Tofino-Ucluelet Westerly News, August 09, 2017

PLANE CRASH

Ahousaht First Nation’s rapid rescue response praised.

POOLE’S LAND

Property manager assures no heavy drug use happening.

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PRIME MINISTER VISITS

Tla-o-qui-aht welcome Trudeau ANDREW BAILEY

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Justin Trudeau arrived in Tofino on Saturday afternoon.

The Canadian Prime Minister had spent the morning touring the Gulf Islands Park Reserve on a kayak before arriving on the West Coast for two roundtable meetings—one with elected officials and business leaders from Tofino and Ucluelet and the other with the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council.

Both meetings took place at the Best Western Tin Wis Resort, which is owned and operated by the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation that banned Trudeau from their territory in September 2016 over a significant fisheries dispute between the Nuu-chah-nulth and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

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FAMILY STRANDED

Wildfire evacuees West Coast hospitality eases tensions

ANDREW BAILEY

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A Chimney Lake local feels fortunate to have been surrounded by Ucluelet’s love while she and her family were terrifyingly cutoff from home by a wildfire evacuation last month.

Delberta Dufresne was diagnosed with colon cancer last year and the significant scare that came from that prompted her family to start taking at least one holiday together each year.

“I had no symptoms whatsoever, but I was at that age where the doctor said you have to have a colonoscopy. Believe me, we were all shocked when they said I had a very big mass and I had to have surgery immediately,” Dufresne said.

“Everybody had kind of a life scare so the family said every year, we’re going on a family vacation.”

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TRUDEAU’S IN TOWN: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in Tofino on Saturday and held two meetings with local leaders before kicking off his second annual West Coast vacation.

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Two people were onboard this plane when it crashed onto Ahous Bay on Aug. 1 and both were rescued without life-threatening injuries thanks to a rapid response from local rescue crews.

RESCUE

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A rapid response by the Ahousaht First Nation and several fortunately positioned responders helped two men escape a plane crash at Ahous Bay without life-threatening injuries on Aug. 1.

The small aircraft was coming in for a landing on the Vargas Island beach around 1:30 p.m. when something went wrong, according to Cpl. Therese Cochlin of the Tofino RCMP. “The airplane flipped right over. It was upside down on the beach,” she said.

Cochlin arrived at the scene along with Canadian Coast Guard personnel and Ahousaht First Nation responders and said the two men were fortunate that emergency health services professionals and a physician were travelling onboard a nearby water taxi when the crash occurred.

“It just so happened that a water taxi was transiting by that had some EHS personnel onboard transiting from Ahousaht to Tofino, so very timely and fortunately they were available and also attended…It was a very fortunate situation,” Cochlin said adding the two men were transported by helicopter to Victoria.

“A number of medical personnel responded and provided medical services that they could with the equipment they had on the beach and then the Cormorant from 442 Squadron in Comox attended and, together.

“The airplane flipped right over.

It was upside down on the beach.”

- Cpl. Therese Cochlin

“We carried the two gentlemen into the Cormorant and they were transported to Victoria...

There was not an indication that their injuries were going to be life threatening at all.”

She added the “commitment and dedication” of the Ahousaht First Nation in responding to rescue situations is a significantly valuable cog in the West Coast’s response team.

“It creates a strong team in providing response and they’re an integral part of that team,” she said.

She said police collected information at the scene that was passed on to the Transportation Safety Board, but that “there’s no further police investigation ongoing at this time.”

TSB spokesperson Julie Leroux said there would not be a full investigation into the crash.

“We’re not going to do a full report about this one,” Leroux said.

“We receive about 3,000 occurrences per year, so we do a full investigation when it’s going to advance transportation safety.”

She said information about where the plane was travelling from is not yet available.

Small planes are permitted to land at Ahous Bay.

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ACCOMMODATION

Poole’s Land houses workers

Community fills need for seasonal stays NORA O’MALLEY

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Dishwashers, resort staff, district workers, and even an entire kayak guide crew have made Poole’s Land home for the summer.

According to property manager Michael Goodlife, the 17-acre forested lot on Mackenzie Beach Road accommodates anywhere from 50 to 70 transitory workers and travelers a night.

Some live in tents, others have trailers and there are also multiple non-permanent tiny homes dotted throughout the grounds.

“I can’t think of anywhere they would stay, really. There is nowhere they would stay. For a lot of them, the jobs just don’t pay enough to pay rent anywhere,” said Goodlife.

Poole’s Land operates on a sliding scale of donations.

“They might pay $150 or $200 [a month], whatever they can afford and that they feel is fair. Sometimes they leave without ever paying me,” Goodlife said adding that money from donations is put back into infrastructure and other projects, like the new composting toilets and the community kitchen.

Hubert, from Quebec, has been working in Tofino’s surf industry and living in Poole’s Land since March.

“It seems like the only way to me,” he told the Westerly News. “I mean, you could live in the bush if you want that but, if you don’t have a job that gives you staff accom, it’s Poole’s Land. It’s the town staff accom.”

Goodlife pointed out that living in the bush is neither legal nor safe.

“You have to hide your stuff. Literally nothing has been stolen here all summer. Not even a phone cord,” he affirms.

Goodlife, who holds two degrees from UBC—International Relations and English Literature—said he has a sound working-relationship with the lo-

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In the past, he said, Poole’s Land was out of control and known as the place in town where folks could go to buy drugs.

“It’s very much cleared up,” he said.

“You can’t walk around this property asking people for drugs.”

He encouraged locals to reiterate that fact.

“Quit telling people to come here and get drugs. You can’t get them here.

Tell them it’s a community. It’s like a little village.”

Poole’s Land has several mandates, he explained.

The village is committed to recycling and buying local ingredients for their daily community meals. They have a mandate to provide a safe and empowering habitat for women and they also have a mandate to protect people from compromised backgrounds.

“There are people here with mental health issues and we deal with it as a

NORA O’MALLEY

Effective Aug. 4, a public fire ban has been put in place for the districts of Tofino and Ucluelet.

The prohibition will remain in effect until otherwise notified.

Residents and visitors are advised that all open fires, including campfires and beach fires, are prohibited on public property within boundaries of Tofino and Ucluelet. There is also a permanent ban on all open fires in all forested areas of the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, with beach fires being prohibited at Long Beach, Combers Beach, and Swim Beach on Kennedy Lake.

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community. We have people who act as advocates for them, people with experience,” Goodlife said.

Again, he stated their drug policy.

“We have a mandate to make sure people are safe and an integral part of that is to make sure there is no drugs,” he said. “We don’t allow any heavy drug use of any kind. I’ve removed three different people that I’ve caught with cocaine on this land this summer alone.”

As the seasonal crowds wane and helping hands are let go, Poole’s Land dips to a community of about 20 or so residents. Most will migrate south towards warmer waters, with every good intention of returning to Tofino once the rain recedes. Hubert will go traveling, but hopes to return.

“I see this as having my home base,” he said. “I’ll come back here. Get out for the worst of the winter and then come back and you know, have something that’s evolving rather than coming back with nothing, broke.”

West Coast announces fire ban nora.omalley@westerlynews.ca

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“It’s the right time to take a proactive measure.”

- Josie Osborne

“Fire resources are stretched across the province, with the B.C. interior wildfires impacting protective services even in communities the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District,” noted Tofino Mayor Josie Osborne in a press release.

“It’s the right time to take a proactive measure like this here on the West Coast.”

During this campfire prohibition, only CSA or ULC approved portable camp-

fire devices and outdoor stoves may be used and flame length must not exceed 15-centimeters. If conditions warrant, portable campfire devices and outdoor stoves may be further restricted or prohibited.

Campfires on private property (e.g. backyards, residences, private campgrounds) are permitted at this time.

There is currently no Provincial Fire Ban in the Fog Zone, however dry weather conditions are forecasted to continue and emergency crews are occupied elsewhere in the province.

Locals and visitors are reminded to please respect all signage and public notices, and to carry out any forest activities with caution.

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A lot of strength shown on Saturday We’ve got this tremendously handsome Prime Minister who looks great with his shirt off and, at first glance, seems like the perfect fit for us. After a variety of sobering second thoughts though, we’re not superficial enough to ignore the canyon between our core-values.

Yet, here he is back in our yard.

Cue Peter Gabriel.

In your eyes, judging by social media, Justin Trudeau’s meetings in Tofino on ANDREW BAILEY Saturday were media-hounding opportunities to glad-hand and smile for the camera.

The trouble with that summation is that he knows how unpopular he is in the dens he walked into. We’re an outspoken Coast. Be wary of his charm, but don’t sleep on his chutzpah.

The big news was that he fell out of a kayak while touring the Gulf Islands. The real news was how graciously his arrival was welcomed by the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation.

Eyes undoubtedly rolled when news broke that our Prime Minister planned to mix business with plea-

sure by meeting with local leaders, but consider who his business was with. The Tla-o-qui-aht were clear.

Trudeau was not welcome.

A September meeting between the Nuu Chah Nulth Tribal Council and the Department of Fisheries of Oceans Canada went far south. The Council’s 14 Chiefs walked out and Trudeau was banned from the Tlao-qui-aht’s traditional land, which includes Tofino.

The bravery he showed walking into Saturday’s scene was admirable, Elmer Frank’s bravery to let him was more so. The Tla-o-quiaht’s Chief Councillor risked looking toothless for the sake of pursuing progress. He didn’t announce that ban lightly. Lifting it had to have weighed heavy on his mind.

It would have been as wholeheartedly easier for Frank to have shot for short-term strength points by denying Trudeau’s meeting as it would have for Trudeau to have simply sought viral-worthy front page media shots of him surfing. They each could have returned to their bases huffing about how hard the path of reconciliation will be. Instead, both showed the strength needed to take it. Kudos to them.

Some scolding is in order for that meeting being the second one.

I appreciate Trudeau’s schedule makers would have feared rushing the Tribal Council out the door to get started with the local mayors and business folks, but conducting business without first being welcomed by whose land that business is on is the sort of no-go that Trudeau touts himself as too aware to attempt.

It’s not quite as simple as saying he wanted to get the easy one out of the way. The business community has openly disliked him since the Kinder Morgan approval.

“The Prime Minister, before he was elected, said the National Energy Board process was inadequate and that, if elected, his government would introduce a more inclusive process,” Tofino-Long Beach chamber of commerce president Jennifer Steven told the Westerly in December. “That’s not what happened.”

Cynics will suggest our PM’s too narcissistic to care about our lack of love for him and that it’s our surroundings he wants, not our hearts.

That might be true but, after taking the time to meet us, he’s made our relationship more personal and I don’t think he’s superficial enough to ignore us.

Or, at least, he now knows how awkward we can make these surroundings if he does.

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LETTERS DEPOT CLOSURE NOT A MAJOR BLOW Re: Impacts of bottle depot closure, Aug. 2, Westerly News.

Some clarification on recycling: Folks tend to call everything ‘recycling.’ There is an important difference between ‘returnables’ for deposit and recycling.

Administered by Encorp Pacific The Bottle Depot focuses on refundable containers and will pay out the deposit for the containers.

It is important to note that although we do not refund deposits, Westcoast Recycling will take ALL recyclable containers and packaging within the Recycle B.C. Guidelines.

As the operator of ‘WestcoastRecycling.ca,’ I can say with with confidence our recycling program is strong and growing.

Westcoast Recycling has moved over 170 tonnes of residential recycling in 2015 and also in 2016. We also moved 266 tonnes of commercial recycling in 2016!

Although the closure of the Encorp Bottle Depot is (I agree) not a good thing; it is not a major blow to ‘recycling’ in Tofino.

A historic point is that both towns did have volunteers running the recycling depots, but it was clear that going to the next level would require larger, funded, infrastructure.

And, here may be the most important point of all: the Top Level of recycling is the 100% participation of the consumer!

1- By purchasing wisely.

2- By preparing and cleaning recycling for either pick up or delivery to Depot.

3- By getting informed through visiting RecycleBC.ca or WestcoastRecycling.ca.

It is important that the districts of Tofino and Ucluelet support their recycling programs in any way that they can, for example, in Whistler they lease land for a dollar a year to support their recyclers.

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IT’S MUCH MORE THAN JUST THE MONEY Re: Impacts of bottle depot closure, Aug. 2, Westerly News.

My name is Calvin Westrand. I was quoted in the

Westerly Newspaper last week as saying “I saw dollar signs” which I feel is a misrepresentation of my company Westside Recycling and myself. In reality I have been collecting empties for over 10 years as it is a passion of mine not just a career and I provide a valuable service to people and businesses throughout Tofino.

I first started out with a bicycle and cart using a gripn-grab to retrieve empties out of bushes and ditches. I started my business Westside Recycling last year while working with a fellow recycler. I recycle cardboard and plastic as well.

I’m not in this business just for the money, I truly care about the environment and helping people out.

I hope to continue servicing the community for years to come.

Calvin Westrand TOFINO

PAY ATTENTION TO NAFTA NEGOTIATIONS Is Trudeau selling your health data to Trump?

NAFTA talks are scheduled to begin on August 16th, and the U.S. had made it clear it wants access to our private data. Privacy laws in BC and Nova Scotia state that private information gathered by the government such as health data must be kept on Canadian soil. Trump wants that data kept south of the border.

Can we trust our Prime Minister not to give away our privacy? “[Keeping our data on Canadian soil is something] we have decided democratically that we want to do to protect our privacy rights,” said Vincent Gogolek, the executive director of B.C.’s Freedom of Information and Privacy Association. ““We want the feds to protect our privacy rights.”

Whistleblower Edward Snowden has shown just how far US intelligence agencies will go to spy on everyday people. Privacy means nothing to them, and any assurances by Trump to the contrary is just hot air.

Already our personal information is being abused in the name of national security. A Montreal woman, for example, was recently barred from crossing the US border because of her religion.

Premier John Horgan has stated that he supports our right to privacy and will oppose any move by the Trump administration to undermine these rights. But can we

trust Trudeau to fight for us?

Negotiations with the US and Mexico start on August 16th, so this is the time to make our voices heard. Email Gord Johns at Gord.Johns@parl.gc.ca and let him know your want your private data to stay in Canada. If you want to learn more, visit Open Media at https://openmedia. org.

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CBT WELCOMES ROYAL ROADS STUDENTS The Clayoquot Biosphere Trust recently welcomed thirteen Royal Roads University students, enrolled in the Masters of Environmental Education and Communication program, to the CBT-RRU field course on Sustainability in the Biosphere. The Ucluelet Community Centre provided the perfect base-camp with which to host the course and many local knowledge holders co-taught the students throughout the week on topics such as social-ecological systems & sustainability, forest ecology, resilience thinking, transgenerational trauma, community-based monitoring and system transformation. The students had a fantastic experience, thanks to the incredible efforts of so many west coast community members who enable experiential learning on the west coast. A special thank you to these folks who went above and beyond to create such a memorable week: Abby Fortune, Barb Gudbranson, Judy Bloedorn, Kasia Kromski, Dr. Michelle Corfield, Dr. Barb Beasley, Anita Charleson-Touchie, Ricardo Manmohan, Debbie Mundy, Chief Ann Mack, Juliet Vanvliet, Faye Missar, Nicole Gerbrant, George Patterson, Josie Osborne, Dylan Tilston, Crystal Belangér, Joe Martin, Trevor Wickham and Eva Wickham.

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Semi-truck driver survives Highway 4 crash ANDREW BAILEY

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The driver of a semi-trailer that crashed on Highway 4 between Port Alberni and the Tofino-Ucluelet junction on Aug. 1 escaped the wreck with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.

“There was nothing indicating that there would be any sort of life-threatening injuries,” said Const. Marcel Midlane of the Ucluelet RCMP. “He’s very fortunate to have essentially walked away from the collision at this point.”

The driver was travelling east along Highway 4 when his trailer veered off the road near the Kennedy River rest area and crashed into a BC Hydro pole.

Midlane said a brief power outage that occurred shortly after midnight on Tuesday suggests the crash likely occurred at that time, but it was not reported to police until about an hour later.

“We didn’t get called until after 1 a.m. and, I think, that’s likely because of the cell service issue that’s out there, in that there isn’t any,” he said adding motorists may

have travelled past without noticing the situation.

“Due to it being so dark, several people could have driven by and not even noticed it and then it just took one person to drive by and notice that the barricades were pushed over and out of place, so that’s when we got called.”

He said the Ucluelet Volunteer Fire Brigade and Port Alberni Fire Department arrived at the scene first.

“Both assisted in recovering the male from the collision,” he said.

He said the driver was transported to the West Coast General Hospital in Port Alberni and has since been taken to Victoria General to be treated for injuries, including chest trauma An investigation into what caused the collision is ongoing.

“We don’t know if it was human error or mechanical at this point,” Midlane said.

“Given that the driver is still under medical attention, our investigation continues.

Thankfully he was okay and thankfully there was nobody in the oncoming lane.”

Prime Minister promises to work with First Nations

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Tla-o-qui-aht Chief Councillor Elmer Frank wrote a letter to the PM’s office at the time to advise Trudeau was not welcome on Tlao-qui-aht land until he began acting on his election campaign’s promise of reconciliation with First Nations, according to the Nuuchah-nulth owned Ha-Shilth-Sa newspaper.

Immediately prior to Saturday’s meeting, Frank explained Trudeau would be welcomed.

“Many of you reporters are probably sitting there wondering what we’re going to do as Tla-o-qui-aht people because we said, ‘Justin Trudeau is no longer welcome in our territory,’ and that was the result of a meeting we had in the fall,” Frank said. “Since the time that we made that statement, there’s been significant movement. Not significant enough yet for a fisher to go out and make a tangible living, but it was significant enough for us to be able to demonstrate that there is some reconciliation hope for Tla-o-qui-aht and for the Nuu-chah-nulth Nations that are involved…We need to be mindful that we’re in a day and age now where we need to work together; no one’s going away.”

Trudeau thanked Frank and suggested patience is needed on the path to reconciliation.

“This process of reconciliation and building a future—and I understand your impatience that you wanted to get done overnight what took generations and centuries to go terribly wrong—is going to take more than a few months to get right,” Trudeau said.

“I deeply appreciate the respect you’ve shown for me today and I look forward to continuing to work with you and making sure my government continues to work with you.

Recognizing as well that Nation to Nation relationship is not just about government to First Nations…It’s also about non-Indigenous Canadians being an essential part of the reconciliation path.”

Earlier in the day, Trudeau attended a meeting with both Tofino mayor Josie Osborne and Ucluelet mayor Dianne St. Jacques along with Tofino-Long Beach Chamber of Commerce president Jennifer Steven, Wickaninnish Inn President Charles McDiarmid and Courtenay-Alberni MP Gord Johns.

“Obviously, we know Tofino is a wonderful spot for tourism. There are also challenges related to that and related to other businesses and other economic opportunities that are important to highlight,” Trudeau said. “I’m very pleased to be able to sit down and collaborate across all levels of government and indeed across political parties.”

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Tla-o-qui-aht Chief Councillor Elmer Frank made tentative amends during a meeting in Tofino.

After the business roundtable, McDiarmid told the Westerly he was thrilled with how it had gone.

“The Prime Minister is interested in hearing from people on the ground in the destinations and places around the country and that’s, I think, very positive,” he said.

“In any federal government system, things get concentrated in the capital and you don’t always hear from the people on the ground that are dealing with the issues day to day that we have and he’s engaged in those and interested in them and wanted to know more about them.”

St. Jacques said it was “absolutely awesome” of the Prime Minister to take the time to meet with local leaders.

“He was very engaged. He seemed interested in what we had to say and we talked about many issues,” she said.

She said a key concern Ucluelet raised was the closure of the Canadian Coast Guard’s Marine Communication and Traffic Services Centre in 2012 and said Trudeau promised he would review the facility’s shut down.

St. Jacques added that potential federal funding for resort municipalities, similar to the province’s Resort Municipality Initiative funding, was also discussed.

“To assist us very tiny communities in providing the infrastructure for thousands and thousands of people every night,” she explained.

“He acknowledged it and, I believe, we’ll have some conversation about it.”

Osborne said Trudeau was “cordial, receptive and easy to talk to,” and actively listened to a variety of local concerns put forward.

“We talked about many things from big picture issues, like setting the tone for reconciliation across Canada and the efforts that we’re making here in this region and the relationships that we have with First Nations, to smaller topics that might be of more regional, or local, focus,” she said adding she was surprised Trudeau held the meetings rather than just starting his vacation right away.

“It certainly wasn’t expected to be able to do this,” she said.

“I know he’s on holiday and I respect that and we want to give him the space and time

he needs to rest and probably recuperate from a tough year of politics and spend some time with his family, but I know our MP Gord Johns worked really hard to help pull this off and I’m really grateful to both the Prime Minister’s office and our MP for making this happen for us.”

Johns said it was important for Trudeau to hear from local voices.

“He’s made a lot of promises and we have yet to see any action. We’ve talked about marine debris. We’ve talked about the environment. We’ve talked about Canada’s Indigenous Peoples. We’ve talked about rural communities. We’ve talked about housing.

We haven’t seen any action on these fronts,” Johns said adding he hoped hearing about the West Coast’s issues firsthand would prompt action from the Prime Minister.

“We can be hopeful, but at the same time we have to be persistent and we won’t be letting up,” he said.

“These meetings set the stage for us to follow up with him taking action to help address our communities’ needs and I’ll be doing just that.”

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Ucluelet Local Food Society co-founder Jeanne Keith-Ferris shows her excitement for a future community garden that’s growing at Edna Batchelor Park.

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A community garden is getting ready to bloom at Ucluelet’s Edna Batchelor Park.

The communal food-growing space has been a long time coming with several past attempts drying out before Ucluelet’s municipal council got behind an initiative pitched by the Ucluelet Local Food Society in the winter of 2016.

“Others have gone before us to try to do this and we’re actually bringing it down to the end zone,” said ULFS co-founder Jeanne Keith-Ferris. “It does take persistence and there’s been a number of hoops for us to get through, but we’ve managed it and we’re thrilled.”

Keith-Ferris and Lorna Watson launched the society with a key focus on bringing a community garden to Ucluelet, which, ac-

cording to the Clayoquot Biosphere Trust’s 2016 Vital Signs Report, was the only one of the West Coast’s eight communities that didn’t have one.

“The Ucluelet Local Food Society feels it’s vital to get people with hands on growing vegetable experience just like our grandparents and great grandparents used to do, with ease, so that we can bring back this knowledge and get it thriving in our community,” Keith-Ferris said.

She said the West Coast’s climate allows for a diverse range of produce.

“We can grow a lot of cold weather crops, like kale and broccoli. Those kinds of things grow really really well,” she said.

“Peas and beans thrive in this environment. Lettuces do really well and, surprisingly, we can get some warm weather things happening too, like tomatoes and

cucumbers.”

Ucluelet’s council endorsed the garden project in February of this year following recommendations from Parks and Recreation Director Abby Fortune and Planner 1 John Towgood who both cited Edna Batchelor Park as a prime location for the project. The district quickly got started on prepping the site and their share of the work will wrap up this month, according to Keith-Ferris.

“Then, we will be moving in with some volunteers: finishing off the fence work, building the growing beds, adding the dirt and getting ready to invite gardeners to come in and grow,” she said. “I’m really excited for all the possibilities.”

The Ucluelet Co-op donated a garden shed. Wood and other material for the individual growing beds was donated by

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by Pacific Ready-Mix and the Ukee RentIt Centre donated the use of an auger to place fence posts.

“With our wonderful community, it’s coming together,” Keith-Ferris said adding planting beds should be ready for gardeners to start digging into in September.

She said the plan is to have 10 beds for community members to sign up for.

“We will invite them to help us structure what it’s going to look like going forward,” she said adding she expects to see a wide variety of experience levels and newbies are welcome.

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Const. Marcel Midlane of the Ucluelet RCMP will cycle roughly 1,000 kilometres across Vancouver Island with his Tour de Rock teammates next month raising money for paediatric cancer research and Camp Goodtimes, which offers fun experiences for children and families living with cancer.

The ride is split into 13 legs with the team stopping in roughly 30 communities to celebrate and raise support for the cause.

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“We’re getting a lot of responses and feedback from local businesses between Tofino and Ucluelet that are signing up to sponsor a leg of the tour,” he said.

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“Every single dollar helps and goes a long way towards helping these children. It’s a great way to have those businesses be involved in something like this,” he said.

“It’s always nice to give back if you can and the communities on the West Coast are fantastic for that. Tofino and Ucluelet have always been such big supporters and big sponsors of the Tour de Rock and the Canadian Cancer Society.”

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Stranded family praises Ukee CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 This year’s vacation brought them to Vancouver Island in early-July, but a rough start got even worse as two days after arriving in Parksville a medical emergency landed Dufresne at Nanaimo General Hospital and, after being released roughly 12 hours later, she and her family learned they could not head home as planned.

Chimney Lake is roughly a 30 kilometres from Williams Lake, where wildfires caused an evacuation order to be issued on July 7.

While some members of the family traveled back, Dufresne continued on to Ucluelet with her daughter and three grand children and hoped the situation would be resolved by the time they expected to leave on July 16, but the updates they were receiving about the fires weren’t positive.

“They were raging and more were developing,” she said. “When we started reading and hearing from people that it was going to be a longer time, we just thought ‘This is crazy. Totally crazy.’”

After arriving in Ucluelet, Dufresne was thrilled with the graciousness of their accommodation’s owners at Terrace Beach Resort.

“We were wondering if we could book at least another day or something because we weren’t sure where we were going. We just had a knot in our stomachs,” she said.

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The family stayed at the resort for several days before moving into the Priestleys home for another 10.

“We felt for them,” Lorne said. “This poor family couldn’t go home.”

Dufresne said she, her daughter and her grandkids, Kayden, 10 and eight-year-old twins Alora and Lily didn’t have much in the way of clothes or supplies and the uncertainty over the duration of their stay was daunting.

“These people were so kind to us and so generous.”

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“We got to stay a little longer and enjoy your beautiful part of the world, but you still have that feeling just like somebody’s punched you in the tummy because you’re worried about everything,” she said. “These people were so kind to us and so generous...We’re very fortunate that people we didn’t even know opened up their hearts and gave us a place to stay and some support when we weren’t in our familiar surroundings.”

She said the family took in Ukee Days and were warmed by the town’s embrace.

“We appreciate them opening up their hearts and everything to us. It was awesome,” she said.

“The kids were actually in the Gumboot Toss, which was great.”

She added Courtney Johnson of Image West gave the kids a stuffed animal, which proved valuable.

“You don’t think that a little thing like that would help, but they sleep with it every night,” she said.

She said the family travelled to Alberta on July 24 to be with her husband’s cousins and that, while the evacuation order has been lifted, they weren’t planning to head home right away.

“We’re still on an alert which means that you have to be ready and packed to get out in 30 minutes if the fire gets close,” she said. “With the smoke the way it is we’re staying here with family right now...

You don’t want to put anybody in jeopardy with all that smoke in the air and everything.”

She said they were hoping to head home this week, but the weather forecasts didn’t look good.

“Unfortunately the temperatures are in the mid30’s; hot and dry with no rain. So, we’re sitting tight,” she said.

“The other thing is you can never tell now when any of the highways are going to be closed because of all of these fires on the routes from Vancouver to the Interior...It’s crazy for everybody.”

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TFN Days Parade

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A Monday morning parade in Tofino kicked off the Tlao-qui-aht First Nation’s seven-day TFN Days festival. This year’s vision and theme is “Family Wellness and Culture” and the festival’s week-long festivities include traditional games and cultural activities.

For more photos of community events, check out our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/WesterlyNews.

Tla-o-qui-aht wrestlers Mayben and Ottis-James Crabbe took a special spot in the traditional canoe this year. The siblings won gold and silver medals at the North American Indigenous Games in July.

Tofino Co-op’s float was filled with floats.

Jeh Custerra and German Ocampo of Friends of Clayoquot Sound had a beary good time marching in the parade.

Tourism Tofino’s Flynn Saunderson dropped in on the giant Patricia, Isha, Raven, and Michael had a blast watching the parade floats pass by Tofino’s Village Green. wave created by Parks Canada.

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NDP eliminate tuition for adult education Student loan interest will also be nixed RAGNAR HAAGEN

Black Press

B.C. Premier John Horgan made one of his first major announcements from Saanich’s Camosun College on Tuesday, stating his government will eliminate tuition fees on adult basic education and English language learning programs.

The announcement reverses action taken by the B.C. Liberals in 2015, which allowed education institutions to charge up to $1,600 per semester for full-time studies for adult learners. In turn, enrolment dropped by almost 35 per cent between the 2013-14 and 2016-17 school years.

Adult students who’ve prepaid for basic education and English language courses for September will be refunded, Horgan said.

“New Canadians who want a head start improving their language skills, students getting ready for university, adult learners going back to school to upgrade their skills to improve their opportunities or just getting a high school diploma, adult basic education should be free for everyone, it should be a right,” Horgan said.

The cost to make basic education free again will be included in September’s budget.

The premier also confirmed NDP’s plan to end interest on student loans in B.C. “We’re actually going to reduce the [interest on] borrowing for student loans to zero, interest free, as well as a completion grant for those who have finished their education,” said Horgan.

The grant will create an incentive to those who’ve built up a large student debt during studies, to knock off as much as $1,000 from their balance when they finish, he added.

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Education Minister Rob Fleming, Advanced Education Minister Melanie Mark and Premier John Horgan at Camosun College on Tuesday with students who’ve benefited from English language learning in B.C. Both announcements are welcome news for the B.C. Federation of Students which has been pressing years for these changes.

“Adults who want to go back to [high school] shouldn’t be charged for that,” said Simka Marshall, chairperson for the B.C. Federation of Students. “This is something we’ve been campaigning for, we’ve had 23 municipalities endorse our campaign calling for free adult education so this is a really

welcome change...Our province can’t afford to lose students who are keen to learn or advance their skills training in the post-secondary sector because of financial barriers,” said Minister of Advanced Education, Skills and Training Melanie Mark. “I’m proud we’re taking this action to expand opportunities for ABE and ELL students to thrive in the workforce and achieve academic success.”

Horgan also spoke to softwood lumber

deal with the U.S. and to Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA Andrew Weaver’s disapproval of Horgan’s upcoming golf tournament in Victoria that costs $500 per entry.

“I have spoken to [Weaver about it],” Horgan said. “It’s not a closed event, and anyway the cost largely goes to paying the green fees. [Fleming] and I have hosted this for a decade, it’s not secret, it’s not cash-for-access, anyone can join.”

Seven new fires starts in East Kootenay area CAROLYN GRANT

Black Press

There have been seven new fire starts in the East Kootenay portion of the Southeast Fire Centre in the past few days — all lightning caused. There were ten new starts in the entire fire centre, which stretches from the U.S. border to Mica Dam and from the Okanagan Highlands/west side of the Monashee Mountains to the B.C./Alberta border.

Karlie Shaughnessy from the Southeast Fire Centre reported Tuesday that particular fires of note include Moyie Mountain, about four kilometres east of the provincial park. It was four hectares in size mid-day Tuesday.

“There are nine personnel and air tankers on the fire and they are establishing a guard,” she said.

Another fire is Lamb Creek, five kilometres west of Moyie.

Heavy equipment was establishing a guard on that fire Tuesday as well.

Further east, a fire is burning near Grasmere (Elk River fire) that was at two hectares on Tuesday.

The fire rating for the Kimberley Cranbrook area remains high to extreme despite

some sporadic rain on Monday night.

Highway 93S (the portion from Radium to Castle Junction) has re-opened. It may be closed again with little or no notice as they are still battling the Verdant Creek Wildfire.

Smoke from the wildfire may affect visibility between Radium Hot Springs and Hwy 1 at Castle Junction. Travel is recommended between the hours of 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. mountain time. Drivers should anticipate reduced speed, possible delays and watch for traffic control personnel. The highway may close without notice to ensure traveller safety.

Drivers may take highways 1 and 95 as an alternate route.

The White River Fire remains active in a remote area up the Middle Fork (well past Whiteswan). The Middle Fork Forest Service Road is closed at the 45.5km mark.

The Island Pond fire near Canal Flats continues to burn, as officials estimate it is 35 per cent contained as of Tuesday afternoon.

“That fire is pretty much status quo,” Shaughnessy said. “It is holding at an estimated 1150 hectares. There are 79 personnel, three helicopters and eight pieces of heavy equipment on it. There was great

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Helicopters were using Moyie Lake to refill their buckets while battling three new wildfire starts on Monday evening that were caused by lightning strikes. success with a controlled burn to reduce fuel load on the eastern flank on Sunday.”

An evacuation alert for 51 properties between Island Pond and the north end of Premier Lake, including Premier Lake provincial campground, remains in effect.

Other starts include one south of Elkford at Fording Mountain, which is 0.09 hectares and not threatening any structures, as well as another north east of Round Prairie, which is at 0.01 hectares and not threatening struc-

tures. Meanwhile over the line in Montana, the Gibralter Ridge fire just east of Eureka has grown to 200 hectares and is threatening some residences and structures. Some evacuation orders have been issued.

Smoke has moved in once again early this week from fires burning to our west in the Kamloops/Cariboo district (in addition to locally generated smoke). Many areas of the region are experiencing significant smoke and the Air Quality Advisory remains in effect.

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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.

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THU. AUG. 10 BINGO 8pm, Tofino Legion.

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LIVE MUSIC Lynn Jackson, 8-10pm, Blackberry Cove Marketplace. by donation.

SHORELINE WALK 2pm, Kwisitis Visitor Centre.

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

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

SAT. AUG. 12 TOFINO PUBLIC MARKET 10am-2pm, Tofino Village Green.

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TONQUIN TRAIL WALK 2-3pm, Meet at the Tonquin Trail Sign at the Tofino Community Hall (1426 Pacific Rim Hwy Free. Led by Raincoast Education Society.

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI CATHOLIC CHURCH 5pm, 441 Main St., Tofino.

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SUN. AUG. 13 SUNNY SUNDAYS IN THE GARDEN 9am-3pm, Wya Community Garden.

UCLUELET PUBLIC MARKET, 11am-3pm, Ucluelet Village Green ST. COLUMBA CHURCH 10:30am, 110 2nd St. HOLY FAMILY CHURCH 10am, 1663 Peninsula Rd ST. LAWRENCE CHURCH 11am, Ahousaht.

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MON. AUG. 14 MOVIE NIGHT 8pm. Doors LIVE MUSIC 9pm, Jamie’s Rainforest Inn open at 7:30pm, show at YOUTH NIGHT 7-9pm, 8:00. Clayoquot Theatre.

Tofino Legion. Ages 10+ OUTDOOR SOCCER CLAYOQUOT 2.0 6:15-8pm, USS Field. $2 SCREENING Doors at drop-in.

DARTS 7pm, Tofino Legion 7:30pm, show at 8.

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Drag racing event KARLY BLATS

Alberni Valley News

The Alberni Valley Drag Racing Association is ramping up for the second year of Thunder in the Valley on Stamp Avenue.

Crews have been working for months on improving one of the spectator areas at the top end of the street-based, eighth-mile track.

To get the rest of the track ready for competition, Stamp Avenue will be closed to all vehicle traffic from Thursday, Aug. 10 at about noon until Sunday, Aug.13.

The annual drag races were moved to Stamp Avenue last year, from their original venue at the Alberni Valley Regional Airport, due to construction taking place at the airport.

The races were historically run on a quarter-mile-long track on the airport runway, but have been changed to an eighth of a mile with the new Stamp Avenue location.

Bill Surry, Alberni Valley Drag Racing Association president, says although he noticed more spectators at the airport for previous years’ races, people are generally happy with the

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The road will reopen on Sunday evening after everything is cleaned up from the races, which Surry believes will be about 10 p.m.

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