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Ucluelet recently aced a Make-a-Wish Foundation assignment for the second time this summer.

Jakob Brower, a 12-year-old from Suffolk County, New York, dreamed of catching a Wild Pacific Salmon and the Make-a-Wish Foundation sent him to the perfect spot to do just that.

Brower, who is battling leukaemia, visited Ucluelet from Aug. 26-31 and left with his wish fulfilled.

“Once again, the business operators in Ucluelet went above and beyond to make a child’s wish come true,” said the Make-A-Wish Foundation’s BC and Yukon Communications Director Stuart Chase.

Chase explained the Make-A-Wish foundation has chapters in 50 countries that work together to grant wishes around the globe.

“When kids make wishes, basically whatever the home chapter is put the feelers out there and figure out where they can grant this wish,” he said. “If a kid like Jakob comes along in New York and says, ‘I wish to go catch salmon on the Pacific Coast,’ that’s when his home chapter of Make-A-Wish starts their wheels turning.”

When the BC and Yukon chapter received the call from their New York colleagues, they reached out to Ucluelet, in part, because of the community was so successful at making a similar Continued on A6

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Ucluelet Aquarium staffer Emily Beeson helped Rossland local Claire Schau and Port Alberni’s Ella McDougall get excited about sea urchins at one of the aquarium’s unique touch tank exhibits on Monday. The aquarium will be running until Dec. 2 this year leaving visitors and locals with ample time to check out their local sealife. Read about it on page 7.

Surf Camp a blast for families with ASD ANDREW BAILEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca

Inspiration beamed through Cox Bay’s grey skies over the weekend as the sixth annual Surf’s Up Surf Camp for children with autism filled the beach with heartwarming vibes and high-fives.

The free two-day surf event sends children and families living with autism into the waves together witheach young surfer assisted by both a surf instructor and behavioural interventionist.

“The kids were awesome, high energy and super excited…I’m pretty tired, so they wore me out, which is good,” local surf instructor Lee Appleby told the Westerly News during the camp’s last day on Sunday. “They were a little timid, a little scared, of the waves but, with the behavioural interventionist and the surf instructor, they were really comfortable. They’re in wetsuits and lifejackets so they’re kept safe and as long as they’re smiling and looking like they’re having fun, we keep pushing them out.”

Appleby said he jumped at the opportunity to volunteer at the event and help kids explore the ocean.

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Local nurse Frederick Montpetit’s 16 years of exemplary health care service has earned him an Alumni of Distinction honour at Alqonquin College, which he will receive during a special ceremony in Ottawa on Sept. 27.

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A local nurse is heading to Ottawa to be honoured by his alma matter for 16 years of nursing and health care leadership.

Frederick Montpetit will be recognized as an Alqonquin College Alumni of Distinction on Sept. 27.

“Fred’s achievements are outstanding,” said Algonquin College President Cheryl Jensen.

“From working on the front lines of a hectic emergency department to his leadership as the first-ever Chief Nursing Officer of Nunavut, he has demonstrated what it’s possible to achieve with an Algonquin College education.”

Montpetit’s impressive healthcare career has included positions with the Government of Nunavut, where he served as the community’s first Chief Nursing Officer from 2009 to 2013. His various roles have included emergency services, rural and remote community primary care, community health, public health and communicable disease control.

He joined Island Health in 2016 as a Community Health Nurse in Tofino and Ucluelet.

“We are extremely pleased to congratulate Fred on this significant honour,” said Island Health Rural Director Sherryl Hoskins. “He is an integral part of our team on the West Coast, and our community is very fortunate to be benefitting from his skills and experience.”

Montpetit told the Westerly News he discovered Ucluelet during a roadtrip with his wife in 2015 that covered 36,000 kilometres across Canada.

“My wife and I, two and a half years ago, sold our house in Toronto and went on a road trip and said we’d find where we wanted to live when we found it. That’s how we found Ucluelet,” he said.

“I love what I do and I love doing it here in Ucluelet. This is a paradise.”

Nursing was a second career for Montpetit, who started out as a clergyman, and he said Alqonquin gave him the tools he needed to succeed.

“Alqonquin College provided me with a fantastic basis to enter nursing,” he said.

“It was a problem based learning style of study, which means you’re never spoon fed. You were

taught to learn in multiple circumstances. I knew how to learn as opposed to knowing what the answer was.”

Montpetit is originally from Ontario and said his nursing career opened the door for traveling opportunities and helped him explore the country.

“It’s a portable career…If you’re a nurse educated in Canada, most of the world is open to you to practice,” he said. “I’m an explorer and an adventurer and nursing gave me that opportunity.”

He added working with people is his favourite part of the profession.

“I love nursing. I love what I do. It gives me a sense of accomplishment and fulfillment. I know that I make a difference with people. I love the fact that everyday I meet people. I’m a people person so meeting people and having positive encounters with people are always highlights of my day,” he said.

“Every day in my work, I am inspired by the pleasure of having a one-on-one conversation with a patient…Nursing, for me, has always been about that connection. I am honoured to be selected for this award from Algonquin College, and privileged to work with patients on the West Coast.”

He said he was “caught off guard” when he was notified of his Alumni of Distinction honour.

“I didn’t know that Alqonquin knew what I had done in my career. I don’t know who nominated me” he said. “With the Facebook generation now, I know what my classmates do.

I know where they practice and I look at some of the things my classmates have accomplished and think to myself, ‘Wow they’ve done awesome things with their careers.’ I was a little bit blown away that it was me. I was quite honoured.”

Montpetit is one of 10 Alqonquin alumni being recognized with the distinction accolade and one of six in the running to be the College’s Ontario Premier’s Awards nominees.

The Premier’s Awards will be announced at a Nov. 27 ceremony in Toronto.

“I want to congratulate Frederick on this great honour he is receiving,” said Mid Island-Pacific Rim MLA Scott Fraser.

“Frederick’s selfless dedication is a testament to his leadership as well as those in his care throughout the region.”

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Coast invited to weekend feast ANDREW BAILEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca

There’s a party in the Park Reserve this weekend and the entire West Coast’s invited.

The Clayoquot Biosphere Trust and Ucluelet First Nation will host a regional gathering on Sunday.

“The regional gathering is a free community feast bringing all the communities together for a fun regional event recognizing our strength, history and diversity,” said the CBT’s outreach coordinator Brooke Wood.

“In the spirit of reconciliation and peace building as part of UNESCOS’ Mandate we saw this as an opportunity to bring everyone together in a fun way to honour that

we’re all here together.”

The event will run from 1-4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 17 at the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve’s Kwisitis Visitor Centre and Wickaninnish Beach.

“Pacific Rim National Park Reserve is excited to support our communities and Clayoquot Biosphere Trust by offering such a beautiful setting for the gathering,” said the Park Reserve’s Acting Visitor Experience Manager Jessie Hannigan. ”It is a pleasure to participate in this important community event and welcome all the participants to Pacific Rim National Park Reserve.”

Everyone is invited to attend the family-friendly event that will include food,

information booths from local organizations, games on the beach, face painting, Sharky Balloons, an Aeriosa dance society performance in the trees, a beach cleanup and yoga.

The Ucluelet First Nation’s Celena Cook is excited to cohost the “first of its kind,” event. She said the regional gathering shows an important step towards “Planning and working together with local districts and all Nations on the West Coast,” and will help “maintain working relationships with neighbours to come together as one.”

Historical displays from each community will be set up in the Kwisitis Visitor Centre and ceremonies, music and cultural perfor-

mances will take place on a stage set up in the centre’s parking lot, according to Wood.

She said each West Coast community will get 20 minutes to represent their town’s culture through speeches and cultural demonstrations.

“In discussions recognizing Canada’s 150th anniversary, we have heard a need for ongoing healing and reconciliation within and between the communities,” Wood said.

“As a UNESCO designated site, we see the link between this local need and the UNESCO mandate to build peace in the mind of men and women.”

She added free transportation will be provided from all communities.

Surfing connects communities From A1 “Without even a breath, I was on board,” he said. “I’ve been teaching kids outdoor skills for many years so this is right up my alley and it’s always good to give back to the community.”

Allanna Harte volunteered to support the camp’s families on the beach and help lifeguards monitor the water.

“I have a background in working with children with special needs. So, for me to be able to volunteer today and see these opportunities for the families and the children is quite amazing. It’s encouraging and inspiring,” she said. “It’s great seeing the families and the children all come together, smile, and get the opportunity to get out on the water and be able to have that joy and excitement that they don’t get to get everyday.

To be able to see the children light up, maybe also face a few fears that are out there as well, and be able to get out there on that board and get in the water; it’s been a rocking day.”

Surf ’s Up was launched

by Surrey B.C. local Dennis Nerpio, who first introduced the smile-inducing annual event in 2012 as a way to bring families dealing with ASD together.

“This event started because of my son, who was diagnosed at four and a half,” he said adding he initially felt isolated by the news.

“When he got the diagnosis, autism was new to us…

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Over 100 kids hit the waves off Cox Bay over the weekend at the sixth annual Surf’s Up Surf Camp. lot, things we were going to have to do were different than other families with typical kids.”

Shortly after his son was diagnosed, Nerpio took him on a surf trip to Tofino and was delighted with the result.

“We got to Tofino, got some boards and wetsuits on, and within 30 minutes he was up catching a wave on his own.

When he turned around, he had the biggest smile on his face that I hadn’t seen really ever. It was kind of surreal,” Nerpio said. “That moment there changed our perspective on how we were going to take autism on and that feeling we had and the stoke that we had: I wanted to share that with other families.”

Nerpio took his idea to Surf Canada president Dom Domic who helped get the ball rolling and, a little over a year later, the first Rip Curl Surf’s Up event was held.

“We had our first event in 2012 at South Chesterman

and it was with 12 kids with ASD and their siblings,” Nerpio said adding siblings were important to include.

“We always include the siblings because they’re the unsung heroes of the family.

They get left out of a lot of the things their siblings with ASD do.”

A total of 24 kids participated in 2012’s inaugural event and Nerpio has been thrilled to see the camp grow exponentially with over 100 kids participating this year.

“Were stoked bringing these families together,” he said adding the weekend has created valuable connections and helped build a community of families who can learn from, and lean on, each other rather than facing the struggles of ASD on their own.

“It can be a lonely journey…You’re not alone. We understand what you’re going through,” he said adding he loves watching bonds made on the beach.

“I wanted to share that feeling and create a community with the other families. They get to come out and enjoy Tofino and the people around them and there’s no judgement…It’s coming together and gelling and high-fiving and enjoying hugs and laughs and tears of joy. That’s what this community is about, getting together in one big group hug.”

He said the West Coast has provided tremendous support for the event.

“The surf instructors and the community have all come together. They truly enjoy this weekend because it’s different than other weekends that they experience here,” he said. “It takes a village. This is it. The village of Tofino and the West Coast that’s coming together for my community, the autism community…That community gets stronger when everyone is together for the same thing; for everybody’s kids.”

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Behest of the West

September brings West Coasters back together Inspired by our Prime Minister, I’ve been on vacation and, like him, I chose the West Coast as the spot to balance work out with some life.

Taking the time to take in these surroundings Trudeau loves so much, rather than hustling through them, is paramount whenever summer’s bustle makes us forget we live in paradise.

I unwittingly timed my time off with the launch of commerce’s ‘Back to School’ promotions, reminding me that I’ve never buried the hatchet of horror that seems impossible to pry from the hands of summer’s end.

The years between me and high school are racking up, but back to school sales still terrify me.

They creep without a cause.

Anticipation’s fear often, if not always, This Coast’s dark is as impressive as outweighs reality’s outcome and Monday its light. Pay attention to its beauty and morning’s alarm clock rings softer than engage in its embrace.

Sunday night’s dread suggests.

September is an altogether wonderful We all recently sweated time around here. There’s through a heat wave, but about a month of warmish our fickle sun didn’t get stuck weather and scattered blue skies left to live in and we in the moment. Needed rain has come down and darkness get to enjoy the season’s end has presented itself on our with our neighbours while horizon. watching lineups get shorter Spring brings us a figuraand parking loosen up. tive calm before the storm, Familiar faces begin outautumn brings us a literal numbering visiting ones and one. our beaches become ours Andrew Bailey Don’t let fall fill you with a again. All the reasons we hussense of foreboding. There’s a magic in the tle so hard to make our visit to this Coast fog that offers our summered-out-selves as permanent as we can are blossoming with fresh air. Breathe it in. this month.

Summer’s efforts yielded a bountiful crop of tourist dollars to celebrate. Our heads have been down, and our noses pressed up against the grind, for the past few months; we’ve earned some time to unwind, but lost our excuse to be absent.

Our societies, organizations and non-profits need our help and fall is the perfect time to better ourselves and our Coast by investing in our surroundings.

There are fundraisers to organize, ecosystems to preserve, beaches to clean, teams to coach and class trips to chaperone.

The livability of our communities deserves just as much focus as our visibility to tourists.

We put our all into their summer, let’s do the same for our fall.

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FOOD DRIVE COMING UP

The eighth annual B.C. Thanksgiving Food Drive in Ucluelet will take place on Sept. 16.

All food donations are delivered to the Food Bank on the Edge, which in turn distributes the food to those in need.

The Food Bank on the Edge is a non-profit society that uses this food drive and others to put food on their shelves to help out those in need.

Watch for little white bags with an attached brochure on your doorstep.

The brochures will guide you and inform you on how you can help.

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Beaver Creek Fire Chief Charlie Starratt removes road barriers on Kitsuksis Road at Poplar Street following a fatal car crash early in the morning on Sept. 11, 2017.

Fatal collission in Port SUSIE QUINN Alberni Valley News

A man died following a single-vehicle crash on Kitsuksis Road in Port Alberni Monday morning.

On Monday, Sept. 11 at 5:46 a.m., Port Alberni RCMP along with BC Ambulance and Beaver Creek Fire Department responded to a serious single vehicle crash in the 5600 block of Kitsuksis Rd., where it turns the corner at Poplar Street.

A green Chevy Suburban had left the roadway and struck a tree.

The driver, the only occupant, was trapped in the vehicle and was extricated by the fire department but had already succumbed to his injuries. The man’s dog was seriously injured and was taken to veterinarian.

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tionist was also called in.

The road re-opened shortly before 11 a.m.

At this time, police are unable to determine when the crash occurred and are asking anyone who may have seen the vehicle driving around earlier in the night to contact the Port Alberni RCMP at 250-723-2424.

“We’re looking for the public’s assistance if they had seen the vehicle driving around so we can get a timeline,” RCMP Cpl. Amelia Hayden said.

Beaver Creek Fire Dept. Chief Charlie Starratt said Kitsuksis Road is a bad road for accidents.

“The whole road is a bad road and people tend to drive it extremely fast,” said Starratt, who has been a member of the volunteer department for 35 years.

“Typically, we’ll have one MVI (motor vehicle incident) a year on this road. Usually they’re down by the train tracks and we have to pull them up (the steep shoulder).”

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BC Ferry Authority Call for Nominations

The Coastal Ferry Act mandates a role for the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District, and other coastal regional districts, in the nomination process for the Board of Directors of the B.C. Ferry Authority. The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District is seeking expressions of interest from qualified individuals who wish to be considered for positions as members of the Board of the B.C. Ferry Authority, commencing April 1, 2018.

The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District, in collaboration with the Regional Districts of Comox Valley, Nanaimo, Powell River and Strathcona will be nominating three to five individuals to the B.C. Ferry Authority for consideration as members of the Board.

Individuals interested in being considered for nomination are requested to complete a nomination form available at www.acrd.bc.ca/502.

Completed nomination forms will be accepted until the close of business on October 6, 2017.

We thank you for your interest; however, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

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Jakob Brower, a 12-year-old from New York, had his wish of catching a wild pacific salmon come true in Ucluelet.

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Make-A-Wish success

From A1 Ucluelet was hugely successful in making 13-year-old Denmark native Sebastian Lavendt Make-A-Wish dream to catch a wild pacific salmon come true in August.

Chase said he was delighted to watch Ucluelet accomplish its second strong performance.

“We managed to reach out, once again, to the good folks in Ucluelet and, once again, they knocked it out of the park,” he said.

“Ucluelet is developing a strong reputation for us and, if you guys continue to knock it out of the park, we’re going to keep recommending you. That’s for sure.”

Jakob’s father Gregory Brower expressed huge gratitude for the experience the community offered.

He said the family’s accommodation, provided

by Ridge Vacation Property Rentals, was “gorgeous” and the family enjoyed waking up to the ocean view each morning.

“Jakob walked into the house greeted by a wonderful welcome sign and so many of his favourite goodies as well as gift certificates to use in town. He was incredibly touched,” Gregory said.

Before setting out on his fish wish, Jakob went wildlife watching with Jamie’s Whaling Station and was delighted to see black bears flipping over rocks onshore in search of crabs and oysters.

“He saw many bald eagles, sea lions, seals and so many other birds and wildlife,” Gregory said.

“In fact, during the week he also saw many deer, river otters, and an amazing array of birds.”

The family also went whale watching with the Jamie’s team and spotted two humpback whales.

“It was a truly great day for Jakob.

– Gregory Brower “It was another great day on the water seeing so much wildlife,” Gregory said.

When it came time to fulfill his dream, Jakob was teamed up with Captain Brock Johansen of Ucluelet Charters.

“Fishing started out slow but Brock kept Jakob out on the water well past the original six hours and Jakob was able to land his desired salmon and so many other fish,” Gregory said. “It was truly a great day for Jakob. His wish of catching a salmon in British Columbia came true…He proudly brought home his salmon, which I had professionally packed for the trip home.”

Chase said it is vital to have welcoming communities like Ucluelet on the line when wishes like Jakob’s are cast.

“We want so much for those kids to have a life-changing experience; something that’s going to provide them hope, strength and joy to be able to push them through treatment, or whatever they’ve got left to fight this life-threatening condition. For a small community like Ucluelet to be able to rally around that idea and do it for us is just incredible,” he said.

“We just love knowing that we have injected some serious joy into a little life that’s going through a really hard time. It is so gratifying to us and it’s not a feeling that we get when we don’t have communities to back us up on helping grant these wishes.”

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The Ucluelet Aquarium’s unique touch tank displays offer powerful educational tools for kids to get hands on knowledge about the sea creatures around them.

Ucluelet Aquarium keeps education flowing The first catch-and-release facility of its kind is ready for a busy fall season ANDREW BAILEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca

The Ucluelet Aquarium is wrapping up another successful summer season and preparing for fall’s student boom.

“It was a really wonderful summer. We had wonderful visitors. People got really engaged and we had some great talks with people,” said aquarium curator Laura Griffith-Cochrane adding she hopes to see the busyness continue. “We’ve had a lot of school groups and a lot of people book in for the offseason which is something we’re really excited about.”

She said attracting out of town groups to visit during the West Coast’s shoulder season is a key way for the aquarium to help the community that’s helped it thrive.

“That’s a big way that we can give back

to the community for all the support they’ve provided to us. If we can bring in more groups that will stay here, eat at restaurants, stay at hotels and support all of the other businesses in the local area.

It’s great for the community.”

The unique educational facility, and pioneer of the catch and release aquarium movement, launched a new program about rockfish this year and has handed out roughly 150 free descending devices to local fishers.

When caught and reeled up to the ocean’s surface, a rockfish’ swim bladder inflates, pushing its stomach out of its mouth.

Fishers can drop descending devices into the fish’ mouth to help it return to depth so its bladder can shrink back and allow the rockfish to hopefully survive.

“A lot of rockfish species around our Coast are threatened, so talking about

how to protect them and how to take care of them has been a big thing for us,” Griffith-Cochrane said. “We felt really pleased that we were able to partner with some local fisherman to use descending devices and talk to people about descending devices and how to better care for rockfish when they’re caught accidentally.”

She said rockfish are worth protecting because they’re valuable contributors to their surroundings.

“They have small territories so they can be very important engineers of tiny little ecosystems,” she said.

“Last summer when we were looking in the stomachs of a lot of the salmon, a lot of what the salmon were eating were young rock fish. So, they provide both an important food source for species that are economically important and an important marker for healthy ecosystems.”

“It was a really wonderful summer.

– Laura Griffith- Cochrane Rockfish have impressive lifespans with some living over 100 years, but their reproduction cycles are tricky with many females not reaching sexual maturity until they’re well into their 20’s, according to Griffith-Cochrane who added some studies have suggested the environmental conditions required for their larvae to be successful only occur once every 20 years.

“So, if the fish takes more than 20 years to be ready to reproduce and then only can successfully do that once every 20 years, that’s an easy fish to create problems for,” she said.

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Fishing for the future Tofino Resort and Marina casts new derby ANDREW BAILEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca

A new philanthropic fishing derby has hatched on the West Coast and will make its first appearance this month.

The Tofino Resort and Marina has launched a Fish for the Future Tournament to raise funds for local salmon habitats and restoration efforts.

The event will run from Sept. 22-24 and the winner will receive a trip for four to Vancouver to watch the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks take on the Dallas Stars. The prize includes flights, accommodation and a meet and greet with NHL star Dan Hamhuis.

Second and third place prizes include a Heli-fishing day-trip and two night stay at the Tofino Resort and Marina.

The cost to compete is $200 with all funds raised going towards the Clayoquot Watershed, allowing for the release of 50,000 chinook into Tranquil Creek and 40,000 coho into Kootowis Creek, according to the tournament’s events page.

The funds will also go towards supporting the Clayoquot Sound Wild Salmon Fund which was established by the Salmon Round Table in 2016 and is comprised of sport, aboriginal and commercial fishers as well as environmental stewardship groups and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

“The Clayoquot Sound Salmon Round Table is pleased to be working with the Marina Resort, the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation and the Tofino Enhancement Society on this project,” Round Table member Saya Masso told the Westerly.

“The objective will be to see funds raised from the event go directly to rivers, salmon, and enhancement. This event will be one of the many tools that will assist the Clayoqout Sound Salmon Round Table grow a fund that will be utilized for the betterment of wild salmon stocks in the region.”

He added the Round Table’s work, and the community’s support of it, is vital because the species it’s working to protect is paramount to the West Coast’s way of life.

“Salmon is tremendously important to so many people and businesses in the region,” he said.

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An upcoming fishing derby will help fund local salmon restoration efforts.

“The objective will be to see funds raised from the event go directly to rivers, salmon, and enhancement.

– Saya Masso “It is everyone’s vision of the future, that the rivers in Clayoqout Sound will be once again thriving and abundant with wild salmon of all species.”

Fish farming company Cermaq Canada helped get the Wild Salmon Fund off the ground last year with a $5,000 donation and Cermaq’s Tofino Area Manager James Costello said he was thrilled to get behind the initiative and join the Round Table.

“Personally, as a lifelong fishing enthusiast and local, it has been important for me to participate in the Round Table process,” he said.

“As a Co-Chair, and also as someone representing salmon aquaculture as a user-group in the area, it has been equally as valuable to be able to help direct funding efforts from Cermaq to needed areas, such as the establishment of the Clayoquot Wild Salmon Fund, which we were able to start in 2016.”

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This year’s Culture Heritage Festival (Sept. 22-30) is an ode to women of the West Coast.

The festival kicks off with Frank Harper’s “Cougar Annie” at the Clayoquot Community Theatre on Friday, Sept. 22 followed by an opening gala and book launch at the Ucluelet Aquarium on Saturday night.

Author Sylvia Taylor will be at the opening gala to present her book Beckoned By The Sea: Women at Work on the Cascadia Coast.

Guests at the opening gala will also get the chance meet some of the women featured in Beckoned By The Sea, like Cpt. Laura Rasmussen, who is unofficially the female captain commercial prawn fisher to log the most time at sea since she started 28 years ago.

“It’s nice to have a positive word said.

It’s great to find other women who are in these industries who do these things,” said Cpt. Rasmussen.

“That was one thing that I always felt was the isolating; not having a lot of support. That was one of the toughest things about it, for me.”

Now on the cusp of retirement, Cpt. Rasmussen said buying her first boat, a herring punt, was the best thing she ever did for herself.

“I just really appreciate having the gumption wanting to go out and do that. There was never any doubt in my mind,” she said.

“It’s awesome to be able to teach people. You’re out there, you’re fiercely independent, and you’re able to earn a living out on the water.”

Her father, Donald Rasmussen a.k.a.

Buddy, taught her how to fish.

“I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world. My dad passed away a year and a half ago, so last year when I was out on the water and I know he was gone my heart wasn’t into it quite the same,” Cpt. Rasmussen, 57, told the Westerly.

“It was really cool to be able to look him in the eye and be able to say, Thank You Dad for being a fisherman because I get it.”

“It’s awesome to be able to teach people.”

– Cpt. Laura Rasmussen As part of the Culture Heritage Festival, there will also be a “Women of the Nuu-chah-nulth” exhibit on display at the Kwisitis Visitor Centre. The opening reception is scheduled for Sunday, Sept.

24 from 1-3 p.m.

Festival organizer Sue Payne said the exhibit features amazing women who all share a sense of adventure.

“Specifically, it’s some of the women locally that have done incredible things because of their connection to the sea,” said Payne.

Advance tickets to the opening gala and Cougar Annie play are available at Blackberry Cove or at the Pacific Rim Arts Centre office in Ucluelet.

Tickets for the play are also available at Mermaid Tales Bookshop in Tofino.

To see a full schedule of events, visit: http://pacificrimarts.ca/events.

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Golf tourney coming up West Coast Multiplex Scramble this Saturday ANDREW BAILEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca

The West Coast will golf for a chance to skate this weekend at the fourth annual West Coast Multiplex Scramble.

“It’s probably the most fun golf tournament of the year,” said West Coast Multiplex Society co-chair Ryan Orr. “There is prizes for every single team, regardless of if you win or lose.”

The September 16 event will see locals in teams of four hitting the Long Beach Golf Course’s links for nine holes as well as 18 holes of minigolf.

“That really narrows the gap. The team that does the best mini-golf is usually the one that wins the tournament,” Orr said adding the event is a “super laid back” opportunity for locals to have fun while showing their support for a multiplex. “All the board members are there and it’s a great time to find out more information about the multiplex as well.”

Orr said the scramble is the society’s largest annual fundraiser and he hopes to see locals come out to support it.

“It’s the only way we’re actually gonna get a multiplex built out here,” he said.

“People need to be behind the project in order to get it built. Six to eight volunteers on the board can only do so much if the public doesn’t support it. As soon as the public gets behind it, which I think most people are, that’s how these type of things get built.”

Anyone looking to sign up can call the Long Beach Golf Course at 250-725-3332.

The West Coast Multiplex is a proposed recreation facility that would be built in phases, with the first phase being a skating rink and the second being a swimming pool.

A referendum was held in 2012 where locals voted 679-415 in favour of covering up to $450,000 of the facility’s annual operating costs through taxation, but the capital cost to build it is up to the Multiplex Society to raise.

Orr said he is “very, very optimistic,” about the project’s fruition and he was excited to see an architect signed on to begin hammering out the facility’s design.

“It’s probably the most fun golf tournament of the year.”

– Ryan Orr “We have, at this point, a very dedicated board that is determined to see this thing through,” he said.

“The contract with the architect and the actual moving forward on the design has probably been the biggest development recently, because now we’re having design meetings and we’re actually talking about the physical layout of the building and making decisions about what will, and what will not, be included.”

He said the design, expected to become public this fall, will offer a concrete cost-estimate for the rink, which is currently estimated to cost around $6 million.

“I know there is lots of people in Tofino that would much rather see the pool first. Pools are a lot more expensive to build and a lot more expensive to operate,” Orr said. “It is very much the dream of the Multiplex Society to have both.

The first phase is the ice rink, but the pool is definitely still very much on the table.”

He added additional phases could be looked at once the first two are complete.

“Right now, we’re just looking at the ice rink and the pool. But, there is a significant amount of land there and certainly room to continue expanding from there,” he said. “There’s no reason there couldn’t be a gymnasium one day and other components.”

A survey is expected to be distributed across the West Coast in the coming weeks to gauge local opinions on the multiplex. The Multiplex Society’s board meetings are open to the public and held on the first Monday of every month.

The next one will be held on Oct. 2.

“It’s an exciting time. There’s been a lot developing. We have a tangible product now with a design and it’s very real,” Orr said. “This is getting closer than ever to being realized and if people want to come out and show their support at the golf tournament, it’s a no pressure event and it’s a lot of fun.”

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DISTRICT OF TOFINO Box 9, 121 3rd Street Tofino BC V0R 2Z0

NOTICE OF TAX SALE Pursuant to Section 645 of the Local Government Act notice is hereby given that on Monday, September 25, 2017 at 10:00 am the Collector shall offer for sale by public auction the following properties if delinquent taxes, plus interest remain unpaid: Roll Number

Legal Description

Parcel G, DL 115, Except Plan 98000 15811 99006 Lot B, Plan VIP19873, DL 115 166004 Lot 4, Plan VIP51095, DL 132 175000 DL 257, Except Plan 26531

Civic Address

Upset Price

350 Fourth St

$ 49,822.41

750 Campbell St

$ 36,239.12

1250 Lynn Rd 1482 Pacific Rim Hwy

$ 17,119.51 $ 10,261.95

The tax sale will take place in the Council Chambers of the District of Tofino Municipal Office located at 121 Third Street in Tofino, BC. Information regarding the sale conditions is contained in the Tax Sale Auction Guide available on the District’s website at www.tofino.ca or at the Municipal Office during regular business hours. All bidders are responsible for making themselves aware of the rules of the auction and ensuring that they have cash or a certified cheque for the upset price immediately upon being declared the purchaser. If the purchase price is above the upset price, the purchaser must pay the balance by 3:00 pm on the tax sale date. The bidder is responsible for researching outstanding liens or loans on the auctioned properties and for any other issues related to the property.

For more information, please contact: Nyla Attiana Director of Financial Services (T) 250.725.3229 ext (601) (E) nattiana@tofino.ca

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Sharon Sanford helped her friend Jennifer Hoar raise over $500 for Cops for Cancer through a bake sale held at the Ucluelet Co-op on Saturday. Hoar is also selling raffle tickets for a Pina Style T-Shirt and plans to shave her head when the Tour de Rock team rides into town on Sept. 30.

Rocking Tour de Rock Const. Midlane ready for 1,000 kilometre ride.

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From head shaves to bake sales to Island-wide bike rides, the West Coast’s Cops for Cancer support has been inspirationally thorough.

Vancouver Island’s Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock team will take off on a 1,000-kilometre bike ride this month and will be cheered into the West Coast on Saturday, Sept. 30.

The Tour de Rock ride turns 20 this year and has raised over $23 million for paediatric cancer research as well as support programs like Camp Goodtimes, a weeklong experience for families battling cancer.

Ucluelet’s Const. Marcel Midlane is a member of this year’s team and is excited to ride across the Island raising support.

The team will start their journey from Port Alice on Sept. 24 traveling and will travel through roughly 30 communities on their way to the finish line in Victoria on Oct. 6.

Midlane began training for the journey about six months ago and is excited to get started.

“Life has been super busy with work, life, training balance, so I’ll be trading that in for the actual experience of what we get to do for the next two weeks,” he said.

“I’m getting ready for it emotionally and physically because it’s going to be a very emotional two weeks…There’s families all up and down in every community that’s been struck by childhood cancer and cancer in general. It’s going to be pretty emotional when people tell their stories and that will really hit home as to why we’re doing this.”

He said the West Coast’s support has been amazing.

“These communities are amazing. People are so incredibly generous,” he said.

“These communities are amazing.”

– Const. Marcel Midlane

“We’re over $30,000 now with donations still coming in and fundraising events still happening…There’s just been so much amazing support from people stepping up.”

Midlane is hosting a Hoe Down to Slow Down Cancer dance event at the Ucluelet Community centre on Saturday, Sept. 16, which will feature West Coast sisters Rachelle Cole and Dena Bruno having their heads shaved by Tofino’s mayor Josie Osborne and Ucluelet’s mayor Dianne St. Jacques.

“The hoedown is going to be awesome,” Midlane said. “We’re going to have a lot of fun things going on and we’re going to have a great time.”

The event begins at 7 p.m. and will include games, door prizes, dancing, and a Cops for Cancer raffle draw that’s put an impressive bevvy of recreation and vacation packages up for grabs.

Tickets for the raffle are $20 each and can be purchased at the Ucluelet RCMP detachment or by reaching out to Midlane through his Tour de Rock Facebook page.

Opportunities are also available to sponsor one of the 14 legs of Midlane’s 1,000-kilometre Tour de Rock trek for anyone wanting to support the cause while gaining solid exposure.

The Tour de Rock team will ride into Ucluelet on Sept. 30 for the community’s annual Cops for Cancer barbecue and head shave at the Co-op grocery store.

They will spend the night in Ukee before heading off to Tofino for a pancake breakfast event at the Tofino Legion the next day.

Pursuant to the Local Government Act, Section 645, the following properties will be offered for sale by public auction in the George Fraser Room of the Ucluelet Community Centre, 500 Matterson Drive, Ucluelet, BC, on Monday September 25, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. unless the delinquent taxes, including interest, are paid before that time.

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CIVIC ADDRESS

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PLAN VIP85941 LOT A

PLAN VIP85941 LOT A

70062130

PLAN VIP27793 LOT 1 PAD 20 HILLSIDE TRAILER PARK

1293 PENINSULA ROAD

70062201

PLAN VIP27793 LOT 1 PAD 13 HILLSIDE TRAILER PARK

1293 PENINSULA ROAD

70180090

PLAN VIP86121 LOT A PAD # 9 WHISPERING PINES TRAILER PARK

434 ORCA CRESCENT

70180102

PLAN VIP86121 LOT A PAD # 10 WHISPERING PINES TRAILER PARK

436 ORCA CRESCENT

70180110

PLAN VIP86121 LOT A PAD # 11 WHISPERING PINES TRAILER PARK

440 ORCA CRESCENT

70180201

PLAN VIP86121 LOT A PAD # 20 WHISPERING PINES TRAILER PARK

411 ORCA CRESCENT

70180221

PLAN VIP86121 LOT A WHISPERING PINES TRAILER PARK

403 ORCA CRESCENT

70180351

PLAN VIP86121 LOT A PAD #35 WHISPERING PINES TRAILER PARK 499 ORCA CRESCENT

70180401

PLAN VIP86121 LOT A PAD #40 WHISPERING PINES TRAILER PARK 485 ORCA CRESCENT

70180520

PLAN VIP86121 LOT A PAD #52 WHISPERING PINES TRAILER PARK 1952 GREY WHALE PLACE

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PLAN VIP86121 LOT A PAD #62 WHISPERING PINES TRAILER PARK 444 ORCA CRESCENT

Any person upon being declared the successful bidder must pay, by cash, certified cheque, or bank draft the upset price by 3:00 p.m. on the tax sale date. Failure to make payment will result in the property being offered for sale again at 10:00 a.m. on the following day.

The District of Ucluelet makes no representation express or implied as to the condition or quality of the properties subject to the tax sale. Prospective purchasers are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the subject properties before the tax sale and make all necessary inquires; in the case of strata lots to the strata corporation, to determine the existence of any bylaws, restriction, charges or other conditions which may affect the value or suitability of the property.

COMMUNITY COMMUNITY CALENDAR CALENDAR COMMUNITY COMMUNITY COMMUNITY COMMUNITY CALENDAR CALENDAR CALENDAR CALENDAR The purchase of a tax sale property is subject to tax pursuant to the Property Purchase Tax Act on the fair market value of the property.

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LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Everyone wants something you possess, Libra. It’s not a material object, but self-confidence and common sense. Continue to exhibit the same passion you always do.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, you are prone to sticking to the familiar and things that might not provide much of a challenge. This is the week to try something new.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, it’s great to have many helpful, supportive people in your corner. These supporters are with you at every turn. Show them how much they’re appreciated.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Attention to detail can make or break a project for you, Capricorn.

Even if it takes more time, focus on the smaller picture when working this week.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, your way with words this week is simply outstanding.

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PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, sharing your feelings right now can strengthen a relationship. Be sure that this is the direction you seek before uttering any words.

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Do you want to work in a fun workplace that’s focused on teamwork and values its employees? Are you looking for a physical job, where you get to exercise and be away from a desk all day? Do you want to help contribute to our society by providing us with a sustainable food source? Than our Processing Technician role may be a perfect fit for you!

Our Processing Technicians spend their day working in a team that is focused on ensuring that a high-quality product is processed and delivered in a safe and timely manner. They perform a wide variety of tasks from cutting fish to sorting them into boxes to transporting those boxes by forklift. The work they do is physically demanding and fast paced, but the environment they work in is fun, engaging and rewarding and our end result helps to provide us with healthy, sustainable food choices.

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• Your past experience in fish processing, forklift experience, or knowledge of food safety would be considered an asset Cermaq Canada values its employees and is committed to their growth and development.

The company is able and willing to provide training for the right individual to grow into this role.

Special requirements: • Prerequisites to hiring include a physical fitness test, criminal record check, and reference checks.

• Only applicants who are legally allowed to work in Canada will be considered.

As a Cleaning & Sanitation Technician you’ll have the opportunity to put your keen sense of attention to detail to use doing physical work with an interactive team. Your primary responsibility is to ensure that the plant is properly sanitized and meets hygiene regulations by using a pressure washer to clean our equipment and materials. And you’ll get the chance to do so with a fun and engaging team. Our cleaning crew is a lively group full of comradely and support; a welcoming family for anyone looking for more than just a job. This crew ensures that each day you come into work is just as exciting and joyful as the next.

Position Details: Status: On-call, casual and Full Time Shift: Monday to Friday (dependent on processing schedule) Hours: 8 hours per day starting in the afternoons (overtime may be required) Location: Tofino Wage: $16.42 per hour (with the potential to receive an additional daily monetary incentive PPE: All required personal protective equipment will be provided by the company What you’ll be doing: • Working on your own for the majority of your shift to complete your assigned tasks • Using a pressure washer to thoroughly rinse, clean, and sanitize plant equipment to ensure that the building and equipment meets hygiene standards • Safely handling, using, and storing cleaning chemicals • Assessing your work and that of your team members to ensure that that each of the plant’s rooms are properly cleaned and sanitized Your qualifications: • You are thorough in completing your tasks and have an exceptional eye for detail • You consider yourself to be self-sufficient and independent; you’re able to and comfortable with working alone • You are a team player, you have great interpersonal skills and can get along with anyone • You are comfortable with receiving and giving feedback to peers and supervisors; you know how to share your successes and concerns • You are willing to work with chemicals and perform physical labour work • Your knowledge of chemical and sanitizing agents and how to use them would be considered an asset • Any type of previous work experience you may have performing a cleaning job would also be considered an asset • You want to work afternoon shifts and are able to work into the night if needed • You are dependable and punctual and have reliable transportation to get to and from work Cermaq Canada values its employees and is committed to their growth and development. The company is able and willing to provide training for the right individual to grow into this role.

Special requirements: • Prerequisites to hiring include a physical fitness test, criminal record check, and reference checks.

• Only applicants who are legally allowed to work in Canada will be considered.

How to Apply: If your qualifications meet the application requirements and you would like to apply for this opportunity, please forward your resume and cover letter in person, by fax, or by e-mail, stating “Processing Technician” in the subject line to: Office: 61 – 4 th Street, Tofino | Fax: 250-725- 1250 E-mail: careers.canada@cermaq.com

How to Apply: If your qualifications meet the application requirements and you would like to apply for this opportunity, please forward your resume and cover letter in person, by fax, or by e-mail, stating “Cleaning & Sanitation Technician” in the subject line

by September 22, 2017 to: Office: 61 – 4th Street, Tofino | Fax: 250-725-1250 | E-mail: careers.canada@cermaq.com

Following the prerequisite checks, this position is available to start immediately. Recruitment efforts for this position, including interviews, will take place throughout the job posting period.

For more information about this opportunity please visit our careers page at www.cermaq.ca.

Following the prerequisite checks, this position is available to start immediately. Recruitment efforts for this position, including interviews, will take place throughout the job posting period.

For more information about this opportunity please visit our careers page at www.cermaq.ca.

Cermaq Canada is an equal opportunities employer who provides a workplace that is free of discrimination.

Cermaq Canada is an equal opportunities employer who provides a workplace that is free of discrimination.

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Terry Fox through the eyes of his brother Darrell Fox will join Cloverdale’s Terry Fox Run on Sunday, Sept. 17.

Samantha Anderson Cloverdale reporter

Forty years ago, Terry Fox was no Canadian legend.

He was a 19-year-old cancer patient laying in a hospital bed the night before a surgery that would amputate his right leg above the knee,reading a copy of Runner’s World that his high school basketball coach had given him.

On the cover: Dick Traum, an aboveknee amputee and the first runner to complete the New York City Marathon with a prosthetic leg.

“Terry, that night, dreamed of running across the country,” said Darrell Fox, Terry’s younger brother. “He said, ‘If this guy can run 26miles on an artificial leg, then why can’t I?’” The next 16 months of cancer treatment changed Terry irreversibly. The suffering that he witnessed during his time in the cancer wardwould change him in ways he could never have predicted.

“Terry would often say that he was almost glad that he had been diagnosed with cancer, because before the disease he was very self-centred,” said Darrell. “But by experiencing cancer, and by seeing the suffering of others, he realized he was missing something in his life.And that was giving back.”

“He wanted to act on that. That’s where the whole idea of the Marathon of Hope really came from, was from what Terry witnessed goingthrough cancer and seeing the suffering of others. People passing away, and him asking, ‘Why aren’t we doing more about this?’”

Two years after his operation, Terry began to run again. He ran half-miles in the dark, when no one could see him.

He didn’t tell his family about his idea for a cross-country run. Not yet. First he had to convince himself that he was capable.

Prosthetics in the late 1970s were nowhere near as advanced as they are today.

Terry ran on a modified walking leg and he had to take anextra hop on his left leg to allow his artificial leg to swing through.

The pressure not only on his good leg but on his stump was intense.

“His feet and his toes were always a mess,” said Darrell. “But he learned to deal with pain. He looked at it rather simplistically. He alwaysreflected on those that he’d left behind in the cancer ward and he knew that they lived with pain 24 hours a day.”

“They didn’t have a switch. They couldn’t shut it off. Whereas Terry realized he could. At any moment he could stop running and his painwould go away.

So that was always an inspiration for him and always motivated him to keep going, realizing that there were those outthere that just didn’t have that option” Terry ran every day for 101 days, until he could run 23 miles in a day. He ran more than 3,000 miles in preparation for the Marathon ofHope.

Terry finally told his family about his dream in 1979 after he completed a 17mile race in Prince George.

He had finished the race in last place, but when he returned and told his family that he wanted to run across the country,

Terry Fox ran an average of 42 km a day for 143 days during the Marathon of Hope. it was aquestion of when, rather than how or why.

“You just knew,” said Darrell. “Me, being a younger brother who admired his older brother and who knew the kind of person he was. IfTerry Fox had said he was going to run around the world, I would have believed him.”

A month later, Terry sent the Canadian Cancer Society a letter announcing his intention to run across Canada to raise money for the fightagainst cancer.

“The running I can do,” he wrote. “Even if I have to crawl every last mile.”

The Marathon of Hope Darrell was 17-years-old when he flew across the country to join his older brother on the Marathon of Hope.

“There was no initial plan. I was in my final year of high school and it was late May — I was just really excited that I was going to miss amonth of high school,” Darrell said, laughing.

“Not realizing, not understanding what I was about to be a part of,” he said.

It was a surprise for Terry. He hadn’t known Darrell was going to join the marathon until he saw his brother standing on the side of thehighway, just outside of Saint John, New Brunswick “It’s a memory that I’ll cherish for the rest of my life,” said Darrell. “You know, I’d seen Terry run. I ran with him at times on the track atHastings Junior Secondary in PoCo. But that day, I’ll never forget that image.”

“Because you knew now that he was in the midst of fulfilling a dream. He looked even stronger than he ever did back training,” he said. “I thought he was invincible.”

Darrell got in the camper van with Terry’s friend Doug Alward, and the Mara-

thon of Hope kept moving. At that point, Terry had been onthe road for six weeks, and he had been receiving support and gentle encouragement from the Maritime communities he ran through.Nothing like they would see in Ontario, but vital support all the same.

Take Port-Aux-Basques in Newfoundland, for example. The small community, population 10,000, raised $10,000 for the cause, which gave Terry the idea of raising one dollar for every Canadian.

“It was like being on your favourite amusement park ride and the thrill of never wanting to get off. That was what every day was like,being on the Marathon of Hope,” said Darrell.

“I was witnessing Canada the way no one had seen it before and I was also able to take in a nation embracing my brother and cheer himon,” he said. “It was so much good.”

Terry ran for 143 days, covering more than 5,300 km through six provinces. He was two-thirds of the way home to B.C. when he wasforced to stop on September 1, 1980.

The pain in his chest had become too great, and he asked Alward to drive him to the hospital. The next day, Terry held a press conferenceand announced that his cancer had returned, and it had spread to his lungs.

“I never — I thought Terry would finish the Marathon of Hope,” said Darrell. “I didn’t think anything could stop him.

But it did.”

“I try and focus on every day after. How the nation embraced Terry and came to his support, the telethon that happened in September ofthat year that raised over $10 million,” he said.

“He was as tough then as he was every

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day prior to that in terms of how he was going to approach it. He sent that message out there. Ifhe could recover from it, he would, but if he didn’t, he hoped that the Marathon of Hope would continue.

And it has.”

Today, there are annual Terry Fox runs in more than 20 countries around the world and the Terry Fox Foundation has raised more than$715 million for the fight against cancer.

“We’ve come a long way in those 37 years in terms of eradicating cancer.

There’s a long way to go, but we’ve come a long way,” said Darrell. “[Terry] believed that one person can make a difference. That limitations are self-imposed,” said Darrell. “Terry was just a very averageindividual. But through hard work and a never-give-up attitude, everything is possible.”

The Terry Fox Research Institute celebrates its 10th anniversary this October.

Since it launched in 2007, the TFRI has collaborated withmore than 60 cancer hospitals and research institutes across Canada.

Darrell is a Senior Advisor at TFRI. “We review research grants from across the country,” he said. “And with a heavy focus on team science.We want, like Terry brought the nation together in 1980, we want researchers … [and] institutions to come together, as opposed tocompeting against one another.”

“There are lots of great, quality research studies that aren’t being funded because of a lack of resources. So the foundation continues tofill a very large void in terms of supporting research out there,” he said.

“Terry’s not here, but he’s still our lead.

He’s still giving us direction, we’re still following his road, his journey.”

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FRI. SEPT. 15 CORAL’S KARAOKE, 10pm, Officials, Ucluelet.

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The Ucluelet Aquarium’s sea creatures are attracting valuable shoulder-season visitors.

Creatures delight

From A7 She added mature rockfish are far more successful “The fecundity of a female increases as she gets older and larger.

A weedy little 22-year-old yellow eye rockfish doesn’t have very many fats and proteins stored up so she will have less larva to release.

She also will have smaller yoke sacks for each one of her larva so they’re less likely to survive any environmental pressures or change.

When she gets into her 80’s she’s got all kinds of fats and proteins stored up so an 80 year old rockfish is able to better prepare their young for stresses.”

The aquarium has a variety of other projects designed to keep sea creatures safe in the works, including a movie launch on Oct. 18 in partnership with Surfrider Pacific Rim’s Straws Suck campaign.

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She added sunscreen choices have also been put under an educational microscope with the aquarium dishing out information to help beach-going tourists and locals make healthy choices.

“A lot of sunscreen products can be really toxic for the ocean and can mess with invertebrate reproduction,” she said.

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