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Bear shot; trap set for another one CO says poor attractant management to blame

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A bear was shot in Ucluelet last month and another is on death row because of poor attractant management, according to the B.C. Conservation Officer Service.

“We’re the people that, unfortunately, have to end the bear’s life, but the people that don’t manage their attractants are the ones that really kill them,” Conservation Officer Steve Ackles told the Westerly News. “It is frustrating that one bear was put down and there’s probably going to be at least one more.”

Ackles said the bear was killed on July 15 after causing problems at both the Lost Shoe and Surf Junction campgrounds.

“It had actually gone into some tents, no one was in the tents at the time, and then jumped on top of the hood of a car when people were in the car,” he said adding he’s spoken to both campground’s managers about attractants being left out.

“They’re doing the best they can…They are continually improving, but you do have tourist campers.”

He said he’s advised local campgrounds to adopt zero tolerance policies and kick out any tourists who leave food out. He added that the fine for failing to secure wildlife attractants is $250.

“If we see campers doing that, leaving food unattended, we will be issuing tickets in most circumstances,” he said. “The message is out and there’s going to be fewer warnings.”

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EDIBLE GARDENS: Katlyn, Tony, Helene, Gonda, Lynzee, Leah, Jeanne, and Lorna (in front) spent Sunday afternoon touring a medley of Ucluelet’s finest gardens. This turkey whimsically walked in for a group photo at stop number three on the tour, behind Huckleberry’s Coffee Shop. Tofino’s Edible Garden Tour is set for Aug. 6.

Tofino teen joins Arctic expedition Seth Stere set to learn about sea levels on Students on Ice voyage ANDREW BAILEY

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A 14 year-old Tofitian is heading off on a once-in-a-lifetime Arctic expedition next week.

Seth Stere is one of 120 students from around the world about to set off on a 12-day Arctic voyage with the Students on Ice Foundation.

The students will travel onboard the massive, 137-metre, Adventure Canada Ocean Endeavour, which is equipped

with a fleet of 20 zodiacs for daily trips to unique hands-on experiences where they will learn about the effects and impacts of climate change.

Stere learned about the program when Students on Ice representatives came to his Ucluelet Secondary School to drum up interest in the expedition and he immediately applied for a seat on the journey.

“It sounded like an amazing program to me. I’ve always wanted to go to the Arctic and learn about the culture and the animals,” he said.

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Death by habituation for local bears CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Bear activity has also increased in town and a trap has been set for a bear that’s been breaking into sheds to access garbage and become difficult to scare away. It reportedly tore into a shed and hung around a resident’s deck last week, according to Ackles.

“Once a bear has gone through that progression where it’s gotten garbage prior to that and it goes to the effort of breaking into a shed, that’s a higher habituated behaviour so we do have a trap set in those locations reported for that bear,” he said.

He said the bear being targeted has eluded capture for over a month.

“It’s kind of slippery. It doesn’t want to go into the trap. It’s been seen near our traps. We’ve moved the trap and what we’re were doing is putting in more enticing bait,” he said. “We do have other means in order to move them

[bears] out of the area, which means destroy them.”

He suggested bears that don’t find easy access to garbage rarely enter human areas and that Ucluelet must make attractant management a priority.

“Bears that are never habituated and food conditioned, they just stay on their natural food source. They don’t want to be around humans,” he said adding Ucluelet consistently improves its attractant management immediately after bear activity is reported, but that improvement is too-often short lived.

“Right after the news stories, everything’s cleaned up…

It lasts a week or two weeks, then you see it fall down. It’s a 24-hour a day, 7- day a week, year-round effort we’ve got to be putting out.”

He urges locals to set positive examples for tourists to follow and to let visitors know

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Conservation Officers have been trying to track down this habituated bear in Ucluelet since June. when they’re putting wildlife that along to the tourists,” he in danger and to brush up on said. “Don’t let tourists do the their knowledge by visiting wrong things.”

WildSafeBC’s website.

He asks anyone who spots “As somebody living in bear a bear in town to immediately country, you should know the report their sighting to 1-877material in WildSafe and pass 952-7277.

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Impacts of bottle depot closure DREW PENNER

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Nine-year-old Piper Hillier plays with a new kitten that she still hasn’t named, as she tries to understand why Tofino’s only bottle depot closed earlier this year.

“I think that is bad, because recycling can go in water,” she said, thinking of the days she’s spent helping her dad Jeff Hillier, 53, on his bottle-and-can-collection runs. “I see a lot of garbage and recycling around Tofino—it’s everywhere.”

Even though her dad has been cashing in, along with several other entrepreneurs, on the closure of the Tofino Bottle Depot in March (they say business has increased by a factor of 10), neither father nor daughter seem too happy about it.

Jeff is trying to teach his daughter the value of recycling, hoping it will blossom into a lifelong passion for environmentalism. They even make a game of who can collect the most.

“We try to get cans and bottles,” Piper explains. “Last time he had lower and I had 11.”

He noted they’ve seen an increasing number of recyclables in the garbage this year.

Since Jeff doesn’t let his daughter grab anything from the garbage, Piper has a rule that those items don’t count towards her dad’s total, otherwise he would win every time.

Some businesses that had previous third-party recycling contracts in place at the time of the shut-down haven’t seen much of a shift, however, plenty of local businesses have been burdened by the closure. Others have tried to capitalize on the situation.

Calvin Westrand founded Westside Recycling in the wake of the depot closure, noting he can get a couple truckloads a day, and is currently increasing his residential pickup business.

“I saw dollar signs,” he said, stressing he still wants to Tofino to work towards a local bottle depot for the sake of the environment.

“I’d like to see a recycling come back so less people would be throwing stuff away.”

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Jeff and Piper Hillier pose next to the haul of bottles and cans from one morning of returnable recycling collection.

Tofino, said the location cut the impact.” of Engineering and Public the daily return maximum While there has been talk Works she thought could in half to the legal minimum of subsidizing land for recy- work.

(24 items per person) when cling as part of the sewage “I didn’t get any call back the bottle depot closed. treatment development, from that,” she said. “I didn’t “If we could have capacity there has been no concrete expect anything to happen.” to take more, people would action yet, she pointed out.

She says some people bring them,” she said. “We “There are a lot of per- are making the trek to their don’t have capacity to store haps’s,” she said. “There are Ucluelet location, which inthe empties.” a number of disparate pieces creased its hours at the time Yet returns have swelled that need to be put together.” of the March closure, but to at least 1,800 beer cans Baert noted Tofino once says they’re losing out on a week and a “mega bag” had its own recycling pro- business to others.

“That’s absolutely hap(cube-shaped, covering a gram before it was taken wooden pallet) of non-refill- over by the provincial gov- pening,” she said.

“It’s just a matter of how able glass. ernment. However, she says, That’s about double the she’d like to see Tofino play much.”

Kim believes that, on top volume the liquor store took a part in coming up with a in during the same period solution to the bottle scram- of mobile collectors stepping in to pick up the slack last year. ble.

Once a week Encorp PaAnn Kim and her cous- and locals bringing their recific (Canada), the federal in Helen Cho ran the Tofino cycling to depots outside of non-profit corporation that Bottle Depot for 11 years – the community, some people had operated the Tofino Bot- before their approximately might be trashing their bottle Depot, picks up recycling 900 square feet of space tles and cans.

Tofino Coun. Al Anderson from the liquor store and up Industrial Way couldn’t ships it to a facility on the accommodate the growing said when that happens, Enmainland. volume of recyclables. But corp gets to keep the deposit Brewers Distributors Ltd. a sizable gap remains be- to fund its operations.

“There some benefit to takes beer bottles and re- tween the amount coming turns them to beer compa- in and the number of bottles them for sure,” he said, nies. required to justify shelling pointing to the irony of the Lee McNamee, manag- out for a 2,500 square foot business that closed the Toer of Common Loaf Bakery, warehouse, if they could fino depot still making money off stuff that gets tossed. said losing the local depot even find something. has meant the small busi“We did our best,” she “They use the money.”

Anderson says he hasn’t ness now has to drive its said. “We really tried to be heard any specific comglass empties all the way to up front with people.”

Ucluelet.

The business owners said plaints about the changes “It’s a really tough thing to they told Mayor Josie Os- in recycling since the Tofido right,” he said. “It’s really borne they were willing to no Bottle Depot closed, and challenging.” pay literally double the rent thinks there isn’t much the Tofino Coun. Dorothy of their previous location if community can do to pitch Baert told the Westerly there the District of Tofino could in.

“I think the District would are efforts underway to help them secure a new be a willing partner if we quantify the fallout. spot.

“We want a full and roKim said she was even had anything to offer,” he bust recycling program,” she directed to look at a space said. “We just don’t have the said. “We do need to know by Ricardo Araya, Manager space right now.”

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Bear with them and set the standard Welcome to August. Here be anger.

Our small towns have been big cities for three months and we’ll all continue to be metropolis dwellers for at least two more.

Burn out is burrowing bees into our bonnets and we’re getting tired of this hit to our serenity.

They don’t do it intentionally.

Albertans don’t flummox people, their RV’s do. I’ve never driven one of the oversized tourist zeppelins currently overpopulating our highways but, if I ever try, I’m guaranteed to ruin commutes no matter how ANDREW BAILEY carefully I read the manual.

It can’t be easy. I’ve seen adults successful enough to afford family vacations to magnificent locations, and smart enough to choose ours as their destination, try their best and not succeed at maneuvering their monstrous wheeled-cabins without stoking the angst of every driver around them.

It’s an experiential knowledge I’m blessed to have. I live where they flock to and know the pain of spotting a looming end to progress on the horizon of the highway to paradise—the highway home—where Tom Cochrane becomes a prophet and we wind up riding that highway all night long.

It’s a good bet the driver is as

crabbed at our frustration behind them as we are at the fortification in front of us.

There’s pull outs a plenty but, if you’re not from where those are, where do you learn how to use them? And, when you’re rolling in a recreational mammoth eight times the size of your daily drive, you’re not exactly primed to steer it smoothly off to the side.

My three-year-old son doesn’t drive and he naps too early and often to see time stand still on commutes. He loves tourists.

He has a genuine ball showing them every crab he captures at the beach and remains delightfully undeterred by obvious language barriers while enthusiastically explaining every aspect of the ocean to them.

He can do that because he’s being raised in a community of Dave Hurwitzes and Laura Griffith-Cochranes and a solid cast of other West Coasters whose whimsical curiousity for the sea is contagious.

He knows things because his town teaches him things and he wants tourists to know what he knows about the surroundings they’re visiting.

From his knee-deep oceanic pulpit, he waxes poetic on crabs and, after shouting out every biological detail he knows about the critter in his hand to anyone in earshot, he sums up his sermon by proclaiming the importance of letting them back in the ocean after taking a look.

It’s impossible for them to shirk his stoke and he doesn’t allow himself

to be ignored. There are important things to know about our beaches and, to him, visiting us means signing up to learn them. Visitors don’t conjure up nightmarish images of pull-out-averse RV’s or summer’s endless grocery store lineups in his mind. All he sees are adorable, and valuable, teaching opportunities.

After roughly three months in the thick of it, we’re grumpy, but he captivates with a kindness that goes down smoother, and sinks in deeper, than angst would.

Bear with them.

The ones that come here to be around wildlife would stay home if there was wildlife there. The concrete jungles they’re coming from don’t have what we have. They want bears in their tents and on their cars as much as we want bears habituated and shot, but Yogi is a cartoon to them and they don’t understand the dangers within their picnic baskets.

We can’t assume they know what to do around animals eight times the size of the dogs and cats they’re used to.

I’ve never been to Seville but, if I ever get there, I’m guaranteed to make Flamenco look impossible.

Unique grains of culture make trips worth taking and places worth visiting. It’s not like we’re making bear management look easy either.

They killed one out at the campgrounds, but we’ve put one on death row in town.

By setting a better example and offering enthusiastic educations, we could all be little less crabbed.

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Arctic voyage a dream trip for youth CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

“It is such a unique place that not many people get to go to with really unique animals that are nowhere else in the world.”

Roughly a month after applying, Stere was thrilled to hear he’d been selected for a scholarship from the Clayoquot Biosphere Trust.

“I was pretty surprised and I was super excited,” he said. “It’s 120 kids from around the world and a great learning experience.”

He said he’s been researching the Arctic and what he’ll be seeing leading up to his trip and playfully added he’s getting ready for a change to his usual weather forecast.

“I’m preparing a lot of warm clothes,” he laughed.

Stere, a local surfer and member of the Canadian Junior Surf Team, said he’s particularly interested in learning more about how climate change is affecting the ocean he loves.

“The glaciers up there are melting and changing the sea level and all that’s connected to our surf down here,” he said. “I have a big interest in climate change because I surf a lot and the ocean is changing...You’re in it every-

day and it’s something that you want to protect.”

Students on Ice’s communications manager Ashley Brasfield told the Westerly News the trip’s 120 students will begin gathering in Ottawa on Aug. 8 for workshops to “break the ice” before departing on their 12-day expedition on Aug. 10.

“It’s going to be quite the journey,” she said. “There is no typical day. Everyday will be different...They’ll walk on glaciers and learn about climate change and how it’s impacted the North. They’ll paddle handmade Inuit kayaks and, really, just connect to the land and the water around them.”

She added students will also visit Arctic communities and attend cultural workshops and that the expedition is centred around four key themes: environment, youth engagement, diversity and reconciliation. Participants will be joined on Adventure Canada Ocean Endeavour by a Students on Ice team of roughly 80 members that includes: Indigenous elders, artists, musicians, historians and scientists.

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Seth Stere’s passion for surfing has sparked an interest in climate change and he’s off to the Arctic to learn about it.

earth and it’s very important for youth in their formative years to see, firsthand, these changes happening to the environment and the changes happening within the culture in the North,” she said.

“And, to be able to connect to the people and connect to the land in a way that’s going to inspire them for the rest of their life and, hopefully, help to foster a greater understanding and appreciation of the Arctic and a determination to make a difference.”

She said Students on Ice was launched 17 years ago by its founder Jeff Green who was leading adult expeditions to the Arctic and believed students could gain valuable insights from similar experiences.

“It was during one of his

expeditions that he realized, as a former school teacher, what an amazing impact this would be for youth,” she said. “It came to fruition and it’s still, thankfully, running successfully as, 17 years later, we have more than 2,700 youth from 52 countries around the world.”

Anyone wanting to follow along with Stere’s journey can find constant updates at the program’s website, www. studentsonice.com.

“It’s a life changing experience,” Brasfield said. “It’s something that stays with our youth and it’s been really incredible to watch and continue to support our youth and their dreams and how they want to contribute to their communities and countries.”

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With a love for the game in her heart and her community’s support at her back, Jada Touchie’s future is shining as brightly as the silver medal she earned at the North American Indigenous Games in Toronto.

The 13-year-old Ucluelet First Nation basketball star was thrilled to earn a spot on Team B.C.’s Under-14 basketball team, which cruised through their competition from July 17-19 until being bested by Wisconsin in July 20’s gold medal match.

“It was an honour for me to go to represent my family, my Nation and B.C.,” Touchie told the Westerly News. “It was empowering to see all of the Indigenous Athletes at the Opening Ceremonies who

were all there to compete at that high level. I felt proud seeing so many Nuu-chahnulth and Vancouver Island athletes who came from such small communities to represent B.C., including myself.”

She said she enjoyed the challenge of competing at an international level and is aiming for gold next time around.

“I was excited to go to NAIG because it was an opportunity to compete at a higher level of competition. It also was an opportunity to travel across Canada and a time to make new friends and get to know my teammates, who were from across B.C. I liked being able to work on my skills. I learned new things after working with my coaches,” she said.

“I know I did the best that I could and I had a lot of playing time, but I know I still

have far to go. Going for Gold next time means we have a lot to work on. I will take what I can, learn from my mistakes and realize what I can do to improve, like being able to dribble and shoot with both hands and working on my offence.”

Touchie said she enjoys playing basketball on the West Coast, but added there aren’t many other girls her age to play with.

“This past school year, I was in Grade 8 and I had to play with the senior girls team because there wasn’t enough interest in my age group,” she said. “This coming school year, I will most likely play school ball with the boys,...We don’t have enough girls from our home Nation but I am fortunate because I can play Junior All Native Basketball with my mom’s home Nation; the Hesquiaht Storm.”

She said her parents have consistently encouraged her athletic pursuits and she’s felt the West Coast’s communal strength behind her.

“My dad, Tyson Touchie Sr., took time to train me in and outside of the gym.

My mom, Anita Charleson-Touchie, spent lots of time to fundraise and she made it possible for me to go to Toronto. They are definitely huge role models in my life,” she said.

“Thank you [Ucluelet] First Nation-Interfor project, the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, Ucluelet Petro-Canada, many grandparents, and family and friends for your financial contributions. Thank you to all individuals and organizations who gave me support in other ways. Tleko tleko— thank you.”

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An exciting display of rhythmic passion will fill the Clayoquot Sound Community Theatre Wednesday night.

Fin de Fiesta Flamenco kicked off a 30-show Canadian tour on Sunday in Duncan and the ensemble performed in Nanaimo and Chemainus before arriving in Tofino on Wednesday.

The group, which features vocalist Alejandro Mendia, guitarist Dennis Duffin, flautist Lara Wong, percussionist David Sampaulo and dancer Lia Grainger, has been together since 2012 and spent the past year putting their Fin de Fiesta tour together in Seville, Italy.

“Flamenco is really about rhythm and about everyone being together because it’s traditionally been an improvised art form from the street,” Grainger told the Westerly. “When it’s really beautiful is when you have moments where it’s not totally perfectly planned, but it all comes together.”

Microphones on the floor help audiences hear Grainger’s instrument.

“Flamenco dancing is a really percussive kind of dance. It’s a lot of rhythmic footwork,” she said. “Musically, it’s incredibly complex and intricate with exciting rhythms. It’s the kind of art form that, as artists, you leave everything out there on stage.”

She said the ensemble is excited to engage a Tofitian audience for the first time.

“Even though it’s a polished, finished show, we still love to keep that fun party vibe and I feel like people in Tofino would probably enjoy that,” she said.

The show starts at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are available at Tofino’s Mermaid Tales Bookshop

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Fin de Fiesta Flamenco has been performing together since 2012.

Grainger was living in Vancouver in 2005 when she saw a flamenco dancer for the first time and fell so deeply in love with the expressive movements that she left her job as a journalist to devote herself full-time to the art form and quickly moved to Seville, despite being unable to speak the language.

“I got totally obsessed and moved to Spain a year later,” she said explaining that Seville is a hot spot for flamenco artists. “I’ve been really in love with it ever since.”

She said finding her way around her new surroundings was tough, but she remained focused on her dreams.

“Feeling like an outsider was difficult sometimes. It’s taken a long time to feel more comfortable there: learning to speak, being able to make jokes with people. I’m also 6’1” and I’m blonde, so I’m so obvious. I can’t blend in at all,” she said. “With time, people totally accept you.

It’s a tight, closed community in the flamenco world but, if you stick around long enough, they let you in.”

She encourages anyone with a passion to “go for it.”

“Why not do it? The worst thing that could happen is it doesn’t work out. I don’t understand why people are afraid of failure,” she said. “What I’m doing didn’t work out all the time at all. I took a lot of risks and it didn’t always happen, but, I think, if you know you want to be doing it, you can’t lose. Even if we have a show and not a lot of people come, or if something doesn’t go well, we’re still doing flamenco and, at the end of the day, that’s what we want to be doing.”

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Within the walls of one of Tofino’s oldest kayak shops is the Main Street Gallery. The creative space opened up three years ago as a community art gallery to showcase collections of work by local artists.

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Main Street Gallery in Tofino buzzes with provocative expression NORA O’MALLEY

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Nestled between the Tofino Coast Guard Station and the Clayoquot Biosphere Trust office, the Main Street Gallery has become a hub for displaying established and emerging Vancouver Island artists.

The creative space exists within the building that also houses Tofino Sea Kayaking; one could not ask for a more picturesque spot to nurse a coffee, contemplate life, and admire paintings on the wall in tandem with boats on the water.

“I love this old building,” said gallery founder and longtime Tofino resident Dorothy Baert. “The walls are filled with stories.”

Baert opened the gallery three summers ago to fill a void in the town’s art community.

“I would love to see Tofino have it’s own stand alone community gallery.

Until that happens this is one venue that can take place,” she said.

“There was one at one time, where the Wolf in the Fog is now. There was a gallery created there. There was a kind of art and craft gallery, but it was more

artisanal crafts. And, of course, we have Mark Hobson and Roy Vickers, but they are specific to those artists.

“I just wanted something that had an opportunity to showcase even in a small way the breadth of a particular artists work.”

Exhibits at the Main Street Gallery changeover seasonally. Baert acknowledged there is an element of personal taste with each artist on display, yet said she always tries to select one that is stimulating to both visitors and residents.

“I like work that is provocative,” she said. “I had Lori Kenney because I thought her work spoke a lot to our concern about oceans and the environment, as far as plastics and debris and how as an artist she kind of captured the intensity of that effect. I thought it was very striking and worthy of a show.”

While, unfortunately, Kenney’s exhibit didn’t garner a sale (each unique exhibit generally results in at least one sale), the artist said it was generous to be offered a show nonetheless.

“It was really wonderful to be there and do something that was involved with Tofino rather than just being totally a tourist. That was nice,” said Kenney.

“I would love to see Tofino have it’s own stand alone community gallery.”

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“I think [the gallery] is great for the community. For me even as a visiting artist to connect with some of the guests who came there, be either artists or art appreciators, and have dialogue.”

The art of Jacques De Backer and artist Alison Watt Baert are currently on display. In the fall, Melanie MacLeod, who lives in the heart of Clayoquot Sound on Catface Mountain, will takeover the space with her paintings, sculptures and craft pieces.

Baert said she wasn’t 100 per cent sure where her gallery on Main Street would go.

“We’ll just keep doing what we are doing until we see a need or opportunity to separate out or expand. For now, I’m just pleased to give these artists a chance to show their work to the public,” she said, adding that she is hoping to hear from artists whose work she might not be aware of.

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B.C. Hydro crews ended a town-wide outage in Ucluelet after a bird crashed into a power line.

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A bird is believed to be the cause of an hour long power outage that affected roughly 1,500 B.C. Hydro customers in and around Ucluelet on Friday afternoon. No bird remains were in the area, around Eber Road, when Hydro crews arrived around 10:40 a.m., but company spokesperson Karla Louwers said two bird-related outages had occurred in the past two weeks.

“We have had crow-strikes recently in the area and are assuming that a crow was the culprit in this incident as well,” she said.

Hydro installed a recloser in the area in the spring of this year to minimize the number of customers affected by similar incidents, but that recloser failed to do its job on Friday.

“Unfortunately, that piece of equipment was bypassed in this outage and we’re working with our engineering group to determine to why the equipment didn’t work as it was supposed to,” Louwers said.

She added local power lines are covered with diverters designed to steer birds away.

“They’re visible to birds and alert them to obstructions like power lines,” she said. “They’re designed specifically for avian vision to minimize the risk of birds coming into contact with our lines and, generally speaking, they’re very effective.”

She said there are no plans to increase the number of diverters on power lines in the area.

“We are looking into why that recloser didn’t work, but there are no other plans for this specific portion of line.”

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GAMES & PUZZLES WEEKLY CROSSWORD

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HOROSCOPE ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Putting your thoughts into action isn’t easy this week, Aries. But you know you have to get moving on something. Dig into familiar tasks that you can do on memory.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, most of your best decisions are fueled by the heart.

Continue to put your full self into all that you do, and others will recognize your undeniable devotion.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 It is time to stop diverting attention away from the truth, Gemini.

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CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, confidence gives you the power to open doors and initiate conversations you never would have thought possible. Trust your gut instinct and move forward.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, people are anxious to hear what you have to say, even if the discussion pertains to something minor. Enjoy the attention while it lasts.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, a busy time is ahead and it’s easy to get overwhelmed when you look at the bigger picture. Instead, focus on one detail at a time until you get through your tasks.

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LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 You have something to discuss that others may find uncomfortable, Libra. Get it out in the open, and in so doing you will remove the mystique of the situation.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, you can lay the foundation for a deep, intimate friendship if you want to. Revealing your own vulnerability can inspire others to trust you.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, if money is on your mind, speak with a financial advisor, accountant or knowledgeable friend. Setting new goals may be the answer.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Do you find you are constantly reinventing yourself, Capricorn?

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AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, right now you might benefit from some quiet contemplation that can help you zero in on new goals. Take a few days for yourself to mull over your options.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Don’t try to accomplish too much on your own, Pisces. Your network of friends is waiting in the wings to help you out whenever needed.

THIS WEEKS SUDOKU ANSWER

Fun By The Numbers Like puzzles? Then you’ll love sudoku. This mind-bending puzzle will have you hooked from the moment you square off, so sharpen your pencil and put your sudoku savvy to the test!

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Mill closure concerns SUSIE QUINN

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IMPORTANT NOTICE MONTHLY OUTDOOR WARNING SIREN TESTING Please be advised that the District of Tofino conducts monthly testing of the Cox Bay and North Chesterman Beach outdoor warning sirens (a.k.a. tsunami sirens) on the first Friday of each month at 11:00 am.

The purpose of monthly testing is to ensure that the sirens are functioning effectively 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 allclear tone used in emergency warning systems around the world.

In the event of a real emergency such as 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 an official source of information for details, such as the local radio station at 90.1 FM. To learn more about emergency preparedness official sources of information and to subscribe to emergency notifications from the District of Tofino, please visit: http://tofino.ca/emergencypreparedness For more information, please contact: Keith Orchiston, Emergency Program Coordinator, District of Tofino Email: korchiston@tofino.ca, Phone: 250.725.3229 ext. 708

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The closure of Western Forest Products’ Somass Mill in Port Alberni should be a wakeup call for the federal government, says Courtenay-Alberni NDP MP Gord Johns.

Western Forest Products announced on July 27 it was closing the mill ‘indefinitely’ due to a lack of log supply. The mill had been curtailed, or not operating, since February and prior to that had been reduced to a single shift.

There are 77 hourly employees affected by the GORD JOHNS news.

“Following Western Forest Products’ announcement that operations at the Somass sawmill will be indefinitely closed, I am renewing my call on the federal government to wake up to the crisis, understand our needs and take action to support British Columbians,” said Johns, the NDP critic for small business and tourism.

“New Democrats and I have been calling on the federal government to secure a fair deal to protect the good-paying forestry jobs that tens of thousands of Canadians rely on,” he said in a statement. “However, federal government inaction has ultimately failed Canadians, including the the 77 hourly employees at the Somass sawmill.”

Johns vowed to work with provincial counterparts to keep logs in B.C. for processing “and grow investments in reforestation.”

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Equipment in the Somass Mill lot lies dormant after the mill’s closure on July 27.

Provincial Mid Island-Pacific Rim MLA Scott Fraser said he has reached out to Steelworkers Union Loc. 1-85, affected workers and the mayor of Port Alberni, Mike Ruttan.

“This is a significant blow to our community,”” he said, adding that he will be meeting with Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development to discuss the closure. He echoed Johns’ call to keep wood processing local, saying the provincial New Democrats will also look at fewer log exports by increasing processing opportunities in B.C. “Minister Donaldson is committed to working with both communities and industry to develop a fair, lasting strategy to create more jobs by processing more logs in B.C. and to renew our forest by expanding investments in reforestation,” Fraser said. Western Forest Products also operates Alberni Pacific Division (APD) sawmill in Port Alberni as well as locations in Nanaimo and Cowichan Valley.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

To submit your activities: e-mail: office@westerlynews.ca, fax: 250-726-4248 or drop by: #102-1801 Bay St, Ucluelet. We accept your Arts & Entertainment, Service Group, Non-Profit Organization, Church, Library, Fundraiser, Open to the Public notices on a first come, first served basis.

WED. AUG. 2 SURFRIDER MEET UP 6:30-8:30pm, Tofino Brewing Co. A volunteer will show everyone how to repair their wetsuits! Bring in a torn wetsuit if you need a hand!

FIN DE FIESTA PRESENTS LIÁNDOLA Show at 7:30pm, Clayoquot Community Theatre, Tofino. Tickets $25 at the door. An electrifying evening of flamengo music and dance.

COX BAY INTERPRETIVE WALK 11:30am-1pm, Meet at the Tofino Info.

Centre (1426 Pacific Rim Hwy). Free. Run or shine. Led by Raincoast Education Society experts.

UCLUELET ALANON GROUP 7:30pm, Catholic Church (use side entrance below) 1663 Peninsula Rd. JAM NIGHT 10pm1am, Eagle’s Nest Pub, Ucluelet.

UKEE DROP-IN SOFTBALL 6pm for warm-ups. 6:30 team selection. Meet at Tugwell Fields LIVE MUSIC 3-6pm The Great Room at Long Beach Lodge.

PICKLEBALL 8am-12pm, Tofino Community Hall. Free.

CHI GONG 10:30-11:30am, UCC Main Hall. $2 drop-in.

THU. AUG. 3 INTERPRETIVE WALK 10am, Lighthouse Loop Whale Lot Trailhead.

Ucluelet.

PUB SPORTS NIGHT 7pm, ANAF, Ucluelet. Darts, foosball, trivia and more.

BINGO 8pm, Tofino Legion.

DANCE FIT 55+ 9-10am, UCC Fitness Studio. $6 drop-in.

FRI. AUG. 4 MONTHLY OUTDOOR SIREN TESTING 11am, Cox Bay and North Chesterman. The purpose of monthly testing is to ensure that the sirens are functioning effectively and to increase awareness of the importance of personal emergency preparedness.

SHORELINE WALK 2pm, Kwisitis Visitor Centre.

Free. A guided tour of the fascinating world that exists where land and sea meet. No pets.

TIDEPOOL TOUR 10am, Big Beach picnic area, Ucluelet. Free.

CORAL’S KARAOKE, 10pm, Officials, Ucluelet. Everyone is invited to come sing a favourite tune!

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SAT. AUG. 5 TOFINO PUBLIC MARKET 10am-2pm, Tofino Village Green.

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI CATHOLIC CHURCH 5pm, 441 Main St., Tofino. TONQUIN TRAIL WALK 2-3pm, Meet at the Tonquin Trail Sign at the Tofino Community Hall (1426 Pacific Rim Hwy Free. Run or shine. Led

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SUN. AUG. 6 SUNNY SUNDAYS IN THE GARDEN 9am-3pm, Wya Community Garden.

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UCLUELET PUBLIC MARKET, 11am-3pm, Ucluelet Village Green ST. COLUMBA CHURCH 10:30am, 110 2nd St.

OUTDOOR SOCCER 6:15-8pm, USS Field. $2 drop-in.

DARTS 7pm, Tofino Legion

CHRIST COMMUNITY CHURCH 10:30am,1419

LIVE MUSIC 9pm, Jamie’s Rainforest Inn YOUTH NIGHT 7-9pm, Tofino Legion. Ages 10+ CLAYOQUOT 2.0 SCREENING Doors at 7:30pm, show at 8.

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Anita Marie Lea and her five-year-old daughter Halle smiled wide after being reunited with their stolen In Style Snuggle Bunnies sign. .

Stolen sign retrieved ANDREW BAILEY

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A stolen sign has been returned to its rightful storefront.

Anita Marie Lea traveled to Port Alberni on July 23 to take her five-year-old daughter Halle to the hospital to receive treatment for a broken collarbone and returned July 24 to discover her In Style Snuggle Bunnies storefront sign had been snatched.

In Style Snuggle Bunnies recently moved from its original location to a spot next door at 1972 Peninsula Road and the roughly 3’ by 4’ quarter-inch plastic sign was leaning against the front outside wall of the new location when it was taken. Lea has been operating the popular youth clothing store for about three years and said this is the first time the store has ever been robbed of anything.

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The Westerly published a story about the theft at westerlynews.ca on July 26, which was seen by a local who then spotted the sign and knew it was missing.

“Kailey from Ucluelet Campground called at about 10 p.m. and said she found the sign when she had her dog for a walk,” Lea said. “She had seen the Westerly News article earlier that morning, so she called me right away.”

Lea said she’s had the sign since first opening her store and it carries significant sentimental value so she was thrilled to see her community have her back when it was stolen.

“It’s awesome to live in this small community because everybody knows one another and looks out for each other,” she said. “Thanks to Kailey and the Westerly News. Much appreciated.”

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