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11-YEAR-OLD twotime national surfing champ starts Fathers Day brunch to raise $ for water filters for Third World PAGE 6 2015 Ucluelet Secondary School Graduation PAGES 9-16
USS grad inks latest Westerly cartoon, a tribute to Fortune PAGE 4
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If lured by trash, habituated bruins get a nose for trouble ANDREW BAILEY
Westerly News Tourists aren’t the West Coast’s only summertime visitors. The bears are back in town and local WildSafeBC coordinator John Platenius is reminding West Coasters to keep their communities safe by keeping their attractants secure. “This time of year in Tofino and Ucluelet we need to be very, very, careful with our garbage and managing our attractants,” he said. Several bear sightings have been reported in Tofino over the past two weeks and the sightings suggest two bears—one large and one small—are becoming habituated, meaning they are feeling too comfortable around humans. “There have been bears on people’s patios, bears on people’s decks, and there’s even been one report of a bear entering someone’s home when the door was open,” Platenius said.
John Forde snapped this pic of a newborn killer whale shortly after its birth at the top of Fortune Channel near Meares Island. It’s already swimming and breaching to the surface for air.
“They’ve been very bold...When a bear becomes habituated, that’s when the animal becomes more dangerous.” He said bear sightings are common in the summer and the West Coast’s bear activity remains on par with past years. “I don’t think there’s any alarm bells really. It is quite common in Tofino and Ucluelet to have a food conditioned bear or a habituated bear but, of course, the goal is to See BEARS Page 3
John Fraser snapped this photo at a Tofino residence. ”This bear has been seen on many residents patios and decks. This resident had no attractants available for the bear, but because it has found garbage and food on other decks, the bear is now habituated and food conditioned and investigates decks as a possible food source.,” said WildSafeBC coordinator John Platenius. Above left, alone on a beach, a mother bear teachers her cub to forage for barnacles as bears should in the wild, out of dangerous human habitats. (J Forde photo, The Whale Centre.)
Rare birth: Newborn orca joy JACKIE CARMICHAEL
Westerly News In three decades, John Forde has seen evidence of just two killer whale birthings in Clayoquot Sound. This week’s glimpses of a newborn orca frolicking near its mother behind Meares Island was the second. “We’ll see the odd young calf around – but to witness a female going into an area and coming out with a fresh, brand-new calf is a
very rare occurrence,” Forde said. On July 9, a group of orcas cruised into Tofino harbour. Forde traced their route through the harbour and up Browning Passage and behind Meares Island that evening. On Wednesday at noon, a call came in from a prawn boat near the top of Fortune Channel, behind Meares Island - there was a baby calf with a mother orca. See ORCA Page 24
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BEARS from Page 1 have none,” he said. “We can reach that goal. If a bear wanders into town and can’t find any food, it will continue on.” He said locals must secure their garbage inside their homes and that storing waste in a shed or canopied truck doesn’t cut it. “Hopefully we all know that by now. It should go without saying that garbage is an attractant,” he said. “In the past, people have stored garbage in sheds that seem secure because they have a closed door.... bears will take the door off the shed. Really the best thing to do is to keep the garbage secure inside the house.” Platenius walks through Tofino the night before garbage pickup to make sure residents and resorts haven’t prematurely taken
Brian Congdon of Subtidal Adventures snapped this mama-baby pair snacking at a beach - far from where interaction with humans brings trouble and death for hungry bears habituated to trash dinner.
their garbage cans to the curb. “It’s against Tofino and Ucluelet bylaws to put your garbage out the night before because that’s obviously a wildlife attractant,
and particularly a bear attractant,” he said. “We’re really fortunate here. For the most part, our residents are educated and concerned and informed so we’re quite good in our communities.” Securing attractants doesn’t just help keep commun-
ities safe from bears, it keeps bears safe as well, according to Platenius who said about 500 bears are destroyed by BC’s Conservation Officer Service each year because they have become habituated. “Most of those are because of garbage that has been improperly managed and has been accessed by bears,” he said. “That number, not too long ago, was 1,000...we’ve able to reduce that number in British Columbia to 500 which is fantastic and I really believe that, through education and through programs like WildSafeBC and through people getting better at remembering to manage their garbage properly, we can bring that number down even more.” Along with nixing the alluring odour of attractants, Platenius said it is important for locals to make bears feel uncomfortable in town by making loud noises to move them along. “People who aren’t educated will get closer and closer and test the animal and, of course, that’s the wrong thing to do. We need to keep being loud and trying to
keep the bears staying away from us,” he said. Through his role with WildSafeBC, Platenius gives talks at local schools and works with Parks Canada and local governments to raise awareness of attractant-management. “WildSafeBC’s tagline is, ‘Keeping wildlife wild and communities safe,’ and we do that mostly through education,” he said. “We’re just here as a conduit, we don’t manage wildlife, we just educate folks about wildlife and about how to live with wildlife safely.” He said WildSafeBC works closely with conservation officers to keep the education train rolling. “Conservation officers this year have been really, really, quick to respond,” he said. “I just can’t stress enough how great they are...conservation officers are caring, they’re compassionate, they’re professionals, and they got into their profession because they love wildlife.” Andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca
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Westerly News Two men survived a significant single vehicle collision on Hwy. 4 last week. A father and son tourist team had wrapped up their West Coast vacation and headed out of Tofino around 2:30 a.m. on June 11. They were traveling along the highway around 4 a.m. when an animal jumped in front of their vehicle causing the driver to swerve and crash into a ditch near Maureen Creek, according to Sgt. Swann. Swann said a passer-by saw the men and drove them to Ucluelet where they were picked up by BC Ambulance personnel and transported to the Tofino Hospital. Swann said both men were injured in the crash but, considering the damage to the vehicle, their injuries were surprisingly minor. “They’re very lucky,” Swann said.
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RCMP arrest rogue log boom ANDREW BAILEY
Westerly News A handful of vessels were rescued from a log-boom-on-thelam last week. Ucluelet’s new police boat nailed its first crack at saving the day on June 7 around 1:30 p.m. when a log-boom, roughly 30 logs deep, escaped the spot it was tied to and began riding a strong tide straight for Ucluelet’s Pat Lesley Memorial Boat Launch. A resident saw the impending peril and called Sgt. Jeff Swann who raced to the scene in Ucluelet’s new RCMP vessel. Swann said he arrived in the nick of time to halt the boom, which the tide was carrying at a significant pace. “I managed to tie my boat off onto the log boom and then hooked up a tow rope and began driving at pretty good power to prevent it from hitting the boats,” Swann said. “It was about 10 metres away from hitting boats when I got there and got hooked up.” With the boom safely attached to his vessel, Swann called for support to drive it away. “Coast Guard from Bamfield and our local RCMSAR (Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue) came out and we managed to push and pull the log-boom back to where it was subsequently tied up by us,” he said. He said police are talking with the boom’s owners to figure out what happened and ensure it doesn’t happen again.
clinging to the log when he was spotted by a WestCoast Wild Zipline employee who sprang into action. “A very competent and trained employee from the zipline, who is very familiar with ropes and relaying and trained rope rescue skills, was able to attend immediately and set up a rope system,” Swann said. “They got a life jacket down to him and they secured him to the log.” Swann said the West Coast Inland Search and Rescue team arrived in short order to rescue the man and get him to safety. “They raced to the scene and managed to pluck this guy off this precarious position on the edge of the cliff. It was
Sgt. Jeff Swann snapped this pic of a rogue log boom safely in tow behind the new RCMP vessel. Swann noted the mission would not have been possible with the RCMP’s old vessel. “Our new police boat is beautiful because it’s got a nice tow-rope attached to it which is something that our old boat didn’t have,” he said.
Stranded swimmer rescued A swimmer was rescued from a perilous situation near Ucluelet last week. A 23 year-old tourist, visiting from the mainland, was swimming around Wally Creek on June 8 around 4 p.m. when he
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COMMENT
Opinion ISLA VIEW
Killer whale groupies delighted by Fortune’s smile A new calf is always an exciting time for us Kawkawin groupies. At last count we had 272 (2012) of these mammal eating Biggs (Transient) whales here in the Pacific NW. The population seems to remained strong over the last few years with our strong populations of pinipeds ROD PALM (seals and sea /SCUTTLE lions) stocking the larder. BUTT It has been seen that when female Kawkawin (Killer Whales) are close to due-date they will remove themselves from their gang and go to a sheltered location to give birth. On June 9 a female (T121A) was traveling with the Motley Crew (T023s) along the backside of Meares Island. The next day, Dave Tom reported two Kawkawin, who proved to be T121 with a brand new calf, also on the back side of Meares not 2.5 nautical miles from where the whales were on the previous day. The vessels of the Whale Watch fleet visited with the mom and calf for several hours giving John the opportunity to shoot numerous images for identification Born tail first into a similar saline world as in the womb, the calf is nudger to the surface by its mom for its first breath of air and a whole spectrum of new surface sounds and what’s this sensa-
tion that pushes back down when the body rises above the water? You can even hear this calf’s first words/cries on John’s attached recording. This lone mom was not seen here in Clayoquot until 2009 but then, as is the case with many first time visitors, she just kept coming back every year. As with other loan females, she is generally in the company of other gangs for hunting support. We are very much hoping this trend continues allowing us to hopefully witnessing this calf’s growing up. Of significant concern here is that this mom is 17 years old and certainly should have had a surviving offspring by now. As the first viable (surviving its first year) calf this offspring of T121A gets the identification T121A1 but I’m thinking Fortune as this channel is the birth place. A big tip of the hat to Jennifer Steven and John Forde of the Whale Centre who, after a couple of days finally nailed this identification difficult as the large scrapes seen on the white saddle patch are new and not present on the most recent identification catalogues.
Rod Palm is the principal investigator for Tofino’s Strawberry Isle Marine Research Society. When our regular cartoonist Karine Gordon-Beaumier is off, the Westerly Newsc ommissions the work of local artists with something to say, cartoon-style. Ucluelet artist Isla Helmus brings this concept of Mother Nature’s latest special delivery, Fortune the Orca born near Tofino last week. (See related story, Page 1)
LBGC West Coast Classic to benefit WISAR Westcoast Inland Search and Rescue (WISAR) were very moved and touched to learn that they were chosen to be one of the recipients of funds being raised by the Long Beach Golf Course West Coast Classic Tournament being held CRYSTAL June 27 BOLDUC and sponsored in /LOCAL part by the VOICE Coops and the Tofino Legion. The WISAR Board of Directors and members would like to express their appreciation for the generosity of the sponsors. Westcoast Inland Search and Rescue (WISAR) is a non-profit society whose purpose is to provide land and inland water search and rescue assistance to the RCMP and other agencies
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through Emergency Management BC. WISAR is based in the communities of Tofino and Ucluelet and provides its services to all parts of Clayoquot Sound and parts of Barkley Sound. WISAR is a completely volunteer based organization and is funded through donations and grants from local government and local individuals and businesses. The WISAR Team currently has 30 active volunteer members from the Tofino, Ucluelet, Tlao-qui-aht and Yuu-thlu-ilth-aht communities and has already responded to over 10 call-outs in the Clayoquot region this year, including the search for a lost teen in the Bedwell Valley area and the most recent search for a young couple stranded in the backroads near Virgin Falls.
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With the increased level of tourism and popularity of outdoor activities in the region, WISAR has become a vital part of the area’s emergency services. The expertise and local knowledge of it’s members is an asset that is being called on more and more frequently. Remember to BE PREPARED when going out in the backcountry. Ask yourself “If I were to become lost or stranded do I have everything I need to stay warm, dry and hydrated?” and let someone know where you are going and when you expect to be back.
Crystal Bolduc is secretary to the board for Westcoast Inland Search and Rescue
Westerly writer Andrew Bailey snapped this photo of volunteers holding out hospitable cups of water as marathoners pressed toward the mark in Sunday’s Edge to Edge Marathon in Ucluelet.
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Hip Hop duo Mob Bounce and Ojibway singer/songwriter Nick Sherman to hold song-writing and music workshops in Ahousaht and Hitacu followed by a special performance.
Despite the clear aim to engage youth, these workshops are open to all who are keen to take guidance from established musicians. Nick Sherman, described as being “the voice from the wilderness”, will also be performing at the Black Rock Resort on June 23rd at 8pm. Tickets available at the door. Another exciting free community event is the returning Outdoor Concert on the Tofino Village Green, on June 30th. This year, Victoria-based
Indie Rock collective “Tower and Trees” will head up a selection of local and BC musicians at this chilled out evening on the Green. Tower and Trees are gaining new audiences where ever they go and The Boom Booms are returning as a Tofino favourite. PRAS will be accepting donations throughout the festival. All proceeds will go directly to funding future youth-orientated initiatives. The non-profit is focusing on adding more of its programming on youth
projects, and has so far enjoyed some great successes. The full house “Debris” trilingual puppet show in May saw them turning away people at the door, and provided a good indication that their goals are heading in the right direction. Leaf through the pages of this Westerly edition for the 1st week’s program of the Festival, circle the event you must attend and PRAS will be expecting you! If you want to attend the drummaking workshops, please register by calling 250-726-2443. More programs will be sent through
the mail and available at local merchants. Happy Festival! The Westerly News is media sponsor of the Pacific Rim Arts Society’s Pacific Rim Summer Festival. For more information about festival events in Tofino and Ucluelet, see this week’s schedule, Page 7 or visit the websites, www.pacificrimarts.ca
Katherine Jablonwoska is the communications coordinator for the Pacific Rim Arts Society.
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Surfer, 11, plans Fathers Day event Will Ross Band to play Jack’s for Summer Solstice
Shelter brunch Sunday to raise $ for safe water in Third World ANDREW BAILEY
Westerly News A young Tofitian surfer is inviting the West Coast to a charitable Fathers Day Brunch at Tofino’s Shelter Restaurant this weekend. Reed Platenius, an 11 yearold lifelong local and two-time winner of Canada’s national Under-12 surfing championships, is harnessing the power of his surf fame to bring clean water to people who need it. “I was scrolling through Instagram and one of my sponsors, Hurley, posted a photo (and) tagged Waves 4 Water. I started scrolling through that and I really got interested in it,� Platenius told the Westerly News. “I just feel like you have to give back; it’s just a nice thing to do.� Waves for Water is aimed at bringing filtration systems to areas in need of clean drinking water. “The goal is to take existing solutions in the form of portable water filters into countries that need them...With these filters, dirty water becomes instantly clean—and drinkable. Lives are saved.� according to Waves 4 Water’s website. “Waves 4 Water has teamed up with surf company Hurley International to develop a DIY volunteer program called Clean
Reed Platenius, an 11-year-old two-time Canadian national under-12 surfing champion shown here hitting a wave off North Chesterman, has planned a fundraiser Sunday at Tofino’s Shelter Restaurant to raise funds for Waves4Water, which saves lives by sharing water filters in Third World countries. Photo by Marcus Paladino
Water Couriers, in which surfers in searching for waves in Third World countries carry filters with them in their luggage. Pack a few filters in your suitcase and either connect with local non-profits in that area or personally travel to villages to set them up yourself.� Through the program, filtration systems have been set up in Haiti, Indonesia, Bali, Pakistan, Samoa, and Chile and anyone seeking more information is encouraged to check out www.wavesforwater. org.
Platenius’ goal is to raise $5,000 by September and he is confident the West Coast will get behind his efforts. “I’m really excited to do this,� he said. “I think people will be really interested in it. We have a lot of water (on the West Coast) and I think most people are pretty thankful of that and I think people will be interested to know about places with no water.� Platenius said his surfing sponsorships have helped swell his
giving tide. “It has helped a lot. Without my sponsors it would be way harder,� he said. His first major fundraiser will land this Sunday at a Father’s Day Brunch being held at Tofino’s Shelter Restaurant, another of Platenius’ sponsors. Platenius is also planning a Paddleboard Dodgeball Contest based on a suggestion from his sponsors at Storm Surf Shop.
Westerly News The Will Ross Band will be playing at Jacks Pub June 19 and 20 after 10 pm. A Southern Ontario transplant, Will Ross came to the West Coast with the experience of playing in the Hamilton Classic Rock jam band and Ska scene. Settling in Squamish, Will quickly caught the eyes and ears of the Sea to Sky area and won both The Whistler Talent Search 2014 and the Squamish Reader’s Choice top musician of 2014. Joining forces with some of the highest caliber musicians Squamish had to offer, he formed the Will Ross Band. They recorded their first full length record, Freeloader, which was released August 2014 and has been getting great reviews. A mix of many different genres, Will likes to refer to the sound as “acoustic funkified folk rock and roll.� Recent band successes include sharing the main stage of Whistler’s GO Fest in May alongside Current Swell and April Wine.
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Film Screening on Father’s Day June 21 – Howler’s Family Restaurant, Ucluelet 7pm “My Father and the Man in Black” The only inside look at “bad boy” Johnny Cash – as seen through the eyes of his long-time manager, Saul Holiff – the man who put Johnny together with June. Cost: $5
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“Mob Bounce” and “Nick Sherman” – Performance and workshop June 22 – Hitacu, Ucluelet First Nations Gym 4-9pm June 23 – Ahousaht – Maaqtusiis Gym 1-5pm Two music & song-writing workshops, followed by performances by both acts. Free to attend and open to
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Port Alberni readies Quay for Canada’s 150th ALBERNI VALLEY TIMES It’s the most prominent structure decorating Port Alberni’s Harbour Quay, and it may be getting a much needed six-figure renovation in time for Canada’s 150th anniversary celebration. Built in 1984, the Clock Tower was the Harbour Quay’s “distinctive element,” according to the city’s Parks, Recreation and Heritage director, Scott Kenny. The quay was the product of 10 years of planning by the City of Port Alberni to improve the harbour and one of the first initiatives to focus on the post-industrial economy of tourism. Kenny presented the history of the quay to city council last week as background for an application to the Canada 150
Community Infrastructure Program, a $150 million federal fund to revitalize community facilities across the country before the big sesquicentennial of Confederation in 2017. A number of other city infrastructure projects were listed by the parks and rec department as possible suggestions for the federal funding, including the Canal Beach Wharf, Rogers Creek Trails, the McLean Mill and Echo Centre. But Kenny recommended the Clock Tower and Harbour Quay as the best fit for the infrastructure grant program’s criteria for a “meaningful upgrade” to cultural or community facilities, and a project with a “high priority” for repair. City council voted in
favour of Kenny’s recommendation, with only Coun. Sharie Minions opposing. Minions preferred grant funding be spent to improve Canal Beach. The metal stairway on the Clock Tower is rusting, and the wooden beams are rotting from the inside, Kenny said. Only one of the clock faces still keeps time. The salt air at the harbour has gradually eroded the heritage structure and interfered with the inner workings of the clocks, Kenny said. Replacements for the clocks would not use neon lighting, he added. The city has already budgeted a $25,000 consulting fee for engineering on the Clock Tower to ascertain how best to renovate it.
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Today is your day! Dr. Suess
Congratulations to the Class of 2015!
Congratulations on your outstanding achievement! Ucluelet ool ry Sch Seconda
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Ucluelet Senior Secondary Class of 2015 The Westerly staff and their families wish each 2015 USS graduate every good thing on your journey.
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PARKY’S PEDDLERS From Victoria to Tofino in one day - by bicycle - all for a good cause left to right: Daniella Schnetzler, Daniel Schnetzler, Dave Marchioro, Patty Todd, Alf Todd, Sea Shanty’s cook Billy Chartrand, Sea Shanty’s Head Chef Billy Feltmate, Sea Shanty’s Sous Chef Peter McMaster, David Rae-Arthur, Margaret Rae-Arthur, Cathy George, Walter Schnetzler and Joyce Schnetzler.
DISTRICT OF TOFINO Box 9, 121 Third Street Tofino, B.C. V0R 2Z0 Emergency Preparedness Communications Coordinator (Volunteer) The District of Tofino is seeking an individual interested in a 1 year volunteer position as the Emergency Preparedness Communications Coordinator. The focus of the volunteer EPCC position is the coordination and implementation of a program to encourage individual and organizational emergency preparedness. This volunteer position is 1 year in length (July 1, 2015 to July 1, 2016). The position offers a $5000 stipend. Qualified candidates are invited to submit a cover letter and resume no later than 4:00 pm Friday, June 19, 2015: Aaron Rodgers Manager of Community Sustainability PO Box 9, 121 Third Street, Tofino, BC, V0R 2Z0 arodgers@tofino.ca 250-725-3229 ext. 22 For more information and to review the full position description, please visit the District’s website at www.tofino.ca or contact Aaron Rodgers at arodgers@tofino.ca
Walter Schnetzler, Dave Marchioro, Alf Todd, David Rae-Arthur, Margaret Rae-Arthur, Daniel Schnetzler and Joyce Schnetzler (Walter’s wife)
We, at the House of Himwitsa, are honored to host the finishing point for the Parky’s Peddlers 320 km journey on MARTY Saturday June 13th, from VicKUKLER toria to Tofino /LOCAL all in ONE DAY! VOICE We have personally been touched by Parkinson’s as Lewis’s father, who has passed away, had Parkinson’s, along with his eldest brother, who is living out of Tofino. Our close family friend David Rae-Arthur, retired commercial crab fishermen, is also living with Parkinson’s and now his two sons Steve and Scott are caring along the family tradition. They have graciously donated the Dungeness crab for the meal to refuel the trio of cyclists. So we cannot help but support these amazing folks as they push the limits to
bring awareness and raise funds for Parkinson’s disease research. A Little background about these amazing folks: In the spring of 2011, Cindy Todd formed “The Parky’s Peddlers” in honor of her father, Alf Todd, as a fundraising tool to raise money and awareness for Parkinson’s. In the summer of 2012, 16 riders rode from Victoria, B.C. to San Francisco, California, raising nearly $30,000 for research and support of the disease. To find out more and to make a direct donation, visit their website: http://vepc. bc.ca/parkinsons-program/ parkys-peddlers-2015.html Thank you to the following donors for donating to the Parky’s Peddlers Parkinson’s Fundraiser and helping raise $775! Thank you Tofino!! Wya Point Campground, Tofino CO-OP,Tuff City Radio, Tofino Pharmacy, The Tofino RCMP, The District
of Tofino, Jennifer Steven, Joanne Flasch, Robbie Ferguson from Shelter Restaurant, Martin Dean from Wolf in the Fog The Staff of: House of Himwitsa, Sea Shanty Restaurant, Dockside Smoked Fish Store, Wolf in the Fog, Storm Surf Shop, Pacific Surf School, Westside Surf, Surf Sisters, Shelter Restaurant, Long Beach Surf Shop, Jamie’s Rainforest Inn, Jamie’s Whaling Station, Eagle Erie Gallery, Remote Passages, Mr. David and Mrs. Margaret Rae-Arthur. David has Parkinson’s and personally donate $200. Lewis and Cathy George, Charles McDiarmid and the staff at the Wickaninnish Inn and Pointe Restaurant, Lone Cone Campground and Hostel. Tofitian Marty Kukler works at House of Himwitsa; he spearheaded the reception for Parky’s Peddlers.
Jay Norton & Daniella Novak
would like to thank: Shelter, Cedar House, and the Dockside Smoked Fish House for our wedding gift buckets. As well as Matthieu and his team at CrabApple Floral, Loren at StudioOne, The Wickaninnish, and Coastal Cake Company. A special thank you to Sam, Megan, and Chef Ian at Long Beach Lodge for being so amazing at dinner and to Judy Michaud for helping us make things official. A heartfelt thank you to Tofino and Ucluelet for continuing to be our favourite place on earth.
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Local Danny Osborne makes top prize in half-marathon Under 20 ANDREW BAILEY
Westerly News Aaron Baldwin ran a marathon for the first time on Sunday; he also won a marathon for the first time on Sunday. Baldwin, a 32 year-old WestJet employee from Calgary, took first place in Ucluelet’s Edge-toEdge Marathon by finishing the 42-kilometre race in 3 hours and 46 seconds. Vancouver’s Hjalmar Kristiansen, who won both the 2013 and 2014 Edge-to-Edge crowns, narrowly missed out on a threepeat as he finished second with a time of 3 hours, 6 minutes, and 2 seconds. Baldwin told the Westerly News after the race that he had run about five half-marathons but had never taken on a full one before and had never participated in an Edge-to-Edge event despite being a frequent visitor to the West Coast. “We try to come out every few weeks so it’s like a second home here,” he said. “It seemed like a good place to run my first marathon.” He said he felt strong at the start of the race but fatigue set in around the 25-kilometre mark “It is a really tough course, there’s lots of rolling hills and going through the trails will do you in pretty good, especially the second set of trails; that definitely hurt the legs a little bit,” he said. “When I did the turnaround I saw I had quite a bit of a lead on the next guy, so I felt I could ease back a little bit and not push it...I was just hoping he wouldn’t catch up until the end.” Baldwin was unsure how far he was from the finish line when he
turned the course’s last corner and saw his family cheering him in. “I was super happy. It gave me the boost to sprint across the finish line instead of crawl,” he said. “I was feeling kind of tired and I wasn’t sure where the finish line was but when I ran around the corner I saw them all cheering so I was able to sprint through the finish.” Ucluelet local Danny Osborne, 18, took top prize in the half-marathon’s Under-20 division and placed seventh overall. It was the third
time Osborne has run the Edgeto-Edge’s half-marathon and he finished with a personal best: 1 hour, 43 minutes and 16 seconds. “Third time’s the charm I guess because this one has been the best so far with time and placement,” he said. “This is definitely one of the best years by far with the organization and all the spirit that’s been out this year.” He said the volunteers and community members who were cheering the runners on helped boost the event’s positive and lively ambience. “They’re really the ones that help tie it together and make it such a popular event,” he said. “It really gives you energy, having everyone cheer you on along the way.” First time race coordinator Sally
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Mole told the Westerly on Monday that she was delighted with how the event came through and she attributed its success to the community’s support. “I was approaching the event with some trepidation. It’s a huge responsibility and very much a big learning curve, but I was really overwhelmed at how the community pulled together and just made things happen,” she said. “It was incredibly inspiring for me to see the community pull together like that...It was just an all around good showing of community support and teamwork and it was a bit overwhelming for
me actually to watch it all come together in a hugely good way.” She said the community spirit Ucluelet consistently shows during the day of, and lead up to, the marathon motivates runners to keep coming back. “We’re known out there as friendly-Ucluelet and one of the feedbacks I’ve had from participants is how friendly people were,” she said. “Everyone was smiling, everyone was helpful; it just makes us look really good and makes us live up to that friendly-Ucluelet reputation.” She said the marathon’s race committee will debrief in the coming days and hash out strategies for making next year’s race even better. “There’s been some great ideas floated out there so I think we need to bring that altogether and really embrace the feedback from everyone who was involved... there’s lots of knowledge out there to tap.” LEFT, 2015 Edge2Edge marathon winner Aaron Baldwin of Calgary, relaxes with family after the race. BELOW, Ucluetian Danny Osborne, 18, takes the top time in the under20 half-marathon.
All photos, Andrew Bailey
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BEER GARDEN BREW-HAHA
Tuff councillor says Canada Day watering hole ‘aesthetically appalling’ ANDREW BAILEY
Westerly News Tofino’s Canada Day Beer Garden will run under the Village Green’s sun despite the amount of shade council threw at it last week. The beer garden is a volunteer-run event held in the Green’s basketball courts as a fundraiser for Tofino’s Recreation Commission but, during last week’s regular meeting, Coun. Greg Blanchette suggested it is poorly placed in its perch above the annual skateboarding competition. “Full disclosure: I’m not a beer drinker, so I’m not an attendee of this event and not an appreciator of it but, looking at it from the outside, I find it aesthetically appalling really,” he said. “I don’t find that to be the kind of festival that we want to encourage here in Tofino, particularly right next to a playground and overlooking a kids’ competition.” Despite his distaste for the event, Blanchette said he wouldn’t get in the way
of it happening this year. “I won’t oppose this, this year, just because of the timeline, but I’m thinking that this is an event that really needs to be rethought and recast,” he said. “As a fundraiser it’s got something to recommend it, but as a public spectacle I really don’t much like it.” Coun. Cathy Thicke was happy to hear another councillor oppose the event. “I’ve spoken against this over the last couple of years but I didn’t get much support so I’m glad to see there’s other interest,” she said. Thicke asked how much money the beer garden raises and what the money would be used for. Tofino’s manager of community sustainability Aaron Rodgers said last year’s beer garden raised roughly $4,000 and that the proceeds from this year’s sales would go towards the commission’s pursuit of an indoor recreation space. Thicke said she would like to see the commission branch out and come up
with more creative fundthe commission come up fundraising approach and council, Rogers touted the raising opportunities. with other fundraising an attempt to raise capacity beer garden as an import“We had a large plea from initiatives, like a possible amongst kids and adults,” ant part of Tofino’s Canada the rec. commission to tennis tournament, to help she said. Day festivities. make this gymnasium hapfill the community’s need Rodgers said other fund“The Canada Day beer pen; it’s been radio silent for an indoor recreation raising plans are in the garden is not only a great since then. I realize we’ve space. works and added the beer fundraiser for the Tofino got a couple other things on “We know that there’s garden has never received Recreation Commission; it the go here but where are a need. We’ve heard that any complaints from local is also a valued event for other initiatives we could and we’re very supportive police. many community memdo that would not just of that, I think, as council. “We do talk to the RCMP bers,” he wrote. allow people to drink beer,” But just to come in with every year about this and The beer garden will run she asked. the beer garden thing...I we’ve had no complaints,” for 4-8 p.m. on July 1. Andrew.bailey@wester“It’s hard because I think guess I’d like to see a little he said. lynews.ca the cause is very worthy bit more diversity in our In a report submitted to and whether we like it or not there’s a cerREGIONAL DISTRICT OF ALBERNI-CLAYOQUOT tain number of people who do enjoy that kind of an event so I can’t really Bamfield (A), Beaufort (B), Long Beach (C), be critical of that. However, Sproat Lake (D), Beaver Creek (E) & Cherry Creek (F) I too feel that we’ve got this A Public Hearing for residents and property owners within all Electoral Areas of the Reamazing skate gional District of Alberni-Clayoquot (ACRD) will be held in the board room at the ACRD competition going on and in office, 3008 Fi h Avenue, Port Alberni, BC, at 7:00 pm on Thursday, June 25, 2015 to full view there’s consider the following bylaw: this other thing going on and to me it just seems incongruent.” Bylaw P1327 is a zoning bylaw She suggested
Court rules on pot cookies BC LOCAL NEWS - Medical mari“It’s a great decision from the point juana patients have a right to posof view of all medically approved sess and use cannabis in the form patients,” said Abbotsford lawyer of cookies and products other than John Conroy, one of the lawyers who dried bud, the Supreme Court of defended Smith before the Supreme Canada ruled Thursday. Court. “Inhaling marihuana can present He said the government’s driedhealth risks and is less effective for only restriction was unreasonable. some conditions than administra“It forced people to choose between tion of cannabis derivatives,” the a legal but inadequate treatment and country’s high court ruled. an illegal but more effective one.” It found the federal drug law Conroy is optimistic the Supreme exemption allowing medical pot Court’s ruling will also guide patients access only to dried marianother pending case in which medjuana violated their constitutional ical marijuana patients have argued right to life, liberty and security of before a Federal Court judge that the person. they should be allowed to continue Approved patients who illegally growing their own pot at home, baked cookies, brewed pot tea or instead of buying only from new turned it into oil had faced the commercial producers authorized by threat of criminal prosecution, but Ottawa. not any longer. “This denial is not trivial,” the court ruled. “It subjects the person to the risk of cancer and bronchial infections associated with smoking dry marihuana, and precludes the possibility of choosSTAGE 1 WATER RESTRICTIONS ing a more effective treatment.” NOW IN EFFECT The ruling upholds a B.C. court decision disFor more information, please go to missing drug trafficking our website at www.tofino.ca charges against Owen Smith, a Victoria man caught baking pot cookThe District of Tofino would like ies. for a local compasto thank you for your water sion club.
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text amendment to allow Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU’s) on proper es within an ACRD Official Community Plan Area. In addi on to mee ng technical agency regula ons such as sep c capability and potable water requirements, proper es within Electoral Areas A, B, D, E, and F will be required to be 0.404 hectares (1.0 acre) or greater in size and proper es within Electoral Area C will be required to be 1.0 hectare (2.5 acres) or greater in size. All persons who consider their interest in property affected by the proposed bylaw will be given an opportunity to be heard in matters contained in the bylaw. The Public Hearing for Bylaw P1327 is to be held by the Chairperson or Vice Chairperson of the Regional Board. A copy of the Board resolu on making this delega on is available for public inspec on along with copies of the bylaw as set out in this no ce. If you have ques ons and/or would like addi onal informa on on Bylaw P1327, please contact the ACRD Planning Department at 250-720-2700 or come to the ACRD office during normal office hours, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday, from June 15, 2015 to June 25, 2015 inclusive. Bylaw P1327 and all relevant background documents are available for public inspec on. Any correspondence submi ed prior to the Public Hearing should be directed to the undersigned. Mike Irg, M.C.I.P, Manager of Planning and Development Regional District of Alberni-Clayoquot 3008 Fi h Avenue Port Alberni, BC V9Y 2E3 Telephone: (250) 720-2700 Fax: (250) 723-1327 Date of No ce: June 15, 2015
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For whom the bell tolls: St. Columba rings in United Church’s 90th ANDREW BAILEY
Westerly News Tofino’s St. Columba Church joined a nation-wide celebration of the United Church of Canada’s 90th birthday by belting out its church bell last week. West Coast locals and visitors were welcomed into the church on June 10 to ring the bell and Rev. Will Ferrey was stoked to see so many smiling faces take part in the celebration. “I love having opportunities to open the church up to the community and I love celebrations,” he said. “It seemed like a really great way to get the community involved and to invite people into the church...and to show off our beautiful and historic church and everything that we do and let the people in town hear the bell.” On June 10, 1925, Canada’s Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregationalist churches joined together to become the United Church of Canada, according to Ferrey. “There was a sense of all Christians coming together to form one church,” he said. “There was a sense that that should happen, and that could happen, and so the Presbyterians and Methodists and Congregationalists took that step in faith to have a United Church with the idea that maybe all the Christians in Canada could one day be under one roof. That part hasn’t hap-
Coun. Ray Thorogood and Rev. Will Ferrey with Andrew Bailey Jr. ring the bell at Tofino’s historic St. Columbia Church in honour of the United Church’s 90th birthday. Photos by Andrew Bailey.
pened yet but the United Church is, sort of, the symbol of it.” The building that now houses Tofino’s Reflecting Spirit Art Gallery and The Whale Centre once served as the community’s United Church but the United congregation moved into the then-Anglican St. Columba around 1968, according to Ferrey.
“Their congregation was shrinking and St. Columba’s congregation was pretty small so they decided it would be better to be strong together rather than weak apart,” he said. He said St. Columba is one of three ecumenical shared ministries on Vancouver Island. “It’s usually in small towns and
it’s usually in remote places... where two independent congregations couldn’t make the go and so they came together to make things work, which is exactly what happened in Tofino,” Ferrey said. Ferrey, an Anglican, alternates between two United Sunday services and two Anglican Sunday services each month. PORT ALBERNI PORT AUTHORITY ADMINSTRTION PORTUAIRE DE PORT ALBERNI 2750 Habour Road 2750 Habour Road On months Port Alberni, BC V9Y 7X2 Port Alberni, BC V9Y 7X2 where there Tel. (250) 723-5312 Fax. (250) 723-1114 Tel. (250) 723-5312 Fax. (250) 723-1114 is a fifth Sunwww.portalberniportauthority.ca www.portalberniportauthority.ca day, a Celtic Celebration is Career Opportunity: Corporate Secretary received. The Port Alberni Port Authority (PAPA) is now accepting applications for the career opportunity of Corporate “I had to Secretary. learn a lot,” Ferrey said. Highlights of this challenging and dynamic opportunity that would be highly rewarding to a qualified, self“The United motivated, positive team player includes: conducting, coordinating and overseeing technical, administrative Church has and operational duties in support of the President and CEO and Port Operations; the provision of varied and quite a difcomplex administrative duties; and other tasks as assigned. ferent sense Additionally, the Corporate Secretary will be: of themselves and way of • Accountable for providing highly sensitive support to the Board of Directors; being in wor• Responsible for coordinating all duties and records with regards to Official Languages, Access to information ship than and Privacy legislation, Info Source Chapter and Statistics Canada reports; the Anglican • Charged with maintaining and developing policies and procedures for the Port in consultation with the Church...It’s President & CEO and; really interesting for • Designated as a signing authority and keeper of the Corporate Seal me to learn. The successful candidate will have a superior level of applicable accreditation and experience in the required The United job duties. Church has a As a representative of the Port Authority the Corporate Secretary must act for an advocate in the best interest of lot of freedom in worship, the organization. which is really A full job description can be found at www.alberniport.ca exciting for All qualified applicants must send their curriculum vitae via email by 4:00 pm on July 2, 2015 to Bianca Filipchuk, me.” Corporate Secretary at bfilipchuk@alberniport.ca. St. Columba’s longestPAPA offers an attractive, competitive compensation package. Canada’s Inlet Port on the Pacific standing Yours to Cruise and Discover parishioners Dave and
Yvonne Bond were thrilled to attend last week’s bell ringing. “It’s nice to be part of what’s happening in the village,” Dave said. Dave was born in Tofino in 1927 and said St. Columba’s church bell used to serve as the community’s fire alarm. Yvonne moved to Tofino temporarily in 1954 but her temporary West Coast stay became a permanent one when she met Dave. “I came up as a nurse to stay for six months and I met Dave and I’ve been here over 60 years,” she said. “That’s what happens when you find somebody you love.” Yvonne said the bell-ringing event was a first for St. Columba. “We’ve never had a special day where we all rang the bell,” she said. She said the church has changed over the years and has become stronger since Ferrey’s arrival in 2013. “It makes a difference who your minister is...(Reverend Ferrey) is wonderful. He’s young and he’s energetic,” she said. “It’s wonderful to see him walking by and know he’s taking part in a lot of community activity.” Long-time parishioner Whitey Bernard was happy to see so many people come ring the bell and said future community events are on the horizon. “We’re doing more things to be welcoming the community,” Bernard said. “The more we have our minister out in the community, and the more we do events like this, the more people are aware that we’re here and that’s good news for everybody.” Ferrey agreed. “St. Columba is always looking for ways to orient itself in the community,” he said. “Throughout the year we try to get out there and we try and find different ways of letting people in.” He added that he hopes to see his congregation grow. “I’d love to see more people coming to church and I’d love to see more people engaging with, and exploring, their own spirituality,” he said. “Everybody has a spirituality and Christianity is one way, and for many people a very helpful way, of expressing their spirituality. St. Columba is always open to people who are seeking, and people who are interested in, Christianity or just exploring their own spirituality generally.”
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Chicken Tagine, Moroccan style, from a Moroccan surfer This recipe is prepard by Miloud Nouassria. Miloud has recently moved back to Tofino from MorocKIMBERLEY co. This is DEVLIN his second summer /FOODIE returning to VOICE Tofino, and likes to call it his home away from home. With his passion for surfing and the West Coast sun and
sand Miloud spends half the year Tofino and the other half in Morocco, where it to is a very popular surf expedition for many Toficians once our summer quiets down. Shahyoh Tagine chicken. - Chopped onions - Chickens and unwashed skin - Raisin - Olive - Sour presses
- Oil - black pepper - Saffron yellow turmeric - Salt - Ginger little - Fresh Orange - Chopped parsley We put the oil and half the chopped onion and spices and then put the chicken and parsley over low heat, stirring. Add the remaining onion around large onion chopped small
Then raisins and olives and the shrine of the orange and a quarter cup of water and leave all cooking Then add a liter of water and close it well cooked with quarter of an hour to make sure the presence of water. Bon appetit! Kimberley Devlin is a Tofino eco event coordinator.
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Sea beans? Sea asparagus? See delicious sea vegetable Whether you refer to it as sea asparagus, samphir, salicornia or sea beans, the consensus is that this delicious sea vegetable is a wonderful wild food that is easily identified and a snap to prepare. Sea asparagus is common around Ucluelet and Tofino; carpeting the intertidal salt marshes and sea meadows with it’s crispy juicy fronds. Look for areas with plenty of sea grasses, low growing succulent beach plants
ALEXANDER McNAUGHTON /FOODIE VOICE and you are sure to find sea asparagus. Identify the plant by looking at the structure; segments
joined in the center by a small slightly stringy or woody core. It will often be branching from last year’s stalks, forming lush growth and a flower bud at the tip of the plant. To harvest; trim carefully avoiding the woody stems at the base, examine the plant material in your hand and remove any debris such as seaweed, grasses or mermaid hair. To prepare; wash thoroughly in clean water, then blanch in boiling water for
60 seconds, followed by shocking in ice water to preserve color and texture. The lovely salty fronds pair with fish or seafood, perfectly complementing the protein with a taste of the sea; remember to perhaps undersalt the rest of the vegetables or sauces you make as the sea asparagus will impart salinity to the dish. I like to use them in a maple glazed bacon and tomato salad, or pickled them with star anise and
lemon and use them in potato salads or cold summer dishes. They even make an inspired pickle addition to a Vietnamese inspired Bahn-mi with some of our local albacore tuna, or tossed in a rice bowl they bring great texture and season the rice nicely. A bit put off by the idea of harvesting your own? No problem; sea asparagus is on the menu at Blackrock and Offshore here in Ucluelet, as well as Kuma in Tofino
as a pickled local seaweed salad with delicate sea lettuces, at Wolf in the Fog and of course at the Point at the Wickannish. Happy hunting, just make sure you don’t over harvest the plants you find and only trim the upper fronds to leave the plants intact, to produce for next year.
Alexander McNaughton works with the Tofino/ Ucluelet Culinary Guild.
West Coast Calendar of Events Pacific Rim Summer Festival 2015, Tofino/Ucluelet June 21 - July 1 . See events schedule on page 7. 17 WEDNESDAY Sail Send-Off Amphitrite Point Lighthouse in Ucluelet as vessels from Van Isle 360 sail away. OJ and light snacks, 9:30-10:45 am Vancouver Island Regional Library Community Consultation Session: Ucluelet, UCC, 500 Matterson Drive), Wed., June 17 , 6:30 PM. Refreshments. Preschool Play Group, 10am–noon, Tofino Community Hall. Seniors Social Afternoons, 1:30- 4pm, Tofino Legion. Free admission & refreshments, games Free drop-in meditation class, Westcoast Community Resources Society at UCC, Wednesdays at 7:30 a.m. Toastmasters meets every Weds evening from 7:00pm. at UCC in Ucluelet For info, contact: Marilyn McEwen, 250- 726-8255 or photos@alberni.net St. Columba Church, 7 p.m., 110 Second St. Tofino. Holy Family Church, 9:30am, 1664 Peninsula Rd. Ucluelet. Ucluelet library, open 1–6pm 18 THURSDAY Vancouver Island Regional Library Community Consultation Session: Tofino, Royal Canadian Legion 65 (331 Main Street) Thurs., June 18, 6:30 PM, refreshments. Family Floorball, 5-6 pm, WCS Gym,
Info, 250-725-2555 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, Tofino library, 331 Main St., 3–7pm. St Columba Anglican/United Church Bible study, 10:30 a.m., UCC 19 FRIDAY Big Beach Cinema Ucluelet, Woman in Gold 730 pm Bingo, Tofino Legion, 7:30 p.m. Tofino Library Storytime: 11:30noon. 331 Main St. Songs, stories, rhymes and more! Ages 3-5 with caregiver.
The Edge Youth Room, 2–6pm, UCC 20 SATURDAY Big Beach Cinema UclueletDesert Dancer 3 pm Ukee Idol. at Officials in Ukee from 10-12. Sea To Seed Tofino : A Sailboat Tour Of Farming, Music & Regenerative Culture Saturday, June 20 at 9:00pm Tofino Community Hall Tofino Public Market, 10am-2pm, Village Green Tofino library, 331 Main , 10am– noon & 1–5pm. AA meeting, 7:30pm, St. Francis, Tuff 21 SUNDAY Father’s DAy! Water fundraiser Father’s Day
Brunch at Shelter in Tofino, see article in this issue Father’s Day BBQ 11am-3pm Fundraiser for the Ukee Market Society at 1708 Peninsula Rd. ANAF lunch, games, live music, family fun Aboriginal Day at Clayoquot Wild, in Tofino, Salmon BBQ and Tlao-qui-aht story telling, art sale, loonie toonie, Pacific Rim Summer Festival 2015, Tofino/Ucluelet June 21 - July 1 . See events schedule on page 7. 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. 22 MONDAY 8 pm Monday Night at Movies, Clayoquot Sound Community Theatre: Every Monday from 9-12 acoustic jam night Officials 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, doors7pm, play 8pm, Tofino Legion. 23 TUESDAY Fish and Loaves free communitylunch, 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. Youth Night ANAF in Ucluelet 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, 7:30 pm St Francis Church, 441 Main, Tofino COMING UP: Pacific Rim Summer Festival 2015, Tofino/Ucluelet June 21 - July 1 Send your calendar events to office@ westerlynews.ca
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The public is invited to the 2015 Ucluelet Secondary School graduation Sat., June 20, 2 p.m., USS gym. See all the grads on Pages 9-16 in this week’s Westerly News.
District of Tofino PUBLIC NOTICE APPLICATION FOR PERMANENT CHANGE TO FOOD PRIMARY LIQUOR LICENSE: SERVICE PAST MIDNIGHT AND PATRON PARTICIPATION ENTERTAINMENT (DANCING) WOLF IN THE FOG RESTAURANT
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IMPORTANT NOTICE MONTHLY EMERGENCY SIREN TESTING All residents of the District of Tofino are advised that effective Friday, July 3, 2015, the District of Tofino will begin monthly testing of the Cox Bay and North Chesterman Beach emergency sirens (a.k.a. tsunami sirens) on the first Friday of each month at 11:00 am. The purpose of monthly testing is to keep the public aware of Tofino’s emergency warning system and to increase awareness of the importance of personal emergency preparedness. Siren testing will sound like this: “This is a test of the emergency warning system. This is only a test. “ -- Westminster Chime (10 sec) -“Test of the emergency warning system is complete. This has only been a test.” For testing purposes, the Westminster Chime is used because it is the all-clear tone used in emergency warning systems around the world. In the event of a real emergency such a tsunami warning, the sirens will emit a wailing tone and a voice message will indicate the level of alert and advise that listeners tune into the local radio station at 90.1 FM for details. In June and July 2015, the District of Tofino will undertake extensive communications to notify local residents, business and visitors about the new monthly testing protocol.
Notice is given that the District of Tofino Council will be considering the above noted liquor licence amendment applications at its regular Council meeting to be held Tuesday, June 23, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., in the Council Chamber, Municipal Office, 380 Campbell Street. Residents and businesses located near Wolf in the Fog Restaurant who believe their interests are affected by the proposed amendments, may speak to the matter at the June 23, 2015 meeting. Wolf in the Fog Restaurant has applied to the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch (LCLB) for a permanent change to its food-primary liquor licence. The restaurant is seeking a resolution from Tofino Council supporting its application to extend its daily hours of liquor service from midnight to 1:30 a.m. AND to provide for patron participation entertainment in the form of dancing. Patron participation entertainment must end by midnight. As part of the LCLB’s review process, the District is responsible for gathering the views of nearby residents and businesses, commenting on the 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: 150 Fourth Street, Tofino B.C. Applicant: Wolf in the Fog Restaurant Proposal: Permanent change of hours from 9 a.m. to midnight to 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 a.m., Monday to Sunday. AND Patron Participation Entertainment (Dancing)
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ORCA, continued from Page 1 Forde photographed the pair, and did the research to learn more about the mother, a lone female born in 1998. She often travels with other animals, and
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happened to be with the transient group. “It’s really exciting to see a tiny orca like that,” Forde said. Averaging over seven feet long at
birth, and weighing in around 400 pounds, a baby orca is something of a special delivery. The “white markings” of the newborn are a pale yellow-orange colour, and it has “fetal folds” – its dorsal fin folded over 366 Campbell St. to help it exit the mother at (Box 381), TOFINO, B.C., birth. V0R 2Z0 “We were really excited to be able to partake in that, the identification of a new orca on the coast. Pretty cool,” Forde said. The Whale Centre works with Tofino’s Strawberry Isle Marine Research Society, P: 1 800 668 2208 which works in turn with the F: 1 250 725 3120 Department of Fisheries and
Oceans. The transient orcas are a different subspecies than the resident subspecies, Forde said. “The residents have a more select diet – they need Chinook salmon to survive, but transients feed off marine mammals. They have a much more diverse diet, and an easier time getting food,” he said. Although both are matri-
archal societies, the two don’t mix or even play together well, he said, noting there are physical differences as well – the dorsal fins and the white saddle patches behind them differ.
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