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West Coast cheers Tour de Rock ride Local rider thanks supporters for a whopping $60,000 raised ANDREW BAILEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca

Ucluelet cheered in the Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock team on Saturday afternoon and the riders cheered right back, handing the community a Community Champion award for 2017.

“There’s only a couple of those given out for the entire Vancouver Island,” said Staff Sergeant, and former Ucluelet RCMP detachment commander, Jeff Swann.

He said the award recognized Ucluelet’s consistently inspiring fundraising efforts.

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Queen of the Peak Californian pro takes top honours NORA O’MALLEY nora.omalley@westerlynews.ca

Junior pro surfer Bethany Zelasko won the Queen of the Peak (QoP) shortboard title on Sunday at Cox Bay, earning a cash prize of $3,000.

The 17-year-old from Dana Point, California tactfully navigated a tight final heat against past QoP champions Hanna Scott (Tofino) and Sara Taylor (California), and pro longboarder Leah Dawson (Florida/Hawaii).

Zelasko was the heat leader from the get-go, and with a minute left, landed a big score to clinch the title.

“This in my first time coming to Tofino and I love it,” she told the Westerly News after the awards ceremony.

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Massive volunteer effort clears remote beaches MARCIE CALLEWAERT Special to the Westerly

On September 27, over 13 volunteers and six companies came together to facilitate the removal of the final supersacks and oversized marine debris from the Surfrider clean up of Flores Island.

Fourteen sites needed to be cleared before the winter storms pulled the garbage back into the ocean.

Atleo Air provided the helicopter to access more remote beaches and lift the loads to a nearby barge, provided by G&N Towing. Two boats, skippered by Lennie John and Marcel Theriault, moved volunteers between beaches where they hitched loads to the helicopter.

Michelle Hall, the Surfrider Pacific Rim Chair, said she was “very grateful to the ACRD, and local government officials, and local MP Gord Johns, for coming to the aid of Surfrider in the very last minutes of urgency.

“The amazing efforts of our volunteers, skippers and pilot made today’s operation absolutely flawless.”

Hall noted that, “Some of the sacks on Dagger Point had been affected by the tides and needed to be rigged again, showing the urgency of removing the debris from the coast before it was dragged back out to sea again.”

“The amazing efforts of our volunteers, skippers and pilot made today’s operation absolutely flawless” – Michelle Hall Despite the team’s jubilation at completing Flores Island, there are still several other sites in the surrounding region that need to be finished, including “Vets, Mussell Beach, Wind N Sea, and Wild Pacific Trail, and Surfrider will continue to work with Parks Canada to ensure everything is removed.”

“Cleaning the beach is the easy part! Permits, coordination, funding, partnerships, safety, helicopter operations and getting debris from the barge to the marine intake centre in Vancouver for recycling is the challenging part.”

The marine debris will be transported to Vancouver where it will be sorted by the Ocean Legacy Foundation. The plastics collected will be used by Lush Cosmetics to create recycled product containers. Other debris will be sorted accordingly and recycled if possible.

“We all have a responsibility to make sustainable choices for the lifestyles we choose to lead. Look at how you can reduce plastic consumption, support ocean friendly businesses and above all, protect what you love,” Hall said.

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Three-year-old Ava Duncan volunteered for her first-ever haircut during Ucluelet’s Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock festivities on Saturday afternoon

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“This has just been such an amazing run for Ucluelet…It’s all-in-all such a wonderful cause and, when you look around and see the crowd that was here today and all of the people donating their time, their effort, their energy, their money and the businesses that donated, it’s just such a positive impact.”

The riders arrived in Tofino on Sunday morning for a pancake breakfast at the Tofino Legion and the team will have visited over 27 communities by the time their roughly 1,000-kilometre bike ride across Vancouver Island finishes in Victoria on Oct. 6.

Since its inaugural showing in 1998, the annual ride has generated over $23 million for paediatric cancer research and Camp Goodtimes, a weeklong experience for children and families battling cancer.

One of Ucluelet’s own is on the Tour de Rock team this year and tears overcame Const. Marcel Midlane when his fundraising total of $60,000 was announced in front of his teammates and supporters at the Ucluelet Co-op around 3:30 p.m.

“That isn’t me. All of this is everybody here. This is phenomenal,” Midlane said.

“This is such a caring community. I couldn’t have done this without each and every one of you who’s come out to support me and to support Cops for Cancer.”

The amount marked a roughly $15,000 increase from the West Coast’s 2016 Tour de Rock total, impressively spearheaded by another local rider, Gaylene Thorogood, who helped lead Midlane’s fundraising team this year.

Midlane gave a special shout out to West Coast sisters Dena Bruno and Rochelle Cole, whose combined efforts raised over $16,000 for the cause this year, as well as his local fundraising team, supporters and any locals who participated in the many fundraising events held throughout the West Coast.

“Everybody in the community who came out, time after time, for all these different events, thank you so much from the bottom of my heart. It means so much,” he said. “This ride is for the kids and it’s fantastic.”

The Tour de Rock’s arrival included a community head-shave, which served as the perfect setting for three-year-old local Ava Duncan’s first-ever haircut.

“Ava stood up and decided to donate her hair. She got up there, we put her hair in ponytails, and we cut it away,”

said Ava’s mom Rhianna.

“I’m extremely proud. I don’t think she realizes what that means and the volumes that that speaks that we’re raising money for kids with cancer and here she is donating her hair…It’s amazing and it’s lessons that you’re teaching them early, so it’s really cool.”

Ucluelet locals Jennifer Hoar and Maxtin Lengyel smiled under the head-shaving shears together after raising $3,000 for the cause.

“I’m super proud of this community for supporting me,” Hoar said.

She added that she’d been roughly $300 short of her $3,000 goal when she showed up to the afternoon’s festivities and was thrilled to see that gap disappear quickly.

“Everybody I walked up to, and said that to, pulled a $20 out of their wallet.

I had, in half-an-hour here, well over $300 passed to me,” she said.

“It makes my heart feel good. It’s love and love’s all we’ve got. Bring a little light to a kid who is suffering from cancer and bring a little bit of light to the world…Kids are our future. You’ve got to do what you can for them.”

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“The number of people that are coming out and remembering on Remembrance Day is increasing all the time,” he said. “Last year, when we did the service up here, the Legion was full to capacity and the church was full to capacity.”

He added hosting an event in each town will help local families attend without having to take a road trip along the Pacific Rim Highway to their neighbouring community.

He acknowledged the two towns had alternated ceremonies together for the 55 years he’s been involved with the Legion, but said each now gets solid turnouts on their own and that spreading it out is the right thing to do.

“It’s a good thing, I think, for the individual communities,” he said.

“We’re both big enough to have a service on our own and, that way, more people get involved…To expand it into both communities is a good idea.”

He added this year’s Remembrance Day will recognize both the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge and Canada’s 150th year of Confederation.

“Anybody that has ever gone to Vimy, or gone to the graveyards in France and Belgium and even the German graveyards, and read about the history and, for a small country, what Canada actually achieved there, would want to remember them and remember the effort,” he said.

“People shouldn’t ever, ever, forget that.”

Two Remembrance ceremonies ANDREW BAILEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca

Tofino and Ucluelet will honour Remembrance Day at two separate services this year.

Tofino’s will be hosted by the Tofino Legion and Ucluelet’s will be hosted by the Army, Navy and Airforce Veterans Club. The two towns had traditionally held one shared ceremony, with each one hosting in alternate years, though that tradition was first broken in 2015 when two ceremonies were held.

Last year’s Remembrance Day was hosted in Tofino, but the Tofino Legion’s past-president Whitey Bernard cited logistics as the primary reason for two services this year.

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Love will always connect us when terror strikes We all had reasons to be grumpy when we woke up on Monday morning.

Whether we were still hungover from the weekend, worried about our rents and mortgages being higher than our paycheques, frustrated at a friend or family member or stuck in a bad memory we couldn’t shake, life looked hard. It is hard.

Then, through phones, laptops, and coffee lineups, we heard the news.

An armed maniac had fired an automatic weapon into a crowd outside his Las Vegas hotel room window, killing at least 59 and injuring over 500 others.

Whatever personal problems we were allowing to weigh us down were instantly forgotten, cast aside by a paralyzing heartbreak, not only for the victims, but

Some were from our province, some for the loved ones who’d lost them.

The terror that unfolded Sunday night from our Island, each one of them held was all we could talk about, but what someone’s heart. could we say?

Strangers to us were vital to others.

We’ve all been in tough They were valued. They were spots, but how many of us needed. can fathom where our minds There was no reason for would go if we had heard the light they shone on their surroundings to be stolen by that news while loving somebody who was there? a terrorist who would never As information began know them or the positive streaming in Monday impact they had.

Any questions around why morning, we started seeing the faces of victims. Quotes Stephen Paddock lost his huand online posts from those manity at the age of 64 will Andrew Bailey never be answered. He made who loved them told us who they had been and what they had meant sure of that by making himself his last to their worlds. victim.

“There’s absolutely no way I could conceive that my brother would shoot a bunch of people that he didn’t know,” the shooter’s brother Eric told reporters, desperate to find some perspective.

Terror never has answers. Only questions met with bewilderment.

The focus shouldn’t be on finding reason for evil.

A countless amount of people have received the worst news possible. The focus should be on them. Listening to them and loving them.

Each one of the fallen has a story that deserves to be told and loved ones who deserve to tell it.

Terror will always shake us, but love will always connect us.

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The Pacific Rim Arts Society held their 6th annual Cultural Heritage Festival last week and it all started with a local production of the legendary “Cougar Annie” at the Clayoquot Community Theatre in Tofino on September 22. With a full house in attendance the cast, under the direction of Carlo Marks, brought her story to life with much gusto! Kudos to the amazing cast: Lise Saurette-Wynne, Sahra Kalkan, Lucas Matejicekcze, Savanna Callison, Aaron Turner and Carlo Marks. PRAS also had the pleasure of hosting a gala at the Ucluelet Aquarium the next night honouring six local women featured in Sylvia Taylor’s recently published book, “Beckoned by the Sea” which has made it on the BC’s best seller list for the last four weeks. With brief excerpts, Sylvia highlighted stories from the book about these women whose lives and work entwined with the sea: Mayor Josie Osborne, Mary Kimoto, Ellen Crowe-Swords, Vi Mundy, Tsimka Martin, and Laura Rasmunsen.

PRAS presented a portrait of Mary Kimoto by Signy Cohen in recognition of her many accomplishments.

Mary celebrated her 95th birthday this week. The evening ended with entertainment by local Tofino performer, Esther Celebrini. Throughout the week, people had the chance to get acquainted with more women who make a difference in the community, either through their work or through their art: Women of the Nuu-chah-nulth storyboard exhibit at the Kwisitis Centre, Mermaids of the West Coast art display at the Reflecting Spirit Gallery, Women of the West Coast Art Show at the Black Rock Oceanfront Resort and the artist-led Kids Art Zone at the Tofino Public Market. It has been a great pleasure to help plan this festival and PRAS wishes to express their gratitude to everyone who contributed to its success. To our dedicated coordinator Sue Payne and assistant Kelly Carter for putting together all these events together and to our funders, sponsors and volunteers.

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BULLHEAD DERBY A HIT The Thornton Creek Enhancement Society organized a Bullhead Derby at the outer boat basin on September 23. More than 30 local kids came out to work their bait and enjoy a BBQ’d hot dog down at the dock. Hatchery staff identified each young angler’s catch by species and each catch was weighed live in water for a quick and safe release. Prizes were handed out at the end of the derby for hidden weight, smallest fish, most unusual catch, biggest invertebrate, biggest fish and most jellies. Our directors and staff would like to send a huge of a thank you out to Barb Gudbranson for her kind help, Terry Touchie, Cap’n Hook and Pioneer Boat Works for providing prizes, District of Ucluelet for tables and tents, Ucluelet CO-OP for the hot dogs, buns and juice, Gray Whale Deli for the coffee, Kevin Cortes and Ucluelet Small Craft Harbour for powering our weigh scale and the Bayshore Waterfront Inn for backup. Thanks to all who donated to our salmon enhancement efforts and most importantly, thanks to the kids and parents who came out for some good fun on the water.

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Perhaps the Cedar Road one could be used for short term- but longer term parking such as visitors that are heading out kayaking for a week. Not all visitors go with a tour company and so where are they allowed to park for an extended period of time. They could even pick up a permit to display on their dash from the chamber?

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Jennifer Rhodes Parking isn’t the problem in Ukee, [there’s] no where to live unless you buy a $300,000 house!

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Crystal Wright Great idea. Also, create a one way loop. Add side walks that are planted with beautiful plants and trees on Peninsula in front of Piña and the other shops. Replace the 3 way stop with a roundabout and create RV parking outside of town and service the foot traffic with a pay to ride “touristy” bus service.

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

The purpose of monthly testing is to ensure that the sirens are functioning effectively and to increase awareness of the importance of personal emergency preparedness.

Siren testing will sound like this: • “This is a test of the emergency warning system. This is only a test.”

• Westminster Chime (10 sec) • “Test of the emergency warning system is complete.

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For testing purposes, the Westminster Chime is used because it is the allclear tone used in emergency warning systems around the world.

In the event of a real emergency such as a tsunami warning, the sirens will emit a wailing tone and a voice message will indicate the level of alert and advise that listeners tune into an official source of information for details, such as the local radio station at 90.1 FM. To learn more about emergency preparedness official sources of information and to subscribe to emergency notifications from the District of Tofino, please visit: http://tofino.ca/emergencypreparedness For more information, please contact: Keith Orchiston, Emergency Program Coordinator, District of Tofino Email: korchiston@tofino.ca, Phone: 250.725.3229 ext. 708

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A successful mushroom season has Butch Sheaves shipping tastes of the West Coast across the world every morning.

Mushroom boom on Coast Local buyer predicts huge October numbers ANDREW BAILEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca

The West Coast’s mushroom season is roughly halfway through and running strong, but a local buyer believes the best is still in store for the local spore score.

Mushroom picking is largely unregulated, though restrictions exist in National and Provincial Parks, and each August brings a flurry of visitors over Sutton Pass hoping to cash in on the forest floor’s burgeoning marketplace.

Pine, chanterelle and chicken of the woods are the three top local mushroom crops with chanterelles being the most prized among them and pickers spend roughly five months of the year combing the landscape in search of them for either personal use, or to sell to a buyer who then ships them off to restaurants and food distributors around the world.

“The West Coast has the nicest chanterelles in all of British Columbia,” Butch Sheaves told the Westerly News from his buying station at the foot of West Main adding the local climate is perfectly conducive to mushroom crops. “Conditions, conditions, conditions…The weather, the fog, the grounds, everything.”

Sheaves has been involved in the local mushroom industry for the past 26 years.

He said he’s seen an average of 20 pickers arriving at his buying station off Highway 4 each day this season, with each one bringing in an average of roughly 18 pounds of mushrooms, earning around $6 per pound, He added, though, that some locals, “the guys that know their patches; the serious pickers,” bring in around 50-80 pounds a day.

He added he prefers dealing with local pickers who are familiar with both the territory and the industry.

“Know your pickers. Some pickers will bring in [unsuitable mushrooms] to you every day…

It’s the quality pickers that know their trade,” he said. “You get newbies coming in and they come in with three or four pounds each and it looks like they’ve been through a whipping machine because they don’t know the area and they don’t know how to take care of their mushrooms.”

“We’re looking at perfect growing weather. Perfect. Perfect. Perfect.”

– Butch Sheaves He expects the Coast’s popular chanterelles to continue coming in until mid-November and suggested next month could be one of the busiest he’s ever seen.

“We get what you call flushes. We get four flushes of chanterelles every year and we’ll get four this year. We’re halfway through our second flush right now and the crop is looking beautiful,” he said.

“We’re looking at perfect growing weather.

Perfect. Perfect. Perfect. A day or two of rain wouldn’t hurt, but, right now, we’re looking at perfect conditions. The mushrooms are coming in wet and they’re coming in healthy. They’re gorgeous…We’re going to have a huge October.”

Tofino local Cal Westrand began picking mushrooms about five years ago as a way to supplement his income and quickly took to the scenic workplace and enjoyable source of exercise.

“You’re going for a walk in the forest and seeing nature all around you,” he said. “I like seeing the birds and the slugs and, every once in awhile, you see little fish in the streams that you cross…I go with my girlfriend and it’s a nice romantic walk in the forest.”

He said novice pickers should avoid picking mushrooms smaller than a quarter and anyone unfamiliar with the area they’re picking in should always bring a compass.

“Give them a chance to grow bigger so there’s more weight and more profit for everyone…If you pick them real small, they’re not going to weigh as much and you won’t fill your bucket as quick and when they don’t weigh as much, they’re not worth as much,” he said.

“Always bring your compass and always trust your compass. No matter what. Some people get turned around because all the trees look alike. Unless you’ve been out there over and over around the same area, then you know every tree and every stump and you remember where every mushroom grows.”

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Heike Wieske of Stubbs Whale Watching presented Tourism Vancouver Island’s Best Marketing Campaign award award to Tourism Ucluelet’s Denise Stys-Norman and Tourism Tofino’s Jenn Houtby-Ferguson.

Tofino and Ucluelet shared the award, which recognized the Real West Coast - Canada’s Surf Highway campaign, with the Alberni Valley Chamber of Commerce and Pacific Rim National Park Reserve.

Working together brings big success to Coast Multi-community collaboration leads to Vancouver Island’s best marketing campaign ANDREW BAILEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca

Local tourism professionals sprinkled some destination marketing magic over Highway 4 this summer and transformed a perceived barrier into an alluring attraction.

Tourism Tofino, Tourism Ucluelet, the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve and the Alberni Valley Chamber of Commerce have received Tourism Vancouver Island’s Marketing Campaign of the Year award for their ‘Real West Coast- Canada’s Surf Highway’ campaign.

“We believed this campaign would create interest to slowdown, explore more and enjoy the journey to the West Coast along

highway 4, Canada’s Surf Highway,” Tourism Ucluelet’s Denise Stys-Norman told the Westerly News.

“There is so much natural beauty to appreciate along the way… Sometimes it’s not about the end result, but the path you took to get there.”

The multi-community collaboration encouraged visitors to take photos of various locations along their journey to the West Coast and post them to social media.

“We were hearing increasingly from people coming to Tofino and Ucluelet, the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve and to Port Alberni, that there was an attraction in the highway itself,” said Tourism Tofino’s Lynda Kaye.

“We had never really promoted that before, even though we all drive it all the time and know how beautiful it is. So, we put our heads together as a collaborative group and just said, ‘OK, let’s do something cool to make that travel from the east coast of Vancouver Island to the West Coast of Vancouver Island even more interesting for people…It is a long drive, you’re not coming over to the West Coast by accident so let’s see if we can make that more interesting.’”

She said the idea quickly took off and became a popular contest for both frequent and new visitors.

“It evolved into this really multi-faceted campaign that made the most of what it was like to drive that highway,” she said.

“Sometimes it’s not about the end result, but the path you took to get there.”

– Denise Stys-Norman “Sometimes these campaigns can be a bit conservative and this one gave us a chance to do something really fun.”

While boosting the drive’s enjoyment, the photo contest also helped capture a continuous carousel of free advertising throughout social media channels as shots of breathtaking spots, curated together through the Real West Coast and the Canada’s Surf Highway hashtags frequently popped up in front of potential guests.

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Jasmine Porter gets carried off Cox Bay Beach by her dad, Sean Porter, after winning the under-16 Princess of the Peak division at the Queen of the Peak women’s surf championships.

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“I want to surf for Canada so hopefully I’ll get all my citizenship stuff through,” she said.

“My mom is Canadian. She is from Vancouver.”

Zelasko, who currently competes for the USA in the World Surf League women’s qualifying series, said she would put her hard earned Canuck dollars towards future surf travels.

“This weekend was so much fun. It was perfect size. Honestly, this is such fun. I hope to come back here again and surf this contest,” said Zelasko.

“I just want to say thank you so much to the people that put on the event. They did an awesome job. They really took good care of us. The girls are just so fun to surf with and everyone is so nice. I can’t wait to come back and do it again.”

Tofino’s Jasmine Porter, 12, out surfed her local crew Chloe Platenius, Keanna Hasz and twin sister Serena in the finals to nab the Princess of the Peak crown.

The win marks Porter’s first Princess title. Porter described the conditions during Saturday’s semi-finals as “really big”.

“It was like nine-feet. It was pretty huge. Pretty much if you got a long one all the way in, I don’t think you’d be getting back out,” said the Grade 8 student at USS. “My heat, we went out to the outside and Shandy, which I really have to thank, she was out there coaching us and sitting out there with us ‘cause it was so big.”

Porter said Sunday was a harder paddle, but the waves were still fun.

“You girls killed it out there and I’m over the moon proud.”

– Krissy Montgomery “The rights were kind of closing out so it was mostly lefts that I went for,” she said.

For the first time in its eight years running, the winner of the Princess of the Peak division took home a cash prize of $200.

During the awards ceremony, contest founder Krissy Montgomery expressed how proud she was of the young contenders.

“The Princess event was the highlight of my weekend,” she said. “I just think back when we started this contest eight years ago, you guys were just little kids. The first year we had princess of the peak you guys were in the whitewash, parents helping. Now I’m pretty sure you shred harder than all your parents. You girls killed it out there. I am over the moon proud,” said Montgomery.

Leah Dawson, originally from Florida who now lives on the North Shore of Oahu, won the longboard division and was runner-up in the shortboard.

“The women at Surf Sister have created a women’s surf community unlike anything I’ve witnessed,” Dawson wrote on her instagram @Leahloves. “The energy around this event is exactly what the world needs. Powerful women who love to work hard, and rejoice in the sea as well.”

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Local Clayoquot Action members protest outside fish farming giant Cermaq Canada’s office in Oslo, Norway.

Fisheries critic supports local postcard campaign ANDREW BAILEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca

A campaign spearheaded by Tofino based environmental organization Clayoquot Action that resulted in 5,000 postcards being sent to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has caught the attention of NDP Fisheries and Oceans critic Fin Donnelly.

The postcards state “Your Minister of Fisheries and Oceans is breaking the law by not testing BC farmed salmon for piscine reovirus (PRV) before allowing them to be transferred into opennet pens along wild salmon migration routes.”

Donnelly spoke in the House of Commons on Sept. 28 asking what the government planned to do ensure diseased fish aren’t being transferred into the ocean.

“Foreign diseased fish are in Pacific waters threatening wild salmon. Industry knows it, the courts recognized it, and yet this government ignores it,” Donnelly said.

“More than 5,000 Canadians wrote the Prime Minister demanding his government take action.

The government’s response? Silence. When will the government follow its own rules and regulations and when will the Liberals stop the transfer of dangerous, infected salmon into BC waters?”

Parliamentary secretary Terry Beech responded by suggesting Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans could look into stronger regulations.

“While Fisheries and Oceans’ B.C. Agriculture regulations are amongst the most rigorous in the world, all options to improve are on the table,” Beech said.

Clayoquot Action’s co-founder Dan Lewis told the Westerly News he was delighted to see Donnelly reference Clayoquot Action’s campaign in the House.

“That, to me, is how democracy is supposed to work: when members of parliament represent the people,” he said.

“Our voice was heard directly in the parliament, so I’m stoked.”

He said the postcards were distributed throughout Tofino over the summer.

“We’re engaging locals who want to try to help and we’re giving them something easy to do so they can be the agents of change,” he said.

“Foreign diseased fish are in Pacific waters threatening wild salmon.”

– Fin Donnelly “The fact that 5,000 people would put their name on this card, shows that they care. That takes some effort. It’s not as much effort as a handwritten letter, but it obviously has an impact.”

He pointed to a recent study conducted in Norway, that links the piscine rheovirus to Heart and Skeletal Muscle Inflammation Disease, as a key reason for Clayoquot Action’s concerns.

“Fish farms are not required to test for it.

There’s a list of diseases that they have to test for, PRV is not on that list,” Lewis said adding Heart and Skeletal Muscal Inflamation could be crippling to wild fish.

“In the wild, those fish cannot escape predators,” he said. “This is why we’re having a hard time finding HSMI in the wild, those fish don’t survive.”

He suggested diseases can spread rapidly from farmed fish to wild ones.

In an emailed response to the Westerly News, Cermaq stated its salmon are tested before being transferred from hatcheries to the ocean.

“All Cermaq Canada hatchery fish are screened for pathogens, viruses, bacteria and parasites.

This includes PRV. To date, no signs of PRV have been found at our hatcheries,” the statement read.

“All our fish are vaccinated against common ocean diseases before being entered into our ocean sites.”

The company’s statement suggests piscine rheovirus was first discovered in samples of Atlantic salmon in Norway in 2010.

“Since then, PRV has been detected in wild salmonid and non-salmonid fish in the oceans of the UK, Ireland, Denmark, Chile, the USA, and Canada,” it read. “PRV is endemic in the ocean. Thousands of wild and farmed salmon in the Pacific Ocean have tested positive in Alaska, BC and Washington for PRV…Testing archived samples of wild salmon has shown that PRV has been present in Pacific fish since at least 1987, and possibly as early as 1977.”

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NEWS TIP? Call the Westerly Newsroom at 250.726.7089 andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca PROPOSED INFORMATION PACKAGE Tree Farm License (TFL) 54 Information Package for Management Plan #5 available for review and comment.

TFL 54, held by Ma-Mook Forest Resources Limited (Ma-Mook), is located on the west side of Vancouver Island in the Clayoquot Sound region and in the vicinity of Tofino and Ucluelet. It covers roughly 61,464 hectares, including 12,169 hectares of protected areas within the TFL established by the Clayoquot Sound Land Use Decision.

The Management Plan provides a general description of the TFL, a brief history of the TFL, a list of publicly available planning documents that guide MaMook’s forest operations on the TFL, and a timber supply analysis that provides information to assist the Chief Forester of BC in determining a new timber harvest rate, or allowable annual cut, for TFL 54.

The Information Package and reference maps are available for public review from October 4, 2017 until December 4, 2017 during normal business hours at the following locations (please call ahead to arrange an appointment to view): Ma-Mook Natural Resources Ltd. office 2777, Pacific Rim Highway Ucluelet, BC V0R 3A0, 250-720-1177 Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations, South Island District, 4885 Cherry Creek Road, Port Alberni, B.C., V9Y 8E9, 250-731-3006 You can also download the material from: https://maps.forsite.ca/TFL54MP5 and view spatial information at: https://maps.forsite.ca/1414-1/ Please write or email comments by December 4, 2017 to: Zoltan Schafer, RPF, Forestry Manager Ma-Mook Natural Resources Ltd. P.O. Box 639, Ucluelet, BC V0R 3A0 zolie_schafer@telus.net

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Maple Ridge man among victims in Las Vegas At least 59 killed in deadliest mass shooting in American history on Sunday Phil Melnychuk pmelnychuk@mapleridgenews.com

One of the dozens of people killed in the Sunday shooting in Las Vegas is from Maple Ridge, a former student at Thomas Haney secondary.

Jordan Seymour McIldoon, who worked at South Surrey’s Jacob Bros. Construction, died in the attack as a gunman shot down on a crowd attending a music concert that night, according to reports.

“You were one of the kindest, funny and most sincere guys I know,” said Alina Diaconu.

“This is a tragedy and breaks my heart to see what the world has come to.”

Liam Wallace added: “It’s awful how someone could do such a tragic thing to a group of innocent people at a country concert.”

The latest figures from the shooting are that 58 people have died and 515 have been injured. Families looking to locate loved ones should call 1-866-535-5654.

Las Vegas Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said that the first calls came into the city’s police detachment just after 10 p.m. local time of “multiple shots being fire from the direction of the Mandalay Bay Hotel towards the Route 91 concert.”

The gunman had checked into a hotel on the 32 floor of the Mandalay Bay and began spraying rounds into the crowd of 22,000. Police responded and a SWAT team broke into his room to find the gunman dead of suspected self-inflicted injuries. He has been identified by police as “Stephen Craig Paddock, as 64-yearold, Stephen Craig Paddock, a white male from Mesquite, Nevada.” Lombardo confirmed that gunman is now dead.

“We believe it is a lone wolf actor,” Lombardo said. They have located a person of interest in the case, Marilou Danley, who is believed to be the gunman’s girlfriend.

One off-duty Las Vegas police officer has been confirmed dead. Two on-duty officers are injured; one has minor wounds and the other is in stable condition.

Neil Lock, a Maple Ridge resident, and his girlfriend, Jana Rickerby, were in Las Vegas at the time, at the Luxor, the first hotel beside the concert.

“We were having dinner after the Cris Angel show and suddenly hundreds of people were running towards us screaming, ‘gunman gunman.’ We were escorted to the restaurant kitchen then into the basement for four hours,” he said.

“Finally, we were allowed to go at 3 a.m. and we were the first to go outside.

It was so quiet and police with massive guns were telling us to go back inside,” he added.

“When inside, I was talking to a survivor who was dodging hundreds of bullets around him.”

Lock said it was scary.

“We’re still absorbing how close we were – we were out of lockdown at 5:30 a.m. and safely in our Freemont Street hotel by six.”

Lock said Freemont Street was on lockdown too.

“Roads were closed everywhere.”

B.C. Premier John Horgan has issued the following statement about the attack in Las Vegas and death of McIldoon.

“The senseless acts of violence in Las Vegas are horrifying and incomprehensible. Our hearts are with all those affected by last night’s shooting,” he said.

“Jordan McIldoon of Maple Ridge was among those who lost their lives. He was 23 years old. The flags at the parliament buildings in Victoria and provincial government buildings in Maple Ridge will be dropped to half-mast to honour him,” Horgan added.

“To Jordan’s family, and the family and friends of all those who have lost their lives, we offer our condolences and sup-

port.

“I want to express my heartfelt thanks to the first responders, who put themselves in harm’s way by running toward gunfire in an effort to save lives.

“When dark acts seek to shake our faith in humanity, we look to those who have come forward to help. Their selfless acts of heroism are what build the strong and caring communities we all want to be a part of.”

In an address to the country, U.S. President Donald Trump called the attack “an act of pure evil” and added: “In moments of tragedy and horror, America comes together as one. And it always has.” He ordered flags flown at half-mast.

Police has completed a search warrant in Mesquite but Lombardo said that although items were recovered from the search, nothing of use has come up yet.

FBI officers will be searching another property in northern Nevada associated with the gunman. Police say this remains an active investigation and the FBI is asking for anyone with videos or photos concerning the shooting to call 1-800-CALLFBI or (800) 225-5324.

Victim advocates and trauma counselors are being made available to anyone affected by the shooting.

Kelowna woman witnesses Las Vegas shooting KATHY MICHAELS Black Press

At first, Tami Johnson noticed the police cars and ambulances blocking access to the Las Vegas hotel where she’d been staying.

Then, when she got out of her Uber and started walking, the Kelowna resident started to hear the loud cracking of gunfire and the screams of panicked men and women, stampeding away from danger.

“The shots went on for five minutes … we just ran for safety and ended up hiding out in a ditch behind a gas station,” said Johnson, who hunkered down for four hours alongside her 13 year old daughter.

“Police kept telling us to get down and stay down … and there were people yelling and screaming. You couldn’t be anywhere near the strip and not see it.”

When gunfire ended, the chaos continued.

The parking lot of the Hooters hotel where she is staying is just a stone’s throw from where the country music concert, Route 91 Harvest took place. It was roped off for the investigation and Johnson and its other guests weren’t allowed into the hotel until 7 a.m. Monday. Once it opened its doors, it was far from being a homecoming.

“There are a lot of people who were killed that were staying in our hotel,” she said.

Victim’s services has set up in the hotel to offer support to those who are stuffering with the emotional fallout of the violence.

Those who witnessed unthinkable violence are making use of the service while others, who have who were simply displaced from the Mandalay hotel are finding refuge in the hotel’s public amenities.

“As soon as the hotels opened people flooded the casinos, cozied up under a slot machine and waited for the OK to go back to their hotels,” she said. “People camped out in the casino, sleeping on BlackJack tables and stuff.”

The atmosphere is heavy and getting their bearings is a struggle, though Johnson said she knows she’s lucky to have survived when so many didn’t. The lone

shooter killed at least 58 people and injured more than 500.

“We’re in shock right now,” said Johnson.

“A lady we hung out with at the pool was one of the victims. She was killed.

We spent four hours with her last night, and I even bought her a jello shot, and we talked about politics, Trump and guns …an hour ago I went downstairs and the group she was with said she had passed away.”

Johnson said that the counsellor at her daughter’s school has already reached out to help in the days ahead. Otherwise, they’re still in the middle of the unfolding tragedy, and getting perspective will likely be impossible until they’re safe at home.

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Ukee local receives Boating BC scholarship Sebastien Eaves off to VIU to become marine mechanic MARCIE CALLEWAERT Special to the Westerly

B.C.’s boating industry is massive and growing, but the qualified technicians needed to keep that industry afloat are retiring without being replaced.

Boating BC recently handed out five $2,000 scholarships in an effort to replenish the province’s dwindling number of marine mechanics and Ucluelet local Sebastien Eaves is thrilled to be embarking on a career path that needs his footsteps.

Eaves moved from Ucluelet to Nanaimo last month in preparation for his studies at Vancouver Island University where he will take Motorcylce and Marine Technician with the hopes of scoring an apprenticeship and eventually, his own mobile mechanic business.

“He came across as a really strong candidate for us,” Boating BC’s Executive Director Lisa Geddes told the Westerly News. “He had great volunteer experience.

His interests were really well aligned with outdoor recreation and an inclination for mechanics, which is an area that we are in dire need of…He seemed to have a lot of passion and was a self-starter.”

Eaves, 23, moved to Ucluelet from Quebec three years ago and witnessed firsthand how important the boating industry is and how valuable marine mechanics can be.

“I like the ocean a lot,” he said. “It’s important, not only for jobs, but for leisure.”

He applied for Boating BC’s Glenn Spartz Scholarship and was thrilled to be accepted.

“Getting the scholarship helps quite a bit because school isn’t cheap so this will help me get through my studies and be

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A love of the ocean has set Ucluelet local Sebastien Eaves on a career path that needs him as he prepares to become a marine mechanic. able to focus,” he said. “Instead of getting a full-time job, maybe I’ll be able to get more of a part-time job and focus more on my studies and school activities and marine shows.”

Eaves hopes his VIU experience will lead to an apprenticeship and ultimately plans to become a mobile marine mechanic, travelling around Vancouver Island and helping boat owners enjoy B.C.’s oceans and lakes.

“People want to be happy about their boats being fixed and I like doing that, so it’s rewarding for me and it helps other people,” he said.

This is the second wave of Glenn Spartz

Scholarship dished out by Boating BC and Geddes said finding interested future mechanics like Eaves is paramount.

“We’re starved for certified technicians in our industry…Without them, we don’t have an industry. Boats don’t run if they can’t be serviced properly,” she said.

“It’s very concerning and I think you’d find the same shortage in a lot of industry…Young people have so many things to choose from these days. In our case, I think that we do suffer a little bit from lack of awareness of the opportunities so we’re working to change that.”

She suggested the province’s boating industry has grown by roughly 30 per cent

over the past five years and contributes about $1.3 million to B.C.’s GDP. “The lifestyle, the economy, everything has a strong interface with the water,” she said.

“It doesn’t matter if you’re RCMP or whale watching, you’re on the water in a boat and somebody has to make sure that the boats are available, well-serviced and maintained.”

She encourages anybody interested in a career in the marine industry to check out www.boatingbc.ca.

“There’s so many opportunities and it’s a great lifestyle,” she said. “It’s an awesome job.”

Real West Coast campaign earns TVI award From A7 “We’re seeing more and more people who are using social media as their primary source of information for travel,” Kaye said.

“That’s a huge part of why we think this was as successful as this was. Those things are very powerful when they come together because, even if you’re just thinking about maybe coming over to the West Coast and you’re engaged in that fashion, it’s going to affect your decision.”

She adding working together on a multi-community collaboration, rather than competing against each other as individual markets, brought a huge boost to each stakeholders’ resources.

“This campaign, in our opinion, really is an unprecedented, in our opinion, level of cooperation and collaboration between regional groups and we feel like this is a revolutionary way to do destination marketing that for all intents and purposes blurs the competitive boundaries to enable us to do a better job of marketing,” she said. “We thought that, rather than just individually spending marketing resources on promoting just one part of that

destination equation, let’s put our heads together and come up with something that is very inclusive.”

Stys-Norman agreed.

“Everyone from each community did their part to make ‘The Real West Coast’ campaign a success; the Tourism Tofino team was especially dynamic and spearheaded this award winning campaign and collaboration,” she said.

“We all want the same thing for our guests; the best experience possible when traveling to the West Coast. Each community and organization has something unique and special to offer visitors as they make their journey to the West Coast.

And, by working together, we amplified the experience.”

Kaye added the award was a huge honour because it showed the respect local tourism professionals have amongst their peers around Vancouver Island.

“There’s tons of people doing lots of cool things and destination promotions so, to be recognized by our peers is very important, but also it’s another platform for us to get the word out about how cool

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A unique West Coast collaboration hatched Vancouver Island’s best tourism marketing campaign. it is to drive over here.”

The Real West Coast Canada’s Surf Highway campaign will remain open

until Oct. 31 and locals and visitors are encouraged to see it in action at therealwestcoast.ca.-

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LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Your inspiration comes from a blend of methodical planning as well as clever inspiration, Leo. The results will be exceptional if you keep at it.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, even if you step out of your comfort zone, you will not venture too far. That is fine by you since you tend to be a creature of habit. Just expand your reach a little bit.

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12. Drools 13. Cluster 15. One in a series 18. Egyptian unit of weight 21. Broached 24. Skin cancers 26. Second sight 27. Shock treatment 30. Whittled 32. Murdered in his bathtub 35. A way to soak 37. Small piece 38. Relating to Islam 39. Climbing plant 42. Drunkard 43. Test for high schoolers 46. Least exciting 47. Amanda and James are two 49. Something comparable to another 50. Soothes 52. Month in the Islamic calendar 54. White gull having a black back and wings 55. Japanese seaport 57. The south of France 59. Batman villain 62. British air aces 63. Body part 66. Clearinghouse 68. Manganese

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Natalia Nybida, left, Sarah Hagar, Bernice Touchie, Tim Masso, and Jason Sam helped organize the first Orange Shirt Day at Ucluelet Secondary School last Friday. T-shirts were made for all the staff with the Nuu-chah-nulth word meaning “Everyone is valuable, precious.”

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Your friendly attitude can be just what others need in the week ahead, Libra. They simply cannot resist your charms, and you can help them to settle down.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, recognition is coming your way. Embrace the attention and recognize that it is not unfounded. You earned the praise about to be heaped on you.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, you may head in one direction only to find that you might have been better off going elsewhere. Eventually you will get your bearings.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Take a risk at work, Capricorn. If you consistently sit in the shadows, then you won’t ever get ahead. Try a few things to make an impact without generating big waves.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Making decisions this week requires little effort on your part, Aquarius. That’s because all of your stress has melted away in the last few days and things are relatively easy.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, even though everything seems predictable right now, things are about to get a little backwards in the next few days.

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One dead in helicopter crash JOCELYN DOLL Black Press

One woman died in yesterday’s helicopter crash approximately three kilometres west of the Campbell River airport, Campbell River RCMP have confirmed.

Campbell River RCMP responded to the call of a crashed helicopter at 5 p.m., Oct. 1 in a heavily forested area. First responders were able to walk in to the scene and extricate one male occupant from the wreckage, Campbell River RCMP Staff Sgt. Troy Beauregard said.

A female occupant of the helicopter was located deceased at the scene. The injured male was transported to hospital in Victoria for treatment of injuries sustained in the crash.

Emergency crews had difficulty accessing the site by vehicle and ended up having to approach by foot and air.

A report indicates a RCMP helicopter had to abandon accessing the crash site due to low fuel.

Ground emergency service personnel from Campbell River were first on the

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A helicopter from 442 Squadron in Comox circles nearby the crash site north of the Campbell River Airport. scene and using flashlights, firefighters assisted the 442 Squadron helicopter crew locate the scene of the crash which was obscured by dark, thick forest and tall trees, 19 Wing Comox Public Affairs reported to Black Press.

Two SAR Techs were inserted near the crash site to assist emergency services personnel already at the scene.

This was a multi-agency response

involving Campbell River RCMP, BC Ambulance, Campbell River Fire Rescue, the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Victoria and the Canadian Armed Forces Search and Rescue team from 442 Squadron based in Comox.

Campbell River RCMP said they are assisting the BC Coroner’s Service and the Transportation Safety Board with the investigation.

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In an “epic example of stupid airheadedness,” Qualicum Beach Coun.

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At Monday’s regular council meeting, Coun. Neil Horner made a “heartfelt” public apology to bylaw enforcement officer Don Marshall.

Horner said a few weeks ago, the town’s bylaw officer informed Horner that a member of his “inner circle had been seen walking the family dog and not picking up the feces” He added it wasn’t the first such report

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Not wanting to embarrass the person, Horner said, he asked if it would be OK if he went and cleaned it up, which Horner said Marshall agreed to. Horner said he then went and cleaned it up and threw the bag on the back of his bike “and feeling quite pleased with myself, went for coffee.”

“I stopped myself before I did, however, thinking I would show Mr. Marshall the bag to show that I had indeed followed up with my pledge to clean it up,” Horner told the council chamber Monday.

He added it would be a “light-hearted little thing” and give the two a little chuckle.

“However, when I got to his desk, he

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Horner said he was in no way trying to upset anyone or make any kind of comment. He also said he was sincerely sorry about his actions and “quite sick about this.”

Marshall referred comment to his representative with the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).

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Ecolodge Classroom at Tofino Botanical Gardens.

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Darwin’s Cafe will be serving food to feast on at 6PM, along with Mike and Alle Band playing live! The film programme will begin at 7 and will run until 9 PM! Wear cozy layers and bring blankets to relax on under the stars, and remember to BYO mug for all kinds of local brews! Adults $15, Kids $7.

SURFRIDER BEACH CLEAN Saturday, Oct. 7, 10am-2pm.

Radar Point. Put it on your radar! Dress for the weather and bring a mug for refreshments!

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Artist Reception October 12, 7-9pm

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HomeBasix Mini Oil Filled Heater

Savings Utility Tub Blue 10gal

HomeBasix Ceramic Heater 1500w

WAS

$12.99 Each

NOW

$10.88 EA.

#2552099

Light Duty Blue Tarp 12x16

WAS

$13.99 Each

NOW

$9.88 EA.

#2633618

Multi-Purpose Bucket with Rope Handle

WAS

NOW

$47

.88

WAS $56.99 Each

#3528908

EA.

#8306748

$11.99 Each

WAS

EA.

$6.88 EA.

#7198617

$10.99 Each

#7880909

WAS

$8.88 EA.

$9.79

$26

.88

EA.

EA.

WAS

$14.44 EA.

#6418578

Garbage Can 32gal Wheeled, Black

Each

$7.88

#7386584

NOW

NOW

NOW

Heavy Duty Contractor Jobsite Chest

Black Chandelier

WAS $28.99 Each

Gas Can 5L/1GA Red plastic

NOW

NOW

#6767941

$33

.88

Steel Leaf Rake 22 TInes

Master Plunger

WAS

NOW

WAS $49.99 Each

Fuel Stabilizer Treats up to 20 Gallons

$29.99 Each

$26.88 EA.

Flat Mesh Garden Cart 48”x24”

$8.99

WAS

NOW

#7664873

$16.99 Each

Each

NOW

#4744116

$5.88 EA.

Dewalt 7-1/4” 24 Tooth Saw Blade

3 Lights WAS

$79.99 Each

NOW

.88 $68 5 Lights EA.

WAS

NOW

$98

.88 EA.

Each

WAS

NOW

WAS $115.99 Each

#9717489 #9717497

$719.99

$548.88

WAS

Each

$148.88 EA.

#9781956

$11.99 Each

NOW

NOW

EA.

#9490616

$159.99

$8.78 EA.

#DW3178

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