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Amphitrite MCTS gets unplugged JACKIE CARMICHAEL /Westerly News EDITOR’S NOTE: SEE UPDATE ON PAGE 7, and online at www.westerlynews.ca There was no fanfare at the Ucluelet Coast Guard office at Amphitrite Point Tuesday morning at 8 a.m. on the morning of the “changeover” of service to the newlyreinforced Prince Rupert MCTS communication centre. There was just the sound of 25,725 km of coastline, 40,000 islands, 254 cruise ships, 139 million tonnes of cargo, 16,758 vessels making 213,700 trips in a year – and the plug being pulled on all but two Coast Guard stations on the West Coast. The federal government has promised that smooth and safe service will continue from Prince Rupert (for Tofino/Ucluelet/the West Coast of Vancouver Island) and Victoria (for the east coast of Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. While a Coast Guard helicopter prepared to ferry technicians to the top of Mt. Ozzard and other points to make the disconnect and transfer communications to Prince Rupert, Gord Johns worked on galvanizing the West Coast over the issue. Running against Conservative caucus whip John Duncan for what is expected See CLOSURE, Page 5
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A Whale’s Tale
A gray whale’s corpse on Wickaninnish Beach has a long gash on the top of its head. Below, Laura Griffith-Cochrane checks out a whale louse at the Ucluelet Aquarium. ANDREW BAILEY PHOTO
Washed up at Wick Beach, dead cetacean still has stories to tell ANDREW BAILEY
Westerly News A deceased gray whale was found washed up on Wickaninnish Beach early Monday morning. Ucluelet Aquarium curator Laura Griffith-Cochrane was one of the first to spot the whale as she came upon it while walk-
ing her dog along the beach around 7:30 a.m. and was fascinated to discover the unique lice and barnacles still living on it. “This whale died fairly recently and the barnacles and the sea lice are still alive,” she told the Westerly on Monday afternoon adding she immediately ran to her truck to grab her tools and
collect some of the lice. “Like any well-prepared and nerdy biologist I had tweezers and jars in my truck.” She collected about 14 lice and put together an impromptu exhibit at the aquarium, offering patrons a rare opportunity to see a live gray whale louse up close. See GRAY WHALE, Page 2
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Officials discuss options for whale’s removal ANDREW BAILEY
Westerly News A dead gray whale washed up on Wickaninnish Beach early Monday morning and officials are now trying to determine how to remove it. The whale carcass landed on the beach around 2 a.m., according to the Pacific Rim National Park’s manager of resource conservation Mark Young. “We don’t think the tide is going
to take it out again,” Young told the Westerly Tuesday morning. “We’re not seeing a lot of high tides and looking at last night there was a similar tide that brought it in and there was no movement...The plan is now to facilitate a removal.” Young said the cause for the whale’s death and subsequent arrival on the beach remain unknown and added that the Department of Fisheries and
Oceans Canada (DFO) has decided not to perform a necropsy on the animal. He said Park staff and DFO are hashing out possible removal strategies but he would not elaborate on what these options could be. He added that a timeline for the whale’s removal would be dependent on the strategy chosen to remove it. “The timeline is connected to the
options that we’re considering,” he said. While the whale is on the beach, locals and visitors can check it out though the Park has cordoned off an area around the whale to keep visitors a safe distance away. “We want to ensure that people are respectful to the animal carcass and that we’re protecting the public as well,” Young said.
“When something is found deceased, and we don’t know the cause, people should take caution...transference for disease, for instance, is a consideration.” He added the whale carcass could be an attractant to local wolves and cougars and Park visitors should be wary of a potential increase in wildlife activity. reporter@westerlynews.ca
GRAY WHALE, cont. from page 1 A gray whale louse is roughly the size of a thumbnail, according to Griffith-Cochrane. “They hook right into the skin of the whale and they hitchhike around,” she said. “They cluster around the barnacles so they don’t get pulled off by currents and those hooks are also really important so they don’t get pulled off while the whale is moving and also whales jump (and) slap the water.” She noted sea lice carry negative connotations to West Coasters but said the gray whale louse can be a uniquely beneficial passenger. “When we hear sea lice we think of fish sea lice...This is a totally different little crustacean,” she
said adding gray whale lice are specific to gray whales. “A sea louse on a gray whale is not necessarily a bad thing. A sea louse will eat any infected tissue that a gray whale has so, provided that it’s within balance—as long as there are a healthy number of these parasites and it’s not covered in them—if a gray whale gets scratches or cuts, as that wound heals the louse will eat any of that infected tissue.” She was stoked to bring the lice back to the aquarium, which has never housed a live louse exhibit before. “We have one that is preserved but this is the first time we’ve ever had a live one in the aquarium,”
she said. “These are invertebrates, they’re used to being under water all the time and that means that they have very sensitive tolerances to air and to salinity...They can’t really breathe when they’re out in the air and they’re really sensitive to dehydration from either the sunlight or the wind.” She hoped to keep the lice alive in the aquarium until at least Wednesday. “We won’t be able to keep them alive indefinitely because they’re used to that little ecosystem of the whale; we can’t provide that...we won’t be able to replicate the food source that they get or the conditions that they get out in the wild,” she said. “This is a really Value-packed cool educational opportunity...It’s high-speed Internet plans a tragedy that now in bloom this whale is not able to be out there swimming Plans starting at in the ocean right now but while it Month1 is on the beach, and dead, I think we should gather PLUS, FREE BASIC up these things INSTALLATION! that people would That’s a $225 value!2 never be able to see and give them First 3 months on a 1-year term Low, one-time $99 Activation Fee an opportunity to look at them.”
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She urges beach goers to leave specimen collection to professionals and said anyone who comes upon distressed or deceased marine life should look but never touch. “There hasn’t been full research into a lot of the viruses and bacteria that are associated with marine mammals and humans and marine mammals have not interacted consistently over the years,” she said. “There are some Ucluelet Aquarium curator Laura Griffithreally nasty bacteria Cochrane checks out a gray whale louse she and viruses that are collected on Monday. PHOTO ANDREW BAILEY associated especially from this, we can learn a lot. with seals and sea lions ...you can “We can learn about what it’s get incredibly nasty infections.” been eating, we can learn about Anyone who spots an injured, distressed, or dead marine animal why it might have died; maybe should immediately report their there’s some human activity that sighting to the Marine Mammal we can control more or that we Hotline: 1-800-465-4336. can alter so that we’re not hav“The reporting hotline is a really ing such a big impact on these good tool for the Coast to know creatures.” about,” Griffith-Cochrane said. She also encourages people to “Anytime someone sees somereport their sightings to the Ucluething, even if it’s the nastiest let Aquarium at 250-726-2782. dead sea lion they’ve ever seen or something really fresh, it’s really reporter@westerlynews.ca important to call those in because,
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Changing tide strands Florencia Bay explorers ANDREW BAILEY
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Westerly News Three hikers were on their way back from an exploration of Florencia Bay when they realized the tide had come in and cut off their return route. The hikers were expected back around 8 p.m. April 13 and were reported missing around midnight. Both Ucluelet and Tofino RCMP arrived at the scene and West Coast Search and Rescue was called upon as well but a full-blown search was never launched as the hikers appeared around 12:30 a.m., according to Sgt. Swann of the Ucluelet RCMP. “Search and Rescue arrived at the same time the hikers showed up,” Swann said. “It was a great result...The tide changed so they couldn’t come back that way so they hiked through the bush.” He encourages explorers to be aware of the land-
scapes they’re exploring. “It’s a reminder to people to be aware of where they’re going and to be aware that the tides do change,” he said. “If you’re going out across a rocky headland, and you’re not expected back for four hours, well that area or that escape route could be covered by water.”
Helmetless motorcyclist found impaired A local man was issued an immediate roadside prohibition last week after police caught him driving while impaired. Ucluelet RCMP were patrolling downtown Ucluelet around 4:45 p.m. on April 11 when they spotted a motorcyclist driving without a helmet on near the corner of Peninsula Road and Bay Street. Police pulled the man
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over and discovered he was intoxicated, according to Sgt. Swann. “The law in Canada is you have to wear a helmet, so you’re attracting attention of the police if you’re not wearing a helmet,” Swann said. “It was great work by the investigators seeing that and going through the process and finding that the driver was impaired on the motorbike.” Swann suggested driving is dangerous enough without throwing impairment into the mix. “With so many other things going on around you, and other drivers not paying attention—especially with texting and driving and distracted driving and things like that—driving a motorbike is even more dangerous,” he said. “Driving without a helmet and driving drunk on a motorbike are just a combination of pretty foolish errors.”
Locals are being urged to lock up their vehicles after a recent string of thefts. A thief hit up an unlocked vehicle parked in downtown Ucluelet on April 13. “Someone went into the vehicle and took a blue Mountain Equipment Coop backpack, a sleeping bag and up to $10 of loose change,” said Sgt. Swann. It was the third unlocked vehicle to be rifled through this month. “We need people to lock their cars and not leave things of value in their vehicles,” Swann said adding would-be thieves rarely tango with locked cars and police have responded to just one smashed car window in the past six months. “We get very few smashed car windows,” he said. “If you lock your vehicle, and especially if you take anything of value out, there’s no incentive for
somebody to go in there.” He said Ucluelet enjoys a relatively low crime rate and incidents of theft remain rare. “We’re still in a community where you can do those things: you can leave your cars and your homes unlocked... you could probably do it 10 nights in a row and have no problems but on the 11th (night) you’ve just invited that theft,” he said. “In some communities it’s guaranteed something would get stolen if you did, here it’s not guaranteed... We’re so far from that level; we don’t want to create a sense of panic but just don’t leave things of value within sight in your vehicle and lock your cars.”
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Alleged thieves turn out to be Good Samaritans
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Westerly News This time they really were holding it for a friend. Two people suspected of stealing a bag from a Tofitian beach last week turned out to have taken it for safekeeping. A local surf shop had left the bag on the beach before hitting the waves for surfing lessons on April 14, according to Sgt. Blaine Mumford of the Tofino RCMP. Mumford said a witness reported seeing a man and woman take the bag around 5 p.m. and then
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walk up the trail to Maltby Road before disappearing out of sight. Shortly after the theft was reported, the alleged thieves brought the bag to the surf shop and advised they thought it had been left at the beach. “The people who picked it up thought that it was lost property,” Mumford said. Mumford estimated the bag contained about $500 worth of items, including a cell-phone, and while this suspected theft wrapped up with a happy ending; he encourages beach goers not to leave valuables unattended. “Unfortunately there are
some people who might just decide to pick it up and take it,” he said.
Everyone OK after highway collision Two vehicles collided on the Pacific Rim Highway last week when a driver misjudged the amount of time they had to turn off of MacKenzie Beach Road. No significant injuries were reported and both vehicles remained drivable after the crash, according to Sgt. Mumford. Mumford emergencies: said neither Park En cas d’urgence : speed nor All other inquiries:
alcohol were contributing factors in the collision and that it was a simply a matter of misjudged timing. He noted the summer’s sun is setting in and bringing increased traffic to Tofino. “With the tourist season coming up, we just remind people to drive safely,” he said.
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Go online to www.westerlynews.ca to answer this week’s poll question: Does James Lunney’s decision to go independent on his way out as MLA make sense? a) No. Religion has no place in Parliament. b) Yes. Christians shouldn’t be singled out in or out of government for their beliefs. c) I’m looking at the next choice for MP as a more relevant issue.
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Read next week’s Westerly News for the results of this week’s poll. Last week’s poll: 29% said Umbrellas! No hat hair for me. 29% said rain hat! Umbrellas don’t take wind well. 41% said Let it rain on me! I can take it.
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Reader: Lunney’s statements Reader: Democracy fragile, Lunney’s stand ‘tip of iceberg’ and opinions ‘outlandish’
I take great exception to the article written on James Lunney in the April 8th edition. I found this article to be a strange celebration of Lunney MATHEW without any journalisPHILLIPS tic value /LOCAL or any VOICE examination of his outlandish statements and opinions. The article appears to be written by Lunney himself in some sort of self-promotional orgasm. Its entirely unclear how Christians are under attack as claimed by Lunney, or how our government is failing these tragic ‘crimes’ when this Government is more openly fundamentalist than any we have ever had before. His suggestion that Christians are under greater attack than ever before in
history is just strange and absurd. “Why is it only Christians that are allowed to be publicly belittled, demeaned, insulted?” Good question Lunney. Except its patently absurd. This past three months has seen the Canadian government make racist, bigoted, inflammatory statements about muslims and an illegal attempt to make them commit a public act of shaming and blasphemy upon declaring citizenship. Very sorry to inform Lunney but muslims are getting the brunt of public insult, not Christians. The new Office of Religious Freedom lists only two groups on its site of global victims, both Christian minorities. It is obvious that Conservatives like Lunney don’t understand what an insult is or what it means to be persecuted for your religion. They feel muslims and others are not entitled to the
protections of religion that they feel entitled to themselves as Christians. In his view only Christians can be unfairly slighted, and everyone else is fair game. Lunney actually speaks for God - something the editor might be interested in - its pretty rare to have someone who can speak to and speak for God. In fact we might just want to keep Lunney around. It makes it a lot easier to know what God wants when we have someone who can speak for Him on His behalf. “God’s tired of seeing people bullied, as well,”. Just think of how blind we are without Lunney telling us what makes God angry, what makes Him cry, what sort of pacifier can keep Him cooing softly, what sort of PJs God wheres to bed when he’s had a tough day and is feeling tired.
Regarding your story, “Lunney’s stand: newly independent MP seeks respect for Christian faith (Apr. 8, 2015), I would like to respond. As a Christian I applaud Lunney’s stand, and I agree with his suggestion that in North America Christians are receiving a rough ride from their many opponents. The point is that there is much more riding on this issue than whether or not someone believes in creationism rather than evolution. In a democracy people have a right to believe or disbelieve in anything they choose, without the fear of political interference. After all, this country fought a world war to protect that right, and it is now engaged in another war in the Middle East, presumably to defend our
democratic rights against a people who would steal from us, by means of violence, those very rights. But perhaps the real enemy is within our own borders, and not across the sea. In a democracy people have the right to believe in a flat earth, if they so wish. Furthermore, these same people have the right to join a Flat Earth Society, and to propagate their beliefs to others, without political interference. And Christianity and Christian ethics have a much greater historical claim on society than flat earth advocates do. It is when government starts legislating its own brand of righteousness to the detriment of the beliefs of others that problems develop. Consider the case of legalized euthanasia in Canada, which may force
dissenting doctors into legal and ethical dilemmas that will attack and undermine the very principles of their medical oaths to uphold life by all means possible. Will Christian doctors who believe in maintaining life over against doctor-assisted suicide be silenced? And if they, or other Christians, speak out against it, will they be slapped down with antihate laws, conveniently passed in parliament to crush all opposition? Democracy is a fragile system of government, and is sometimes very susceptible to abuse from those who wish to enforce their views by force of law upon others. Lunney’s protest is just the tip of the iceberg. Brian McGregor-Foxcroft Victoria
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Hate to bug you, BUT... I believe I’ve come up with the all-in-one cure for world hunger, environmental devastation, animal cruelty and jock itch. Okay, I’m not sure ARTHUR about jock itch -- but it’ll fix everyBLACK thing else. /BASIC It’s bugs. We BLACK need to eat more of them. When I say bugs, I mean crickets, meal worms, ants, grasshoppers, termites, wasps, locusts, wood-boring beetles and...well, most bugs actually. They’re packed with protein and they’re everywhere. They not only grow on trees, they grow IN trees. Plus they don’t have those Bambi blinkers that make eating
meat such a guilt trip. Nobody ever looked into the compound eye of a cicada and thought “Aw...cute little guy.” You’re probably already eating more bugs than you knew. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency and the U.S. Federal Drug Administration have actually established permissible levels of bug parts in the produce we buy. That’s right – you are already gobbling down thrips, mites and lice (or parts thereof) pretty much every day. See? Didn’t hurt a bit. Do you like canned mushrooms? Lucky you! The FDA has approved up to 20 maggots per 100 grams of drained mushrooms at no extra charge. Now don’t go all swoony
on me here – there’s nothing wrong with chowing down on bugs. They are a chosen dietary staple for two billion humans around the globe. Bugs are snack food in parts of Asia, Africa and Mexico. I once had a chance to buy a newspaper cone full of candied scorpions from a street vendor in Hanoi. (I’d have gone for it but I was on a diet). As far as efficiency goes, bugs are a real no-brainer. With cattle, it takes 13 pounds of grain to produce one pound of meat. Fish on fish farms consume five pounds of wild fish in order to produce one pound of farm fish. You don’t have to be Einstein to do the math. Fertilizer and pesticide used to
raise bugs? Nada. Greenhouse gas emissions? A joke. And think of the land use savings. No need for greenhouses, stockyards, silos or vast swatches of pasture land. With insects you could raise several million head on a ‘ranch’ no bigger than your apartment balcony. Scientists say when it comes to converting feed to meat, crickets are twice as efficient as chickens – and twelve times as efficient as cattle. David Pimentel, a professor at CornellUniversity says if all the grain currently fed to U.S. livestock was fed to people instead, 800 million humans would have full bellies. So why don’t we do it? The ‘ick’
factor, of course. Somehow we decided that frogs’ legs, pork trotters and ‘sweetbreads’ (thymus and pancreas glands) are acceptable but insects are a no-no. Funny thing, taste. Reminds me of the story of the American tourist in a Paris restaurant perusing the menu. “What’s this ‘soupe aux nids d’hirondelles’”? he asks the waiter. “Birds’ Nest soup, monsieur” says the waiter. “Izzat like twigs and feathers and crap?” “Non, monsieur. It is made from the saliva of swallows.” The American is appalled. “What? You expect me to eat somethin’ that came out of a bird’s mouth? Screw that, buddy. Just bring me a couple of hard boiled eggs.”
“Today, the Marine Communication and Traffic Services Centre in Ucluelet is set to close. This is especially disappointing because this vital service is located in the very riding Mr. Duncan hopes to represent after the next election.” As the Harper government’s chief whip, “Mr.
Duncan not only voted against restoring Coast Guard services but actually enforced a ‘no’ vote from all of the BC Conservative MPs,”
John said. NDP Fisheries and Oceans critic Fin Donnelly called for the federal government to reopen the Marine Communication and Traffic Services Centre in Ucluelet, reopen the Kitsilano Coast Guard station in Vancouver, and halt plans to close more Coast Guard services in Comox and Vancouver. “The delayed response and poor communications surrounding the recent oil spill in Vancouver Harbour demonstrated just how dangerous it is to cut these services,”
said Johns. “An NDP government will fully restore these facilities.”
CLOSURE, from Page 1 to be a hotly contested Courtenay-Alberni riding, NDP candidate Johns said he wants to know why Duncan, a former Ucluetian, voted Monday against an NDP motion to stop the closure of Coast Guard services in Ucluelet. “On Monday night John Duncan and every Conservative MP from BC voted against the chance to restore Coast Guard services and stop further cuts,” the Tofino resident said after the vote in the House of Commons.
‘Outlandish,’ continued from 4 And how could we live without Dr Lunney explaining “how cells work” to all of us who apparently don’t know “how cells work”. Glad we have a chiropractor to explain the biology - no wait - the theology of how cells work. And to think I wasted time in a biology class.... This would have been a fascinating lesson so perhaps the Westerly could host Lunney again to explain better how cells work and how it disproves the theory of evolution. That would be news worthy. And maybe, since the article was short on actual facts, you could have him back to explain why he voted for the omnibus legislation that allowed Amphitrite to be closed and for our Coast Guard to be removed when he considered it to be “boneheaded’. Apparently not boneheaded enough to vote against these closures. I might also suggest you take a tour of the schools he takes credit for in Hesquiaht and Ahousaht. The 5 million dollar school in Hesquiaht that teaches 10 kids is a real lesson in economy... Never mind that these 10 children could have been served a lot better for a lot less… Perhaps instead of glorifying this failed MP you could have used your article space to examine what Lunney actually voted for and against during his time as MP, where that sits with his constituents, what legitimacy he has in continuing to represent us when he has left his party, and perhaps looked for a few facts to counterbalance his claims which are clearly out of touch with reality and mainstream opinion. Journalists need to do more than just give people a microphone to spit whatever they like. That’s what Twitter is for. Your readers expect you to fact-check. Sadly you failed.
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Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing pursuant to sections 890 and 905.3 of the Local Government Act will be held in the Council Chambers of the Tofino Municipal Hall, 380 Campbell St., Tofino, B.C., on Tuesday, April 28th, 2015 at 9:00 AM to hear representations from members of the public who deem their interest in property affected by the following bylaw: District of Tofino Phased Development Agreement Bylaw 1191, 2013: The purpose of the proposed bylaw is to permit the District of Tofino to enter into a phased development agreement (PDA) with Walter Eino Pleasants and Janet Margaret Pleasants pursuant to Section 905.1 of the Local Government Act. Bylaw 1191 sets forth the terms, conditions and responsibilities of both parties with respect to a proposed rezoning from “A1-Small Holdings” to a comprehensive development zone” that, if adopted would enable the development of 22 multi-family units. The proposed 22 unit multifamily development includes two units of affordable housing, the remediation of a stream, stormwater management, a new District park and improvements to the Multi-Use-Path. The term of the PDA is ten (10) years from the date of adoption of the bylaw authorizing the agreement. The PDA can be assigned to a subsequent owner of the land under the following conditions: • If the District, in its sole discretion, consents in writing to the assignment and the assignee has executed and delivered to the District a notice of assumption and has entered into an assignment agreement with the Owner assigning the Agreement. • In consenting to such assignment, the District may require the Owner and the assignee to enter into further agreements with the District concerning the performance of the obligations contained in this Agreement in relation to the parcel of which the assignee is or will become the owner.
LEGAL ADDRESS: Rezoning application for Lot 3, District Lot 127, Clayoquot District VIP 20090 CIVIC ADDRESS: 1140 Pacific Rim Hwy, Tofino, B.C. OWNER / DEVELOPER: Walter and Janet Pleasants
All persons who deem their interest in property affected by the proposed bylaw will be given an opportunity to be heard on matters contained in the bylaw. The application and further information may be inspected at the Tofino Municipal Office, 121 Third St., Tofino, B.C., during regular business hours (9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) between April 15th, 2015 and April 28th, 2015 except weekends and statutory holidays. Written submissions may be mailed to the District of Tofino, P.O. Box 9, Tofino, B.C., V0R 2Z0, or emailed to arodgers@tofino.ca. Please submit any comments you may have regarding this application before 4:00 PM, April 27th, 2015.
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Possible media blitz coming to dog walkers ANDREW BAILEY
Westerly News Pressure on Tofitian leaders to find a way to force dog walkers to pick up their pets’ feces is picking up. Three separate letters concerning Tofino’s dog poop problem landed on council’s regular meeting agenda last week. One of these letters was from David Williams who, as was reported in last week’s Westerly, asked the district to increase the visibility of bylaw enforcement. Council moved to refer Williams’ letter to staff but Coun. Dorothy Baert wondered what that would accomplish. “I don’t know quite what referring to staff means in this case, (or) what we’re expecting to come out of it,” she said. “We spend effort and money looking at sustainability and criteria for quality of life, and so
forth, and these kinds of letters are an indication that quality of life is being impacted by behaviours that are just not acceptable and that is dog owners allowing their dogs to pollute the beaches and walkways and parks without any remedy.” Mayor Josie Osborne noted council has engaged in long discussions about dog poop recently and has already directed staff to compile a report on the issue. “(Williams’) letter is appreciated, it expresses a sentiment that we know is important to community members, but it doesn’t add any new information,” she said. “That’s why I think referring (it) to staff is appropriate because it reinforces what council and other letter writers have already said.” Baert pushed further. “With respect, that doesn’t answer my question about when we say refer to staff what that means about our expectation
about what’s coming back to council,” she said. Osborne reiterated that council had already directed staff to report on Tofino’s animal control bylaw and are awaiting that report. Coun. Greg Blanchette suggested Tofino’s animal control bylaw “is flawed and does need to be rewritten,” but said council needs to go further. “There’s no way this dog feces issue can be solved by bylaw enforcement alone and I would be inclined...to instruct staff to actually create a punchy media campaign based on civic pride,” he said. “It doesn’t serve us as a council, or the district, well for us to keep discussing, every meeting, another round of letters to come up about the same problem...I can only see two things we can do: a little bit of targeted bylaw enforcement and a media campaign, because this
is not our problem, it’s the town’s problem and there’s no other way, that I can think of, to solve it.” Coun. Duncan McMaster agreed and said council should launch a media campaign targeting civic pride. “We need to get some civic pride going in this town because it’s not just dog feces, there’s other problems that occur in the summer and throughout the year,” he said. “It would be good to have something that would go out to all the resorts and all the residents as to what sort of behaviour is expected.” Coun. Al Anderson suggested council must consider the cost of such a campaign before stampeding towards organizing one. “I’m all in favour of doing that but I think we have to figure out what that entails before we make a motion to start a campaign,” he said. “We’ve got to realize what kind of budget we want.”
Blanchette said if the district drags it feet too long, any campaign would be drowned out by summer. “The time to act is now,” he said. “If we put it off until summertime than any advertising campaign we put out will be lost in the flurry of summer activity. We either do it now or we don’t do it until fall.” District CAO Bob MacPherson assured staff’s incoming report would include recommendations on ramping up awareness but declined to put a timeline on the report being ready. “The preparation of a bylaw does take some time and we’re just not there,” he said. “At this point, we can see if there are some outside resources that we could apply to this and make it happen sooner rather than later.” reporter@westerlynews.ca
Radar Hill road closed by sinkhole; construction underway Westerly News Radar Hill Road in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve is temporarily closed until road repairs can be made to a sinkhole.
Parks Canada staff discovered the 2-foot deep hole while conducting ongoing maintenance in the Radar Hill area. After inspecting the site, it appears that water flow under Radar Hill Road undermined the roadbed and led
to a sink hole. The erosion apparently occurred gradually over a number of years. Parks Canada is making every effort to repair the road as soon as possible, a release said Wednesday. Updates regarding the re-open-
ing of the road will be posted on the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve website (pc.gc.ca/pacificrim). Parks Canada would like to remind the public that when an emergency arises, they can be reached anytime by calling 1-877852-3100 or 250-726-3604.
“Parks Canada apologizes for this inconvenience and appreciates the public’s cooperation,” the release said.
Head-injured logger airlifted to hospital ALberni Valley Times
PACIFIC RIM HOSPICE SOCIETY AGM Tuesday May 5, 5:45 pm Hospice office 240 Neill St, Tofino
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man into the medical facility. “Normally that would be an ambulance crew but my understanding was that, while the ambulance did arrive on scene, they were delayed so that’s why we were called in to assist.” Along with firefighters, ambulance personnel were waiting by the hospital’s helipad when the aircraft landed after transporting the patient to the Port Alberni area. A WorkSafe BC officer was assigned to investigate the incident Thursday afternoon, where the injured man was working as a faller for Island Pacific Logging
Ltd., said Trish Knight-Chernecki of WorkSafe BC media relations. “He has to wait until the first responders give him jurisdiction to investigate,” she said of the WorkSafe investigator’s role. “He checks the scene, he interviews witnesses, talks to the employer and then will write an inspection report.” The forestry industry’s rate of serious injury is more than twice the average for other occupations in British Columbia, amounting to 2.3 accidents for every 100 workers in 2012, according to WorkSafe BC statistics. This shows a slight decline from the 2.6 rate tracked in 2008.
LETTER
A sad day on the West Coast
This is a sad day. The Ucluelet/Tofino MCTS station, 3.6L, 6 Cyl, 6 Spd Automatic affectionately known as the ‘coast guard stn’ in Ukee, is, as of today. Closed. I have to say this doesn’t Stock# N145357A fill me with hope and inspirablange@albernichrysler.com blange@albernichrysler com tion for the future of our coast or our country when www.albernichrysler.com govt. can make such asinine
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A private helicopter landed at the West Coast General Hospital carrying a logger reported to be suffering from serious head trauma on Thursday afternoon. A handful of emergency responders and hospital staff quickly brought the injured forestry worker into the facility’s emergency department shortly after the aircraft landed at approximately 1 p.m. “The patient was, I believe, unconscious but breathing,” said Capt. Randy Thoen of the Port Alberni Fire Department, which sent a medical response truck to the helipad to assist with moving the
decisions.... “P-0436(2015) WEST COAST - VANCOUVER ISLAND Activated:0730 20 Apr 2015 Mariners are advised that effective Tuesday, April 21 2015 1900UTC, all Marine Communications and Traffic Services provided from Tofino will consolidate into Prince
Rupert. Vessels previously calling Tofino Coast Guard Radio should now call Prince Rupert Coast Guard Radio. The MMSI for Tofino Coast Guard Radio will be discontinued. Vessels using VHF DSC should now use Prince Rupert MMSI number 003160013. Any vessel operating in the
Tofino Traffic Zone will report to Prince Rupert Traffic on VHF Channel 74 in accordance with the Vessel Traffic Services Zone Regulations.”
Heidi Shaw, Ucluelet
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Changeover not a smooth one so far JACKIE CARMICHAEL
Westerly News Update: as of 2 pm Tuesday, the switchover hadn’t been made. Prince Rupert was in the middle of an “incident” and the work couldn’t be done. Additionally, the Prince Rupert station was off-line – down – for an hour Monday night, which gave the federal government cause for a pause Tuesday before attempting to proceed with the changeover. Meanwhile, as of Tuesday morning, messaging to mariners was already set to only contact Prince Rupert in case of emergency. “P-0436(2015) WEST COAST VANCOUVER ISLAND “Activated:0730 20 Apr 2015 “Mariners are advised that effective Tuesday, April 21 2015 1900UTC, all Marine Communications and Traffic Services provided from Tofino will consolidate into Prince Rupert. Vessels previously calling Tofino Coast Guard Radio
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should now call Prince Rupert Coast Guard Radio. The MMSI for Tofino Coast Guard Radio will be discontinued. Vessels using VHF DSC should now use Prince Rupert MMSI number 003160013. Any vessel operating in the Tofino Traffic Zone will report to Prince Rupert Traffic on VHF Channel 74 in accordance with the Vessel Traffic Services Zone Regulations.” West Coasters who talked to the Westerly were glum about the changeover, including Heidi Shaw of Ucluelet. “This is a sad day. The Ucluelet/ Tofino MCTS station, affectionately known as the ‘coast guard stn’ in Ukee, is, as of today. Closed. “ I have to say this doesn’t fill me with hope and inspiration for the future of our coast or our country when govt. can make such asinine decisions,” Shaw said. At press time, waiting for news that the changeover had been completed.
District of Tofino PUBLIC NOTICE
At left, the Canadian Áag Áies from the Áagpole at the Ucluelet Coast Guard station on Tuesday morning. J. CARMICHAEL PHOTO
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FOOD PRIMARY LIQUOR LICENCE AMENDMENT APPLICATION JAMIE’S RAINFOREST INN RESTAURANT & LOUNGE Permanent Change to Hours of Operation Notice is given that the District of Tofino Council will be considering the above noted liquor licence amendment application at its regular Council meeting on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 10:00 a.m, in the Council Chamber, Municipal Office, 380 Campbell Street. Residents and businesses located near Jamie’s Rainforest Inn Restaurant and Lounge (Jamie’s Restaurant and Lounge) who believe their interests are affected by the proposed amendment, may speak to the matter at the April 28, 2015 meeting. Jamie’s Restaurant and Lounge has applied to the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch (LCLB) for a permanent change to its food primary liquor licence. The restaurant/lounge is seeking a resolution from Tofino Council supporting its application to extend daily hours of operation by one hour (midnight to 1:00 am). As part of LCLB’s review process, the District is responsible for gathering the views of nearby residents and businesses, commenting on LCLB’s mandatory considerations and submitting a recommendation to the LCLB on whether the application should be approved. The mandatory considerations are: 1) potential for noise 2) impact on community and 3) if the change might shift the focus of operations from primarily food service to primarily liquor service. Application Details Location: 1258 Pacific Rim Highway Applicant: Jamie’s Rainforest Inn Restaurant & Lounge Proposal: Permanent change of hours from 9 am to midnight to 9 am to 1 am, Monday to Sunday.
For more information, please contact Jane Armstrong, Manager of Corporate Services at 250-725-3229 or by email at jarmstrong@tofino.ca.
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Tuff council ponders public engagement ANDREW BAILEY
Westerly News In today’s online world, attendance has never been more optional. Tofino is sorting through strategies to collect input from locals who can’t attend council meetings. During last week’s regular meeting, council reviewed a letter from Tofitian Brad Dusseault who asked the district to better engage with locals by taking advantage of online communication tools. “Many people for a variety of reasons are not able to or do not wish to attend lengthy council meetings,” Dusseault wrote. “While I appreciate the efforts of the citizen who has been kind enough to post video of meetings online—please consider an honorarium for his efforts—I would like council to take this one step further and have staff research the possibility of collecting information on issues from citizens electronically.” He suggested surveys, chats and other web-based engagements. “This might provide a little more transparency to process and help gather
opinion and information for decision making,” he wrote. Coun. Duncan McMaster applauded the efforts of the volunteer who broadcasts council meetings online but added that district staff and council have been actively posting surveys and other input opportunities to the web. “It may be worth just pointing some of these things out to Mr. Dusseault in a letter and, if he thinks that’s insufficient, I’d like to hear from him,” McMaster said. “I believe he doesn’t fully comprehend what we’re doing or what is available.” Mayor Josie Osborne agreed to follow up with Dusseault, inform him of the district’s current communication efforts and ask for his feedback. Coun. Greg Blanchette said online methods of encouraging and gathering public input should be pursued. “It seems like there would be a lot of opportunity for garnering public input without people having to actually come to meetings,” he said. “I would like to see that become, kind of, an initiative of council and staff during this term.” Osborne agreed.
“Within this council’s term, we would really like to look at these different kinds of engagement, and there are different reasons for doing so and different approaches for doing it,” she said. “I think this takes some time to really think about, and to do well, and to think about staff capacity.” Coun. Al Anderson said council had looked into a communication strategy during its last term but balked at the price tags that came up. “We backed away when we looked at the costs of even broadcasting the council meetings...It can be fairly expensive and then you ask yourself, ‘Do you want another bylaw officer to improve parking or do you want somebody to improve communications.’ You’ve really got to pick your battles,” he said. “Any one of these initiatives is $30,000 to $60,000 a year and then once you commit that, that’s the expectation that it will happen year after year...We’d love to be able to do everything but I don’t think people would love to pay the taxes that it will cost.” During the meeting’s open question period, Tofino local Menno van Barneveld
expressed frustration over how Dusseault’s letter was handled. “I don’t believe that the Mayor and council of Tofino are interested in public engagement because otherwise you guys would have responded differently on the letter from Mr. Dusseault,” he said. He took particular exception to Anderson’s suggestion that the district could not afford to broadcast council meetings. “He flops out amounts of $30,000 to 60,000 in order to make this happen,” van Barneveld said. “Meanwhile you have a member of the public sitting (here), who volunteers his time to record it, edit it, and put it on YouTube. You guys just wipe it under the table.” He said he has received little feedback from council on his volunteer broadcasting efforts. “It is a very valuable asset that this is being recorded...You guys are not interested in it otherwise you would have responded to it, you would have responded to me, you would have contacted me, you would have called me into your office,” he said. “I’m not standing here asking for any
reimbursement or anything like that but...I spend so much of my time doing this and making it happen (so) that people can use it; and it is being used in the community.” Baert responded that the $30,000$60,000 figure Anderson was speaking to involved provincial record-keeping requirements. “It’s not about recording and dispersing the information, it is about all the other things that have to happen,” she said. van Barneveld attempted to respond to Baert but was cut-off by Osborne. “Each person, according to the Council Procedure Bylaw, has up to two minutes to speak and so I’m going to respectfully ask that we end this now,” Osborne said. Tofino’s Council Procedure Bylaw stipulates that, during a meeting’s open question period, “A person shall be allowed two minutes in which to ask questions of Council,” and, “There will be no rebuttal or debate on the questions asked.”
Tofino Legion. Free admission & refreshments, games Free drop-in meditation class, Westcoast Community Resources Society at UCC, Wednesdays at 7:30 a.m. St. Columba Church, 7 p.m., 110 Second St. Tofino. Holy Family Church, 9:30am, 1664 Peninsula Rd. Ucluelet. Ucluelet library, open 1–6pm
CHEK TV News, Janice Leclerc from WeVoteCBC, Cameron Dennison from Tuff City Radio 90.1FM, and Jackie Carmichael from Westerly News. Toastmasters meets every Thursday evening from 7:00pm. For info, contact: Marilyn McEwen, 250-7268255 or photos@alberni.net Bingo, Tofino Legion, 7:30 p.m. Healthy Babies Program/Family Ties, 10:30 a.m. Drop-in for expectant, new parents, Coastal Family Place, Ucluelet AA 8pm. at Holy Family Church, 1663 Peninsula Rd. The Edge Youth Room, 3–6pm, UCC & Youth Nite at the Edge, 6–8pm, $2. Tofino library, 331 Main St., 3–7pm. St Columba Anglican/United Church Bible study, 10:30 a.m., UCC
The Edge Youth Room, 2–6pm, UCC
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Community Events Calendar 22 WEDNESDAY Earth Day Directly Affected screening and panel discussion, 7pm, Clayoquot Sound Community Theatre, Tofino. Admission: $5 at the door, advance tickets at the Common Loaf Markus Pukkonen presents at UCC 7-8 pm in Ukee Candlelit walk through TBG 8:30-9:30
pm (earth hour) Environmental activits Betty Krawczyk, 86, to read from her book “Clayoquot: The SOund of My Heart” at 6:30 pm at Raven Lady. USS Parent/Guardian/Teacher Conferences, 7-9pm. USS Band Room. Preschool Play Group, 10am–noon, Tofino Community Hall. Seniors Social Afternoons, 1:30-4pm,
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING (Rezoning) Lot 3, District Lot 127, Clayoquot District VIP 20090 (1140 Pacific Rim Hwy)
DISTRICT OF TOFINO Box 9, 121 Third Street, Tofino BC V0R 2Z0 (T) 250.725.3229 ext.22 (E) arodgers@tofino.ca (W) www.tofino.ca
Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing pursuant to Section 890 of the Local Government Act will be held in the Council Chambers of the Tofino Municipal Hall, 380 Campbell St., Tofino, B.C., on Tuesday, April 28th, 2015 at 9:30 AM to hear representations from members of the public who deem their interest in property affected by the following bylaw: BYLAW No. 1131: “District of Tofino Map and Text Amendment Bylaw 1131, 2010”. (amending Tofino Zoning Bylaw No. 770)”, a bylaw to permit the development of a 22 unit multi-family residential development in the Mackenzie Neighbourhood. LEGAL ADDRESS: Rezoning application for Lot 3, District Lot 127, Clayoquot District VIP 20090 CIVIC ADDRESS: 1140 Pacific Rim Hwy, Tofino, B.C. OWNER / APPLICANT: Walter and Janet Pleasants
Mike Camp ‘The Wanderer’- at Ucluelet will be to the 26th,12-7pm at Raven Lady in Ukee. Westcoast Community Bluegrass and Old-Time Jam, 8-10pm. Ucluelet A.N.A.F. 1708 Peninsula Everyone welcome! Chamber Luncheoun, 12:30pm Long Beach Lodge Resort. Regional media panel, including Kendall Hanson from
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ANAF presents the Barkley Sounds band Origami Owl show and sale at Tin Wis Tofino Library Storytime: 11:30noon. 331 Main St. Songs, stories, rhymes and more! Ages 3-5 with caregiver. Open Space Discussion with Michael Hepher Lessons from Fernie 4-6pm 320 Main St. What it took to bring together business, public sector and community support and how Fernie has benefitted PARENT / GUARDIAN / from the successTEACHER CONFERENCES ful building of an Wednesday, April 29, 2015 ‘arts place’. For U.S.S Band Room - 7:00 - 9:00 pm further informaStudents will be dismissed at tion contact: Dor12:00 noon, buses leave at 12:10 pm othy Baert 250 **School lunches will be available 726 5565.
UCLUELET All persons who deem their interest in property affected by the proposed bylaw will be given an opportunity to be heard on matters contained in the bylaw. The application and further information may be inspected at the Tofino Municipal Office, 121 Third St., Tofino, B.C., during regular business hours (9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) between April 15th, 2015 and April 28th, 2015 except weekends and statutory holidays. Written submissions may be mailed to the District of Tofino, P.O. Box 9, Tofino, B.C., V0R 2Z0, or emailed to arodgers@tofino.ca. Please submit any comments you may have regarding this application before 4:00 PM, April 27th, 2015.
SECONDARY SCHOOL
Saturday, 18 Tofino library, 331 Main , 10am–noon & 1–5pm. AA meeting, 7:30pm, St. FranciChurch, 441, Main St. Tofino.
25 SUNDAY Christ Community Church, 10:30am, 1419 Peninsula Rd. Ucluelet. Grace Bible Church, 10:30am, Ucluelet Community Ctr., 500 Matterson 10:00 a.m. – Holy Family Church– Ucluelet; 11:00 a.m. – St. Lawrence Church – Ahousaht. St. Columba Church, 10:30am, 110 Second St. Tofino. Tofino Bible Fellowship at Tofino Legion at 10:30.
26 MONDAY Tofino Ambassador Program first Introductory class.
Ucluelet AA, weekly Monday and Thursday at 8pm. Holy Family Floor hockey, 7–9pm, Ucluelet Seaplane Base Rec Hall. $2 drop-in. Indoor Soccer, 8–10pm, Ucluelet Secondary School gym, $2. Competitive & drop-in darts, doors 7pm, play 8pm, Tofino Legion.
27 TUESDAY Fish and Loaves free community lunch, 11:30 Tofino Comm Hall Healthy Babies Program/Family Ties, 10:30am. Ucluelet library. Ucluelet Community Centre, open 1–6pm. The Edge Youth Room, 3–6pm, UCC Youth night, 7-9pm, Tofino Legion. St. Francis of Assisi Church, mass 5pm, 441 Main St. Tofino. Food Bank on the Edge, pick up 1–3pm, Seaplane Base Rd. AA meeting, 7:30pm, St. Francis Church, 441 Main, Tofino.
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Shirley’s Tree, 1994, (above, then-Women’s Centre coordinator Tina Schoen and thenTransition House coordinator Janet Busby) and in 2015, WCCRS director Margaret Morrison and special project coordinator Jill McQuaid. For the story of Shirley’s Tree, see PAGE 10
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CRIME
A tree grows in Ucluelet Yarn bomb honours memory of Shirley Seydel-Taylor, who died in 1991 for Women’s Outreach at the Westcoast Community Resources Society, she had seen pictures of the tree as a sapling. “I was curious about it ... I thought it would be great to add some brightness and colour, and for people to get involved,” she said. WCRS director Margaret Morrison said the project is incredible. “We’re honouring the memory of women who have been victims of violence and lost their lives to acts of violence. This is a reminder that this still happens, it’s still an issue - that we need to work on this, all of us, to work on ending violence against women and girls,” Morrison said.
JACKIE CARMICHAEL
Westerly News Under a riot of incredibly pink blossoms, Shirley’s Bench overlooks the Ucluelet Small Craft Harbour. April 19 to 25 is the 10th annual National Victims of Crime Awareness Week, which is about raising awareness about issues facing victims of crime and the services, programs and laws in place to help them and their families. The seat is a silent reminder of Shirley Seydel-Taylor, a Ucluelet woman who was killed on a boat docked there on July 6, 1991. This week, in honour of Shirley and other victims of violence, the tree planted within view of the bench back in 1991 is wearing sweaters and ornaments - a “yarn bomb” lovingly created by West Coast crafters in Shirley’s memory, and for other victims of crime. One tree “sleeve” at a time, one ornament after another, the tree already adorned with Mother Nature’s finest blossoms is getting a new spring outfit that makes a statement. There’s more room, and
Margaret Morrison and Jill McQuaid ponder the unique project taking shape at the small craft harbour in Ucluelet this week. West Coasters are welcome to add to the design.
Shirley’s brother will be coming down to the tree daily to document the progress with each layer of
adornment. Jill McQuaid got the yarn bomb project going, with the help of
Parks and Rec and the Works Crew readying the site. The special projects coordinator
EDITOR’S NOTE: Services for victims of crime are available right here on the Westcoast such as Westcoast Community Resources Society, Westcoast Victim Services, and the Restorative Justice Program. Call 250-726-2343 or visit www.wccrs.ca for more information.
Statistics Canada: Victims by the numbers According to Statistics Canada (2009):
than half (53%) of all policereported incidents of family violence in 2007. That’s 12% of all violent crime in Canada. 6.4% of women with a current or forMore than 80% of victims of policemer spouse or common-law partreported spousal violence were ner reported being physically or female, while 17% were male. sexually assaulted by their partner Male victims of family violence were at least once during the previous more likely to have been victimized five years. by other family members, such as a Close to 7 in 10 victims of spousal parent or sibling. violence turned to informal sources Charges are laid more often in instanof support outside the criminal ces where the victim of spousal justice system for help. The number violence is female (80% versus 66%), of victims of spousal violence who but the overall percentage of charcontacted or used formal victim ges laid by police declined steadily services has declined, from 34% in between 2002 and 2007. 2004 to 28% in 2009. Female victims experience more Female victims are more likely than severe forms of violence compared male victims to seek support. to males. Female victims are more Spousal violence represented more likely to report being sexually assaulted, beaten, choked or threatened with a gun or a knife by a partner. In 2008, 29% of all physically assaulted women had been victim366 CAMPBELL ST. (BOX 381), TOFINO, B.C., V0R 2Z0. E: art@markhobson.com P: 1 800 668 2208 ized by a current W: markhobson.com F: 1 250 725 3120 or former spouse.
Females are more likely than males to be the victim of a spousal homicide, with a rate three to four times higher than that of males over the past 30 years. Age is also a risk factor for spousal homicide. Young couples aged 15 to 24 have the highest spousal homicide rates.
Sexual Assault: 3% of women reported being sexually assaulted in the previous 12 month period; this same survey, however, suggests that only 8% of sexual assaults are reported to police. While interviewing sexual assault survivors, the reasons behind womens’ decisions not to report the assault to police include: believing that the police could not do anything to help them;wanting to keep the incident private; feeling ashamed or embarrassed; being reluctant to become involved with police and the courts; fearing that she would not be believed; not thinking the incident was important enough; not being sure the incident was a crime;; not having sufficient proof; fearing the perpetrator; not wanting the perpetrator arrested or jailed
Women under the age of 25 show the highest rates of sexual assault and criminal harassment. These rates decline as age increases. In 2004, only 38% of cases of sexual assault and 37% of sexual offences resulted in a conviction. In 2007, 92% of victims of sexual assaults reported to police were female. While findings of guilt are less likely in cases of sexual offending than in other violent offences (49% versus 53%), sexual offenders are more likely to receive custodial sentences than are offenders of other violent acts (54% versus 30%). About 6 in 10 convictions of sexual assault (63%) and sexual offences (61%) result in a period of incarceration; however, conditional sentences were used more often in cases of sexual assault than in other cases of violent crime.
Criminal Harassment: In 2008, 73% of all criminal harassment incidents reported to police were directed at women. 38% of these reports were from women being stalked by a person with whom they had an intimate rela-
tionship. In 2008, 2565 women reported criminal harassment by their spouse to police.
Psychological impacts of violence: The 2004 GSS indicates that among women who use public transit, 58% were worried about their safety after dark while waiting or using public transit. Another 27% of women were worried about being alone at night in their home and 16% felt unsafe while walking alone after dark.
Physical Consequences: In the 2009 GSS, 3 in 10 spousal violence victims had sustained physical injuries. Injuries are twice as common for female victims (42% versus 18%). Three quarters of spousal violence victims reported emotional consequences, with women being much more likely than men to report significant emotional impacts.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015
The Vagina Monologues The Vagina Monologues, Eve Ensler’s award winning play, was presented by women of the West Coast last weekend. Featuring a stellar cast and vibrant direction by Sarah Hogan, produced by Erica Benson, the play was a hit with near-capacity audiences. All proceeds went towards the Westcoast Community Resources Society and the Westcoast Womens Transition House. It was part of Vday, a global activist movement to stop violence against women and girls.
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RJ panel Thurs., 7pm at UCC April 19 - 25 is the Tenth Annual “National Victims of Crime Awareness Week”. In support of victims being heard and healed instead of further victomized, Canada has been turning toward RestoraMYLES MORRISON tive Justice Practices. BC is /LOCAL a world leader VOICE in this field and The West Coast Restorative Justice Service is part of this process. To celebrate National Victims of Crime Awareness Week we are holding the “Hear The Hurt, Heal The Harm” week of victims awareness and healing through two different style, three day Restorative Justice courses and an experts talk and panel discussion on how they hope to see victims and society better served. The more open ended Peacemaking Circle Restora-
tive Justice form course was held Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in Ucluelet, the Restorative Justice Community Forum Facilitator course is Friday evening 24th, Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th in Tofino. (This certificate course has seats available at no charge; contact Myles Morrison at mmmmm@ telus.net or 250-726-2313.) Everyone is invited to the “Restorative Justice and Where It’s Going” Panel Discussion Thursday 23rd (7:00 pm UCC) to hear; where Restorative Justice came from, why it’s often the better way to “heal the hurt”, keep offenders out of prison, avoid a crippling criminal record, “heal the harm”, where the experts think the process is going and how you can be involved in saving souls and community. Myles Morrison is Co-ordinator, Facilitator, Trainer at West Coast Restorative Justice Service.
West Coast Resources www.wccrs.ca Westcoast Community Resources Society provides services to all members of the West Coast communities, from Ucluelet to Tofino and the diverse and remote surrounding areas. WCCRS is a non-profit organization which shares the community’s vision that every member’s well being is ensured. All WCRS programs and services are confidential and free of charge. For information about services or to book an appointment call or visit offices between 10 am and 4 pm Mon. to Fri. Volunteers welcome. For more information call (250)726-2343 or come into the office. 500 Matterson Dr., Box 868, Ucluelet, BC, Canada V0R 3A0 and appointments are available in Tofino, BC. Phone: (250) 726-2343; After Hours Emergency: (250) 7262020; Toll Free 1 (877) 726-2080. The Westcoast Transition House
is a safe place for women and children who are fleeing domestic violence and abuse. The transition house is staffed 24/7 and provides service to women and their children in the West Coast communities. Domestic Violence and Abuse is: One person’s attempt within an intimite relationshop to control or harm antoher person through physical, emotional, mental, sexual, financial or verbal means. Transition House Offers: Safe, short term transitional accommodation; Crisis support and safety planning; Information and advocacy; Emergency food, clothing and essential hygiene items; Referrals to community agencies and resources; A safe place to talk, explore and discover your options towards obtaining a healthier and safer life for you and your children. Call Transition House-(250)726-2020 or call the 24-Hour Crisis Line: 1 (877) 726-2080 toll free.
“Restorative Justice and Where It’s Going” Panel Discussion Renowned Restorative Justice Experts Thursday April 23 7:00 pm. Ucluelet Community Centre. All Welcome.
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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WEEK
2ND ANNUAL FULL-SCALE COMMUNITY TSUNAMI EVACUATION DRILL TUESDAY MAY 5TH FROM 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM The District of Ucluelet’s Emergency Committee and Ucluelet’s First Responders will conduct a mock tsunami evacuation drill for low lying areas within Ucluelet on Tuesday May 5th from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. The scenario comprises of a magnitude 8.0 earthquake generated from Alaska at 6:00 pm with anticipated 4-meter tsunami waves and 8-meter run-up waves. The mock waves are predicted to reach the shores of Ucluelet at approximately 10:00 pm. Residents and visitors located in low-lying areas are asked to participate in the mock emergency evacuation. If you and your family reside in an area less than 20-meters in elevation, please grab your emergency grab-and-go kits and proceed to Ucluelet’s main Community Safe Zone, the Ucluelet Secondary School (1450 Peninsula Rd.) between 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm. Ucluelet’s Emergency Social Services team will activate a mock Reception Centre at the High School Band Room. Please ensure you register you and your family at the Reception Centre. Emergency preparedness information and refreshments will be provided. To initiate the drill, the District of Ucluelet will demo their internal communications system to notify First Responders and Emergency Personnel. The Fire Hall siren will sound at approximately 6:00 pm to notify residents that the exercise is starting. The Emergency Committee will set up a mock Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) at the Fire Hall and First Responders will initiate mock evacuations for areas within the indication zone from approximately 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Thank you for participating in this important exercise. For more information, please contact the Environmental and Emergency Service Manager, Karla Robison at emergency@ucluelet.ca or 250.726.4780.
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No water bill break for Tuff resorts Note: This story first appeared in last week’s Westerly but unfortunately was cut off. We present it here in full and apologize for any inconvenience. ANDREW BAILEY
Westerly News Tofino’s summer utility rates kicked in on schedule despite pleas from local resorts to keep winter rates going this year. New water meters are churning out more accurate readings and higher bills to some local resorts and Tofino’s summer utility rates—summer rates run in Quarter 2 and Quarter 3 and are roughly double winter’s Quarter 1 and Quarter 4 rates—kicked in on April 1. The new meters were installed around September last year after the district became suspicious of numbers coming from the old meters and discovered at least four of Tofino’s 29 hotel/motel ratepayers were being charged based on inaccurate consumption. The district’s director of finance Nyla Attiana said at least two of the four malfunctioning meters were registering consumption at a tenth of what it actually was.
“It’s important to point out that the district did not lose any revenue,” she said. “Each time utility rates are established they are based on a revenue requirement that covers 100 per cent of the cost of service to provide water and provide sewer and then we work backwards from there and we establish rates...The rates were determined on inaccurate consumption levels not inaccurate revenue requirements.” She suggested the meter malfunctions could date as far back as 2003 and said the district received about $111,250 more than it was expecting in 2014 because of the corrections at the four meters. On March 14, Tofino’s municipal council received a letter from the West Coast Resort Association asking the district to lessen the blow of higher-than-expected water bills by keeping winter rates going until Tofino’s water utility rate structure was reassessed. On March 24, Attiana laid out the impacts approving this request would have. She said that to accept the resorts’ request, a change would be needed to Tofino’s utility rate
bylaws meaning all ratepayers would be affected. “By maintaining winter rates for Quarter 2 and Quarter 3, 41 per cent of water and sewer revenue will require collection in addition to what is regularly billed in Quarter 4,” she said adding the district typically receives about 75 per cent of its required water and sewer revenues in the two summertime quarters. Less revenue collected in the summer would mean Quarter 4’s rates would need to be adjusted to make up the difference. Attiana said the average residential ratepayer would see summertime bills around $85—typical in winter months—but would then receive a Quarter 4 bill about $228 above what they would normally be charged. “That’s quite significantly higher for a residential ratepayer than what they would normally see, even in the summertime,” she said. Coun. Duncan McMaster spoke against hitting locals with high bills in January when work is slow and Christmas has taken its toll. “I don’t think that would sit very well for people,” he said.
Coun. Al Anderson agreed and said many locals would be thrilled to see smaller bills in the summer and be unaware a big one was looming. “Then they’ll be hit with, as I understand it, 41 per cent of their whole annual use on that one bill and at a time when cash flow for most people is quite low,” he said. Council denied the resort association’s request but will review the district’s utility rate structure later this year. Coun. Cathy Thicke asked staff how the inaccurate meter readings were allowed to continue for so long. “Is there nothing in our computer system which would raise a red flag when these discrepancies have been noted and, if so, why wasn’t this discrepancy noted before last September,” she asked. Attiana said there was no perfect answer to Thicke’s question. “Unfortunately, no, there’s nothing in our software that would have given us a red flag saying those are inaccurate,” she said. “In a perfect world I wish that I’d found this on my first day, five years ago, but I didn’t, and we didn’t, but we’ve found it now and
I think that we need to look forward and find a way to improve our processes so that we don’t see this happen again.” She suggested utility reports are compared manually, which is difficult considering the amount and variety of ratepayers found in the hotel/motel class. “We could take all those accounts and compare them against one another but with some of them reading slightly lower and some of them reading quite a bit lower we were comparing against inaccurate numbers to see what an average hotel/motel would use,” she said. Coun. Dorothy Baert thanked staff for bringing the issue to light as soon as it was discovered. “If you had known this for two years and not shared it...that’s a different thing, but it was discovered, it was dealt with, that’s what happened,” Baert said. “I commend staff for finding and discovering these problems when and as they occur.” reporter@westerlynews.ca
More info needed on meter malfunction ANDREW BAILEY
Westerly News District staff will soon provide a breakdown of Tofino’s recently realized water meter breakdown. During council’s April 14 regular meeting, Coun. Duncan McMaster said council, and the community, need more information about the water meter malfunction that had at least two local resorts paying water bills that were
a tenth of what they should have been. “This is a pretty hot topic around town. I think there’s a lot of confusion (and) a lot of misunderstanding,” McMaster said. “I myself have more questions than answers and I would like to see this topic go to a COW (Committee of the Whole Meeting) with a full presentation from staff as to what went wrong, how it went wrong, how we’re going to make sure it doesn’t hap-
pen again in the future and lessons learned.” Coun. Greg Blanchette asked if the district could take it a step further by providing locals with letters explaining what happened. “I concur that there is a lot of misinformation and approaching conspiracy theories going on around town based on not a lot of hard information,” he said. Mayor Josie Osborne agreed but said such a letter should be considered after
council has heard staff’s presentation. “It would be good to issue some kind of statement or some kind of document that could help explain the district’s perspective,” she said. Staff was directed to prepare the presentation for a future Committee of the Whole Meeting. reporter@westerlynews.ca
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Westerly News Tofitians can expect to see more garbage bins popping up around town. While the district hashes out a strategy to convince dog walkers to pick up their pets’ poop, additional garbage bins are en route to stop those who do pick it up from plopping full poop bags on the ground. Tofino’s municipal council reviewed a letter from Robert and Mara Love last week that
suggested full poop bags are becoming commonplace at Chesterman Beach. The Loves noted new doggie-bag-dispensers have been installed at the beach but these dispensers do not have garbage cans attached. Coun. Greg Blanchette agreed with the Loves and said garbage bins should go hand-in-hand with bag dispensers. “They mention in their letter the astounding phenomena of poop that’s actually been picked up in a bag and
then the bag has been left or thrown in the bushes,” he said. “I think it’s important to have, associated with every dispenser, a receptacle as well for full bags.” Tofino has discussed installing additional garbage bins in the past but has been hesitant to go against its Bear Smart strategy by installing nonbear-proof bins. The cost of installing one bear-proof bin is roughly $2,000, according to district CAO Bob MacPherson.
MacPherson said staff have found a significantly cheaper option and will be installing new non-bear-proof bins designed to prevent bearattracting garbage from going in. He said several of these new bins would be installed in the near future but staff is wary that people may begin placing regular garbage around the new bins. reporter@westerlynews.ca
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Partnership - like the Real West Coast - is a beautiful thing The “Real West Coast” was wellrepresented during the 2015 Vancouver Adventure and Travel Show in March. Sarah DENISE TimberSTYS-NORMAN lake (Tourism /LOCAL Tofino), VOICE Crystal Bolduc (Pacific Rim National Park Reserve) and Denise Stys-Norman (Tourism Ucluelet) joined forces to introduce potential travellers to Canada’s Pacific Rim. Over the two-day show, the trio spoke with approximately 1,000 people about the region and its various assets. The group has started to develop the “The Real West Coast” brand with a brochure showcasing the area and therealwestcoast.ca , providing links to all three partner websites with visitor information. At the end of day, it’s not about whether visitors stay in Ucluelet or Tofino, but that they discover and enjoy the whole coast, resulting in extended and repeat stays - and economic stimulus for our communities. They may stay in Tofino on their first visit and return to stay in Ucluelet or camp in the National Park the next time. We all want to ensure that the visitor gets the complete “Real West Coast” experience, from walking or surfing at
Chesterman Beach and taking in the range of culinary offerings to exploring the Park and hiking the Wild Pacific Trail and handling marine life in the Aquarium. “ Jennifer Steven of The Whale Centre and President of the Tofino Chamber of Commerce got to see the team in
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action all weekend. “Our booth was right beside theirs and I was so impressed with Tourism Tofino and our partners at Tourism Ucluelet and Parks Canada during the Travel Show. They teamed up for an impressive regional booth that was high energy, attractive and constantly
busy. It was wonderful to see all three organizations working together to promote the beautiful West Coast. All three ladies personally engaged with everyone who stopped by for information on the area. I hope they can continue to partner at future trade shows,” she said.
Representatives from Tourism Tofino, Tourism Ucluelet and Pacific Rim National Park meet monthly in an effort to further build “The Real West Coast” messaging and outreach. Denise Stys-Norman is Marketing Coordinator for Tourism Ucluelet.
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The new West Coast Little Free Library has been installed at St. Columba. “It was built by long time parishioner Canon Whitey Bernard, and installed with the help of Method Marine, who loaned us a truck and a couple helpers to get it into place,” said Rev. Will Ferrey. “We’ve designed it to reflect the iconic shape of the church, and to fit in well in
the church yard. “St. Columba is very grateful to Method Marine for their assistance in putting the Little Free Library in place. The library is very large, so has lots of space for books, and will hopefully have lots of books for people to take. We’ve situated it right beside one of our two benches, so that people are able to sit and enjoy a book from the
Library,” Ferrey said. “I believe Tofino and Ucluelet are well on their way to having the most literate population in Canada,” said Westerly publisher Jackie Carmichael. “There are book stores in both towns, and great libraries as well. “When the first West Coast Little Free Libraries were installed at Common Loaf in Tofino and the Westerly News
in Ucluelet, there were none north of Nanaimo. Now there are branches at the West Coast Community Resources Society in Ukee, the Edge Youth Room and the Tofino Legion - and now at St. Columba,” she said. The system has benefited from donations of a few books at a time, and a 2014 book drive by a Richmond high school.
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Seaplane Base flies through another year’s budget St. Jacques said the building would last for as long as it remains safe to Ucluelet’s Seaplane Base use. Recreation Hall will continue “Eventually the safety of standing for at least another the place is going to dicyear. tate to us when it needs The hall was built in 1938 to come down,” she said. and was used for Canada’s “All we’re doing is setting World War II efforts but it aside some money for that has since become a perennial eventual day.” candidate for demolishment Coun. Sally Mole noted during Ucluelet’s budget there are no other indoor seasons. facilities that allow roller Tearing the hall down would skates. cost the district an estimated “On the West Coast, $50,000 and council agreed that’s the one place where to put $10,000 aside for this you can actually play floor eventual effort during March hockey out of the ele31’s budget meeting. ments,” she said. Council also agreed to keep While council agreed to the hall in operation while an let the Rec. hall stand for alternative sports facility is another year, they were not sought. willing to let it continue to The hall’s kitchen and washbe an eyesore for tourists rooms have been decommisand locals at the nearby sioned but it still sees solid boat launch so a paintusage from indoor recreationing project was put on the ers and remains the West docket. Coast’s only hard-surface Noel suggested painting West Coast hockey players are stoked on another year of playing hockey in the Seaplane Base Rec. Hall. PHOTO ANDREW BAILEY sports facility to accommoat least one side of the hall date roller-skating. per-year, starting with the District CAO Andrew Yeates said the hall sees twice-weekly roller facility up. money to knock it down doesn’t side facing the boat launch. improvements were made to the hockey practices including a youth “They know that this is all we’ve address the problem, it just cre“We’re not putting our best foot hall last year to address safety hockey program he volunteers for got,” he said. ates another one.” forward there,” he said. concerns but more improvements every Wednesday. “This hall is old but it still serves Coun. Mayco Noel agreed. Council asked staff to report would likely be needed. “The kids really look forward to a purpose for us in this small com“It can’t be torn down unless back with painting options and “We did a series of repairs last it and it’s our only place to play munity. We don’t want to see it there’s something to replace it,” cost estimates. reporter@westerlynews.ca year to make it safe enough to out of the rain so to see that gone gone unless there’s something to Noel said. use,” he said. would be a big hit to us,” he said. replace it.” “If we want to keep using it in a The youth program kicked off Taron’s words small way we need to keep putting about a year ago and caters to a were echoed by something aside so we can handle solid core of about eight kids from former munianything else that might pop up.” around 5-10 years old, according cipal councilMayor Dianne St. Jacques said to Taron who said the Rec. hall is lor Geoff Lyons the Rec. hall serves an important the only indoor venue for kids to who attended purpose and a new sports facility get some hockey in and work on Ucluelet’s April 7 isn’t likely to pop up overnight. their skating. budget meeting “As long as it’s still useable we “It’s something boys and girls and urged council should still be using it,” she said. enjoy and they all look forward to not to knock the “If the kids and adults are still Wednesdays,” he said. “These kids hall down until a able to get some good use out of it have locked into this and they love replacement facilI think we keep it there as long as it.” ity is ready to go. it’s safe.” Taron said the district has been “To demolish it Ucluelet local Brent Taron was “very supportive” of the youth without replacing thrilled with council’s decision to hockey program and he is confiit is rather shortkeep the hall going. dent council won’t take the hall sighted,” Lyons Taron told the Westerly that down without putting an alternate said. “To spend ANDREW BAILEY
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Westerly News Local boaters can expect to see an increased police presence on the water. “The season is coming,” said Sgt. Blaine Mumford. “We’re going to be ramping up a little bit on our marine enforcement in and around Tofino.” Police pulled over a vessel last week and ordered it back to the dock after discovering no one on board was certified to operate it. “Everyone operating a
powerboat on the water now has to have some kind of proof of competency and if you don’t have that you can face a ticket under the Canada Shipping Act,” Mumford said. “People in town should be aware that we’ll be doing more checks.” Operating a powerboat without the required license can bring a $250 fine and Mumford encourages locals to check online resources to bring themselves up to speed and avoid facing fines.
“We just want people to be safe on the water,” he said. Police also nabbed an impaired boater last week. “There was a complaint of a vessel coming over from Opitsaht with an impaired operator,” Mumford said. “We attended the dock and determined that the operator was in fact impaired.” The operator faces criminal charges for impaired operation of a motor vessel and was released with a future court date. reporter@westerlynews.ca
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The Tofino General Hospital Foundation would like to thank the following for helping to make our gala fund raiser such a huge success. We exceeded our anticipated goal and raised forty thousand dollars! This more than pays for the transport incubator. The Shelter Management, Mike Jacobsen, Jay Gildenhuys, Karen Debi and the entire staff went above and beyond any of our expectations, donating the venue, the food, their time and expertise. The ‘Little Saturday Band’, Stephanie, Jess and Heidi donated their time and gave us a lovely evening of entertainment. We cannot thank you all enough! To all who attended and donated, we hope your evening was great and thank you too. We hope to see you at our next event. If we have missed mentioning anyone we sincerely apologize. -Arlene McGinnis Chair of the Tofino General Hospital Foundation
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Live to Surf
Laura Distaso
Doug & Phylis Banks
Village Gallery
G & N Towing
Ordinary Corner Nursery
Tony’s Pizza
Wickaninnish Inn
Jeremy Koreski
June & Gail Investments Ltd.
House of Himwitsa
Little Saturday Band
Long Beach Surf Shop
Todd Byrnes
Rene Gibson
Al Anderson
Lance’s Sportfishing Adventures
Jai Crosbie
Surf Sister
David & Margaret Rae-Arthur
Habit
Gibson Bros. Contracting
The Fish Store & Oyster Bar
Mission Hill Winery
Leslie Jones
Stoneboat Vineyards
Storm Surf Shop
Money tree winner Michele Gagne and Foundation President Arlene McGinnis
Page 20 | The Westerly News
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Pacific Rim Fish & Game Club Thank You!
Following another successful potluck banquet last month, the Pacific Rim Fish & Game Executive would like to thank the following sponsors for donating prizes. Appreciation extended those of you who provided potluck dinner/appetizers/desserts for the event. Apologies if we missed announcing your donation.....a big thanks to all! • Coast Bastion Inn • Hospitality Inn • Thay Tea • Ucluelet Gas Bar • Ucluelet Bottle Depot • Method Marine • Harbour Pizza • Murray’s Grocery • Cobella’s • West Coast Motel & Kara McAvoy • Ucluelet Motel • Place TV • CIBC • Ukee Liquor Store • Tuff City Brewery • Pacific Waters • Bill Von Brendel • Dave Porter • Black Rock Resort • Zoe’s Bakery • Dale & Jacqueline Holliday • Petro Canada
• Crystal Cove • Fresh Cup Roasting Café • RPM • Mark Hobson • Dustin Riley • Tofino Co-op • Ocean Outfitters • Ucluelet Co-op • Rubio’s • G&N Towing • Driftwood Gifts • Subtidal Adventures • Gray Whale Deli • Tofino Pharmacy • Windsor Plywood • Spring Cove Cabins • Eagle Marine • Barry’s Drug Mart • Pioneer Boat Works • Wichito Marine Services • Carlo’s • Ucluelet Aquarium • BCWF
• Officials Sports Lounge • Ucluelet Rent It • Tight Lines Fishing • Canadian Princess • Long Beach Golf Course • Carol Schulz • Watercolours • Jim Striegle Photography • Eagle Aerie Gallery • Ocean Pet Supplies • Majestic Ocean Kayaking • Jamie’s Whaling Station • Crow’s Nest • Salty Dog • Sherry Pawluk • Sonbird • Jay’s Fishing • Schooner Restaurant • Hank’s • Far West Foods • Corby’s • Waterlily Framing
With these generous donations, the club can plan for upgrades to the range and hosting events. Please note the following AGM notification… come on out and vote!
Pacific Rim Fish & Game Club AGM: Saturday May 2, 2015 - 2 PM At the Rifle Range