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Tofino talks housing strategy Plans for District Lot 114 in the works NORA O’MALLEY nora.omalley@westerlynews.ca
Sara Grahovac has been living in Tofino since 2010. The 31-year old has savings in the bank, steady employment, and is the proud owner of Slick Licks Pops Tofino. She currently has a good rental situation, but says she’s ready to buy. Unfortunately, after attending the Mortgage 101 session during Saturday’s Tofino Housing Forum, Grahovac has come to the bleak realization that, in its current real-estate climate, she will never be able to own a home in the town Josie Osborne she’s loved for the past seven years. “[Slick Licks] is doing well. Every year when I crunch the numbers at the end of the season, it’s doing well. I’m putting out more and making more so there is that feeling of opportunity that I am succeeding, which is really nice,” said Grahovac.“However owning a home in this town or looking forward to the future of owning a home or even just renting a bigger space for my business is next to impossible right now…I’m doing really well, I think, but I can’t seem to grow anymore. So what do I do about that? I’m stuck in this spot. It’s not the best place to be.”
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MIDNIGHT MADNESS: Christmas is coming and that has Ucluelet merchants like Jan Draeseke, pictured here flanked by her Crow’s Nest staffers Julia Mickey, left, and Beverly McCarthy, right, preparing to welcome a slew of of merry shoppers who will fill the streets to celebrate the community’s annual Midnight Madness festivities on Friday, Nov. 24. The day-long shopping event sees local shops offering big discounts and good cheer.
Washed up bags kept secret for a week ANDREW BAILEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca
Parks Canada has launched an investigation after discovering thousands of empty aquaculture feed bags washed up around the Broken Group Islands and local volunteers, along with MP Gord Johns, are scratching their heads wondering why they didn’t hear about the incident until a Parks Canada memo was leaked to the media a week later. “Approximately 2,000 plastic bags have been removed from four of the inner islands,” a Parks Canada spokesperson told the Westerly News on Friday.
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“As storm season makes it challenging to reach all areas of the Broken Group Islands, Parks Canada will continue to assess the scope of the incident and clean up debris within the park reserve as weather permits.” The bags were discovered on Nov. 10 and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada is assisting with the investigation. “We are still determining the origin of the incident,” a DFO spokesperson told the Westerly News on Monday. News of the bags washing up broke on Nov. 17 and Courtenay-Alberni MP Gord Johns issued a statement urging the federal government to immediately clean up the bags and questioning why they were kept secret for a week.
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