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Ucluetians assist wildfire evacuees ANDREW BAILEY

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Christine Brice and Gerry Schreiber returned from Kamloops on Sunday after a week of volunteering at a wildfire evacuation centre.

The two Ucluelet locals are members of the local Emergency Social Services team and responded to a call-out from Emergency Management B.C. to relieve volunteers from closer areas.

“They called and I had the time and I was excited to go and help,” Schreiber said adding that when he arrived he met many Vancouver Island volunteers as closer volunteer crews have been “worn out.”

He explained ESS’ role is to keep track of all the evacuees coming in and ensure they all have everything they need, like hotel rooms, food, and clothing.

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Lantern Fest. a hit West Coasters delight under unique lights

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The West Coast basked in uniquely lit ambience on Sunday as the Tofino Lantern Festival shined for the 17th time.

The festival is organized by the Raincoast Education Society and serves as the society’s largest annual fundraiser, pouring support into educational and inspirational programming.

“All of our work is meant to either inform or inspire the community in some way and it is based in the environment,” RES’ communications and project development coordinator Aisha Balint told the Westerly News.

“We live in this very incredible environment here on the West Coast of Vancouver Island and we think that’s something to celebrate and also something to acknowledge and learn from.”

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LANTERNS GALORE: Locals and visitors filled the Tofino Botanical Gardens on Sunday night to tour through a bastion of creativity at the Tofino Lantern Festival. Check out our photo feature on page 9.

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Ucluelet local Mike Cootes will host Ucluelet’s first Pride event at the ANAF on Aug. 26

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A longtime Ucluelet local is putting together what he believes is Ucluelet’s first Gay Pride event.

Mike Cootes will host an ‘On the Edge of Pride’ party at the Army Navy and Airforce Veterans Club on Aug. 26.

“It is going to be full-on decorated with Pride colours, flags and various amounts of rainbow,” Cootes told the Westerly News. “It is very highly recommended that you dress as you want to dress...I want to see the full spectrum of people’s creativities, even if it’s just a little rainbow painted on their face.”

Doors will open at 10 p.m. with DJ Rabbit performing from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Cootes, who has lived in Ucluelet for 28 years said he attended Vancouver’s annual Pride Parade with a group of local LGBTQ friends roughly five years ago and “had a blast.” Unfortunately though, the full group has never been able to return due to their summertime work obligations, so Cootes decided it was time for the West Coast to have its own event that locals could attend without traveling over Sutton Pass.

“The Pride Weekend in Vancouver is always the first of August, smack dab in the middle of summer, so it’s always busy at work,” he said.

“I wanted to bring pride to Ukee and let some people in town experience that. It may not be as glamorous or fabulous [as Vancouver’s], but it would still be nice to show that Ukee has Pride for all those in this small town who are in the LGBTQ community and to show that this community can be very supportive of those who are LGBTQ because, in my experience in the many years that I’ve been here, it’s accepted but it’s not very out there.

“I want to see the full spectrum of people’s creativities.”

- Mike Cootes

“Not that it has to be in your face, but I feel like it has to be a bit more known that this town does support anybody of any race, gender and sexuality.”

Cootes was 16 years old when he told his father he was gay and was relieved to immediately receive his father’s support, but he waited until he was 19, roughly two years after graduating high school, to come out to the community.

He said it’s important to make local LGBTQ support more obvious so that anyone struggling with their sexuality knows they aren’t alone.

“When I did come out, everyone was supportive,” he said adding that hasn’t been the case for others.

“Everyone comes out differently. No story is the same. There are still probably people on reserves and in towns that are still battling with themselves and this is to show them that there is a community that will accept them for who they are so they could feel more comfortable in their skin.”

He said he’s been delighted with the response he’s received for his ‘On the Edge of Pride’ event so far and hopes to see West Coasters show their support by showing up.

Tickets to the event cost $10 for non-ANAF members and $5 for members. All proceeds will go back into the event, which Cootes hopes to turn into an annual calendar feature.

All entrants will receive a rainbow bracelet that reads ‘Ukee Pride. Tuff Pride.”

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Skate park success in Ahousaht MARCIE CALLEWAERT

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The Ahousaht skatepark project was born from the tragedy of the Leviathan II capsizing in October 2015.

Dwayne Mazereeuw, his wife, Elisa Kasha, and 19 others were pulled from the water by Ahousaht water taxis that responded to the capsizing.

Mazereeuw recalls that when he and Kasha “found out that Get on Board and Landyachtz Longboards were working towards getting a skatepark built in Ahousaht, [they] knew it was the perfect opportunity to say thank you.”

Mazereeuw works for Newline Skateparks in Calgary, Alberta, which allowed for the perfect collaboration with the Ahousaht Nation and other organizations to make this long dreamed of park, a reality.

Mazereeuw became interested in skateboarding at the age of six. He has made “a career out of doing something that [he] love’[s]” and that is part of what Mazereeuw wanted to pass on to the youth of Ahousaht.

There are limited recreational activities on Flores Island, a 35-minute water taxi ride from Tofino.

“Not everyone is into team sports, so a skatepark gives these individuals an activity that allows them to be active and express themselves.”

Mazereeuw and his family returned to Ahousaht in June of this year and “after just a few months of having the new park the kids are really starting to progress,” he said.

“The age range spanned from toddlers rolling over the pump bumps to teenagers learning new tricks in the bowl end. It was amazing to see the park getting so much use.

“The by-product of getting involved in the skatepark project was that it gave my wife and I the opportunity to go back to Tofino and Ahousaht, which has really helped with our own personal healing after such a traumatic experience. We were both deeply affected by the accident and returning has helped us to face our fears and work at mov-

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The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District has a new Chief Administrative Officer.

The ACRD announced last week that Douglas Holmes would start his new position on Aug. 14.

“After an inclusive and exhaustive process that took the interests of the entire region into account, I am happy to see Mr. Holmes join the team as head of our administration,” ACRD chairperson John Jack said through an Aug. 8 media release. “I wish to thank the Recruitment Committee, the Board,

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Seven-year-old Ahousaht local Gerard John has a blast cycling around his community’s new skate park. The park was built by survivors of the Leviathan II tragedy. ing our lives forward. Getting back on locations, however the view from the a boat in the same waters that nearly Ahousaht skatepark is definitely one of took our lives was not an easy thing to the best… It is amazing to now have a do but each time we do, it gets just a skatepark right on the beach with the mountain views in the background. It little bit easier.”

Mazereeuw also commented that is magical!”

Patti Charleson, Deputy Chief Coun“the project has also allowed us to reconnect with our rescuers, and others cillor with the Ahousaht First Nation that helped that day, both in Ahousaht commented that the park is used on a and Tofino. We have now formed a “daily basis, rain or shine.” strong connection to the area and have The long-term plan is to add benchsome lifelong friends there.” es and a picnic area as the surroundMazereeuw and Newline Skate- ing grounds are landscaped further. It parks have built skateparks around will be a much needed “full family fun Canada and in “some pretty amazing space.”

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and our Acting CAO for their concerted effort” Holmes is a graduate of Simon Fraser University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and is a Chartered Professional accountant, according to the release.

He has held several positions within various local governments since 1995 including deputy Chief Administrative Officer at the Regional District of North Okanagan, CAO of the Sunshine Coast Regional District and Assistant City Manager of the City of Nanaimo.

He took on a significant leadership role following a 2013 flood in South-

ern Alberta, serving as Deputy CAO, Renewal Operations, where he helped oversee a roughly $300 million budget to rebuild the community.

“Doug has been a presenter at numerous professional development venues for appointed and elected officials, and has served on a number of boards and task forces related to local government,” the release states. “Doug is experienced and proficient in leadership development, municipal capital projects, policy development and implementation, corporate restructure, intergovernmental relations and strategic analysis.”

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Notes from the B.C. forest fire zone I’m just back from vacation and a drive from Victoria to Prince George last week to visit relatives. Here are a few observations.

• The closure of Highway 97 through the South Cariboo forced northbound traffic to the Coquihalla and up Highway 5 to Little Fort, then west on Highway 24 to rejoin 97 just south of 100 Mile House. Blackened tree trunks are still visible near Barriere and McLure, north of Kamloops, where fires burned for 75 days in 2003, forcing the evacuation of 3,800 TOM FLETCHER people.The one visible roadside scar from this year’s fires was near Williams Lake, where a brush fire ran up to one of the many widening and paving projects underway this summer. The broad construction area acted as a firebreak and only a small spot burned on the other side before the fire was put out.

• Smoke was visible in the Prince George area, but it wasn’t until south of Quesnel that the brown haze and strong smell settled in. Air conditions were worst at Kamloops and Merritt, where smoke followed river valleys while trapped in an extended high-pressure system. A haze was

still visible when I returned to Victoria, and when I started my car the next day, the smell from the air vents was a reminder of conditions in the Interior.

• Vancouver media went from bad to worse as they grew bored with the struggles of far-off towns and farms. Among many errors by sensation-seeking urban outlets, the CBC announced the rescinding of an evacuation order for Princeton, which was never evacuated.

Then for days the people’s network flogged the story of a back-burn gone wrong on Hart Ridge Mountain south of Clinton, after the wind shifted suddenly. The tone of the coverage suggested a reckless, inept effort by the B.C. Wildfire Service, with sound-bites from an angry rancher who went to media instead of filing his damage claim with the province.

The unfairness to exhausted firefighting crews seemed lost on them, or unimportant next to the media craving for conflict.

Worst of all was TV coverage of a family’s return to the burned-out mobile home park on the Ashcroft reserve. Zoom in on the crying, that’s gold for a jaded urban audience. If that’s what they put their effort into, they should stay home and do another bike lane story instead.

• Speaking of disaster porn, Al Gore cited the B.C. fires during the

Toronto stop of the promotional tour for his latest movie, An Inconvenient Sequel. That’s the follow-up to his 2006 docu-drama that predicted an ice-free Arctic by 2014, the breakup of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, and other dire events that have not materialized.

• B.C. statistics aren’t complete yet, but measuring by area burned, this year likely won’t even be close to the record in 1958. Nationally, Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre statistics show so far in 2017, area burned across Canada is far below 1989, 1994, 1995 and 2014.

• On the NDP government’s second political tour of the fire zone, Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth, Forests Minister Doug Donaldson and North Coast MLA Jennifer Rice posed for pictures wearing the red uniform of the B.C. Forest Service. Pro tip for next time: don’t put on a uniform you haven’t earned the right to wear.

They did their helicopter tour and photo opportunity with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who delayed his visit to B.C. until he could attend a lucrative party fundraiser in Vancouver.

Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Email: tfletcher@blackpress. ca Twitter: @tomfletcherbc

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PUBLIC NOTICE: Site C Inquiry Initiated

EVACUEES THANK WEST COAST We would like to thank with much gratitude local people and businesses that supported us in our time of need.

To the Priestley family and Margie Sharpe from Terrace Beach Resort, thank you for your kindness and generosity in helping us with a place to stay, refreshments and the Inukshuks for the grandchildren when we could not go home because of the evacuation order.

Thank you does not seem enough. We are so grateful for your assistance. You supported us through the emotional roller coaster we were on!

Thanks also to Courtney from Image West Gifts, for thinking of the kids and treating them to a whale stuffy, which they adored and slept with every night.

As well, the wonderful Telus rep from Victoria at Ukee Days who also gave the grandchildren a monkey stuffy with a activity book.

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Between stuffies, activity books, hiking trails and Long Beach, we managed to keep their minds busy so they were not thinking too much about the fires!

This was my first time to Ucluelet and I will definitely be coming back to your wonderful part of the world.

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250-586-2535 • midislandauto.ca Alberni‐Clayoquot Regional District NOTICE OF INTENTION TO DISPOSE OF LANDS (Pursuant to sections 285 and 286 of the Local Government Act) Take notice that pursuant to sections 285 and 286 of the Local Government Act, the Alberni‐Clayoquot Regional District (the “Regional District”) intends to dispose of, and make available to the public for acquisition, a leasehold interest in that part of the lands legally described as: Part of District Lots 165 and 168, Clayoquot Land District.

Also known as Lot C and Lot D, and more particularly outlined in bold on the Schedules at the bottom of this Notice (the “Lands”). The Lands are located at the Long Beach (Tofino) Airport and are being made available to tenant(s) who will: • At the tenant’s sole expense, clear, service, and provide access to the Lands in accordance with the legal requirements of all statutes, regulations, and bylaws of all federal, provincial, and local authorities; • At the tenant’s sole expense, construct and maintain on the Lands, all buildings and improvements required to operate an aircraft hangar and purposes related thereto.

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• Lot D ‐ Six thousand, eight hundred and thirty dollars and eighty‐three cents ($6,830.83) per year plus GST and CPI increases as applicable.

Last Saturday and Sunday, Stamp Avenue roared to life as the Alberni Valley Drag Racing Association hosted Thunder in the Valley.

“It went amazing,” said AVDRA president Bill Surry. “It was the best racing we’ve ever had.”

Surry said the weather over the weekend was perfect—even a brief spell of rain on Saturday evening didn’t spoil the races, as it came after all the cars had come through, he said.

The event saw 156 cars, bikes and junior dragsters racing down the track, with a total of 1,474 runs over the two days.

They had approximately 2,500 attendees through the gates, which Surry said is definitely higher than last year’s attendance.

When it comes to next year’s location for Thunder in the Valley,

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This is not a call for tenders. No contractual or other obligation will arise between the Regional District and any person that responds to this Notice unless and until a written agreement has been duly executed relating to an approved proposal. The Regional District reserves the right in its absolute discretion to accept or reject any proposal submitted in response to this Notice.

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Surry said he is not sure yet where the event will be held.

“It goes year by year,” he said.

Although the city gives AVDRA approval for the street closure, the event is up to Catalyst Paper.

Catalyst allows AVDRA to use its property for parking, race car pits, spectator seating, etc.

The races moved to Stamp Avenue two years ago from the Alberni Valley Regional Airport when the Alberni-Clayoquot Regoinal District, which operates the airport, cancelled the AVDRA’s contract in order to expand the runway and install new lighting for the aviation part of the airport’s business.

The City of Port Alberni stepped in and offered Thunder in the Valley a solution—Stamp Avenue.

“We can stay here for five years,” Surry said. “But we’re trying to proceed and get a spot to be, permanently. We’re working on many avenues, all in time.”

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A novice driver walked away without serious injury after the car he was driving was sheared in half in a head-on collision on the Alberni Highway on Aug. 12..

The RCMP’s Central Island Traffic Services was called at about 7:55 p.m., said Cst. Jeff Pesat.

“We had a report of a head-on collision on the Alberni Highway with one vehicle torn in half and, it was believed, two persons trapped in one of the vehicles.”

The 1991 BMW was travelling westbound near the entrance to Little Qualicum Falls Provincial Park when it left its lane and struck and eastbound Dodge Dakota pickup, said Pesat.

“The BMW was sheared into two pieces, but the driver actually walked away from it,” said Pesat,

adding the man was later taken to hospital for a precautionary check.

“The passenger in the pickup was transported to hospital and is still there (Sunday afternoon).”

Pesat said the highway was slick with the first rainfall after more than a month of dry weather.

“We’re still investigating the factors that led to this incident, whether it was just the weather, or if speed was a factor,” he said.

The highway was limited to single-lane, alternating traffic for a time after the collision before reopening. At about the time the road was to reopen, RCMP received another call of a single-vehicle incident several kilometres to the west, alongside Cameron Lake.

“That was a car that spun out and ended up in the ditch,” Pesat said, adding that nobody was injured. “It was definitely very slippery out there.”

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Eight-year-old Ucluelet local Angus Sohier had a blast learning how to build and program robots with lego pieces during North Island College’s robotics camp last week.

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Young robot enthusiasts brought lego to life in Ucluelet last week.

North Island College launched a robotics camp for kids between 9-12 years old this summer and welcomed roughly 200 of them to week-long learning experiences in Port Alberni, the Comox Valley, Ucluelet, Port Hardy and Campbell River.

Students spent the week improving their digital literacy and picking up transferrable skills in science, technology, engineering and math, while building and controlling Lego EV3 robots and making connections with likeminded youth in their community.

“Those skills are really easily transfer-

rable into more complex programming languages,” camp instructor Andrew Gair told the Westerly News during the camp’s final day on Friday.

“It teaches visual programming and visual programming is super useful for kids and learning it through lego is an awesome way to do it because you get to physically see what your code does, rather than watch an object move across the screen.”

Wickaninnish Community School principal Drew Ryan, whose nine year old son Tayte participated in the program, said the course provided a valuable alternative to the West Coast’s traditional summer calendar.

“Having some programming options that are more science based, I think, is

pivotal,” he said.

“We have a lot of outdoor education opportunities here in both Ucluelet and Tofino, but something more science and mathematical based is pretty cool to see as that’s one of the musts in our society today. It’s a win-win. These kids had lots and lots of fun.”

Ucluelet local Angus Sohier, 8, was delighted about his first hands-on robot building experience.

“It was fun,” he said. “We got to build moving lego.”

Koen Lefevre, 10, also had a blast.

“I really like lego and we got to build lego and then bring it to life in our own way,” he said. “You get all these pieces and it’s almost like you can build whatever you

want. It’s just really fun getting this experience because most kids don’t usually get this. This is a huge opportunity. It’s just a crazy experience and tons of fun.”

While the camp came to an end on Friday, students can access online resources through NIC to continue building their robotics knowledge.

NIC’s robotics camps came together thanks to a $42,000 grant from the Canadian Internet Registration Authority and was launched after NIC employee Albert Balbon’s son Chase was inspired by a Lego EV3 experience his Grade 5 class had.

“Everyone loves Lego but these camps provide something new,” said the manager of NIC’s Centre for Applied Research Technology and Innovation Naomi Tabata.

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The 17th annual Tofino Lantern Festival was a huge success on Sunday with over 1,000 participants touring through roughly 400 uniquely lit creations. The festival’s strong attendance raised roughly $15,000 for the Raincoast Education Society.

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Adley Bruneau brought out the bubbles to get kids warmed up before they ventured into the Botanical Gardens’ trails.

Tofino locals Sage Roberts and Serena Bruce wore painted faces and smiles as they prepared to be awed.

Young Calgarian tourists Maya and Kaden Byrne beamed over their own lanterns as they wandered through the gardens.

Jade and I-Chia Sun were thrilled to check out the festival while visiting the West Coast from Vancouver

West Coasters Garrett Holt, Chelsea Bauer and Julia Ferrari relaxed together in the Lantern Festival’s chill ambience.

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He said centres are set up “all over B.C.” including 100 mile, Kamloops and Prince George.

“They’re scattered around because sometimes the roads were closed of course because of the fires so people couldn’t get south or north so they just went wherever they could get to,” he said.

Brice said she has been an ESS member for the past 15 years and, under normal circumstances, ESS volunteers are trained to provide immediate assistance to disaster victims for 72 hours.

The wildfires though have stretched that timeframe to seven-day cycles, with many evacuees needing to renew as they spend weeks away from their homes.

Both Brice and Schreiber were grateful for the opportunity to use their training and assist those in need, but were also thrilled to earn valuable experience that could prove useful at home.

“Neither of us had ever responded to a large event like that so it was a great experience for us,” Schreiber said. “We’ve all done the training, there’s lots of courses to do and we’ve done all those courses but it’s different when you put it into practice, so it was nice to see that.”

Brice said they both tried to learn as much as possible during their work.

“That was really our approach when we were there,” she said. “We were assigned to work with the reception and referrals area and meeting with evacuees one-on-one, but the people in Kamloops were awesome and, when things weren’t quite so busy, allowed us to volunteer in other areas of the centre.”

Brice said she was grateful to her employer at Ardent Properties for giving her the time off she needed to go and help and added that she’s hoping to see a boost in local ESS recruitment.

“It’s really key to have people who have some understanding of ESS before an emergency happens,” she said adding an eight-hour course on registration and referrals teaches participants how to meet with evacuees, find out what they need and locate resources for them.

“When Williams Lake was evacuated, they had a whole bunch of people do that course in one hour and then try and do it with 10,000 people waiting outside,” she said. “If you’re the kind of person who thinks you’re going to want to help, then to take some training ahead of time would be really, really, great.”

Anyone interested in getting involved is encouraged to contact Ucluelet’s Manager of Emergency and Environmental Services Karla Robison at 250726-7744.

Schreiber said the Kamloops experience was both humbling and heartening.

“It was very heartening because most of the people there, even in the lineup while they’re waiting, are just so appreciative of the support and everything that the ESS crews are getting,” he said. “It’s difficult to get information about whether your house is even standing so some people just want to talk.

There’s lots of just talking to people.”

Volunteering also gave Schreiber a front row seat to the donations coming in.

“The level of giving is just amazing. There doesn’t seem to be any limit to what people are willing to put themselves out for. There’s truck loads of stuff coming in donated from all across Canada,” he said.

“To me it was just amazing to see how much people are coming together to give as much as they possibly can and then, of course, all the volunteers coming back for second, third, fourth rounds whenever they can afford to take the time.”

Schreiber, who has lived in Ucluelet since 1999 and a member of the ESS crew since 2009, encourages locals to get involved.

“It feels good to be part of an organization that really does a good job at what they’re doing. It’s amazing how it’s all organized. I’d never seen it in full operation before. It’s incredible,” he said.

“As much as there is lots of stuff happening at the management level, everybody’s still focused on the individual people that come in. We’re going through hundreds a day and yet still somehow the personal, individual, empathy and all that kind of stuff hasn’t changed at all. It’s still there.”

Schreiber had a quick turnaround after arriving home from Kamloops as he headed off for a second round of ESS volunteering on Tuesday morning in 100 Mile house where he will take on a larger role as an ESS Director.

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Banner year for Pacific Rim Park Reserve Canada 150 brings big boost to participation ANDREW BAILEY

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The Pacific Rim National Park Reserve is celebrating a spike in participation sparked by Canada’s 150th year of confederation.

Entry to the Park Reserve is free this year as Canada’s federal government is encouraging Canadians to celebrate their nation’s birthday by exploring the national parks, historic sites, and marine conservation areas it’s rich with.

“The Government is creating opportunities for Canadians to participate in a year-long celebration and to help shape the best that Canada can be in the future,” Parks Canada Visitor Experience Manager Dave Tovell told the Westerly News. “National parks, national historic sites, and national marine conservation areas represent the very best that Canada has to offer and tell stories of who we are, including the history, cultures and contributions of Indigenous peoples.”

Tovell said the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve has seen a nine per cent increase in visitation so far this year and that its Green Point Campground has been operating at 100% occupancy throughout the summer, prompting an extension to the campground’s usual operating season.

“Green Point Campground and the West Coast Trail are at capacity and we are seeing a significant increase in overnight camping permits for the Broken Group Islands,” he said.

“In response to this incredible year, we are very pleased to welcome visitors for an extended shoulder season. Visitors are invited to come and enjoy the beautiful forest and beach setting, as well as recent upgrades—including hot water showers and electrical service available to campers with valid camping permits—until November 15.”

Tovell said he’s been thrilled to see visitors not only enjoying the Pacific Rim’s scenery, but also signing up for the wide

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variety of educational programs being offered.

“We are also seeing a 13 per cent increase in attendance at our interpretation programs, with 3,700 participants in July alone,” he said adding some of the Park’s newer programs have seen early success.

“Developing new and innovative programs and services allows more Canadians, including youth and newcomers, to experience the outdoors and learn about our environment and history.”

He noted some of the more popular programs are designed to bring an important boost to wildlife savviness.

“For example, Tracking the Wild Guided Walk, starting at the Kwisitis Visitor Centre, takes participants on a journey along the beach and through the dunes to look for tracks and signs of bears, wolves and cougars,” he said. “Another very popular program is the new Rescuing the Rare

Prop Talk. This interactive matching game highlights species at risk within Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, explores why they are threatened, and what conservation strategies are being used to help them.”

Anyone looking for more information about the Park Reserve’s programming can contact the Park Reserve at 250-7264212, visit parkscanada.gc.ca/pacificrim, or check out the Kwisitis Visitor Centre.

Tovell said 2017’s boost in visitation has Park staffers encouraging tourists to check out the shoulder season scene or head out to traditionally less popular areas to avoid the crowds.

“As visitation levels increase and Parks Canada welcomes more people to national parks, we are encouraging shoulder season visitation and promoting less-frequented and less-sensitive areas of our parks,” Tovell said.

“For example, in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, visitors might consider checking out Kennedy Lake, the Broken Group Islands, and Combers Beach.”

He said the ongoing visitation boom shouldn’t scare tourists away, though anyone planning to visit should “avoid disappointment and having to return across the island,” by making sure they have accommodations secured before arriving, “This is the place to come, whether you are looking for a chill beach experience, cool rainforest walk, fun activities for the family, hiking the epic West Coast Trail, visiting the picturesque Broken Group Islands, or opportunities to discover the culture and history of Indigenous People in the area,” he said.

“Even during this busy year, there are plenty of long, lonely stretches of beach on which to relax and connect with nature.”

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She said over 1,000 participants attended this year’s festival raising an estimated $15,000.

“Thanks everyone who came and supported us. It really was fantastic this year and we can’t wait for next year,” she said.

The society hosts lantern making workshops leading up to each year’s event, ensuring a perpetually growing and ever-changing collection of creatively hand-crafted lanterns, some 17 years old and others brand new.

“Everyone is just so excited to create something to add to this festival so it is very much community based and community driven,” Balint said. “Walking down the trails, it was really fun to have lanterns, created by artists, that have been centrepieces for the last 15 years or so and then also have

mini-lanterns that were made by youth and people who had never made a lantern before.

To have them come and see their lantern hanging and the excitement on their face is such a warming feeling.”

All 17 Lantern Festivals have been held at the Tofino Botanical Gardens and the property’s owner George Patterson has been thrilled with the partnership.

“We designed it to be a social space,” he said. “It’s a place where people are asked to come together, enjoy the culture of the gardens and the art and the lanterns just bump it up another level. Everybody’s happy.”

Tofino mayor Josie Osborne said the event is “one of the most beloved local festivals” and consistently lures locals, especially youth, together.

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The Port Alberni Art Rave Society brought a massive sockeye salmon lantern to this year’s Tofino Lantern Festival.

“Even though it’s summer and we’re busy with visitors and there’s a lot going on, it

brings so many community members out,” she said. “It’s a favourite for so many people.”

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Tofino Legion hosts wildfire fundraiser

$5,400 raised at event thanks to local support NORA O’MALLEY

nora.omalley@westerlynews.ca

Friday’s community fundraising event at the Tofino Legion pulled in over $5,400 for those impacted by B.C. wildfires.

The donation will go directly to the Canadian Red Cross British Columbia Fires Appeal, which was established to provide immediate and long-term financial aid to evacuees.

“I’m pretty stoked on that for sure,” said event organizer Jessica Walders.

“I didn’t really know what to expect in terms of people turning out or any monetary value. I was going to be happy with anything. I’ve done nothing on that sort of scale before. I had no idea. If you told me we were going to raise that much money, I would have been blown away. It was a pleasant surprise for sure.”

Walders said the fundraiser was planned in less than two weeks with the help of Duncan McMaster, Rene Gibson and Jonny Jenkins.

“Sure it was my idea, but I wouldn’t have been able to do a fraction of what happened without everyone being so open minded and giving with their time,” she said.

Walders, originally from Calgary, initiated the wildfire relief event in the same spirit of a gathering she hosted for the Calgary flooding that occurred in 2013.

“It was very, very small. It was literally just like a house party with friends, but we had people come and donate food, clothing, bedding and money so we could give it to the Red Cross,” she said.

NORA O’MALLEY PHOTO

Amanda McRae, left, Tim Oh, Jessica Walders, and Coltin Ashley joined forces on Aug. 11 at the Tofino Legion to raise money for those affected by the B.C. wildfires.

“I remembered how good that felt for me and how much of a difference it made.

Even just a small amount.”

Walders praised her new town for being so generous with their time and resources.

“It’s incredible the community we live in and how quick people are to say, ‘Yeah, let’s do this,’ without question,” she said.

“Don’t underestimate what you’re capable of and what a community like this is capable of. It’s pretty incredible what people are willing to do.”

Legion executive member Duncan McMaster agreed.

“Tofitians genuinely care about their neighbours,” he wrote in an email to the Westerly.

“As people from all over the world visit Tofino, the concept of neighbours stretches not only to the mainland, but other parts of the world as well. I am sure everyone thinks that our turn will come someday.”

He added that Tofino’s generous business community and its hard-core group of committed volunteers deserve all the plaudits.

Grizzly bear trophy hunt to end on Nov. 30 TOM FLETCHER

Black Press

The B.C. government is ending grizzly bear trophy hunting effective Nov. 30.

“This action is supported by the vast majority of people across our province,” Forests Minister Doug Donaldson announced from Hazelton on Monday. “We believe the action we’re taking goes beyond the commitment to Coastal First Nations made as part of the 2016 Great Bear Rainforest agreements.”

Donaldson said it will take one or more hunting seasons to see how many fewer bears are killed once trophy hunters opt out of a system that allows them to take the meat but not the head, paws or hide of the bear.

The current grizzly season begins this week in northern B.C., and hunting season in general ends at the end of November, so one more open season for grizzlies will be conducted before the ban takes effect.

The ministry estimates that 250 grizzlies are killed by hunters each year, with 80 of those shot by non-resident hunters participating in a lottery draw for grizzly hunting tags.

Revenue to the province from the grizzly bear hunt is estimated at $540,000 a year,

with communities in hunting areas also benefiting from the spending of hunters, particularly from the out-of-province hunters.

Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad, the former forests and aboriginal relations minister in the B.C. Liberal government, questioned why Donaldson would announce the policy and the deadline without consulting resident hunters, guide-outfitters or aboriginal communities.

B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver campaigned for years for an end to trophy hunting, but he also objected. Banning possession of the hide, paws and head leaves open the possibility that hunters could shoot a grizzly bear and leave the entire carcass behind, he said.

“It appears to me that the NDP were trying to play to environmental voters in the election campaign without thinking through their policies,” Weaver said.

Premier John Horgan committed to ban the trophy hunting of grizzly bears in November 2016, and made it part of the NDP platform in the spring election.

“The Coastal First Nations banned the grizzly trophy hunt in the Great Bear Rainforest four years ago,” said Doug Neasloss, Chief Councillor of the Kitasoo-Xai’Xais First

DOUGLAS BROWN PHOTO

Grizzly bear hunting in B.C. is managed through an annual lottery hunt.

Nation on the B.C. coast, endorsing the NDP position last year. “A provincial ban is long overdue to stop the needless killing of grizzly bears for sport. Bear claws, hides and teeth are not trophies.”

After the Great Bear Rainforest land use plan was adopted, the former B.C. Liberal government began to retire guide-outfitter licenses in the region as territories were sold to bear-watching companies.

About a third of the province is off limits to grizzly hunting for wildlife management rea-

sons. The rest is subject to a managed hunt for resident and non-resident guided hunters that has been validated by independent experts. Former forests minister Steve Thomson defended it a significant contribution to the provincial economy.

In a report released in October 2016, wildlife biologists from the University of Alberta and the University of Minnesota gave high marks to B.C.’s grizzly bear management, including the grizzly bear hunt lottery that attracts foreign hunters each year.

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THU. AUG. 17 INTERPRETIVE WALK 10am, Lighthouse Loop Whale Lot Trailhead.

BINGO 8pm, Tofino Legion.

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

FRI. AUG. 18 OTALITH MUSIC FEST Ucluelet welcomes a stellar lineup of indie musicians this weekend.

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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!

SAT. AUG. 19 TOFINO PUBLIC MARKET 10am-2pm, Tofino Village Green.

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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MON. AUG. 21 SUNSET BIKE RIDE 7pm Meet at Tofino Village Green. Leave Tofino at 8pm. North Chesterman Beach sunset at 8:28pm.

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MOVIE NIGHT “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2” 8pm.

Doors open at 7:30pm, show at 8:00. Clayoquot Theatre.

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

DARTS 7pm, Tofino Legion

TUES. AUG. 22 FOOD BANK 1-3pm. 160 Seaplane Base Rd., Ucluelet.

To register call 726-6909.

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

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Mary Morales misplaced her ukulele while visiting the West Coast.

Ukulele lost in Tuff ANDREW BAILEY

with my dream as a teen. So, it’s super important to me,” she said.

A Pentincton local extended her “It’s just been awesome. I just love West Coast vacation in the hopes the Pentincton Ukulele group.” of locating her lost ukulele but ultiShe had planned to head to mately returned home without it on Victoria on Aug. 11 to visit her son Tuesday. and two grandsons, but stayed on Mary Morales said she noticed the West Coast over the weekend her ukulele was missing on the in the hopes it would turn up. She morning of Aug. 11 and believes eventually left town and planned to she misplaced it in Tofino on Aug. arrive in Penticton on Tuesday.

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“If you see the ukulele say, ‘Hi’ She said it is a reddish-brown in to it for me and ask it to please colour and that the last time she come home,” she said. saw the instrument was when she Anyone who finds the ukulele stopped for pizza and ended up is encouraged to contact Morales in an impromptu jam session with at marymorales@shaw.ca or call four other musicians outside.

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Morales bought the ukulele Morales was visiting the West roughly three years ago and has Coast on a camping trip with her enjoyed performing with it at var- daughter who lives in Montreal. ious venues and with her fellow “We’re just traveling on a shoemembers of a ukulele club in Pent- string,” she said. icton.

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