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Changes coming to longtime campground

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Changes are coming to a long-standing Tofino campground that’s provided an affordable source of staff accommodation for decades.

‘Poolesland’ is up for sale.

Michael Poole, 66, told the Westerly News he’s been the steward of the roughly 17.5 acres of communal living space since 1988 and is ready to move on and sell the property.

“It’s time to do something different. Anything,” he said.

He said he hopes to sell the land to a community-based organization or society for around $2 million and plans to invest half the proceeds he obtains from the sale into the continuation of a local habitat stewardship project.

“The idea is that I sell it to us, our whole bioregion; ideally, everybody in Tofino-Ucluelet and everybody who ever wants to visit here. It’s quite the unusual crowd-funding,” he said. “It was once community land and it should be again….I don’t need much. Half-a-million [dollars] will be plenty for me.”

He said he has an offer on the table currently and is weighing his options to see what kinds of potential projects come together.

“The more people involved in the community, to whatever degree each of them want, the better,” he said.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF WHITEY BERNARD

A TRIP TO REMEMBER: Tofino local Whitey Bernard, centre, joined his son Steve, left, and brother Ken, right, at his grandfather’s name on a monument at Vimy Ridge. Whitey travelled through Europe over the summer to retrace the steps of the Canadian Army during WWI and WWII as part of a Royal Canadian Legion Pilgrimage of Remembrance. The Pilgrimage included visits to museums, battlegrounds and graveyards. Read about the perspective Whitey gained from the sobering journey on page 7.

Toquaht local leads Canada’s rugby team NORA O’MALLEY nora.omalley@westerlynews.ca

Last Friday night at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, Toquaht First Nation Phil Mack captained Team Canada’s rugby squad in an international match against the Maori All Blacks. change Wednesday 2 for Rugby The sporting event made history at theto gates Canada, drawing a record crowd of 29,480.

For 1 Appies Dozens of Mack’s family and friends attended the game,

including his mom, Jeanine Nahas, who lives in Victoria.

“He comes out a giant,” said Nahas of the 5’ 7” scrum half.

“He put Toquaht on the map. People say, ‘Toquaht, I know that name.’ Whereas nobody heard of us before.”

“To be named captain of the sevens and the fifteens, it’s the highest honour in the rugby world. I think Phil recognizes that and is very touched and honoured as well to serve his country that way, and to represent one of the smallest tribes on Vancouver Island,” she said.

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Team Canada’s Phil Mack with his biggest fan, mom Jeanine Nahas, after playing the Maori All Blacks at BC Place on Friday, Nov. 3. The Maori All Blacks defeated Canada 51-9.

Match showcases culture

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From A1 During halftime, members of the Musqueam tribe near Squamish performed a traditional tribal dance choreographed alongside members of the Maori who performed the famous haka war dance.

“They were doing their dances for each other.

It was like a gift exchange,” Nahas said, adding that she was disappointed with how spectators acted during the performance.

“If you can stop talking, go off your phone, and direct your attention while the national anthem is playing, you can do the same during a cultural event or performance…It was so noisy that I was mute to what they were doing. You couldn’t hear the powerfulness of it because it was overpowered by people talking.”

Mack’s older sister, Leah, practices law in Victoria for a firm that works exclusively for First Nations governments and organizations.

“I think it was neat for the Canadians to see how much culture the Maori All Blacks bring with their team,” Leah said.

“Yes, they are there for rugby, but they also have a cultural advisor who knows nothing about rugby and is just there for the cultural aspect.”

At a reception after the match, Leah told the Westerly that Phil presented Ash Dixon, the

captain of the Maori All Blacks, with an eagle feather from Toquaht territory as a gesture of respect and honour.

The Maori All Blacks are unique from the New Zealand All Blacks. To be named to the Maori team, players must prove their Maori heritage.

“New Zealand is a bit of a leader in reconciliation. They did bring with them almost the equivalent of an elder advising their team,” said Leah. “I see a lot of opportunity to incorporate indigenous culture into Rugby Canada and sport. And, the importance of sport for our indigenous youth.”

A few years ago, Mack created an organization called Vancouver Island Thunder Rugby as a vessel to bring rugby to aboriginal communities.

“He’s seen the impact [sport] can have in the community. It’s something that he’s latched onto and taken it so far,” she said.

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Careless campers and illegal garbage dumpers have made a mess of the West Coast’s backroads and the Central Westcoast Forest Society is looking for locals to help them clean it up.

“It seems that, because there’s this huge network of logging roads and backroads and, basically access, to the woods, there’s a huge amount of illegal dumping that goes on,” said CWFS staffer Megan Francis. “It’s an absolute mess right now. There’s mattresses, couches, abandoned tents that are falling apart, coolers, oil tanks that have been left and ditched; you name it. It’s an absolute mess. A lot of the time we’re coming across cars and campers and vans and all this stuff.”

Armed with funding from the Alberni Clayoquot Regional District, the CWFS will host a cleanup around Kennedy Lake on Friday, Nov. 10. Participants will meet at the Tofino-Ucluelet junction at noon and the event will run until 4 p.m.

“As much as it is important that we get the garbage out, the event is also to get people engaged in preserving the area that they live in,” Francis said. “We want everyone to take care of it, so it’s great to have people come out and pay their respects to the land.”

She added that no experience is necessary, equipment will be provided and all participants will receive a free T-shirt. Carpooling is available from Tofino and Ucluelet and anyone interested in participating can email

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“It’s a fun way to get involved…No matter what scale, it always feels really good to get out and volunteer. I think you get an immediate sense of accomplishment,” she said. “We’re all enjoying where we live and we are all reaping the benefits of living in such a beautiful place. It’s up to everyone to try and keep it that way.”

She said the backroad pollution is much more than just an eyesore, it’s an environmental disaster.

“It’s frustrating for sure, and also

very surprising. I myself have been very shocked and dumbfounded at, I guess, how people don’t take into consideration their mess. I can’t get into the mindset of somebody who just completely leaves everything behind and just assumes that it will take care of itself.

It’s just bizarre,” she said.

“You’re introducing a bunch of plastic and fuels and whatever stuff you’re leaving out there into the environment…

It’s going to go into the water table, it’s going to get into the watershed, maybe it gets consumed by animals. It definitely has an impact for sure.”

Poolesland enters transition stage From A1 “Hopefully, we’ll have more and more people and more and more land that goes from private to community in various regards. To me, community land is land that is managed by more than one person. Ideally, it’s hundreds, if not thousands, of people.”

He said he plans to hold out until the spring of 2018 before selling the property and, if no organization or community crowd-funding effort has reached fruition by then, “I’ll just sell it to the nicest rich person.”

He said ‘Poolesland’ will remain open to campers for the time-being, but added that changes are already afoot.

“In the transition time, we’ll still put up as many people as we can, but the demographic is changing…It’s just time to shift things and we’re a bit crowded at this time,” he said. “It’s winter time.

They can go to the city. It’s kind of difficult; we’ve got only 200 amps of power…We’re encouraging people to find their way to another free-lunch somewhere else.”

He hopes to see the land transition into a community housing project and suggested local businesses should look into participating.

“In the future, there will be less and less staff accom. and more on-site man-

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agement; people working and building tiny homes and building the project,” he said. “I’d like to appeal to all the businesses who aren’t providing staff accommodation to buy a tiny home, or have one built, so that their people can use it.”

Poole presented his plan to Tofino’s municipal council both in a letter and in person at Oct. 24’s council meeting where he encouraged the district to get involved.

“Poolesland and other lands can again be stewarded for community purposes by cooperative management for mutual benefits well into the future. With awareness we may again flourish, on this coast, for another 5000 years,” he wrote in the letter. “My stewardship is ending.

Some methods of the successes need to be continued, but not at this location in Tofino. Other locations and options for staff accommodation, camping and housing need to be considered and prepared before the summer of 2018.”

After hearing his presentation, Tofino councillor Greg Blanchette expressed gratitude for Poole’s efforts.

“In terms of housing innovation, I think you and ‘Poolesland’ has kind of been it for the last decade or more.

You’ve got a vision that is unlike any-

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thing that has been expressed to my knowledge anywhere in the community, or anywhere on this side of the island…I think that adds a certain spice to the conversation that is really valuable for us to have,” Blanchette said. “I appreciate your vision and your presence and persistence in the District of Tofino.”

Blanchette added the longstanding campground has been a source of longstanding tension because the land is zoned “for nothing innovative,” and he said he would like to see a “marriage” between the innovative thinking shown at Poolesland with the district’s zoning mechanisms.

Coun. Dorothy Baert said she hoped the land could transition into a more mutually-beneficial win-win between its inhabitants and the district.

“It’s been a bit of a double edged sword. In some ways, in my view, it hasn’t necessarily entirely served your vision because it’s not been able to find a pathway to function without conflict with the municipality,” she said to Poole.

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Remember the sacrifice and keep our heroes home His mom had spiffed him up into an adorably dapper little gentleman. It was an important day.

The all-grown-up ensemble aside, he was still only five years old and, when he saw his father marching down the street, he naturally took chase begging him to wait up.

Taken out of context, it was a delightful image for newspaper photographer Claude P. Dettloff, working for The Province at the time, to capture.

With his mother close behind, and racing to restrain him, the cherubic Whitey Bernard’s little arm is stretched out towards his father, who is smiling back in his soldier’s uniform and reaching back towards his son.

Whitey’s plea did not fall on deaf ears.

It’s not a happy photo. A family is being sacrificed for war. ‘Wait for me Daddy’ Canada and the world heard it as Detloff’s is iconic because it’s a real and powerful photo became an instant icon that was image. People cry when they see it. promoted around the globe. Young WhitBehind the elder Bernard is ey became the star of bond a seemingly infinite single-file drives. A celebrity who was line of soldiers marching shuttled from event to event down a steep-hilled road in to bring hope to Canada’s war New Westminster. Beside efforts. them, families are clustered Stardom was not his pursuit metres away. They could not when he broke free from his mother’s grasp that morning stop their heroic husbands, sons and fathers from going. in New West. He was chasing They could not hold them. a father who loved him, but They could not know when could not wait for him.

Andrew Bailey they would see them again.

It’s a famous moment that Imagine trying to keep a stiff upper lip doesn’t need words to tell the story of of support in that moment. sacrifice.

Whitey saw his dad just once over the next five years and, when he finally returned for good, he was not the same man who had left.

That story is still very relevant today.

Families are still being sacrificed and children are wishing mommies and daddies had waited for them.

Recent news suggests some may have forgotten the sacrifice.

Saudi Arabia is claiming Lebanon declared war against it this week and America’s president is speaking alarmingly loosely about the possibility of war with North Korea.

On Saturday, we’ll pray that our Remembrance will keep our heroes home.

It’s an important day.

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THANKS FROM FOOD BANK I was away cooking for hunters when I happened to get on the grid on October 13 and a text came through asking “how badly was the Food Bank hit?” I wondered, did we have a tsunami or freak hail storm? After a quick phone call, I heard the disappointing news, that the Food Bank had been robbed.

My heart sank and then some more texts and calls and I got the details. It came as no surprise to me that our super volunteers responded quickly and decisively to start the recovery process and install a security system. It also came as no surprise when I heard about the community response to the crime.

So far, we have received donations in all forms - food, money, toys from children, all within our gracious community. We have been able to replenish our stocks and then some, thanks to the generous and warm response of our citizens.

Thank you for your awesome support.

As I think about this event, I realize that it wasn’t just the Food Bank that got robbed.

Ucluelet as a whole was the victim here. This is YOUR Food Bank, it belongs to our west coast communities and it would not exist without the year-round donations (private and from businesses) that keep our shelves filled and allow us to purchase food for families who need extra help. As I get back into my routine at home, I am heartened by the comments from people who are shocked and dismayed that someone did this. The “who’s” and “why’s” really don’t matter now. We are back on track, barely skipping a beat. Thank you to all who have contributed to us. All of us at the Food Bank on the Edge are grateful and uplifted by your response. I know I sound like a broken record but we really are fortunate to live here among such a giving community.

Cris Martin Executive Director Food Bank on the Edge

DONATIONS FOR MULTIPLEX Match the Hackett Family and Long Beach Lodge Resort’s $100,000 sponsorship donation to the West Coast Multiplex capital fundraising and be one of the ten to help us reach our first million dollars raised. Of course, smaller donations are most welcome.

Thanks to a $100,000 grant obtained by the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation we have recently completed a business plan and preliminary design work. This regional recreational facility will serve multi-generational families and meet the growing needs of our eight west coast communities.

The vision for a Multiplex is to create a gathering place that fosters a sense of community among individuals of all ages and provide children an opportunity to learn and play.

It has been shown that increasing access to recreational opportunities is positively correlated with healthier populations.

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The Multiplex will offer recreational opportunities for all ages and will give individuals a sense of community connectedness.

The initial phase of the project will feature a full size ice surface suitable for Hockey, Ice Skating, Curling, Fitness, Physio, Rehabilitation, Indoor Soccer, Wrestling, Basketball, Volleyball, Tennis, Pickleball, Lacrosse, Roller Derby, Celebrations, Gatherings, Family Events, Community Events, Festivals, Corporate Events, Seminars, Meetings, Trade Shows, Concerts, and it may also function as a High Ground Emergency Shelter. The building will be designed and built to allow for the addition of a future swimming pool and other potential additional amenities.

Since the referendum in 2012 securing the operating funds, we have the land reserved for a multi phased facility on Tofino Airport lands, and have the documents needed to support our Provincial and Federal government capital fund requests. Along with the two potential government contributions the society needs you to help us raise the remaining funds.

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PROPOSED TELUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY 40 METER SELF SUPPORT STRUCTURE PROPOSED STRUCTURE: As part of the public consultation process required by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), TELUS is inviting the public to comment on a proposed telecommunications facility consisting of a 40-meter self-support tower and ancillary radio equipment situated on private land at 1440 Pacific Rim Highway, Tofino.

LOCATION: 1440 Pacific Rim Highway, Tofino COORDINATES: 49.10459, -125.86563 ANY PERSON may comment by close of business day on December 8th, 2017 with respect to this matter.

OPEN HOUSE: A public open house will occur on Thursday, November 16th between 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm at Council Chambers of the District of Tofino Municipal Office located at 121 Third Street in Tofino, BC. Any member of the public may attend this meeting.

TELUS CONTACT: Further information can be obtained by contacting: Brian Gregg, SitePath Consulting Ltd. 2528 Alberta Street, Vancouver, BC V5Y 3L1 Email: briangregg@sitepathconsulting.com

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SUPPORT PACIFIC RIM HOSPICE The Pacific Rim Hospice Society (PRHS) is bringing the Radiothon back on November 24th, 2017. We are partnering with Tuff City Radio and Jamies Restaurant and Lounge to offer an all-day radiothon from 8am until 8pm where community members can find out about Hospice and give support by purchasing gifts.

As well, Jamies Restaurant and Lounge, the Tofino Ucluelet Culinary Guild and the Tofino Brewery are sponsoring a burger & beer special from 11am until 2pm and 5pm -8pm, accompanied by the great Geoff Johnson on guitar and vocals. All proceeds to Hospice.

New this year: join us for two public education workshops aimed at increasing the community member’s compassion for one another. The first workshop on Nov 18th is Hospice 101 where participants will learn about hospice and what they do in communities. Learn to communicate effectively and compassionately with friends and family. Learn what values are important to you. Learn about grief and loss – what it is, what one experiences during grief. And an intro to death and dying will be given as well.

On Nov 25th Grief and Loss workshop focuses on intermediate learning about grief and loss.

Have you ever wondered what you should say or not say to someone who has lost a loved one? Learn about grief and how to support friends and family. Other topics include: light exploration of your own loss history; the Grief Wheel – attitudes, beliefs and rituals in western and First Nation’s culture.

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Ambassadors produce educated travellers Successful pilot project will return next year ANDREW BAILEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca

Proactive education helped keep paradise pristine during a busy summer season at the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve.

A pilot project that brought a team of summer students in to help visitors stay safe around shorelines, manage their wildlife attractants and understand the importance of keeping their dogs on-leash has earned another showing next summer.

The National Park Reserve waived its fees this year in celebration of Canada’s 150th anniversary of confederation and, to help manage the crowds stampeding into the free opportunity, ten summer students were assembled to create PRNPR’s first-ever ‘Park Ambassadors’ team.

“In addition to sharing information about coastal safety, these young workers helped demonstrate that coexistence between wildlife and people is possible even in very popular areas like Long Beach,” Parks Canada spokesperson Laura Judson told the Westerly News.

Judson said the team roved through the National Park Reserve in pairs, covering over 900 kilometres on foot and recording over 760 face-to-face interactions with visitors. She added the team encountered over 1,800 dogs and brought a “noticeable increase” of leashes being used around Long Beach.

“Since dogs off-leash are seen as prey or competitors by wolves, this step makes a marked difference in keeping wolves wild and visitors safe,” she said adding students also helped keep bears out of the Green Point Campground by creating an attractant-free culture. “Despite considerable bear activity in the campground area, there was no human-bear conflict at Green Point this season.”

The successful pilot program wrapped up last week and Allison Baetz was the last student to head home on Nov. 3. Baetz, who hails from the North West Territories and is studying science at Edmonton’s McEwen University, has worked with Parks Canada for the past five summers, primarily at Inuvik-Ivvavik National Park and was delighted by her first Pacific Rim National Park Reserve experience.

Along with educating visitors, Baetz said she received an inspiring education herself as she jumped on opportunities to hike the West Coast Trail, study marine life around the Broken Group Islands and help stop invasive dune grass from spreading at Wickaninnish Beach. She said the ten-member ambassador team brought the compliance rate of leashed dogs up to over 70 per cent this summer by “educating visitors on why they had to have their dogs on leash and why it was important to the environment they were in and that the beaches here aren’t just a

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Allison Baetz was one of 10 Park Ambassadors patrolling the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve over the summer to keep visitors safe and informed. big playground for dogs; the beaches are actually a really important environment to wildlife, like migratory shorebirds.”

She added the team was able to foster sustainable compliance by transforming each visitor into a solid example for others “A lot of visitors were very compliant in terms of keeping their dogs on leash and

making sure that all of their attractants were put away,” she said. “People see all of that as an example so, if there was a new person that went into the campground one day, they saw that absolutely everybody had all their attractants put away and they’d feel like they needed to put their stuff away too.”

Johns demands strategy for plastic pollution ANDREW BAILEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca

Who should pay the bill when a mess washes ashore?

A day before the oneyear anniversary of the Hanjin Seattle shipping container spill that covered the West Coast in metal and styrofoam, Courtenay-Alberni MP Gord Johns tabled a motion in the House Gord Johns of Commons calling on the federal government to develop a national strategy to tackle marine debris and create a fund to help

pay for shoreline cleanups.

On Nov. 3, 2016, about 35 large, styrofoam-insualted shipping containers spilled off a cargo ship owned by South Korean shipping company Hanjin Shipping as it was making its way past Long Beach. The spilled containers crashed onto the shores of Tofino, Ucluelet and the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve and, according to the NDP MP Johns, with no government funding mechanism in place, the cost to clean up the mess fell onto local volunteer organizations like Surfrider Pacific Rim. “To date, the government has provided zero funding to clean up the spill while community-led initiatives and volunteers have sprang into action and continue to donate their own hard-earned money and time to clean up efforts,” Johns said

through a Nov. 2 media release.

Johns’ bill M-151, which he tabled last week, “aims to create permanent, dedicated, and annual funding for community led projects to clean up plastics and debris,” and to reduce the use of micro-plastics and single-use plastics,” according to the release.

During the House of Commons Nov. 2 Question Period, Johns urged the federal government to create the fund and stop relying solely on volunteers to clean up after incidents like the Hanjin spill.

“Still, community groups are leading the cleanup efforts without any help from the current government. Government officials have indicated there is a near complete legislative and regulatory void for coastal debris cleanup and no dedicated fund,”

Johns said.

“The Liberals love talking about their world-class Ocean Protection Plan, but nothing is happening. It is a simple question. Will the Minister create a permanent, dedicated, annual fund for coastal debris cleanup?”

The Liberal government’s Minister of Transport Marc Ganeau responded by saying the government is proud of the Oceans Protection Plan it launched last year, but that incidents like cargo spills are up to the companies responsbile for them to pay for.

“With respect to ships that lose cargo, it is very clear that they are responsible for the cleaning,” Ganeau said.

“That is the situation with the Hanjin.”

national reach of this grant opportunity,” said Tofino’s manager of community sustainability Aaron Rodgers.

The grant was worth $80,000 and would have covered half the cost of a roughly $160,000 playground the district hopes to install at the Village Green.

“It’s been a bit of a point of pride for the community for many years and, I think, we continue to see it being that into the future, so it’s imperative that we put in a playground that attracts people and continues to allow the Village Green to be the heart of Tofino,” Rodgers said.

“We’re putting our thinking caps on and we’re going to go explore a couple more opportunities…We’ll look at pos-

sibly scaling back the project if we have to, but we have a bit of time yet to try to figure this out so we’ll be pounding the pavement to look for some non-taxpayer resources.”

He said a new playground is needed because the current one is reaching the end of its roughly 20-year lifespan and has been vandalised over the years, including a large slide that needed to be removed at the start of the summer after a hole was smashed into the bottom of it.

“There was a giant hole on the underside of the slide and obviously that’s very unsafe so we had to take that out and we boarded it up,” Rodgers said adding replacing the slide is on the back-burner

while a new playground is being investigated. “We want to look at purchasing a new [playground] rather than repairing one that we’re going to have to replace anyways in a year or two.”

He acknowledged putting infrastructure projects together for a population of 1,967 locals that can also cater to the hundreds of thousands of visitors Tofino receives each year is challenging.

“It’s a challenge we face throughout the municipality…We know we need to build sidewalks for more than 1,900 people and we need to design water systems for more than 1,900 people and it’s the same with the parks,” he said. “It’s just the nature of where we live and the time we live in.”

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A grant opportunity that would have helped Tofino replace the aging playground at its Village Green has been swung at and missed.

Tofino’s district office applied for an AVIVA Community Grant, a national project-funding program based on online voting, but learned on Nov. 1 that the town’s relatively small population base was unable to generate enough votes to push the project to the next round.

“We’re disappointed but, at the same time, we knew it was a bit of a long-shot due to the size of our community and the

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Whitey Bernard smiles next to the Claude P. Detloff photo dubbed ‘Wait for me Daddy’ that made both Bernard and Detloff famous. The photo shows a five-year-old Bernard chasing after his war-bound father.

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Whitey Bernard spent 14 sobering days in July retracing the Canadian Army’s footsteps through Europe during the two World Wars.

He wanted to see where his dad, Private Jack Bernard, had fought for all those years he was away from home before returning a changed man.

“Dad didn’t talk much about it, didn’t say much about it. When he came home, his marriage was shot and he was starting life over again at age 35. He had a tough war, he was in the front lines for five months. He was a different guy,” he said. “A little bit, here and there, he’d drop something. He’d tell a story, usually something humorous, and then when it got down to, ‘Did you do this or that?’ I just was told as a little kid, “Don’t ever

ask me that again.”

Whitey was one of 42 participants in a Royal Canadian Legion Pilgrimage this summer and, while his father was his motivation for going, the sites Bernard saw quickly overpowered his original outlook of the experience.

“They actually took me to the place, the actual spot, where he lost his tank.

His tank was blown up and the driver was killed. I got to see that actual place,” Bernard told the Westerly News.

“But, as we go through the trip and you start to go to the graveyards and stuff, it changes your whole perspective on the thing. This isn’t like, ‘Let’s go down memory lane here and where was dad and where was grandpa,’ and this sort of stuff.

It starts to get to you after a while, when you see the size of the graveyards…This wasn’t some glorious escapade of us guys beat those guys. We went to a German

graveyard. I can tell you, it was full. They were dying in large numbers on both sides of the fence, in both wars.”

The pilgrimage experience started off at Juno Beach and followed the Canadian Army’s WWII footsteps through to Holland and then back into Belgium to go through WWI. Bernard recalled visiting Dieppe and seeing the guns still in place.

“The guns aren’t faced out to sea, like you’d think they would be, the guns are faced up and down the beach. The entire beach, where the guys landed at Dieppe is absolutely completely covered with machine gun and cannon fire…900 Canadians died in four hours. It’s a real sobering experience,” Bernard said.

He added seeing the landscapes where battles were fought made him realize how visible soldiers would have been and how impossible it must have felt to find cover.

“You have this idea that you’re gonna break through and charge off and split the enemy in half, but that wasn’t the situation at all,” he said.

“It was dirty, bitter, hard, slow-going. It was the same thing in Italy and when we saw what they were up against, you have great respect for what they were trying to do.”

He recalled visiting Passchendaele, Vimy Ridge and Ypres, where “battles came alive” and participating in the Legion Act of Remembrance in vast graveyards, including one at the Menin Gate in Ypres, a town he explains, “was completely bombed flat in WWI.” “The Gate is a monument for 56,000 soldiers from Canada, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, that have no graves. They do a service at the Menin Gate 365 days a year, every night at 7 p.m,” he said.

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Tofino local Whitey Bernard shares passage from journal during trip to war sites CANNON W.D. (WHITEY) BERNARD Special to the Westerly

July, 2017 – A Canadian Cemetery in France I am on a Royal Canadian Legion Pilgrimage of Remembrance, from Normandy Beaches to Vimy Ridge encompassing both World War I and World War II sites.

I am following in the footsteps of my father, my uncle, my cousins and both grandfathers. This is an excerpt from my journal of that fourteen days in France, Belgium and Holland, accompanied by my son Steve and my brother Ken. ******* We have just done a Legion ‘Service of Remembrance’ complete with blazers and white shirts, berets and gloves in a large Canadian cemetery. It is a fine summer day. The cemetery is well cared for and surrounded by fields of grain, potatoes and sugar beets.; the fields of France. In our group are forty two Legionaires from all ten provinces. Each province has an official representative.

When you walk around these now peaceful places and look at the rows and rows of white headstones you ask yourself ‘who were these men, young and middle aged, privates and sergeants and officers?’ On the stones sometimes are etched Biblical quotations, First Nation names, occasional Masonic emblems, a Star of David .

We are called to section N, row 6. A Legionaire gives a history of one particular soldier whose name and rank are on the stone. The Legionaire has researched the name , in some cases from his home town or branch, maybe WW I or WW II. This part is where a face is put to the name on the stone: Private John________ Killed in action August 14, 1944 Regiment_____ Serial No_____ 1922 – 1944 Always remembered: Mom and Dad “John was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba to John and Lucy. He had two brothers and a sister. John was an apprentice auto mechanic. The family lived on 42 A Street. He graduated from high school.

His sister still lives in the family home.

He was engaged to an English girl named Liz………”

As you stand there listening to his story and looking at the rows and rows of headstones, the reader is getting choked and the rest of us aren’t far behind , and you feel you knew the soldier.

Because this process repeats itself, we have lots of time to walk around. You notice in various cemeteries small plots of graves set off to the side. Some are pointed out, others you find on your own: 8 Royal Canadian Navy graves all together, a group of sailors, their bodies washed up on the beaches of Holland

Whitey Bernard leads the parade during Tofino’s Remembrance Day Service. and reinterred here.

A full crew of a Lancaster Bomber, R C A F, here, A spitfire pilot here, And the blank stones with a quote attributed to Rudyard Kipling “A Canadian soldier known only to God” These last are the most disturbing as all the families received was “missing in action” and all the grave contains is a

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‘They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old.

Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them’.

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August 19, 1942 – Dawn breaks over the beach at Dieppe, and it has become a killing field.

Just years before, Dieppe had been a peaceful seaside resort town. It wouldn’t have been unusual to look out on the beaches and see happy vacationers sunningthemselves and enjoying the good weather.

On this summer morning, disaster.

Heavy German fire rains down from the buildings lining the beachfront. The sound of aircraft, machine-gun and cannon fire is deafening.

The pebble beach iscovered with soldiers laying wounded, or dead.

By early afternoon, Operation Jubilee would be over. Of the nearly 5,000 Canadian men who took to the beach, 3,367 were killed, wounded or taken prisoner. The1,000 British Commandos who fought alongside them lost nearly 250 men.

It is a staggering number, equivalent to one man lost every 35 seconds over the nine hours the operation took place.

The raid had been planned down to the minute, but the essential element of surprise had been lost when part of the Allies’ convoy had run into German ships in theEnglish Channel, causing a fatal delay.

Instead of victory, the Juno Beach Centre would describe the Dieppe Raid as “one of the most devastating and bloody chapters in Canadian military history.”

The raid on Dieppe would go down in history as one of Canada’s greatest military disasters.

Both veterans of the battle and the Canadians and English at home askedthemselves “why?”

Why this great sacrifice for a raid, the goal of which was to land, fight, capture the harbour and leave immediately?

Over the years, there have been many rote explanations for Dieppe. The two most discussed reasons: Winston Churchill wanted to open a Western front, to relieve theSoviets to the east, and Dieppe was a trial run for D-Day, a test of amphibious landing techniques and battle strategies.

Still, the survivors would search for meaning.

Why Dieppe?

“In Canada, it came across as a hopeless, useless raid for nothing,” said Reginald Wise, 93.

Wise, who now lives in Cloverdale, fought in the 40 Royal Marine Commando during the Second World War — part of the British force on the beach at Dieppe thatfateful August morning.

Wise was not there himself, as he was still too young at 17 to see action, but his friends were.

“They ask themselves “why?” said Wise. “Well,

England was in dire straits, Russia demanded a second front, and England thought they had to do something —someway, somehow.

“If it had came off, if they hadn’t met that convoy … it would have changed everything.” Wise gestured to a book on the table in front of him.

Five years ago, Canadian military historian and professor David O’Keefe published his groundbreaking work, One Day in August, which changed, in Wise’s mind, theentire history of Dieppe.

The real reason behind the raid of Dieppe, O’Keefe writes, was to provide cover for a top secret commando group, tasked to steal intelligence from a German navalheadquarters stationed inside the harbour of the seaside town.

The expert decoders at Bletchley Park had been successful in deciphering German communications, sent by Enigma machines that scrambled messages, before 1942.But in February 1942, the Germans began using a different version of the Enigma machine.

The Allies could no longer predict the movements of German U-Boats, and the Battle of the Atlantic – the battle to get food and resources to the Allied forces in theisland nation of Britain – turned for the worse.

The real reason behind Dieppe, O’Keefe writes, was to capture documents held at the German naval base in a “pinch” raid that would give Allies the key to unlockingthe new Enigma, effectively altering the course of the war.

While there is no changing the great loss of life on that fateful August morning, the meaning behind the raid had finally come to light – which means everything toveterans such as Wise.

It is that knowledge that Wise hopes to make more widely known, to civilians and to the living relatives of those who fought at Dieppe.

O’Keefe’s book was releasedfive years ago, ahead of Dieppe’s 70th anniversary, and Wise said that “still, no one knows the truth.”

“When you report on something like this, it has to have a meaning to it,” he said. “So many people, even now, they’re ignorant of the meaning of this particular raidand how it meant so much to the survival of England itself.”

“What the Canadians did wasn’t in vain,” he said. “So much hinged on the battle … we learned a lot.”

In August 2017, Wise travelled to Dieppe in a government delegation to take part in the commemoration ceremonies observing the 75th anniversary of the battle ofDieppe.

There were, he noted, very few ceremonies in Canada that marked the anniversary of the Dieppe Raid. “We are letting our veterans down,” he said.

“Don’t forget these people.”

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In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields.

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If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.

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Tofino’s Legion has become a vital local hub DREW PENNER Special to the Westerly

Saturday at 10 a.m. locals and visitors alike will muster at the fire hall before heading toward a venue that’s held the torch for veterans over nine decades.

While many legions across the country can boast a similar claim, few hold a candle to the integral role the local chapter plays in the life of the community.

“The Tofino legion is regarded as the unofficial community hall for Tofino,” said Duncan McMaster, vice president of Royal Canadian Legion Clayoquot Branch #65. “It’s a safe place for the young people to enjoy themselves.”

After a church service, the flag-lowering and two minutes of silence at 11 a.m., and the soup and sandwiches the Ladies’ Auxiliary will prepare for the occasion, the evening’s entertainment and fundraiser is expected to demonstrate how Tofino’s Legion has become one of the central elements of the West Coast’s lifeblood.

At 9 p.m. the hall’s doors will open for a $10 rock show ($5 for members) showcasing The Stacks, The Archaics and Fever Feel. A portion of this entry fee will go to the Poppy Fund.

McMaster represents the more traditional crowd that’s populated Canada’s legions for generations.

“All my family’s been in the services at some stage of the game,” he said, considering the reason behind why he volunteers with the local Legion Branch #65. “It’s a way of giving something back. We live the lives we live because of them.”

It’s a sentiment not every surfer, hiker and paddleboarder who moves here for a season or more could honestly say they possess. Tofino’s legion has found a way to bridge the gap between the youthful demographic of the town with royal tradition.

From the Fishes and Loaves soup kitch-

en outreach held at the facility Tuesday around noon, to Monday Night dart league and open mic, to Wednesday evening bingo and karaoke, as well as Friday “locals’ night” from 4 p.m., the Legion currently has a pretty solid lock on community events.

“I like seeing the fact that the place is being used,” McMaster said, thinking about the many nights spent manning the box office over that past few years. “We’re trying to attract new people.”

Having a youthful audience filling the space every week is a double-edged sword.

On the one hand it means, unlike many of Canada’s ailing veteran halls, it’s a vibrant organization that often puts on cutting-edge events. On the other hand, it results in a core group of stalwarts holding down the fort.

“I think we all know Tofino’s a young demographic,” he said, noting the branch has just a couple veterans. “If they want the legion to continue, they’re going to have to step forward to help run the place.”

Luckily there has been a solid crop of up-and-coming show promoters and performers who have been putting their energy towards maintaining the Legion’s edge.

That includes mainstay local DJs like Mr. McCue, Tako and DJ G-Rant, and newer artists like Ginger Slice, Roy’s Bag and Butterflywingtip.

As Tofino has swelled with tourists over that past few years, so has the audience for shows put on by the Legion, which remains one of the few places able to accommodate large events.

Dave Walton (nom de DJ “Wave Dalton”), 31, takes a break from pinning posters at Common Loaf to explain just how important the Legion has been to help “keep the music alive” – as he puts it.

“People are happy when they dance,” he said, adding that’s pretty useful in Tofino’s rainforest environment. “Especially in

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Gaylene Thorogood places a wreath at the Cenotaph during Tofino’s 2016 Remembrance Day ceremony. the dark winter months. There’s not not a whole to do.”

When it comes right down to it, the legion is a venue that celebrates the sacrifices young people made, McMaster notes, adding he hopes Tofino’s youth will take stock of what that means.

“A lot of these people didn’t have any choice in going off to war,” he said. “I hope everybody remembers that things can escalate quickly.”

That’s something Victoria band Fever Feel, on the bill for the Nov. 11 show, has

been thinking about.

“It’s a day we all respect,” said Landon Franklin, 22, lead singer and bass guitarist of Fever Feel, one of the bands on the bill for the Remembrance Day show. “I don’t think it hits as close to home for us as for some others.”

Guitarist Logan Gabert, 25, echoed the sentiment.

“There’s definitely respect and thankfulness we all have for veterans,” he said.

“We’re hoping there’ll be some at the show we can entertain.”

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Ucluelet will gather on Saturday morning to remember the sacrifices of war .

“We’re looking forward to bringing the community together to remember the people that have fought for us,” said the vice-president of Ucluelet’s Army, Navy and Airforce Veteran’s Club Bronwyn Kelleher. “There’s still wars going on and we need to keep that in Bronwyn Kelleher mind. This is not just the past. This is something that’s in the present.”

The community’s Remembrance Day ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. with a parade from Ucluelet Secondary School to the Cenotaph—outside the ANAF Hall at 1708 Peninsula Road.

Bill Morrison will MC the service at the Cenotaph, which will include a wreath laying ceremony. Alex Heminger will play the euphonium and speakers will include Les Doiron of the Ucluelet First Nation and Anne Mack of the Toquaht First Nation.

“We have to have many different options so that we are accessible to all different demographics of the community.”

– Bronwyn Kelleher Immediately following the service, a reception will be held inside the ANAF catered by the Gray Whale Deli, Ucluelet Co-op and Solidarity Snacks.

Ucluelet changed greatly during World War II as the Government of Canada established a seaplane base in the community. WWII also led to the West Coast’s airport “Ucluelet was a very small fishing village with not a lot of infrastructure before the war happened. The war brought in a lot of people and it brought in a lot of infrastructure,” Kelleher said. “It was something that was here and the past is always part of the present. So, we need to acknowledge that and keep that in our minds.”

One of the buildings built for the war effort was the ANAF Hall, which was originally located at the Seaplane Base and used as a mess hall.

Ucluelet nearly lost the hall in 2014 when it was put up for sale due to declining ANAF membership and activity.

An energetic group of young locals fought to keep the hall intact and was victorious in wrestling it away from the real estate market. The popular venue space has since become a community hub of activity, hosting concerts, comedians, youth nights, craft fairs and everything in between.

Kelleher said the next plan is to launch an early evening winter entertainment series to cater to locals who want to have fun without staying up late.

“We really want to open up the hall to a different demographic in town that hasn’t been accessing it,” she said.

“We put on youth nights. We put on punk rock shows for the 20-something crowd. We want there to be more options for people that want to go out and do stuff, but still go to bed at an early hour.”

She added Legions and ANAF’s are struggling throughout Canada, especially in communities where many work two or more jobs to get by and the ANAF hopes to bring the community out of TV rooms and into a diverse array of entertaining offerings.

“People don’t go out as much. Netflix is

killing social activity in the evening. Bars and pubs everywhere aren’t doing as well as they used to. Legions and Army Navy specifically aren’t doing very well at all.

It’s just the state we live in. People stay at home and watch TV now,” she said. “Everybody’s got their finger in many pies so we can’t be a one horse show. We have to have many different options so that we are accessible to all different demographics of the community.”

She added local musician Geoff Johnson has stepped up to help bring in a wide cross-section of acts and artists.

“We’re really hoping that with his connections and his diverse musical background, he’ll be able to assist us in bringing in some different things,” she said.

“We’re here for the community. We’re a community hall. We’re run by the people for the people and we want to cater to the people. All of the people…There’s a lot of awesome stuff happening on the Island and Ucluelet is getting bigger. If we start now, maybe we’ll be riding the crest of an awesome new wave of events and culture and people coming into Ucluelet.”

The ANAF is always welcoming new members and annual memberships cost $35 with funds going towards Veterans Canada.

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Journey builds perspective From A7 Throughout the journey, Bernard was consistently reminded of his own experience during the war as the ‘Wait for me Daddy’ photo that catapulted him into celebrity status and made him a bond-drive darling constantly popped up.

Bernard was five years old when newspaper photographer Claude Detloff snapped a photo of him breaking away from his mother and running after his dad who was marching down a New Westminster road, off to war.

He said he received strong emotional responses each time he saw it during the Pilgrimage and explained he was the little boy in it.

“It’s not an overwhelming part of my life, but it’s always been there and that picture, showed up in the weirdest places you can imagine in France,” he said adding he received a particularly moving response from a woman who owns a house and small museum at Juno Beach.

“She got tears in her eyes,” Bernard said.

“Then she had to go and get her daughter and her grandchildren all out there to meet me…

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There were seven or eight incidents like that where, all of a sudden, there was the picture.”

He added the photo is famous because of the realness of the situation so many lived through, either as children watching a parent leave or a parent leaving a family behind.

“He went away and I saw him once in five years,” he said.

“When you tell a little kid that now, at the school or something like that, they can’t fathom it. When you get a little bit older and you have kids of your own, you can’t imagine taking yourself out of your kid’s life for five years.”

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SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Your great imagination often causes you to be the life of any gathering, Sagittarius. This week you may have to let others’ creativity take center stage.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Changes, particularly early in the week, will do you good, Capricorn. Rearrange the furniture or even try out a new hairstyle for some new perspective.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, take some time to do something with your partner, who can probably use your help right now. This can change your life emotionally and financially.

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Predeceased by her husband Rino, sisters: Lucia (Mario), Manila (Giuseppe) and Maurina, and brother Angelo. She is survived by Lena and Christina (Sisters-in-law) and Anselmo (brother-in-law) in Italy; 2 sons: Alexander and Valentino (Lila) and daughter Lucia (Geoff ) Lyons, as well as grandsons Steven (Kaitlyn) and Mario (Brittany Morgan) and great-granddaughter Imogen, and many nieces, nephew’s other relatives throughout Italy.

Antonietta emigrated to Canada in the late 1950’s, to marry her husband Rino in Ucluelet; where they lived for the rest of their lives raising their three children; The Cugini’s are recognized as one of the original Italian families in Ucluelet, where husband Rino worked in the logging industry.

Mrs. Cugini was very active in the Holy Family Church, ensuring that beautiful floral arrangements were provided each and every Sunday from her own garden; and her unforgettable contribution to the church hymns.

Antonietta will long be remembered for her love of gardening. Her small home on the corner of Helen and Garden was in constant bloom with hydrangeas, clematis, daffodils, fuchsias and last but not least calla lilies. Supposedly every calla lily in Ucluelet owes its origin to the Cugini garden.

Also known for seamstress skills, she would help anyone in need of her sewing assistance.

The family wishes to thank all the staff at Tofino General Hospital and staff at Dufferin Nursing Home for their amazing care and attention provided to Mum. A Funeral Mass will be held at 1:00 pm on Saturday, November 11th, at the Holy Family Church, 1663 Peninsula Road, with Father Roger Poblete officiating. Interment to follow in Ucluelet Cemetery. A memorial tea in celebration of Antonietta’s life will be held at 2:30 pm on Saturday in the USS Band Room.

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12-3pm @ Ultramarine Art Supply (451 Main St, Tofino).

Free drop-in. Parents attend with children

BOOK LAUNCH Sunday, Nov. 12. 1pm @ the UCC. Shirley Martin introduces her new picture book for kids, ‘Through Grandma & Granddad’s Binoculars’. Light refreshments will be served.

Free.

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WCRS DOCS Tuesday, Nov. 14, “I wish I could have been a better man.” 7-9pm @ Tofino Botanical Gardens Ecolodge. Free Admission.

FEATURED EVENT OF THE WEEK

REMEMBRANCE DAY CEREMONIES

STITCH N BEACH Tuesday, Nov. 14. 5:30-8:30pm @ Zoe’s Bakery in Ucluelet.

Free event, snacks provided.

Join Surfrider volunteers at this new location! Learn a new skill and discuss plastic alternatives.

at 250.726.7029 Andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca

ongoing UCLUELET ALANON GROUP Wednesdays, 7:30pm, Catholic Church (use side entrance below), 1663 Peninsula Rd.

N O R T H I S L A N D C O L L E G E C O N T I N U I N G E D U C AT I O N

Saturday, November 11th

PILATES Wednesdays, 6-7pm. Tofino Community Hall. $10 dropin.

TOFINO ~ Royal Canadian Legion #65 Clayoquot Branch 10:00am- Parade starting at Tofino Fire Hall on 2nd Street 10:15am- Parade down to St. Columba for brief Service 11:00am- Parade down Main Street to gather at the cenotaph UCLUELET ~ Army, Navy, & Airforce Veterans Club #293 10:45am- to be held at the ANAF cenotaph (1708 Peninsula Road)

WOMEN’S WALKING Wednesdays, 11am12:30pm. Meet at WCRS Hub in Ucluelet. Easy walking group followed by tea

*All proceeds from the Poppy and Wreath sales are contributed to the Legion Dominion Command Poppy Trust Fund for Veterans and their Families.

LIVE MUSIC Wednesdays, 3-6pm The Great Room at Long Beach Lodge.

*Wreaths purchased from the R.C.L. Poppy Fund can be recognized at either service.

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

TUFF WOMEN DO BRUNCH Fridays, 10-11am. WCRS Tofino space directly behind Tofino Pharmacy.Share food & conversation!

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

BADMINTON Sundays, 7-9pm. USS Gym. $2 drop-in

SOUP LUNCH Thursdays, Noon-1:30pm. the Hub, UCC. All welcome!

Free.

DARTS Mondays, 7pm. Tofino Legion

BINGO Wednesdays, 7-9pm, Tofino Legion.

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

OUTDOOR SOCCER Mondays, 7-9PM. USS Field/ Gym. $2 drop-in.

FOOD BANK Tuesdays, 1-3pm. 160 Seaplane Base Rd., Ucluelet.

To register call 250-726-6909

To submit your activities, e-mail: office@westerlynews.ca, fax: 250726-4248 or drop by: #102-1801 Bay St, Ucluelet. We accept your Arts & Entertainment, Service Group, Non-Profit Organization, Church, Library, Fundraiser, Open to the Public Notices on a first come, first served basis.

Gift Card Sale!

NEWS TIP? Call the Westerly Newsroom

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI CATHOLIC CHURCH Saturday, 5pm. 441 Main St., Tofino TOFINO BIBLE FELLOWSHIP Sundays, 10:30am. Tofino Legion.

FIRST AID TRAINING OFA LEVEL 1 COURSE This is a WorkSafeBC course that includes an introduction to CPR, choking and hemorrhage control and minor wound care. This is an excellent entry level WSBC First Aid course that is a recognized by local industry. Certification is by WSBC and is valid for three years.

Best to Register By: Dec 1

UCLUELET CAMPUS OFA LEVEL 1 (OFA 010)

Dec 13, 2017

$170

For more information, call 250-726-2697 or visit www.nic.bc.ca/ce. www.nic.bc.ca

ST. COLUMBA CHURCH Sundays, 10:30am. 110 2nd St. HOLY FAMILY CHURCH Sundays, 10am. 1163 Peninsula Road ST. LAWRENCE CHURCH Sundays, 11am. Ahousaht CHRIST COMMUNITY CHURCH Sundays, 10:30am. 1419 Peninsula GRACE BIBLE CHURCH Sundays, 10:30am. UCC ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI CATHOLIC CHURCH Tuesdays, 5pm. 441 Main St. Tofino

LEST WE FORGET. In observance of Remembrance Day, the Tofino Co-op Food Store, Hardware Store, and Tofino Life Clothing will be closed on Saturday, November 11 in the morning to attend the Remembrance Day service.

We will re-open after 11:15 AM.

TOFINO LEGION MEMBERS & GUESTS - Info: Call 250-725-3323 All Canadian Citizens and Many Others are Welcome to Join – No Military History Needed

SPECIAL EVENTS

Legion Members and Their Guests Only.

20% off*

REMEMBRANCE DAY Saturday, November 11. Service: R.C.L. #65 Clayoquot Branch-Tofino. 10:00am - Parade starting at Tofino Fire Hall on 2nd Street.

10:15am - Parade down to St. Columba for brief Service. 11:00am - Parade down Main Street to gather at the cenotaph.

* Conditions and restrictions apply

Gift cards can be used for accommodation, food & beverage in Fetch Restaurant and Float Lounge, Drift Spa services as well as Drift Spa and gift shop retail.

To take advantage of this deal please visit our website: www.blackrockresort.com/gift-cards or stop by the Resort! *Sale begins at 10AM on November 5th, 2017 *Sale Ends at 11:59PM on November 26th, 2017

REGULAR EVENTS GAMES & SOCIAL FRIDAYS 4-11pm • Drop in Pool, Ping Pong, Foosball, Darts

TOFINO

DART LEAGUE MONDAYS 7pm

BINGO! WEDNESDAYS 7-9pm THE OUT TO LUNCH BUNCH • Monthly seniors’ lunch and socializing at the Legion.

• All seniors welcome. For details: 250-726-6655.

Food Store Hrs: 8AM-7PM DAILY Gas Bar: 6:30AM-11:00PM DAILY

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