of DFO’s information session with none of his questions answered. “It appeared to me that we were just one box that they [DFO] were
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A proposed protected habitat designation could have huge impacts on West Coast fisheries. ticking off to carry on to fulfill their mandate and they couldn’t care less what was happening to us,” he said. “If these people have their way, more than a third of the people you saw in the streets in Ucluelet this summer will be gone…I beg you to start a process to put a stick in the wheels and slow these people down.” He added DFO should be looking into enhanced salmon habitat restoration funding as well as the impacts seals and sea lions have on fish populations before implementing any fishing closures.
Mayor St. Jacques said Ucluelet is working on solutions alongside the Alberni Clayoquot Regional District and Ucluelet Chamber of Commerce. “I don’t think anybody disagrees with your statements. It’s going to have a huge impact on the community,” she said to Larsen. “I agree with you. We should be nervous about this species at risk group. They do pack a big stick and have a lot of power.” She added that everybody recognizes the importance of orcas, but
suggested more research needs to be done for alternative solutions like hatchery funding and investigating predators, while also balancing the economic impact a closure would have on the coastal community. Lara Kemps of the Ucluelet Chamber of Commerce attended a meeting between B.C. Chambers and DFO on Thursday and told the Westerly News after the meeting that the Chamber will continue pushing hard for alternative solutions. “If sports fishing were to close on our Coast, it would devastate our communities,” she said. “We need to find solutions that are beneficial to everyone, like increasing budget and awareness to our hatcheries and creek restoration.” Kemps encourages residents concerned about the potential protected habitat designation to email their concerns and solutions to DFO at SARA/LEP.XNCR@dfo-mpo.gc.ca before Nov. 3 and to also sign a petition being circulated by Ucluelet resident Lynette O’Brien. Courtenay-Alberni MP Gord Johns told the Westerly he has been working with O’Brien and the Chamber on the petition so he can present it to the House of Commons. “We want to make sure that the
government, when they’re identifying critical habitats, get it right because it affects peoples’ livelihoods,” he said. He added that the overwhelming view on the West Coast is that more funding is needed for salmon restoration work and hatcheries, rather than closures. “We’ve heard this right across the board, the spirit of the communities is, if they [DFO] really care about southern resident killer whales, they should inject immediate funds into coastal communities that produce the fish and bring our fish back,” he said. “The sledgehammer approach of a closure that could happen as a result of this critical habitat process isn’t the solution. The solution is bringing back more fish.” He said orcas are a big part of the West Coast’s economy, but added that DFO needs to complete more research before moving forward with the designation. “My role in this is to ensure that the government conducts a fair process,” he said. “We all care about the southern resident killer whale population. There are absolutely serious concerns and legitimate concerns that need to be addressed around their survival.”
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Young art students participate in an after-school Art Club session that sparks their creativty with plein air painting as part of Ultramarine Art Supply’s new youth classes in Tofino.
Art-making for West Coast kids of any age Ultramarine Art Supply welcomes youth to indoor and outdoor creative spaces
ERIN LINN MCMULLAN Special to the Westerly
Tucked inside a funky little two-storey house around the corner from Fourth Street on Main Street in Tofino, Ultramarine Art Supply is jam-packed with art supplies, art-making spaces indoors and out—including a sun-filled deck and courtyard—and a killer espresso machine for parents accompanying their children or adults dropping in to open studio night. Owner Erin McGillivray, in a knit-sweater threaded through with a rainbow of colours, is on hand to help provide guidance to customers seeking specialty supplies and to admire the handiwork of children’s finger-knitting as they check in from the afterschool program being supervised in the brightly-lit back room. From Tiny Artists (age 1.5 up) through Youth Art Night (10-17), all programs offer child-led exploration, allowing children to develop their own sense of self-expression and to
“What I think Tofino needs is space to create and exchange inspiration.” – Erin McGillivray experience art as a process. “Children love art,” says McGillivray, “It allows them to think creatively and get messy.” Having a space like that can get messy removes the inhibitions of the art process, she explains. “Through art children learn how to express their own ideas and feelings, develop fine motor skills, reasoning, social and emotional development, independence and learn that they can do it,” she says. She explains that Ultramarine started offering classes “because we love making art and it seemed like a nice way to experience that with the community. It’s great to see kids and adults immediately drop in, create
and play in the space. There is a real desire for learning in our community and art is just one of the areas we are able to contribute to.” Art-making also promotes bonding and communication whether between parent-and-child or peerto-peer. The emphasis is on process over product, whether it’s allowing “each little artist’s voice to heard in their own work,” or fostering positive social interaction and talent as part of a youth-only art collective. A new technique is explored each week and, while supplies are provided with drop-in fee, youth are encouraged to bring along a journal to catalogue their experiences. Stressing the incredible work coming out of Youth Art Night, McGillivray suggests the more avenues like this that exist for youth, the better. She credits Clayoquot Biosphere Trust and Tofino Arts Council for helping to kick-start this drop-in program. “A healthy community needs art…
Tofino has a really great art scene that is created by the community but we just don’t know about it. Everything from Mark Hobson painting in his gallery, Carmen Larsen’s workshops at the Botanical Gardens, Andrea Fergusson’s life drawing, Creative Tofino’s workshops, TAC’s workshops, all the events that PRAS facilitates, Guerrilla art openings that just happen and are amazing,” says McGillivray. “What I think Tofino needs is space to create and exchange inspiration. Facilitating open studio has shown us that. We have a fluid community and with that comes a lot of chances to learn new techniques and ideas. Creating successful art equals a sense of accomplishment and fulfillment and that is important for one’s well being.” “We believe strongly in the importance of art to a community’s well being and we want to encourage the creativity and ‘out of the box’ thinking that happens when children are exposed to art activities,” said Mau-
reen Fraser, Tofino Arts Council. Fergusson, parenting five boys from infant to teenage, points out “that the ability to approach the world from a holistic perspective is related to art and our creative encouragement and development from a young age.” Larsen, who has also worked as a children’s arts educator adds, “Erin at Ultramarine Art Supply has delivered a much-needed creative space in our community delivering programming to all ages, especially children and youth…Creative expression is a vital component in the development of a community’s vibrancy, uniqueness, and collective story.” Ultramarine Art Supply is located at 451 Main St. in Tofino. Drop-in programs include: Tiny Artists (Age 1.5 and up): Tuesday, Friday 10-11 a.m. ($15 including materials and a coffee) and Youth Art Night (10-17), Tuesdays 5-6 p.m. ($10 including materials). For more information visit: www. facebook.com/ultramarineartsupply.
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From Oct. 15-29, people from across B.C. will show their support of sustainable transport and a healthier way to commute by taking on the GoByBike challenge. “Whether you’re new to biking or have been doing if for years, the goal is to try to be on your bicycle as much as you can,” said GoByBike Ucluelet co-ordinator and local teacher Ellen Perkins. To encourage participation, GoByBike is offering numerous prizes, including a chance to win a magical eight days cycling through the landscapes of Italy’s biggest island, Sicily. GoByBike allows you to track and follow you and your team or communities’ kilometers travelled. Registration is easy, simply visit: GoByBikeBC.ca/ucluelet. Participants can sign-up as a solo rider or as a team. “This is the first time we’re having [GoByBike] in Ucluelet. I thought it would be pretty awesome for the students here to have more celebration around biking to school,” said Perkins. “So many of them already do it. So many of them already live that lifestyle, so it’s just a chance to cel-
“I thought it would be pretty awesome for the students here to have more celebration around biking to school.” – Ellen Perkins ebrate what they are already doing,” she adds. Two free events are scheduled in Ucluelet during the GoByBike challenge. On Friday, Oct. 19 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. students in Grade 4 or higher will receive a full day of fun working on bike skills at the Ucluelet’s Seaplane Base. “We have a class set of bicycles, helmets, locks, and safety vests that will be used during the program,” said Perkins. “If you are without a bike, we’ll get you fitted.” There are 40 spots available for this free Pro-D day event. Anyone interested can sign-up at the Ucluelet Community Centre. On Tuesday, Oct. 23 from 4 to 6 p.m. a Celebration Station will be set up at the UAC Hall. Rain or shine, there will be snacks, free tune-ups and prizes, notes Perkins. Funding and support for the weeklong cycling initiative was provided
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School teacher Ellen Perkins is bringing B.C.’s GoByBike challenge to Ucluelet for the first-time. In conjunction with the cycle challenge, a free Pro-D day event for students Grade 4 and up is set for Oct. 19 at the Seaplane Base.
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Dianne St. Jacques led her last regular council meeting as Ucluelet’s mayor last week. St. Jacques, who was Ucluelet’s mayor from 1999-2008 and again from 2014-present, is not running for re-election this month. “This is the last time you’ll see the five of us sitting here,” she noted during the ‘Mayor’s Announcements’ portion of Oct. 9’s meeting. “I’d personally like to thank council for their hard work. All these four people are running again for various positions, as you all know, and I wish them all luck. And, I certainly want to thank all our staff and everybody that’s worked so hard with us and for us for these last four years.” Of Ucluelet’s four current councillors, Marilyn McEwen is the only one running for a council seat again as councillors Randy Oliwa and Mayco Noel are both running for mayor and Sally Mole is running for School District 70’s board. “I wish the new council lots of good times and successful projects,” St. Jacques said.
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Outgoing mayor Dianne St. Jacques was presented with flowers by Ucluelet’s Chief Administrative Officer Mark Boysen during her final Ucluelet council meeting on Oct. 9. She reminded the audience to remember to make sure they vote on Oct. 20. At the end of the meeting, St. Jacques was presented with a gift from Ucluelet’s Chief Administrative
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SD70 candidates hold court in Tofino Travel time a hot button issue ANDREW BAILEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca
The West Coast will vote in a new school board trustee on Oct. 20. Incumbent Gurmail Aujla initially put his name forward for re-election, but told the Westerly News that he withdrew himself from the ballot after seeing two strong candidates he knew and respected, Sally Mole and Sandra Leslie, were running. “I put my name in because I was a bit leery of the type of person that might end up wanting to become school board trustee,” he said. “I was very happy to see both of these ladies apply. I’m not going to endorse either one of them. Whichever person the communities choose, they will have a person that will represent them well. I’m really glad with that.” Aujla said he enjoyed his time on the school board over the past six years, but is looking forward to traveling more often during his retirement. He said he prefers to stay on the West Coast during the summer and his school board schedule did not allow for much travel time during the fall. “My advice to either of these two candidates is to have an open mind. Go to Port Alberni and remember that we are one district…And, yes, we need to make sure that the West Coast students and the community isn’t left behind,” he said. “Every time that you look at an issue, ask yourself, ‘What can I do to best support the students in this community,’ because really that’s who you’re representing. You’re representing the students.” Sally Mole and Sandra Leslie both participated in an informal sit down with community members hosted at the Tofino Botanical Gardens on Saturday where participants engaged in a free-flowing conversation to get a
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School District 70 West Coast trustee candidates Sandra Leslie and Sally Mole smile together after participating in an informal forum at the Tofino Botanical Gardens on Saturday.
“Whichever person the communities choose, they will have a person that will represent them well.” – Gurmail Aujla
handle on each candidates’ priorities. The most predominant issue raised during the event was the travel time Tofino students spend commuting to Ucluelet Secondary School and whether either candidate would support adding extra grades to Tofino’s Wickaninnish Community School, which currently goes to Grade 7. Both candidates told the Westerly News after the meeting that they
would need to hear from a larger contingent of Tofitians to get a better understanding of the travel concerns. “That’s one that I’m not sure how to solve,” Mole said. “There was some talk about starting school a bit later [in the day], which may be an option. We all know teenagers are hard to get out of bed. I think that is something to be discussed, but in a broader sense because I’d like to hear from other parents.” She added she would support adding Grade 8 in Tofino so that students are not traveling until Grade 9. Sandra Leslie said she would need to talk to the school board to determine the costs of adding additional resources in Tofino. “I know there is travel for many, many students all over the province
and is it something that drives families away from their areas as well,” she said. “I don’t know how to resolve that. Having the grade 8’s [in Tofino] and providing them with programming that is done at the highs school would be really expensive, so it’s a big dollars and cents issue.” Both candidates assured they would lobby hard for new schools to be built on the West Coast to ensure students are learning in seismically safe and welcoming facilities and both said having a strong local voice at School District 70 is vital. “It is the person who is representing the West Coast at the school board table, bringing those issues to the table and having that reasonable, respectful dialogue that shows the remaining trustees what the issues
are on our kids,” Mole said. “The West Coast trustee is the conduit for communication, from the board to the Coast and from the Coast to the board.” Leslie noted the needs of Tofino and Ucluelet’s schools are not the same as in the Alberni Valley. “We have different needs, we have smaller resources and the West Coast representative is the person who is going to fight to get as many resources as we should be getting and to get the supports as best we can for these small, rural schools,” she said. “I’m interested in getting some more funding and some more supports and looking at some positive changes on the West Coast.” The election will be held on Oct. 20 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Tofino council approves increase in stipends ANDREW BAILEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca
Tofino’s municipal council approved a pay increase for their successors last week. During last week’s regular meeting, council unanimously supported a new Council Remuneration Bylaw that will add an estimated $40,000 to council’s overall salary. Under the new bylaw, the base-rate for each councillor would be set at $15,000 and the base-rate for the mayor would be set at $30,000. Under the current bylaw, the councillor base-rate is $11,410 and the mayor’s base-rate is $19,708.
“We’re increasing it from a pittance to a slightly larger pittance.” – Greg Blanchette The pay increase was one of several recommendations put forward by an advisory committee struck to investigate Tofino’s Council Renumeration Bylaw. “Some of the things that are incredibly hard to quantify when you consider workload are the impacts on personal life, the lack of just getting a coffee
and being yourself and not mayor or councillor,” said committee member Kyle Meagher during a presentation to council. Fellow committee member Bobby Lax said the increase in compensation could encourage more residents to run for council and could also help with continuity. “To keep them more than one term when they’re in the dollar-earning time of their life, maybe this is a slight step closer,” he said. Coun. Greg Blanchette, who is not running for re-election, said the increase was the right move.
“We’re increasing it from a pittance to a slightly larger pittance,” he said. “I appreciate the work that the advisory committee has done and the heat they’ve taken off of us as council setting our own pay rate.” Coun. Al Anderson agreed. “I think this is the first time that council really did it right by getting a committee outside of council to do this work and also to do it at the end of a term,” he said. Coun. Duncan McMaster voted in favour of the increase, but said the move would not be popular amongst residents, especially considering the tax
increases on their way to pay for Tofino’s proposed sewage treatment facility. “The timing stinks. We know we’re going to have big tax increases next year and we’re going to be approving a pay increase,” he said. “Perception wise, it will not look good. We will face some flak.” The increase in council’s pay would lead to a roughly 1.33 per cent tax increase if it is covered entirely through taxation, though whether the money could be found in the current budget without a tax increase has not yet been discussed, according to Tofino’s Director of Finance Nyla Attiana.
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Police confident they are ready for legal pot Although police are ready for cannabis to be legalized Wednesday, detachments across the country will take a “day-by-day” approach, Canadian Association of Police Chiefs president Adam Palmer told reporters Monday. “I’m here to tell Canadians that police are ready,” Palmer, who is Vancouver’s police chief, said. “It’s important to remember that while the legal recreational use of cannabis will new to Canadians, enforcing laws around impaired driving and the illegal production, distribution and consumption of cannabis will not be new to police.” Canada will become the second country, after Uruguay, to legalize marijuana on Oct. 17. In B.C., pot will be sold at BC Liquor Distribution Branch operated stores, online and by private retailers. Currently, only one bricks-and-mortar government store in Kamloops is set to open on Wednesday, and the province said that 62 of the 173 applications for private stores have been sent onto local governments for final approval. Palmer acknowledged that with 15 per cent of Canadians having used pot in the past three months, it will take time before users move away from the black market. “Millions and millions of Canadians are smoking pot… almost all of them have gotten it from illegal sources,” said Palmer. “When the law changes on [Oct.[ 17, you’re not going to see big changes overnight. We’ll change that balance where it’s not coming from an illicit supply, it’s coming from a legitimate supply.” Palmer said that setting legal pot prices low enough to supplant illicit marijuana dealers will be key to shutting out a black market he says has funded organized crime across Canada for decades. But despite the new laws, Palmer said that there were “no big raids or anything planned” for Oct. 17 and that enforcement of the country’s new pot laws will have to fit into an already busy police priority list. “It’s good to have a clear direction… but in the scheme of things, marijuana is important but it is not the most important thing going on in the country,” Palmer said. “Fentanyl kills a lot of people… marijuana doesn’t.” Things like smoking in prohibited places will likely fall to municipal bylaw officers, while large-scale imports, exports and production will fall to police detachments. Closing down illegal pot shops will be a joint effort between the province and police, Palmer said. In B.C., Palmer said that pot will be treated more like alcohol than tobacco. “You can’t walk down the street and drink a bottle of beer but you will be able to walk down the street and smoke marijuana in this province,” said Palm-
Canada becomes the second country in the world to legalize marijuana on Oct. 17.
ISLAND IN BRIEF er. “If somebody’s walking down the street smoking a cigarette, the police aren’t coming up to them and seeing if that tobacco is purchased at the 7-11 or they purchased it illegally from a tobacco trafficker.” If people smoke in areas they aren’t allowed to, they won’t be arrested, Palmer noted. “Nobody’s going to jail for something like that.” Although the federal government approved the Drager DrugTest 5000 inSeptember, many police forces across Canada won’t be rolling it out right away. Instead, Palmer said, they’ll be relying on the standard field sobriety test that’s been used for years. “It doesn’t fit the need for every agency,” said Palmer, noting it would be an “additional tool” for police. Palmer’s own Vancouver police won’t be using the drug test. – www.VancouverIslandFreeDaily.com Nestle, Tim Hortons, McDonald’s among Canada’s top plastic polluters NAs volunteers worked to clean up five shorelines across Canada in September, a majority of the plastic garbage could be traced back to five major companies – including one hailed by some as a national emblem. Greenpeace Canada hosted its Break Free From Plastic audit last month, which totalled 239 cleanups around the world including in Tofino, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax.
A total of 2,231 pieces of identifiable trash was collected, according to Sarah King, head of Greenpeace Canada’s oceans and plastics campaign. Of the trash, 46 per cent came from Nestle, Tim Hortons, PepsiCo., Coca-Cola Company and McDonald’s products. Black Press Media has reached out to each company for comment. In a news release, King said it’s not surprising to her that large conglomerates made the top five list, given the “billions” of single-use plastic packaged products under each brand. “Pop and water bottles, rogue bottle caps, Lay’s chip bags, Kit Kat and Coffee Crisp bar wrappers; chances are that any cleanup conducted will reveal plastic pollution associated with these companies,” she said. King also pointed to Tim Horton’s “infamous” throwaway coffee cups. Plastic-lined drink cups were the third most common type of plastic item found, she said, after plastic bottles. Tim Hortons, McDonald’s and Starbucks were the main contributors. “… It’s no wonder that the prevalence of these cups at our cleanup and audit locations landed this company in the second top polluter spot in Canada,” she said. “I wonder what Sidney Crosby and other hockey players think about their face being on those cups now?” In a emailed statement, a Tim Hortons spokesperson said they recognize everyone has a responsibility to limit environmental impacts on the planet. “That’s why Tim Hortons is actively working on a packaging strategy that includes the function, design and environmental footprint,” the statement reads. McDonald’s Canada said that while the vast majority of its packaging is fiber-based, approximately 20 per-
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cent globally is plastic, mainly due to the functionality, food safety, and convenience it provides. Earlier this year, McDonalds announced goals to source fully from renewable, recycled, or certified sources by 2025. “We understand that recycling infrastructure, regulations and consumer behaviors vary from city to city and country to country, but we plan to be part of the solution and help influence powerful change,” it said. Meanwhile, the top plastic found came in the form of colourful food wrappers. PepsiCo said its working with experts and investing in bringing the latest sustainable packaging advances to market. “We are committed to achieving 100 [per cent] recyclable, compostable or biodegradable packaging by 2025,” a spokesperson told Black Press Media. King said a large number of products from other well-known companies were found during the cleanups, including The Hershey Company, Loblaw Companies Ltd., Danone, Costco Wholesale Corporation and Metro Inc. – www.VancouverIslandFreeDaily.com Indigenous tourism blossoming on Vancouver Island Naomi Nicholson knows the allure of Indigenous cultural experiences. The Port Alberni entrepreneur is banking on that attraction driving traffic to her new First Nations-focused guest house, the first of its kind for the Alberni Valley on central Vancouver Island.Nicholson is one of a growing number of people and First Nations on Vancouver Island who see Indigenous tourism as an untapped market. Nicholson and her husband Ed opened Chims Guest House in July west of Port Alberni and it has a distinct coastal First Nations flavour.
Chims is the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nation word for bear, which are known to wander through the back of their property. “I’m proud of my Ahousaht background and I am a Tseshaht First Nation band member,” says Nicholson. When she married Ed, she joined the Tseshaht FN, which has unceded territory around the Alberni Valley. Nicholson’s guest house and separate business, the Secluded Wellness Centre, are located on Tseshaht land. Nicholson has a Bachelor of Tourism Management and has taught customer service classes. She had an opportunity to travel to Hawaii, where she was mesmerized by the Polynesian Cultural Centre and the shows featuring Hawaiian culture. “All along I said why aren’t First Nations (in Canada) doing this? I’ve been talking for years that I’ve wanted someone to do this here.” When she realized that no one else in her region was going to step up and start offering the type of cultural experiences she saw in Hawaii, Nicholson turned to the Nuu-chah-nulth Economic Development Corporation for financial assistance and she and Ed built the guest house. Already, Chims is attracting a global audience from AirBnB—visitors who appreciate the Indigenous accoutrements in the suite. “We’ve had people from Paris, Saskatoon, California,” she says. “We have people from Ottawa coming…we’ve had one local couple that got married and spent their first night here.” Nicholson is breaking what she calls the stereotype that Indigenous people can’t be successful in business. She’s also welcoming the world to come and learn about her culture. “I really feel there’s a shift in First Nations culture,” she says. “People are understanding the residential school issue. My generation, we can choose to change that cycle. There’s opportunities for us. Our culture has come full circle where people aren’t fearful of us, they’re curious about us.” The Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada (ITAC) set some lofty goals in its 2016-2021 business plan to expand indigenous tourism across the country, and Nicholson fits squarely with the association’s vision. ITAC predicts more than 40,200 jobs for Indigenous tourism workers by 2021, with 50 new tourism operators at “export-ready” status by the same time. The organization also predicts a $300 million increase in the annual Canadian GDP from Indigenous tourism by then. Are their goals realistic? That remains to be seen. However, Destination Canada noted that the number of reported international visits reached an all-time high in 2017. The trend for tourists seems to be indulging in cultural experiences instead of simply sightseeing. – www.AlberniValleyNews.com
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GOBYBIKE WEEK, Oct. 1529 in Ucluelet. See page 8 of the paper for details.. BIODYNAMIC GARDENING WORKSHOP, Thursday, Oct. 18. 5-7 p.m. at the Tofino Botanical Gardens. Join the Tofino Community Food Initiative for an informative discussion about Biodynamic Barrel Compost & Trees as Cosmic Harmonizers. Admission is by donation. TREASURE OF THE TIDE, Friday, Oct. 19. 10 a.m. at Big Beach in Ucluelet. Join trail ambassador to discover treasures carried on each tide. MUNICIPAL ELECTION, Saturday, Oct. 20. Voting places open 8am to 8pm. UKEE OKTOBEERFEST, Saturday, Oct. 20. 7pm till late at Ucluelet’s ANAF. Sausages, Pretzels & other tasty euro snacks to keep you satiated, while you drink to you hearts content! Accompanied Minors allowed until 9pm! ANAF Members Free, guests $5. MOVIE NIGHT, Monday, Oct. 22. Show at 8 p.m. in the Clayoquot Theatre. ‘Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again’. PICNIC MEATS OPEN HOUSE, Friday, Oct. 19. 6:30-8:30pm at 700 Industrial Way, Tofino. Come by to see the new space, hangout with staff, get a tour of the production area and eat snacks!
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CHI GONG, Wednesdays, 10:30-11:30am, UCC Main Hall. $2 drop-in. SOUP LUNCH, Thursdays, noon-1:30pm at the UCC. No charge, all welcome.. BADMINTON, Sundays, 7-9pm. USS Gym. $2 drop-in. DARTS, Mondays, 7pm. Tofino Legion. FOOD BANK, Tuesdays, 1-3pm. 160 Seaplane Base, Ucluelet. PICKLEBALL, Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays. 8am-noon at the Tofino Community Hall or Tennis courts (if sunny). Pickleball, a game that is a cross between tennis, badminton and ping pong. Free drop in. Gear provided. TOFINO CLAYOQUOT HERITAGE MUSEUM, Wednesdays to Saturdays. 12:30-4p.m. in the Tofino Legion Basement. By Donation.
service TOFINO BIBLE FELLOWSHIP Sundays, 10:30am. Tofino Legion.
Saturday, Oct. 20, 12:30pm - 4:30pm, on the Dock at the Bottom of First Street, Tofino. Sunday, Oct. 21, 12:30pm - 3:30pm, on the Dock at the bottom of Main Street, Ucluelet. The 2018 PromoScience Expedition will bring the Canadian Coast Guard research ship the CCGS Vector to students and their communities on the west coast of Vancouver Island. The ship will be loaded with a crew of scientists, marine research equipment and displays of research from the area surrounding our ports of call. You are invited to come onboard to find out about marine research in your area. Free transportation will be provided from Hitacu, Esowista, and Ty-Histanis. Visit: www.westcoastnest.org/events for details.
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ST. AIDAN’S WITHOUT WALLS, Service: Sunday at 4 p.m. at Ucluelet Community Centre. Except for first Sunday of each month when service is at St. Columba. Bible Study: Thursdays, 10:15-11:45 a.m. at UCC.
ST. COLUMBA CHURCH Sundays, 10:30am. GRACE BIBLE CHURCH, Sundays at 10:30am at UCC.
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Restaurant Hours: SPA Hours: Breakfast: 8:00 am to 11:00 am Sun–Tues, 9am to 5pm WILD BEAN CAFE Lunch: 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm Wed–Sat, 9am to 7pm Hours of Operations: Dinner: Starting at 5:30 pm, (Last seating at 9:30 pm) 7am to 2pm (food service until 10:00pm)
Entertainment Guide LIVE MUSIC EVERY THURSDAY October 4 - Sean Hogan October 11 - Mark Crissinger October 18 - Whitey Somers October 25 - Lance Lapointe
TOFINO LEGION MEMBERS & GUESTS - Info: Call 250-725-3361 All Canadian Citizens and Many Others are Welcome to Join – No Military History Needed
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INDUSTRY TUESDAYS at the Legion w/ The Funkee Wadd and Friends Tuesday, October 16 Doors at 9pm. Come join The Funkee Wadd and Friends getting it all kinds of dancey every Tuesday Night! Free admission, tight vibes, good people!
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REGULAR EVENTS GAMES & SOCIAL FRIDAYS 4-11pm • Drop in Pool, Ping Pong, Foosball, Darts DART LEAGUE MONDAYS 7pm BINGO! WEDNESDAYS 7-9pm THE OUT TO LUNCH BUNCH Monthly seniors’ lunch and socializing at the Legion. All seniors welcome. For details: 250-726-6655.
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