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Woman breaks leg at Half Moon Bay ANDREW BAILEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca
First responders rescued a woman who had broken her leg on an isolated beach in the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve during a massive storm on Dec. 20. The Ucluelet Volunteer Fire Brigade, Westcoast Insland Search and Rescue, B.C. Ambulance and Park Reserve personnel worked together to conduct the rescue around 10:30 a.m. at Half Moon Bay. “We all had our hands on the stretcher, packing it up the stairs and rolling it along the trail and making sure she got Ted Eeftink all the way out to the ambulance,” Westcoast Inland Search and Rescue manager Garth Cameron told the Westerly News. “Trees were cracking around us. I heard some serious thumps. Branches were coming down as we were responding down the trails.” Ucluelet Fire Chief Ted Eeftink noted the beach at Half Moon is isolated and rescuers had to navigate through about two kilometres of trail before reaching the roughly 150 steep wooden steps leading down to the beach. Continued on A3
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SURFRIDER SEWS SUCCESS: Michelle Hall, Josie Osborne, Kelby Holmes and Liam Cook had a blast crafting reuseable plastic-alternative creations during December’s Surfrider Pacific Rim Stitch ‘n’ Beach event at the Tofino Botanical Gardens. The popular Stitch ‘n’ Beach initiative was recently awarded $10,000 from the Aviva Community Fund. Read about it on page 2 and check out a video of the event at www.WesterlyNews.ca.
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SOMETIMES, EVEN THE It’s about to get even easier to stitch it rather than ditching NATURAL BEAUTIES itMOST on the West Coast. The Surfrider Foundation’s NEED Pacific Rim Chapter cappedSOME TLC off 2018 with a well-earned The Wickaninnish Inn will be closed for maintenance starting celebration as the plastic-fightJanuary 2nd. In theStitch meantime, please accept our thanks for ing group’s popular ‘n’ Beach all yourprogram support received this year.aWe look forward to welcoming you $10,000 prizewe from the Aviva back when reopen February 1st at 4 pm! Please feel free Community Fund. The fund to call us atvoting 250.725.3100 uses online to find in- for Gift Certificates or to book Ancient Cedars Spa or The Pointe Restaurant in 2019. spiring community initiatives that “bring people together and make change within their ANDREW BAILEY PHOTO community,” according to Avi- Michelle Hall grates beeswax to create a bees wax wraps that can be used va’s website. as an alternative to saran wrap during a Dec. 11 Stitch ‘n’ Beach event. Aviva dished out over $1 million to programs across Surfrider launched Stitch ‘n’ Holmes who has been excited Canada this year with over Beach in 2016 with the goal of to see the connections created one million votes tallied and 60 creating 1,000 re-useable bags across generations. “Stitch ‘n’ Beach events are winners chosen. Scoring a spot to help West Coast commuamong the top 60 vote getters nities transition away from amazing because they get so across the country was a tre- plastic bags. The program many different people from mendous score for Surfrider’s has since doubled that goal different age groups into one West Coast operation, which and has evolved into monthly room to share a general inworks in a region of roughly events that spread awareness terest in crafts and sewing,” 5,500 people. about the impacts of single-use she said. “There’s some really “It took a lot of leverage and plastics and teach community amazing people in our coma lot of hustling for all of the members how to create their munity and it’s really great to community to get online and own plastic-alternative prod- get to meet them and share this vote for the Stitch ‘n’ Beach ucts. shared curiosity of trying to program,” Surfrider past-chair “It also supports the idea of do projects and get rid of sinMichelle Hall told the West- ‘fix it don’t ditch it,’” Hall said. gle-use plastics.” erly News during December’s “You can come and bring your She added the $10,000 prize Stitch ‘n’ Beach event. torn items, learn how to fix will go towards buying new “It was really supportive be- them, and you can leave feel- sewing machines to expand the cause it shows the communi- ing happy and fantastic that group’s reuseable bag-buildty values this program, values you’ve done all this great work ing capacity and offering more the community that it brings moving away from plastics.” events in more communities together and they want it to Stitch ‘n’ Beach events are led throughout the region.Read continue.” by Surfrider volunteer Kelby more at www.westerlynews.ca.
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DFO declares critical habitats
West Coast facing fisheries closures
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West Coast fishers received some frightening news just before Christmas as Swiftsure and LaPerouse Banks were officially declared critical habitats for B.C.’s endangered southern resident killer whales, which could mean fisheries closures are coming. Canada’s Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada Jonathan Wilkinson made the announcement on Dec. 19. “These new critical habitat orders build on existing critical habitat areas to help protect the habitat necessary for the survival and recovery of both southern resident and northern resident killer whales,” he said. “While these orders will prohibit the destruction of critical habitat caused by human activities, there is more work to do to determine how specific other activities on the water must be managed in order to achieve this.” He said DFO has identified three specific threats to killer whale populations: a lack of chinook salmon to eat, disturbances from vessels and environmental contaminants in the ocean. That has led the federal government to reduce chinook
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Feet 5.2 11.5 2.3 9.5
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DFO has declared Swiftsure and LaPerouse Banks critical habitats for killer whales, which could lead to fisheries closures. harvesting levels in some areas and fisheries closures in others, while also moving vessel traffic away from foraging areas and funding new and upgraded sewage treatment facilities in Vancouver and Victoria. Both Tofino and Ucluelet’s chambers of commerce have been vocally leery of the critical habitat designation’s impact on the West Coast’s economy. Wilkinson said DFO will work with communities and stakeholders to determine the specific measures that will be taken
now that the critical habitats have been declared. “Such measures could include additional restrictions on fisheries and the creation of whale sanctuaries, which would require additional restrictions on transportation and other sectors,” he said. “We will work to address concerns expressed by some coastal communities in particular regarding potential economic impacts of any proposed measures.” He added that “Canadians care
very deeply about the fate of these majestic whales,” and that the new critical habitat designations would help their survival and recovery. “I cannot overemphasize the point that protecting species at risk in this country is a shared responsibility of all Canadians,” he said. “When it comes to British Columbia’s killer whales, the world is certainly watching. Bold action is what these iconic mammals need to recover and bold action is what our government is taking.”
Storm shuts down Park Reserve From A1 “It’s a pretty big task to get a person mobilized in a stretcher and then get her up to the top of the stairs,” he said adding the weather conditions at the time were “very nasty.” “Trees were breaking off in the forest, limbs were coming down…I could hear them snapping off, it was like a rifle going off,” he said, adding rescuers needed a power saw to get back out. “They had a couple trees come down on the trail and they had to cut them out of the way to get back out of the trail. It wasn’t a super easy rescue, that’s for sure.” He added that he was impressed by how the different agencies worked together. “They worked as a very collaborative group. Things just went along so nice and smooth,” he said. “Everybody feels good,” Cameron said. “It’s what we always want: a successful ending, getting somebody out safely.” It remains unclear how the woman’s injury occurred, though a post on CoastSmart’s Facebook page suggested it was caused by logs being tossed around the beach by strong tides.
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TIDE 04:57 11:01 17:53
Metres 1.7 3.5 0.6
Feet 5.6 11.5 2.0
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SATURDAY JANUARY 5, 2019 TIDE 00:23 05:38 11:39 18:30
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SUNDAY JANUARY 6, 2019 TIDE 01:00 06:16 12:15 19:04
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11°/6° Cloudy
MONDAY JANUARY 7, 2019 TIDE 01:35 06:53 12:51 19:37
Metres 3 1.7 3.5 0.6
Feet 9.8 5.6 11.5 2.0
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TUESDAY JANUARY 8, 2019 TIDE 02:09 07:30 13:26 20:10
Metres 3 1.7 3.4 0.6
Feet 9.8 5.6 11.2 2.0
10°/5° Cloudy
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 9, 2019 TIDE 02:43 08:08 14:02 20:42
Metres 3 1.7 3.3 0.7
Feet 9.8 5.6 10.8 2.3
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Pacific Rim National Park staff joined Ucluelet Volunteer Fire Brigade, B.C. Ambulance and Westcoast Inland Search and Rescue personel to evacuate a woman with a broken leg from Half Moon Bay on Dec. 20. The Pacific Rim National Park Reserve had warned goers of potential stormy conditions on Dec. 19 and officially closed all of its beaches around 11 a.m. on Dec. 20 before ultimately closing all trails, beaches and parking lots at 2 p.m.
that day. “Our visitor safety crew is monitoring the situation throughout the weekend and will open the areas up if we feel it is safe,” Park Reserve’s Promotion Officer Crystal Bolduc told the Westerly News on Friday.
“People should heed the closures.” As of Dec. 27, Wick Road had reopened as had the Wickaninnish Beach parking lots, but closures remained in most of the Park Reserve including Florencia Bay and the Half Moon Bay trail.
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Premier John Horgan discusses past year in politics B.C. legislature columnist Tom Fletcher’s yearend review with Premier John Horgan TF: Premier, it’s been an eventful year, and one of the highlights is a referendum on electoral reform. You have said many times that reform is needed so that a minority of voters don’t control the direction of the province. The turnout was just a little over 40 per cent. How do you square that apparent contradiction? JH: Well, you don’t say that if a mayor and council that are elected with 20 per cent of the voters turning out that they’re not legitimate. Democracy is about showing up. I’m pleased that we got 41-42 per cent voter turnout for a mid-term mail-in referendum. I think that speaks to a significant interest in the subject matter, and I’m encouraged by that.
I campaigned to have a referendum. My Green colleagues preferred to just implement proportional representation. I wasn’t prepared to do that, and I have every confidence in the wisdom of B.C. voters and will live by the decision that they send us.
really to phase out natural gas for home heating?
JH: The intent is to decarbonize our economy, absolutely. We have abundant natural gas, and we’re using that to advantage in most parts of B.C. We’re now in a position to export natTF: You suggested voters should ural gas to other jurisdictions after Tom Fletcher take a leap of faith. Any regrets about the final investment decision by LNG that? Canada, the largest private sector investment in B.C., in fact in Canadian history. I’m very proud JH: Not at all. Life is a leap of faith. Getting of that, and we’re going to continue to meet our up in the morning is a leap of faith. We live in an targets, our obligations as a sub-national governantagonistic world. I’m an optimist and I think ment within Canada.And we’re also going to conevery time you’re stepping forward and making tinue to grow our economy. We’ve led the country progress, that’s a good thing. in economic growth, the lowest unemployment for 15 consecutive months, so I’m bullish on our TF: In your new climate plan, is the intention future and it will be a cleaner future.
TF: Speaking of LNG Canada, you embraced Christy Clark’s argument that B.C. gas can displace coal in Asia, but emissions from that operation here will be significant. Can electric cars and solar panels on houses really make up for that? JH: We need to electrify our economy. That includes our industrial activity. With the support of the B.C. Business Council, we have an MOU with them, the largest employers in the province, the largest investors in our resource economy but not just the resource economy. So we’re going to work together with organized labour, industry, the environmental community, Indigenous peoples and regular folks to make sure that we meet our targets and we continue to have a prosperous and dynamic economy. Read the full interview at www.westerlynews.ca.
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POWERLINES AND WIND DON’T MIX I know it’s a crazy concept and it may be way out there, but wind, trees and powerlines don’t mix well. Happens we have plenty of the first two in addition to a lingering threat of tsunamis. I guess the sirens use power? How about BC Hydro starts putting these lines underground, considering the vulnerability of our communities out here? In addition to this, downed powerlines or hydro poles create additional obstacles for first responders or those driving to safety. Putting the lines underground should not be optional. Jens Heyducks Ucluelet
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Is it or is it not free this year? Every mainstream drugstore is offering flu shots with no mention of fees or collection of fees once it has been administered. Removing the cost barrier, location barrier, and specific vaccine schedule, there is limited rationale for not walking in and getting one’s flu vaccine. There are specific individuals with allergies to eggs, past reaction to flu vaccines, and Guillain-Barré Syndrome that should not be vaccinated. There are other exceptions, but generally, it’s there for the taking. Susanne Bruneau
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FLYING CARS MAY APPEAR IN URBAN SKIES BY 2023: All around considering how people drive actual cars I think this is a really bad idea... just my opinion.
SMALL ISLAND RUNS OUT OF GAS, GROCERIES AS POWER STAYS OFF: Hopefully a time when people pull together to help each other out. Cathy Bush
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Tourist claims Tofino has ‘gone to the dogs’
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A tourist has vowed never to return to Tofino because he believes offleash dogs have robbed the town’s beaches of the serenity he travels for. “It is sadly, a free for all when it comes to dogs running free, their dog feces dropped openly, and a general arrogance and entitlement when it comes to dog owners. I’ve experienced this more and more each year I visit the region,” Jim Karman wrote in a letter that was reviewed by Tofino’s municipal council on Dec. 11. “Tofino has long lost its charm and beauty, to the people that abuse social consciousness, in part due to the lack of rules and enforcement. Quite frankly, it has gone to the dogs, and that’s a huge mistake.” Under Tofino’s Animal Control Bylaw, all dogs must be leashed in public places, but Karman suggested the district has “dropped the ball” on enforcing its leash laws, which has led to a prevalence of off-leash dogs that, he feels, has become unmanageable. “I’m saddened by the state of the beaches and the amount of dog feces, but more importantly the liability that the district has placed itself in by not enforcing dog activity. By leaving it up to dog owners, they have opened themselves up to serious liability issues, and may not have felt the legal implications of a child being bitten or injured by an aggressive K9. It will happen. It’s only a matter of time,” he wrote. “As a former dog owner, I am appalled by the behaviour here. It’s the Wild West!” Coun. Al Anderson was the first to speak to the letter during the meeting, quipping, “The war of the dogs is always ongoing.” Anderson acknowledged there is a “strong desire” among dog owners to
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In a skewering letter to council, Jim Karman said dogs have ruined the serene beach experiences he has been travelling to Tofino to enjoy.
“As a former dog owner, I am appalled by the behaviour here.” – Jim Karman let their pets run off-leash on beaches and said council had previously considered picking one beach to let dogs run free on, but couldn’t agree on which beach to sacrifice. Coun. Duncan McMaster asked if Karman’s assertion that the district could be held liable if a dog-related
incident occurred, but district CAO Bob McPherson doubted Karman’s caution held merit. “The suggestion that we need to be everywhere enforcing every bylaw, every minute of the day, I can’t agree with that,” McPherson said. “When we do get a complaint, we follow up. We do enforce our bylaws. We’re just not on the beaches 24 hours a day enforcing the beach bylaws.” McMaster suggested that “whatever we’re doing isn’t working,” and added that the steps Tofino has taken to educate locals and visitors on leash laws are being drowned out by web-
sites and social media posts showing dogs on beaches. “There’s one called, ‘Storm watching in Tofino with your dog’ and it says, ‘Dogs are supposed to be leashed in Tofino, but that was one rule nobody paid attention to,” he said. “We’re competing against social media and I don’t think our education is working against all these blogs and websites…We have to try and do something. I don’t have a solution, but I don’t think we can just say we should educate people more because we’ve been doing that for seven years and it’s not working.”
Mayor Josie Osborne likened the dog situation to Tofino’s formerly lax enforcement on illegal vacation rentals. “We had some bylaws that we didn’t enforce for a long time and then we decided to and we had to put resources to it,” she said adding council would need to commit more of its budget to bylaw enforcement if it wanted to crack down on offleash dogs. Coun. Baert suggested launching a neighbourhood watch type of program or a group that could bring “creative solutions” to council. “It’s not necessarily that this table, or staff, need to be the ones addressing this problem,” she said. Osborne said that regardless of community input, the district would need to commit resources to the issue. “Yes, residents need to be a part of a solution, but just like with vacation rentals, if this council thinks this is an important issue and wants to show some leadership and inspire conversation out there, it’s going to have to decide to enforce it’s own bylaws,” she said. “Even with other help and with creative solutions—I’m sure there are many out there—we still will need some staff resources…We can’t do it alone, but we can send a signal by making this a priority.” Council agreed to have staff present a report to council in the spring that includes options for more proactively enforcing Tofino’s leash laws. Osborne said council could reach out to relevant local organizations for feedback in the meantime. “If there’s one thing we know, it’s that talking about changing dog-leash bylaws or enforcing dog-leash bylaws is going to incite a lot of reaction,” she said.
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Why we should all care about housing
Vancouver Island Society believes caring could lead to action on affordability Why should we care? Caring equals investigation. Investigation equals clarity. Clarity can equal action. Fact: Vancouver Island has an affordable housing crisis. It’s here. It’s now. As p o p u l at i o n Daniel Duggan increases couple with dwindling housing supplies, their tandem trajectories foretell disaster. Our region’s economy teeters as
“Inadequate housing touches us all.” – Daniel Duggan workers, those drivers of economic growth, find no housing here. If commercial developments create unattainably priced homes, zero vacancy is born. Affordable housing is foundational to economic and community health. No housing? No workers. No workers? No growth. Housing deficits undermine our social fabric. Schools close, businesses fail, families leave,
individuals falter. Seniors, workers, young families, singles – with zero vacancy, every demographic suffers. Homelessness, already evident, reaches epidemic proportions if new arrivals find nowhere to live. Attainable housing is fundamental to stable communities. Businesses leave communities that lack the dynamism, growth opportunities, drive and hiring potential that young people provide. But the young, who could jumpstart our economy, are simply unable to stay. Without youth, and without sound housing, our community services needs become burdensome expenses, not the
business opportunities they could be. Because outsourcing services becomes imperative. Outsourcing strains service availabilities and heightens their costs. We will need to outsource if current trends continue. Inadequate housing touches us all. It’s not ‘out there / over there’. Everyone gets hit when whole segments of our community fail to acquire the good quality shelter they deserve. This is why we should care. And we, in secure homes, have every reason to care. Deficiencies seldom slide slowly upon us, but hit faster, harder, deeper than we expect! Closed schools, homelessness, un-housed elders and
workers; these connected hallmarks order us to face facts now with action. Finally! Our governments discuss housing crises, formulating complex solutions affecting every economic level. That’s why we should care. If we care and care enough, individually and in groups, we just might act. Fact: Vancouver Island has a housing affordability crisis. Fact: It has an “Affordable Housing Society”; AHVIS: local solutions for local problems. Rather than “Why care?”—how about “WE CARE!” Daniel Duggan is the Executive Director of the Affordable Housing: Vancouver Island Society.
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Carol Evans, left, and Caroline Woodward hosted a slideshow presentation in Tofino in October highlighting their book, ‘A West Coast Summer’, which placed tenth on B.C.’s bestselling book list for 2018.
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‘A West Coast Summer’ celebrates success MARCIE CALLEWAERT Special to the Westerly
Many of us moved to the coast because of the beauty of a West Coast summer. Caroline Woodward, local author and lighthouse keeper at Lennard Island, has turned her love for that beauty into a children’s picture book titled, ‘A West Coast Summer’. The book is a collaboration between Woodward and Salt Spring Island artist Carol Evans, which was brought about after a nudge by Harbour Publishing who thought the pairing would be a great success. Unlike her first picture book, ‘Singing Away in the Dark’, ‘A West Coast Summer’ was written in response to the art she was provided with,
instead of illustrations being completed later on to complement the story. Woodward said she found her inspiration for the story from Evans’ paintings, “which are so highly realistic that they can initially appear photographic” and her parents’ stories of visiting the “seaside in Holland and Wales” during their youth. Following multiple drafts and a version written entirely in haiku, Woodward said she found success for the story in ‘A West Coast Summer’ by transporting herself “back to being a seven-year-old child again and tapping into [her] sense of touch, hearing, smell, taste, sight and wonder at the ocean and adventure”. Despite their close partnership during the writing of the book, Woodward and Evans ac-
tually did not meet in person until the October, 2018, book launch at the Tofino Community Theatre. After the launch, they followed a “a busy schedule, doing the slide show and answering questions and reading the book to adults and school children in four different theatres, libraries and the Maritime Museum in Victoria. Plus, signing books at four different bookstore events.” Woodward and her husband, Jeff George, have been based at the Lennard Island light station since 2008. She said she finds life at the light station makes working as an author much easier. “Shift work helps structure my days and…
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the wilderness and isolation of my life as a lightkeeper gives me lots of uncluttered time to think and ponder and solve fictional problems,” she said. “’A West Coast Summer’ launched in September of 2018 and was on the B.C. bestseller list for 14 weeks in a row and ended up being number 10 in the Top 20 BC Bestselling books for 2018, so we are quite pleased and amazed by that,” Woodward said. With the great success of the first collaboration between Woodward and Evans, there is hope for another project for the two of them and Woodward said she is “mulling over some possibilities” on how to continue their partnership.
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The past year brought celebrations, triumphs and tragedies to the West Coast. With the New Year officially underway, we look back at the stories that made the biggest impacts in 2018.
Mayor Dianne St. Jacques reviews Tsunami Warning reports alongside the district’s emergency and environmental services manager Karla Robison and local police chief Sgt. Steve Mancini inside USS’ gym where West Coast locals were evacuated from their homes. Tsunami scare shakes Coast During the wee hours of morning on Tuesday, Jan. 23, West Coast locals were evacuated from their homes following a 7.9 earthquake in Alaska that prompted a Tsunami Warning in Tofino and Ucluelet. Thankfully, residents breathed a collective sigh of relief around 4:30 a.m. as the Tsunami Warning was cancelled. In the days leading up to the Tsunami scare, locals witnessed what some refer to as a “black swell” that closed public access to beaches and had surf forecast sites projecting over 30-feet waves.
The remains of Ryan Daley, left, and Dan Archbald were discovered by a woman walking her dog near Ucluelet sometime between June 11-15.
A candle-lit vigil was held at Tofino’s First Street Dock on June 21 in honour of three missing Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation fishermen.
The disappearance and deaths of Dan Archbald and Ryan Daley Archbald, 37, and Daley, 43, were last seen leaving Ucluelet’s inner boat basin on-foot on May 16. They arrived in Ucluelet on May 13 after a roughly eightweek sailing trip from Panama. Ucluelet’s harbour manager Kevin Cortes was the last known person to see them. Cortes told the Westerly that Daley had paid for a month’s worth of moorage before they departed. Local RCMP and Westcoast Inland Search and Rescue put in about “850 volunteer hours” scouring the corridor from Port Alberni to Ucluelet before their disappearance was deemed suspicious and the investigation was turned over to the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit. Sometime between June 11-15, a Ucluelet local and Westcoast Inland Search and Rescue member found two bodies near Ucluelet while on a walk with her trained search dog. Police confirmed that the human remains were that of Archbald and Daley. B.C. RCMP launched a homicide investigation and a month later the American Drug Enforcement Administration announced their involvement.
Coast mourns missing Tla-o-qui-aht fisherman Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations fishermen Marcel Martin, Carl Michael and Terrance Brown Jr. went missing on June 15 after their boat capsized off Tofino. Five people were in the vessel when it sank near Duffin Point around 3 a.m. Two made it safely to shore. RCMP located the vessel on June 19. Initial search efforts included local First Nations, Tofino RCMP, Canadian Coast Guard, and the Canadian Armed Forces. A GoFundMe page was launched by Carla Moss to support the families of the missing men. “Their children are not only missing the love and guidance of their Dads, but their main providers as well. Marcel Martin is a father to three children with his wife Ivy Martin, Carl Michael has one child being cared for by his mother, and Terrence Brown Jr. has one child with spouse Selina Howard,” the page states. A candle-lit vigil was held at Tofino’s First Street dock on June 21 to honour the three missing Tla-o-qui-aht. Martin’s remains were discovered by a kayaker near Echachist Island on July 18. A celebration of Martin’s life was held at the Tin Wis Best Western Resort. “The impacts of losing somebody like Martin is heartbreaking for the immediate family and for the community as a whole. He shared a lot of his resources with community members. Whenever anyone had a party, he would always be the first one to step up with halibut, salmon, clams, crabs, and to provide for potlatches,” said Tla-o-qui-aht member Elmer Frank.
Victoria Emon’s sister Rachel Emon, left, and mother Ann Wittenberg traveled from Ontario for Victoria’s wedding. They were both involved in an ocean accident near Lovekin Rock. Wittenburg tragically died. Two fatal accidents at Long Beach Nijin John, a 24-year-old research student at the University of Victoria, was killed in a surfing accident on Feb.10 off Lovekin Rock on Long Beach. A GoFundMe page created for John raised over $23,000. “He was a beloved son, brother, and a friend,” the page states. “Hope God gives his family the strength and fortitude to bear this tragic loss.” During the May Long weekend, an ocean accident off Long Beach claimed the life of 52-year old Ann Wittenberg, who was in town for her daughter’s wedding. Okanagan resident Victoria Emon told the Westerly News that Wittenberg was her mother. “She came to Ottawa to be here… She was so excited. Her and my sister were just floating, talking about how much fun they were having, and then they got sucked in,” Emon said. The fatal ocean accidents prompted MP Gord Johns to call for the return of the surf guard program at Long Beach, and better signage within the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. Since the deaths, Parks Canada has installed roughly $1 million in signage and launched an educational campaign in collaboration with Tofino and Ucluelet dubbed ‘CoastSmart’.
Drivers experienced a terrifying scene on Hwy. 4 in June as a tree crashed onto the road in the middle of congested traffic. Highway 4 construction begins Multi-million dollar upgrades to the only road in and out of Tofino and Ucluelet got underway in mid-May. The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure project focuses on widening and straightening a roughly 1.5 kilometre stretch that was known to locals currently a terrifying 30/ km zone rife with sharp turns and blind corners. Regular traffic delays and nightly closures have become the norm until the work is completed. The work got off to a rocky start as a rogue boulder was sent crashing into a hydro pole, causing an eight-hour power outage in June and a tree was sent crashing onto highway traffic that same month.
Tofino locals stand in solidarity on July 31 at Cox Bay Beach against the purchase and construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline. Trudeau family vacation met with protests With Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Tofino for his third consecutive summer holiday, West Coast residents rallied outside his Cox Bay Beach vacation rental on July 31 to voice their opposition to the federal government’s Kinder Morgan pipeline purchase. Upon the PM’s arrival on July 19, Parks Canada employees joined a Phoenix pay system protest at the Tofino-Ucluelet Junction holding signs that read: ‘TRUDEAU: While you are surfing, we are suffering.’ Continued on A9
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Ahousaht First Nation men Richard Amos and Travis Thomas went missing in seperate incidents in July and August.
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Search for missing Ahousaht men On July 22, Ahousaht fisherman Richard Amos, 24, went out fishing in his canoe and had not been seen since. More than 150 volunteers participated in search efforts. Amos’ uncle, Curtis Dick, said volunteers searched throughout Clayoquot Sound, covering areas around Vargas Island, Cypress Bay, Bedwell Sound, Millar Channel, Siwash Cove, Blunden Island and Bartlett Island. In August, Ahousaht member Travis Thomas went missing while participating in a spiritual journey on Bartlett Island. “There’s a saying here in Ahousaht, ‘Never give up, there’s always hope.’ And, we live by that, especially in our traditional cultural beliefs. We all believe in our Creator and we know that we have to hope that he may be out there, said Alec Dick, who initially led the search from Ahousaht’s Emergency Operations Centre.
Possible fishing closures loom for 2019 An announcement made by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada at the end of Oct. suggested the government is moving towards declaring Swiftsure and La Perouse Banks critical habitats for resident killer whales, which will likely lead to fishery closures around Tofino and Ucluelet to protect prey species. The closures would likely impact many people that operate fishing charters and whale watching tours. “It will affect many of our businesses, not just our sportsfishing business but all the way down. It’s a domino effect. It’s over $7 million a year that it brings to our community alone,” said Lara Kemps of the Ucluelet Chamber of Commerce. DFO made the decision official on Dec. 19 announcing both Swiftsure and La Perouse Banks had been designated as critical habitats, though the specific measures that will be taken in the area were not immediately announced.
Ucluelet RCMP announce drug bust Ucluelet police announced they had seized firearms, approximately 1.5 ounces of cocaine and $40,000 cash from an Orca Crescent residence as part of a recent drug trafficking investigation in November. Ucluelet RCMP detachment commander Sgt. Steve Mancini told the Westerly News that Ucluelet worked with Island District RCMP to execute a search warrant at the residence on Nov. 2 under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act after several months of investigation. Two Ucluelet residents were arrested prior to the search warrant being executed. “People who are profiting from people’s addictions have no place here as far as we’re concerned,” Mancini said.
Tofino’s Crystal Cove Resort took the prize for best float in the Pacific Rim Whale Festival’s 2018 parade and might be the parade’s last champion. Marnie Helliwell and Duane Bell smiled together inside a picture frame set up outside Tofino’s voting station at the municipal hall. Bell handed out free donuts to the first 100 votes at his Rhino Coffee House. West Coast votes On Oct. 20, Tofitians voted mayor Josie Osborne in for another four years at the helm of their community. Osborne received 792 votes, earning a decisive 85 per cent of the total votes cast and besting challengers Jarmo Venalainen, 69 votes, and Omar Soliman, 52 votes. “I’m absolutely thrilled to be able to serve my community for another four years,” Osborne told the Westerly News after the results came in. Mayco Noël won Ucluelet’s mayoral election, securing about 45 per cent of the vote with 356 votes, defeating Randy Oliwa, 210 votes, Bill Irving, 142 votes, and Kevin Cortes, 84 votes. “I’m delighted. I’m overwhelmed, emotional and I’m just ecstatic that the community has spoken to give me the confidence to be the mayor of the community,” Noël said.
Courtenay-Alberni MP Gord Johns takes part in the beach clean up in Parksville on June 8, 2018. The clean up was part of a World Oceans Day event hosted by Johns.
Organizers cancel 2019 Whale Festival Citing a lack of volunteers and support, Pacific Rim Whale Festival organizers cancelled the event for 2019. “There is not enough local support and fewer volunteers and fewer board members,” said Lara Kemps, the Ucluelet council liaison for the PRWF. A survey was circulated to determine whether the event could return in 2020. The festival celebrated its 32nd annual showing in 2018. “It’s such a great community event. Not only fun, but also educational,” Kemps said. “It’s a great start to our season and it also brings both our communities together, which is so important. I just hope people realize the importance of this festival and I hope we can get it going back in 2020.”
MP Gord Johns’ Bill M-151 passes unanimously A motion to combat marine plastics pollution was passed unanimously by a vote in the House of Commons on Dec. 5. The private members motion, moved by Coutenay-Alberni MP, calls for a national framework for the reduction and eventual elimination of plastic pollution in aquatic environments. “The passage of this motion with a unanimous vote is a tremendous victory for our oceans and coastal communities,” Johns said in a press release. Next week’s Westerly News will include a recap of 2018’s top “It is firm acknowledgment that direct and immediate action is required to fill the legislative and regulatory void West Coast sports stories as well as copies of both the Ucluelet Recreation Guide and Tofino Winter Recreation Program. related to marine plastic pollution in Canada.”
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The B.C. government’s options for proportional representation have been rejected by voters in a mail-in referendum. Just over 61 per cent of participating voters opted to stay with the first-past-the-post system, Chief Electoral Officer Anton Boegman reported on Dec. 20. The referendum offered a choice between the traditional first-past-the-post voting system, essentially a separate election for each of B.C.’s 87 provincial seats, and three variations on proportional representation to make the number of seats match more closely with the party’s share of the province-wide vote. Of the three proportional representation options, mixed member proportional was supported by 41.24 per cent of those who chose to answer question two on the mail-in ballot. Dual member proportional and rural-urban proportional each received just under 30 per cent. The referendum cost about $15 million to stage, with more than four million ballot packages mailed out to registered voters. The final turnout was 42.6 per cent ballots returned. Opposition critics blasted the NDP for giving Attorney General David Eby the task of developing the options, rather than a citizens’ assembly as was the case with referenda in 2005 and 2009 that offered a single transferable ballot system and were defeated. This referendum also differed from earlier ones by having no minimum turnout and no regional weighting to ensure that urban areas in the southwest didn’t decide the issue. “This was a flawed process from the beginning as the NDP stacked the deck to satisfy the Green Party and remain in power,” B.C. Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson said. Premier John Horgan issued a statement, and left response up to Finance Minister Carole James. “While many people, myself included, are disappointed in the outcome, we respect the people’s decision,” Horgan said. B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver echoed Horgan’s disappointment.
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Premier John Horgan and B.C. Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson debate proportional representation, Nov. 8, 2018.
ISLAND IN BRIEF “The B.C. Greens remain committed to the principle of representative democracy,” Weaver said. Weaver wanted the province to legislate a change without a referendum. Wilkinson has attacked the referendum, saying it was concocted for political purposes by the NDP government and leaves too many questions unanswered until after the result. “I campaigned to have a referendum,” Horgan said. “My Green colleagues preferred to just implement proportional representation. I wasn’t prepared to do that, and I have every confidence in the wisdom of B.C. voters and will live by the decision that they send us.” – www.vicnews.com B.C. salmon farm agreement a milestone for Indigenous rights “Free, prior and informed consent.” That’s the key phrase in the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which B.C. Premier John Horgan has vowed to implement in a province that has long struggled with unresolved aboriginal title and a lack of treaties over much of its area.That goal came closer in the last days of 2018, as Horgan unveiled an agreement with three Indigenous communities to shut down up to 17 net-pen salmon farms in their traditional territory off B.C.’s coast.
Horgan and other politicians frequently say the UN declaration is not a veto over development, but the province’s retreat from the Broughton Archipelago amount to much the same thing. Ten of the long-standing provincial tenures between Kingcome and Knight Inlets off the north end of Vancouver Island are to be gone by 2023, and the other seven can continue only if the Kwikwasut’inuxw Haxwa’mis, ‘Namgis and Mamalilikulla First Nations give their consent. The salmon farming companies, Marine Harvest and Cermaq, give up their sites and get little in return. They are allowed to apply to the federal government for new aquaculture licences elsewhere on the B.C. coast, and company representatives say they intend to protect the jobs of 600 employees affected by the shutdowns. – www.bclocalnews.com Falling tree kills Cowichan Tribes woman A Duncan woman in her late 20s has been confirmed as the victim of a wind-related accident on Dec. 20. B.C. Coroners Service spokesperson Andy Watson confirmed “the BC Coroners Service is in the early stages of its fact-finding investigation involving a female in her late 20s from Duncan who was involved in a fatal accident involving a tree that fell over.” Thursday saw high winds cause widespread damage throughout Vancouver Island, knocking down trees and power lines. BC Hydro called it one of the worst storms they’ve seen in years, with tens of thousands without power. – www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com
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A massive storm sent trees crashing down throughout the West Coast on Dec. 20. The highway leading into Tofino was closed the following day as BC Hydro crews worked to remove multiple trees from powerlines.
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Massive winds uprooted a large tree on Hellesen Drive.
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A massive storm crashed through Vancouver Island on Dec. 20 as winds clocked at over 100 km/h uprooted trees, tore off branches and knocked out power to numerous communities. The power went out in both Tofino and Ucluelet around 8:30 a.m. It was restored to most of Ucluelet around 4 p.m. on Dec. 21, though many in Tofino did not see their lights come back on until Dec. 23. BC Hydro estimates that up to 700,000 customers lost their power during the storm. Hydro crews worked around the clock throughout the holidays to restore power to all affected communities. For more photos of community events, check out our Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/WesterlyNews.
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A sign directing visitors to Florencia Bay was blown over. All areas of the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve were closed as the storm raged on.
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New District of Tofino bathrooms at Mackenzie Beach were damaged by the epic winds that shot through the community.
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SALTWATER PRODUCTION SITE MANAGER Full Time Permanent Interested in building a career in Aquaculture? Cermaq Canada is currently looking to fill the full-time permanent position of a Saltwater Production Site Manager to join our saltwater production team on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. As a Saltwater Production Site Manager you will be responsible for providing leadership to your team while managing all activities and infrastructure on site while minimizing risk to company assets. Preference will be given to candidates with a diploma or degree in aquaculture. If you have completed a minimum of two complete cycles of experience working on a farm sea site including smolt entries, bloom season, and harvesting, and you possess strong leadership skills then we want to hear from you!
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WINTERLIGHTS STORY TIME, Thursday, Jan. 3. 6-6:45pm at the Tofino Botanical Gardens. Classic winter & holiday stories read by local community “celebrities”! Storyteller: George Patterson , Tofino Botanical Gardens Director. All events are free during Winterlights with the purchase of a Winterlights Admission Pass.
WEST COAST AA GROUP, Mondays and Thursdays, 8 p.m. 1663 Peninsula Road, Ucluelet.
FEATURED EVENT OF THE WEEK
TINY ARTISTS, Tuesdays and Fridays, 10-11 a.m. Come in and hang out with your tiny artists for some designated creative time in the Ultramarine Art Studio. Each craft will be inspired by a different children’s story. Parents are asked to attend with their children. $15, includes materials.
WINTERLIGHTS MOVIE NIGHT, Come hang out at Darwin’s Cafe, with the magical Winterlights as a backdrop, for a showing of classic holiday movies with the community!
UCLUELET ALANON GROUP, Wednesdays, 7:30pm. 1663 Peninsula Rd. Ucluelet.
LIVE MUSIC - BAILYNN MOUNTAIN AND AMOS, Saturday, Jan. 5. 7-9pm at the Tofino Botanical Gardens. Bailynn Mountain has a haunting voice that will bring the room to stillness. Her original songs intertwine stories of nature, family, love, and no love. Amōs weaves songs, poems, and stories into a multidimensional musical experience.
KARAOKE AT THE LEGION, Wednesdays, 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tofino Legion. CHI GONG, Wednesdays, 10:30-11:30am, UCC Main Hall. $2 drop-in. BADMINTON, Sundays, 7-9pm. USS Gym. $2 drop-in.
BACK TO SCHOOL , Monday, Jan. 7. Ucluelet Elementary, Ucluelet Seconday and Wickaninnish Community Schools reopen.
DARTS, Mondays, 7pm. Tofino Legion.
January 5 TARA LIGHTNIN AND BALLISTIC PIG Kick off 2019 on a partying foot at Officials Sports Lounge on Saturday Jan. 5 with a live performance from the ‘Tofino Wedding Band. This will be the band’s last performance at Officials as the lounge is closing its doors. Tickets: $10 at the door. Tunes start at 10pm.
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HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH, Sunday Mass 10 am. Weekday Mass: Wed 9:30 am and Fri 7 pm. Ucluelet. ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI CATHOLIC CHURCH Saturday, 5pm. ST. COLUMBA CHURCH Sundays, 10:30am. GRACE BIBLE CHURCH, Sundays at 10:30am at UCC.
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TOFINO BIBLE FELLOWSHIP Sundays, 10:30am. Tofino Legion.
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.
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Tofino Consumers’ Co-operative Association is a community owned and operated business affiliated with Federated Co-operatives Ltd. (FCL) for over 60 years. Tofino Co-op has 3,500 Member owners that reside in Tofino, Hesquiaht, Ahousaht, Tla-o-qui-aht, as well as other communities.
Creation of a vibrant, progressive, and stable Pharmacy Department, WHO: WHAT: Tofino Consumers’ Co-operative Association is a community owned and which will be the first FCL Co-operative Retailing System (CRS) operated business affiliated with Federated Co-operatives Ltd. (FCL) for on Vancouver Island. FCLAssociation has supportedisCo-op pharmacies owned over 60 years. Tofino Co-op has 3,500 Member owners that reside in Tofino, WHO: TofinoPharmacy Consumers’ Co-operative a community Hesquiaht, Ahousaht, Tla-o-qui-aht, as well as other communities. in the prairie provinces and on the lower mainland of BC, and has and operated business affiliated with Federated Co-operatives Ltd. developed its own brand-name health products for sale in its 68 WHAT: Creation of a vibrant, progressive, and stable Pharmacy Department, (FCL) for over 60 years. Tofino Co-op has 3,500 Member owners that pharmacies. which will be the first FCL Co-operative Retailing System (CRS) Pharmacy reside in Tofino, Hesquiaht, Ahousaht, Tla-o-qui-aht, as well as other on Vancouver Island. FCL has supported Co-op pharmacies in the prairie WHERE: The pharmacy will be conveniently located in the Food Store, so you provinces and on the lower mainland of BC, and has developed its own communities. can have your prescriptions filled while you shop. Department layout brand-name health products for sale in its 68 pharmacies. is being designed by Federated Co-operatives Limited and its WHAT: Creation of a vibrant, progressive, stableregulations. Pharmacy Department, WHERE: The pharmacy will be conveniently located in the Food Store, so you can have Pharmacy Department to meet Britishand Columbia your prescriptions filled while you shop. Department layout is being designed which- will be the first FCL Co-operative Retailing System (CRS) WHY:by Federated Co-operatives Limited and its Pharmacy Department to meet To provide Members with long-term, stable access to Pharmacy Pharmacy on Vancouver Island. FCL has supported Co-op pharmacies services. British Columbia regulations. in the- prairie provinces thePharmacy lower mainland of BC, WHY: - To provide Members with long-term, stable access to Pharmacy services. To provide Membersand with on weekly sales flyers that are and has developed its own brand-name health products for sale in its 68 provided to the other 68 Co-op Pharmacies. To provide Members with weekly Pharmacy sales flyers that are provided to To provide Members access to Co-op private label CARE+ health the other 68 Co-op Pharmacies. pharmacies. products. To provide Members access to Co-op private label CARE+ health products. - To providewill Members patronage on their health WHERE: The pharmacy be conveniently located incare thepurchases. Food Store, so you To provide Members patronage on their health care purchases. - To compliment and strengthen the Tofino Co-op’s diversified can have your prescriptions filled while you shop. Department layout business model. To compliment and strengthen the Tofino Co-op’s diversified business model. is being designed by Federated Co-operatives Limited and its WHEN: Summer 2019 – stay tuned! WHEN: Summer 2019 – stay tuned!
Pharmacy Department to meet British Columbia regulations.
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2019 COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULE
- To provide Members with long-term, stable access to Pharmacy services. - To provide Members with weekly Pharmacy sales flyers that are provided to the other 68 Co-op Pharmacies.
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