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Tourist’s tires slashed near Poole’s Land
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Westerly News A man who had been booted from Poole’s Land had his tires slashed when he returned to the area last week. The incident was reported on Aug. 4 and is believed to have occurred overnight. The man spent several nights at Poole’s Land before being asked to leave the campground, according to Sgt. Blain Mumford of the Tofino RCMP. Mumford told the Westerly the man returned to the area a few days after being kicked out and spent the night near the campground before awaking to find his vehicle’s four tires had been cut open on MacKenzie Beach Road. Mumford encourages anyone with any information to contact the RCMP at 250-725-3242. “The person who had his tires slashed believed that it was in relation to his dispute with some people at Poole’s Land, although we haven’t been able to gather any evidence to suggest that at this time,” he said.
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Everyone was wearing a good-news-grin at the Long Beach Airport last week as the province announced over $1 million worth of funding for the facility. Photos Andrew Bailey.
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Province funds new runway lighting for Long Beach Airport DIANNE ANDREW BAILEY
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The Long Beach Airport is soaring to new heights with new lights as a $1.27 million upgrade is on its way thanks to the B.C. Air Access Program. The money will be spent on runway lighting and the funding announcement was made at a special presentation held at the airport on Aug. 5. Tofino Mayor Josie Osborne spoke at the presentation and made her audience hip to the airport’s history. “Try as we might, we cannot predict the future and I wonder if the decision-makers of the 1940s had any idea that what was built as a military andrew.bailey@wester- airport would become a criticlynews.ca al piece of transportation
See RUNWAY LIGHTING, pg 4.
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