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Nov. 11 ceremonies in Tofino and Ucluelet ANDREW BAILEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca

On Nov. 11, the West Coast will gather to honour the heroes who fought for their freedom.

“We have a pretty good life in Tofino and it’s because of those veterans before us that we have that freedom and good life,” said Tofino councillor and Legion board member Duncan McMaster.

“This year is especially poignant because it’s the 100th anniversary of the First World War…We all learn things by our mistakes. If we forget, those mistakes are likely to be repeated and we can get led along by politicians into making those same mistakes.”

Tofino’s Remembrance Day Service will begin with a parade at 10 a.m. from the Tofino Fire Hall to St. Columba Church for a service before gathering outside the Tofino Legion around 10:45 a.m. for the flag raising and wreath laying ceremony. A luncheon will follow at the Legion hosted by the Ladies’ Auxiliary.

Rene Gibson of the Ladies’ Auxiliary said Remembrance Day is a solemn time for the community and country to reflect.

“It’s important for everyone here in Tofino,” she said.

“Everybody appreciates what their fallen comrades have done. They lost their lives protecting everyone.”

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HUNTING FOR FOOD: A mother black bear fishes for spawning salmon at Thornton Creek Hatchery at low tide last week. The mom was photographed from a viewing platform with her two cubs. A larger male black bear, believed to be the mother’s cub from a couple years ago, was also seen feeding on fish at the creek. Black bears on Vancouver Island do not truly hibernate in the winter, but enter a state more similar to a deep sleep.

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Port Alberni’s mayor-elect Sharie Minions reached out to Tofino and Ucluelet to urge the province to bring communication capabilities to Highway 4 after her mother was involved in a two-vehicle-collision on Oct. 29 that was not reported to first responders for roughly 30 minutes as bystanders had to travel to reach cell-service.

Sgt. Steve Mancini of the Ucluelet RCMP told the Westerly News that the crash occurred roughly 28 kilometres west of the Tofino-Ucluelet junction “around one of our notoriously bad curves.”

He said an SUV travelling east went over the centre line while negotiating the curve and crashed head-on into a westbound pickup truck. The driver was the SUV’s only occupant and two people were in the pickup truck. All three sustained non-life-threaening injuries, according to Mancini.He said a medevac helicopter was called in, but was unable to land due to rough weather conditions, so the three were transported to Port Alberni’s West Coast General Hospital via ambulance.

The highway was closed for about an hour to clear the vehicles from the road and to allow an investigation to take place. Charges are pending against the driver of the eastbound vehicle for driving without due care, according to Mancini who said neither alcohol nor narcotics were factors in the collision.

He said the crash occurred around 2 p.m., but was not reported until around 2:30 p.m. as a bystander needed to reach cell-coverage before they were able to alert first responders.

“It’s an area of no cell-coverage, so it took another passing motorist some time to get into an area where they could call out,” Mancini said. “It’s obviously ideal if people who need help can call for it right away and not have to wait.”

Minions told the Westerly News that her mother was one of the three people involved in the collision.

“She came into the hospital in Port Alberni after 4 p.m., so if the car accident was at 2 p.m., that’s a long time for somebody to be waiting to get to a hospital,” she said.

She reached out to Tofino mayor Josie Osborne and Ucluelet mayor-elect Mayco Noel the following morning to discuss the need for communication capabilities, like emergency phones, along the highway.

“Any time that multiple governments can come together and represent needs, we’re Sharie Minions going to be stronger,” she said. “It may be past Port Alberni, but a huge amount of our community members travel to Ucluelet and Tofino on a regular basis. We have a lot of tourists who come and stop in all three locations. This is really an issue that impacts all of us. The more we can do for safety along that road, the better.”

“The more we can do for safety along that road, the better.”

– Sharie Minions Minions said she, Osborne and Noel plan to write a letter to B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure urging for emergency phones to be installed along the road.

“We have a strong case. Especially given this great example of 30 minutes to even notify the police before anything can get going; that’s a long time,” she said. “I think we all see it as a very important push to make and something that’s very reasonable.

We’re not lobbying to have the highway completely redone or a cell tower put in at a very challenging location; emergency phones are very needed.”

Mayco Noel Noel told the Westerly a regional approach is needed to effect change.

“It’s not one mayor or one community, it’s going to be regional,” he said.

“I want to be able to push it with a loud voice with the region…We need to come up with some solutions. We’ll start by having a voice altogether and then find out where that brings us in the near future.”

Osborne said Tofino and Ucluelet have been pushing for increased communication capacity on the highway for years and she was delighted to see Port Alberni’s mayor add her voice to the effort.

“Typically, I think, a lot of the concerns about safety and communication on Highway 4 have come from Josie Osborne the West Coast, Tofino and Ucluelet, but it was great to have the Port Alberni mayor-elect reach out to both of us and ask us, ‘Is there a way we could work together to lobby the province for better communications on the highway?” she said.

She said adding cellular service on the highway might be a long shot, but there is a strong case to be made for adding emergency phones “at a few key points” along the highway.

“So, that we can avoid these very situations, where it takes minutes or maybe even hours to reach the right services; that could be somebody’s life,” she said.

A Ministry of Transportation and Infrastrucutre spokesperson told the Westerly News that there is no current plan to install emergency phones along the highway, but potential cell service could be explored.

“Whenever emergencies happen, it underscores the importance of working cell service so drivers are able to reach first responders quickly, from any part of the province,” the spokesperson said.

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Fishers facing likely closures ANDREW BAILEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca

An announcement made by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada last week suggests the government is moving towards declaring Swiftsure and La Perouse Banks critical habitats for resident killer whales, which will likely lead to fishery closures around Tofino and Ucluelet to protect prey species.

“We’ve identified a new area of habitat vitally important to Southern Resident Killer Whales off the Southwestern Coast of Vancouver Island-including Swiftsure and La Pérouse Banks,” the Oct. 31 announcement reads. “We are continuing progress on establishing this new area as Critical Habitat and protecting it under a Ministerial Critical Habitat Order through the Species at Risk Act.” DFO spokesperson Dan Bate told the Westerly News in an email after the announcement that no closures have been finalized.

“There have been no decisions taken on fishing closures, and on which activities may be restricted in the La Perouse and Swiftsure areas,” Bate wrote. “Those areas are part of the proposed amended critical habitat area that is currently being consulted on. DFO will embark on a planning process to determine what restrictions may be required for those areas in advance of the 2019 season.”

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DFO is considering creating ocean sanctuaries off the West Coast of Vancouver Island to protect endangered southern resident killer whale populations.

Tofino mayor Josie Osborne said the announcement indicates closures, are looming.

“They’ve indicated some sense of urgency that they need to know what those measures will be before May 2019, which is when the whales return essentially and there will be some pretty fast and furious decision making over the next five months or so,” she said.

“They haven’t announced fishery closures per se, but I think that there’s a strong likelihood that they’ll be some measure of fisheries closures.”

She added any fishery closure would have economic impacts on the West Coast, but future gener-

ations must be considered as well.

“Ultimately, if we try to do our best at thinking generations out into the future and we’re committed to understanding why we got to be in this place and that we all have to make some sacrifices, I think there’s a way forward,” she said.“We should always be concerned when decisions are being made about resources or livelihoods that we depend on and I will say this is a really tricky and very complicated and complex issue…If we are going to uphold the values that we have as Canadians and as West Coasters about the ocean, then we have some really difficult conversations coming before us.”

Lara Kemps of the Ucluelet chamber of commerce was frustrated by the announcement as DFO had given West Coast communities until Nov. 3 to submit input into the strategy around critical habitats.

“I was very disappointed to see this announcement yesterday because we’re working very hard as a community and, when we sat down with the minister, we had until Nov. 3. So we would appreciate that time to give our input and our solutions and work together,” she said adding fishing closures would bring major impacts. “It will affect many of our businesses, not just our sportsfishing business but all the way down. It’s a domino effect.

It’s over $7 million a year that it brings to our community alone.”

Kemps added that the chamber is working on launching a GoFundMe page to boost its outreach efforts.

Osborne said she was not surprised to see DFO make an announcement prior to the Nov. 3 input-deadline.

“I think that’s just more transparent to be forward and upfront with what you’re thinking and where you’re going,” she said.

“There’s no beating around the bush and if they had waited until after Nov. 3, then people might have felt that they were trying to hide something and I hope that that’s not the case.”

CWFS says wild salmon need support ANDREW BAILEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca

As part of its killer whale protection strategy, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada is investing $61 million to rebuild and protect wild chinook stocks.

“DFO will be identifying if and how we can strategically increase chinook hatchery production starting in 2019,” said DFO spokesperson Dan Bate.

Central Westcoast Forest Society’s executive director Jessica Hutchinson hopes to see some of that funding directed towards local salmon habitat restoration efforts.

“In addition to any protection measures for killer whales, we would also like to see some funding towards increasing wild chinook stocks through habitat restoration efforts,” she said.

“If we are trying to address chinook conservation and declining chinook numbers, we need to take a multi-faceted approach that looks at all the reasons for the decline of this species and the subsequent decline of southern resident killer whale populations.”

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Irresponsible logging practices during the 1960’s creating long-lasting damage, like bank erosion and landslide tracks from logging roads, to the Tranquil Watershed.

“The numbers are so low that we have concerns about the genetic diversity of the stocks ” – Jessica Hutchinson Wild chinook populations are in drastic decline throughout the West Coast, according to Hutchinson who said 53 chinook were

counted at the Tranquil Watershed during 2018’s spawning season, down from the watershed’s historic numbers of 5,000.

“As recent as 2000, we had 1,105 chinook but, as of this year, we have 53 chinook,” she said.

“The numbers are so low that we have concerns about the genetic diversity of the stocks and their resiliency for the long term.”

She said habitat restoration is needed to bring the species back.

“The Tranquil Watershed was hit very hard by logging starting around the 1960’s. In a short 15year period, they logged 90 per cent of the salmon-bearing corridor in the watershed and we know from scientific research that logging has terrible and long-term effects on salmonid populations,” she said.

“What we are seeing is, despite it being half a century later, the habitat degradation endures and it’s time for us to start investing in restoring this habitat and rebuilding our wild salmon stocks and rebuilding the habitat so that it actually has the capacity to support more salmon.”

She added the the provincial government should step up with funding as well.

“Currently, the provincial government is not investing in habitat restoration. They were the government body that allowed the extensive forest harvesting and logging to occur in these watersheds. They facilitated this damage and it’s time for them to come to the table to help to restore these watersheds,” she said.

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Going back to the disco era of labour relations B.C. Labour Minister Harry Bains has quietly released his independent panel’s report on “modernizing” the Labour Relations Code.

This being an NDP government, the key question is whether they try to recreate the 1990s or go back farther to the disco era, where what’s good for unions was believed to be good for everybody.

Reality has moved the other way, with a steep decline in private sector unionization. The disco ball still glitters mostly for B.C. public sector employees, who remain 65 per cent unionized even as private sector union participation has fallen below one quarter.

It will go lower. In addition to disco, the 1980s was notable for the rise of globalization. Outsourcing business services, dismantling barriers to movement of goods, capital and people, and round-the-clock competition among global business creates a need

for more work flexibility. Bains didn’t secret ballot in union certifications. have much to say about the Labour The third, representing unions, said Code recommendations. His staff the sign-up of union cards is enough. cancelled a scheduled interview, and There’s no evidence that “some emwhen I stopped him in the corridor, ployees join trade unions due to peer he talked about needing yet more conpressure,”she wrote. It wasn’t so much sultation before commenting. This is “peer pressure”as thinly veiled threats that greeted me when I first joined an after three labour lawyers took submissions for months from the various industrial union back in 1979, and was interest groups. They made a couple instructed not to work too fast. Since Tom Fletcher of contentious recommendations. then I’ve never seen employer coercion, One is to remove essential service rejust lots of union thuggery, from the strictions on public school strikes, except for delivery bombing of replacement mine workers to teachers of provincial exams to grads. (Hands up everyone putting up illegal pickets to block unaffected governwho thinks teacher unions don’t have enough power ment employees from going to work. The return to a 1990s-style union monopoly on public construction or attention.)

Two of the three panelists recommend keeping the was the main topic in the B.C. legislature last week. The

B.C. Liberal opposition invited members of excluded unions and the contractors who work with them, and don’t want to be forced to submit to restrictive terms imposed by U.S.-based building trades. A young woman spoke about getting the chance to become a welder. A superintendent, carpenter by trade, talked about the restrictive “craft lines”that famously ran up the labour costs on the Island Highway when he worked on it.

These kinds of featherbedding, overtime-padding tactics are what the NDP is determined to bring back.

Tom Sigurdson of the B.C. and Yukon Building Trades assures me that requiring a labourer to run a concrete vibrator for five minutes while carpenters stand and wait is for safety. Sorry, but I’ve run one of those on a non-union site. Safety is a concern there too, along with efficiency.

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TRENDING ONLINE TOFINO LOSES BELOVED SECONDHAND SHOP:

PAIR OF HUNGRY MOOSE CAUGHT ON CAMERA SNACKING ON HALLOWEEN TREATS:

I loved that shop. Some absolute gems through the years.

Love the owners too - such caring and sincere people.

Andrew Crawford “We are the first and last place people stop at when living in Tofino” is what Lise said to me when I went to drop some unused clothes before moving out of the area.

Felt the pinch in my heart.

Syl Cyr Oh man, I was just there last week looking for show costumes. I had no idea. Such a well kept shop....

Not funny or cute actually. When it’s bears that get into pumpkins, which apparently they love, they will be back for more. Pumpkins are just another human food attractant. A fed bear is a dead bear. Pumpkins should be kept inside.

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HOSPICE 101 WORKSHOP Learn about hospice and how to communicate effectively and compassionately with friends & family.

Open to public and future volunteers Saturday, November 17, 2018, 10am – 4pm NEPT office, #4-1636 Peninsula Rd, Ucluelet Cost: $20 ($10 if PRHS member) Light snacks provided Funding partnership with District of Ucluelet.

GRIEF AND LOSS WORKSHOP Learn about grief; the grieving wheel; how to support friends & family; as well as what to say.

Open to public and future volunteers Sunday, November 18, 2018, 10am – 4pm NEPT office, #4-1636 Peninsula Rd, Ucluelet Cost: $20 ($10 if PRHS member) Light snacks provided Funding partnership with District of Ucluelet.

AN EVENING OF CONVERSATION ON DEATH AND DYING An evening of conversation with retired holistic physician Dr. Hans Terlingen including the physical & emotional process of dying.

Open to public Wednesday, November 14, 2018, 6:30 – 8:30 pm Ucluelet Community Centre Free. Refreshments provided.

CHILD & YOUTH GRIEF WORKSHOPS Join Dr. Heather Mohan & Josh Dahling of Camp Kerry Society for an informative workshop on how children and youth experience grief and how best to support them.

Open to the public.

Tuesday, November 27, 10am – 4 pm, or Wednesday, November 28, 6-9 pm (condensed information of previous day) Location: Ucluelet Community Centre RSVP by phone, email, fb message Free Funding partnership with CBT, Tofino Saltwater Classic Fishing Derby and the Lake family.

Open to Facilitators Only – limited space Thursday & Friday, Nov 29 & 30th, 10am-4pm Location: Ucluelet Community Centre RSVP required. Free Funding partnership with CBT, Tofino Saltwater Classic Fishing Derby and the Lake family.

LEARNING CIRCLE Role of Spirituality at End of Life Open to PRHS volunteers only Monday, December 3rd, 2018, 4pm Location in Ucluelet TBA Free. Light snacks provided.

SENIOR’S SOCIAL Coffee, tea, goodies and conversation, games, crafts, light exercise, music… whatever you want to do. Or, simply socialize with new friends.

Open to individuals 55 years old or better!

Fridays, Oct 26th to Dec 14th, 10am- 12pm Tofino Community Hall Free. Coffee, tea and light snacks provided.

Funding for snacks generously provided by the District of Tofino.

BORROWING LIBRARY Borrow books on self-care, spirituality, grief & loss, death & dying or take a brochure.

Open to public & free Tofino: 9am to 2pm (varies due to programs) PRHS office, 240 Neill Street, basement suite & Ucluelet Community Centre Hub. CHRISTMAS TREES Commemorate loved ones who’ve died by writing their name(s) on a Christmas ornament and placing them on the trees.

Open to public during the month of December.

Christmas ornaments provided at locations: Tofino: Canada Post, 161 First Street Ucluelet: Canada Post, 1636 Peninsula Hitacu Community Centre and various other locations. Free.

CELEBRATION OF LIFE CEREMONY Outdoor celebration of the loved ones who passed by reading all the names on the Christmas ornaments from the Christmas trees, sing songs, read poems, fire, etc.

Open to public Thursday, January 10, 2019, 11am SOBO outdoor foyer at the fireplace, Tofino Free & light lunch provided Partnership with SOBO & Common Loaf Bakery.

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Kwispaa LNG Project Public Comments Invited October 29, 2018 – The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency) must decide whether a federal environmental assessment is required for the proposed Kwispaa LNG Project, located at Sarita Bay on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

To help inform this decision, the Agency is seeking comments from the public and Indigenous groups on the project and its potential effects on the environment, as described in the summary of the project description.

All comments received will be considered public. Written comments in either official language must be submitted by November 18, 2018 to: Kwispaa LNG Project Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency 410-701 West Georgia Street Vancouver, British Columbia V7Y 1C6 Telephone: 604-666-2431 Email: CEAA.Kwispaa.ACEE@canada.ca To view a summary of the project description or for more information, visit the Agency's website at canada.ca/ceaa (Registry reference number 80160). Printed copies are available upon request.

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The Proposed Project Kwispaa LNG (CF) Limited Partnership, a subsidiary of Steelhead LNG Limited Partnership, is proposing to construct and operate a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility located at Sarita Bay, about 10 kilometres northeast of Bamfield on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. As proposed, the Kwispaa LNG Project would convert natural gas to LNG for export to global markets and would include jetty-moored floating LNG production units, marine terminals, and onshore components. At full build-out, the facility would produce approximately 24 million tons of LNG per year, over a lifespan of at least 25 years.

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Whitey Bernard became famous in October, 1940, as he chased his war-bound father down a New Westminster Street.

He had celebrated his fifth birthday a month prior and would see his dad just once over the next five years.

“I don’t think you can understand an incident like that unless you’re connected with the military,” he said. “When the guys pull out of Victoria on a ship and they go to the Middle East for six months or a year, then those families get a touch of what it was like and understand a bit.”

Claude Dettloff, a photographer for the Province newspaper, captured a photograph of Bernard racing along the line of soldiers, who were heading off to fight in the Second World War, to reach his father. The instantly iconic image was named ‘Wait for me Daddy’ and has since been reproduced in stamps, a commemorative toonie and a statue in New Westminster, which Bernard visited with his wife Ruby last month.

“Driving past the park at the top of the hill where they all assembled before they marched down. You, kind of, remember back,” the longtime Tofino resident told the Westerly News. “It brings back memories of that day…In fact, a lot of the kids from that street came out to New Westminster for the unveiling of the statue [in 2014].”

He said the trip became an opportunity to tour through the streets he spent much of his childhood growing up around as his mother had sold the family home in Summerland and moved to Vancouver after his father went to war.

“She wasn’t going to sit around. It was a small town with an agricultural economy. She wanted to go where there was work and get on with her life and so she did. She was struggling to make ends meet and work full time. To her credit she kept me with her,” he said. “She was a single mom and, in those days, that wasn’t an acceptable thing. People didn’t treat servicemen’s wives very well because, obviously, they had no male support…They weren’t the type of renter people wanted, so it was pretty tough to find a place for a woman and a child in those days.

We lived in some fairly bizarre circumstances by today’s standards. I didn’t think there was anything wrong with it because I didn’t know any better.”

He remembers keeping in touch with his dad through letters.

“I remember my mom nagging me, ‘You’ve gotta write to your dad.’ I was between five and ten [years old] so my abilities to correspond were reasonably limited,” he said adding he has all the letters he and his father exchanged during their five years apart.

“They were typical. One of the letters said, ‘Happy Birthday. I know it’s your birthday but there is no stores around here because there isn’t anything left standing.’ I think that came from probably Belgium or northern France or wherever they were at the time.”

He said his parents did not exchange letters, but he remembers his mother diligently reading the newspaper where lists of soldiers who had died or been wounded were published.

“My mom would go through the list and I’d pick up on it when she’d start crying or something like that, she’d seen somebody she knew,” he said.

“There was always somebody that she knew of that she’d see in the paper…It was part of the life. As a kid you just accepted it. You couldn’t compare it to anything because you didn’t know anything different.”

Dettloff’s ‘Wait for me Daddy’ photo shot Bernard into infamy and he was paraded through Victory Drives from the ages of 5-10 though, he said, he never felt like much of a celebrity.

“When I went on the Victory Bond drives, that was kind of something special. But, they were playing on people’s emotion, dragging this little kid out to make a speech and unveil a picture,” he said.

When his father returned from the war in 1945, he was not the same man.

“The old man was extremely sensitive to noise, sounds, flashpoint temper, stuff like that and I do believe he did suffer a fair bit from post traumatic stress,” he said.

“They called it ‘battle fatigue.’”

He said the photograph was displayed in schools throughout his childhood, but he never made a big deal about being the subject of it to his friends and, eventually, its popularity waned, before coming back in the 1980’s.

“It is what it is. I never tried to run away and hide from it, but it ran away and it came back. I’m 83plus now. It’s probably going to be with me until I drop dead,” he said.

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Jacqueline Carmichael, centre, autographs copies of her new book Tweets from the Trenches for Ucluelet locals Barbara Schramm, right, and Susan Lee at a book reading in September.

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From her home in Port Alberni, author and journalist Jacqueline Carmichael reads an excerpt from her new book about the First World War Tweets from the Trenches: Little True Stories of Life & Death on the Western Front: “Excerpted journals, James A. Jones.

Richdale, Alberta. Saturday, June 2, 1917: In supports and due to go over the top on Sunday morning. This may be my last entry if among those who fall. I die firm in the belief of a crucified Christ. I want my wife to know that my only regret was on her account and die blessing her with my last breath. May God protect her.”

“I tear up,” said Carmichael. “I’m tearing up even now.”

Carmichael went on to say that the soldiers’ diary was returned to his wife, who

“I hope this helps people identify with them and remember them.”

– Jackie Carmichael

made the final notation on June 29, 1917, “The day my darling died. Gone but never forgotten.”

This trench journal accompanies 156 pages of poetry, photography, and war letters written by Carmichael’s own grandfathers who fought in the First World War. A Tofino connection includes a poem and wartime photo of Harold Monks. Carmichael touts her new book as a kind of flash documentary creative non-fiction. As research leading up to self-publishing the novel, she travelled to Belgium, France, and Germany, and walked portions of the Western Front.

“It has been remarkable, but a lot of work. People that think they would like to self-publish, they need to be prepared for a lot of work,” said the author and former publisher of the Westerly News.

She used Belgian photographer Steven Van Den Eynde’s photo of ‘Canada Bereft’, a dominant statue at Vimy Ridge, on the front.

“That amazing picture really summed up the regret and the sadness of the war.”

Her son Brad helped with a lot of the design aspects of the book, notes Carmichael.

“He’s a real computer guru. I couldn’t have done it without him.”

Ucluelet book dealer Susan Lee said Tweets from the Trenches is unlike any other war book because of its unique combination of poetry, pictures, and vignettes.

“This would be good for generations that are completely removed from the war,” said Lee. “The young kids that don’t have any

idea of the impact it had on peoples lives, home and abroad. This is why we have Remembrance Day. The book really brings it home for youth that have no connection.”

Carmichael created Tweets from the Trenches with that very hope in mind.

“I really want people to understand. I hope readers get a sense just how much like us these people were. They weren’t black and white icons. They were just real living people that were asked to do extraordinary and sometimes terrible things,” said Carmichael. “I hope this helps people identify with them and remember them. And maybe think a little bit about the people that came before us and just be really grateful we don’t have to do that.”

Now in its second print run, paperback copies of Tweets from the Trenches are available for purchase at Blackberry Cove Marketplace in Ucluelet or online at amazon.com.

November 11 is a day we remember to give thanks to veterans for their bravery, and honour the sacrifices so many have made for our country.

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“Both ceremonies have gone off great,” she said. “The towns are growing and both halls have been packed at the receptions and there’s been excellent turnouts at both ceremonies, so it was definitely the right move,” she said.

McMaster has been involved with the Legion for the past 12 years and said last year’s ceremony was one of the largest he’s ever seen.

“The Legion Hall was packed to capacity,” he said. “It would be disappointing if it was just a bunch of old

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So, it is good to see everybody come out and it is definitely a community thing…We don’t actually have a lot of veterans in Tofino. The next focus of the Legion in a town is the community.

So, we’re community focused.”

Courtenay Alberni MP and the NDP’s Veteran Affairs Critic Gord Johns said it’s important for the West Coast to thank and honour Canada’s veterans and their families “We live in a thriving, free and inclusive society thanks to their service and sacrifice,” he said.

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Searching for affordable housing solutions Vancouver Island Society seeking public input to get started on finding answers to crisis DANIEL DUGGAN Special to the Westerly

Statistics are useful, if they’re worked hard.

The generally-accepted statistical definition of ‘affordable housing’ is neat and understandable: “affordable housing is to cost no more than 30% of a family’s income.�

Current statistics reveals our Vancouver Island affordable housing deficit is 25,000 homes short of where it should be.

Thirty per cent works for people with a substantial income; if the 70% remaining - after monthly rent or mortgage payments – is still sufficient for their food and clothing and transportation‌ and

“Minimum wage is the reality for most of those nice people serving you at stores and gas stations.â€? – Daniel Duggan savings‌ and vacations. But what about lower-income families? Minimum wage is the reality for most of those nice people serving you at stores and gas stations.

They represent a substantial segment of our workforce. If they’re lucky and work 40 hours a week, their monthly income

is around $2,100; with no holidays, no time off. To them ‘affordable’ definition statistics are meaningless.

Their 30 per cent for housing leaves about $600 a month.

Try finding accommodation in that price range!

But even if it’s possible, they’re left with just $1,500 for all other expenses, including taxes. They can get creative: invite a partner to share costs, take a second job nights or weekends, send their children to work rather than university or trades schools. Sound appealing?

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Why? Housing prices have increased five times!

So, where to go from here? AHVIS is working on solutions, has identified property and partners and is ready to get started, with your help. Be part of the solution. www.AHVIS.org Daniel Duggan is the executive director for Affordable Housing: Vancouver Island Society.

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Calla, Iris, Adalyn, and Sydney had a ball learning how to jump and jam with wheels on their feet during a Rollerskate Victoria event at Ucluelet’s Seaplane Base Rec. Hall over the weekend organized by Lyvier Rivera.

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Dozens of kids and adults scored some awesome roller vibes this weekend at the Seaplane Base Recreation Hall in Ucluelet as experts from Rollerskate Victoria cruised in for two days of rollerdancing good times. Program funding for the rollerskate dance instruction and free disco dance party on Saturday night was supported by a Neighbourhood Small Grant from the Clayoquot Biosphere Trust.

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Officials showcase ‘health audit’ at fish farm Scientists from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) brought reporters to a fish farm in the Okisollo Channel on Wednesday to showcase their fish health inspection techniques.

The outreach effort follows an outbreak of sea lice that’s bringing renewed scrutiny to the aquaculture industry.

“One of the goals of this is trying help people understand the work that we’re doing in the department, which I don’t think is well understood or broadly known,” said DFO senior aquaculture biologist Kerra Shaw, adding that extensive data about the industry is available on the department’s website.

Scientists checked live salmon for abnormalities before removing dead fish from the water for a closer look.

“Basically I just see if there’s any cause of mortality, if it’s related to a predator, if it’s got any abnormalities on it,” said Howie Manchester, a senior fisheries biologist with the department.

“And then from there, I’ll choose fish that appear to be normal looking, and represent the population,” he said.

“And then those fish, I will take for further analysis.”

Meanwhile, DFO aquatic science biologist Shawn Stenhouse was netting live fish from the pens and counting the parasites known as sea lice. DFO checks their sea lice numbers against figures provided by Marine Harvest, which runs the Okisollo fish farm.

Zachary Waddington, DFO’s lead aquaculture veterinarian for the Pacific region, explained that DFO officials were making sure Marine Harvest workers were “handling the fish in an appropriate manner, counting the lice accurately, classifying the lice accurately.”

The public outreach effort follows an unprecedented outbreak of the parasite this year. It took place in Clayoquot Sound during the out-migration period, between March and June, when wild juvenile salmon are making their way to the ocean.

That’s when the small fish are most vulnerable to the pest. In June, free-moving sea lice in the region exceeded 13 per fish; an abundance of just three lice per fish is considered high.

At least one farm was temporarily shut down by Cermaq, another major aquaculture company, and its fish were reportedly euthanized and turned into fertilizer.

“The scale and the degree [and] the number of farms affected [by the outbreak] was unprecedented to my knowledge in British Columbia,” said Waddington. “It was definitely highly undesirable.”

DFO scientists say the sea lice developed a resistance to a drug called Slice, which aquaculture companies put into fish food. When Slice doesn’t work, fish farms can pour hydrogen peroxide into the water, Waddington said.

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Howie Manchester, a senior fisheries biologist for DFO, during a fish health audit at Marine Harvest’s Okisollo fish farm.

ISLAND IN BRIEF But the use of the chemical requires a pesticide use permit from the province, and objections from area residents slowed down the process, Waddington said.Living Oceans and the Raincoast Research Society, two environmental NGOs, said in a newly-released report that the outbreak is proof that aquaculture should be taken out of the oceans and placed in land-based containment facilities.

“What we’re seeing here is no ability to control the sea lice and this is happening everywhere in the world,” said Alexandra Morton, a prominent industry critic and co-author of the report. She described DFO as the “government arm of the aquaculture industry,” and said the department has a poor track record on regulating fish farms.

“What happened in Clayoquot Sound is such stark evidence that it’s not working for the salmon farming industry and it’s not working for any-

body who cares about wild fish,” she said.Scientists from DFO said there’s no evidence that sea lice poses a serious risk to wild fish in B.C. – a claim that Morton disputed – but said that they will continue to monitor and research sea lice..

– www.campbellrivermirror.com Pitbull to be euthanized after attack Feedback was fast and furious to a weekend story about a pit bull attack that Black Press Media in Greater Victoria initially posted on Saturday, following a vicious attack at a family gathering in Colwood.

West Shore RCMP say they were called to a home in the early morning hours of Nov. 3 after a dog was bumped into during roughhousing between two men, and it became aggressive and injured multiple people.

The dog’s owner managed to secure the animal inside a bedroom at the home but sustained serious injuries.

With assistance of police, the Capital Regional Animal Control Officer safely removed the animal.

Four injured people were taken to hospital for treatment.

The dog has since been passed along to CRD animal control, who confirm the animal will be euthanized.

“We’re still discussing with kennel master, but it will happen for sure,” said Don Brown, Chief Bylaw officer for the CRD. “The only dogs we put down are the ones involved in serious attacks.”

When asked to clarify what can be deemed a “serious attack”, he added that an attack which led to four people going to hospital is “pretty serious”.

Brown said one of the biggest problems of remains new pet owners who adopt animals out from shelters, without knowing the animal’s previous history.

“I don’t understand why people see the need to go out of the way to adopt a dog and not know the history.”.”

– www.vicnews.com Former Bulldogs goalie one step away from NHL Connor LaCouvee of Qualicum Beach is one step away from the National Hockey League.

The 24-year-old goaltender and Oceanside Minor Hockey product – who played in the B.C. Hockey League for the Cowichan Valley Capitals and Alberni Valley Bulldogs – this week agreed to a professional tryout contract with the Utica Comets of the American Hockey League.

The Comets are the top farm club of the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks, who have been hit hard by goaltending injuries. Thatcher Demko, expected to be the starter in Utica this season, has been battling concussion issues. His backup, Richard Bachman, was called up by the Canucks after an injury to Anders Nilsson.

LaCouvee played for the Capitals in 2012-13 and was acquired by the Bulldogs in 2013-14 after a brief stint with the Merritt Centennials. He was chosen as Alberni Valley’s MVP for the season. He then played three years of NCAA hockey with Boston University, where he graduated a year earlier with a summa cum laude honour. He then went on to join the Minnesota State Mankato, where he took a Master in Sport Management, finishing his collegiate career with a 36-15-6 record, a 2.19 goals-against average, and a .913 save percentage.

This season, he signed a deal with the ECHL’s Maine Mariners, an affiliate of the New York Rangers.

He put up a 2-0-0 record with a 2.57 GAA and .929 save percentage in three games. With the Comets a netminder short due to the recall of Bachman, they reached out to the Mariners and acquired LaCouvee on loan.

He travelled to the Comets to Laval for a game against the Laval Rocket (top farm club of the Montreal Canadiens) on Friday night. The teams meet in a rematch on Saturday.

LaCouvee’s parents, Lesley and Francis, were thilled to hear of their son’s latest move up the hockey ladder.

“We are hoping he gets a chance to play,” said Francis. “It is a lifetime dream. We’re pretty excited that he’s really doing well.”

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HOROSCOPE CLUES ACROSS 1. Boat structure 5. Affirmatives 10. From end to end 14. Ancient Syrian city 15. Plant parts 16. Anatomical feature of worms 17. Invests in little enterprises 18. Cuts the skin off 19. Noted child psychiatrist 20. Satisfies 22. Take by sips 23. Matched 24. It changed the world 27. U.S. Founding Father Adams 30. Father 31. Swiss river 32. They hold music 35. Spoke 37. Used to write 38. Cold wind 39. More competent 40. Test for high schoolers 41. Mild analgesic 42. Indian industrial city 43. Fellas 44. Short-tailed martens 45. No seats available 46. Golf score 47. A way to sink 48. Type of investment account 49. Songs 52. Type of sword 55. __ King Cole, musician 56. Type of vaccine 60. Site of the Taj Mahal

61. Languished 63. Ethnic group in South China 64. Prevent from seeing 65. Word of farewell 66. Charity given to the poor 67. Chops 68. Swiss capital 69. One point east of southeast

36. Afternoon beverage 37. 007’s creator 38. Founder of Babism 40. Music played in open air 41. Profoundly wise men 43. Disfigure 44. Unhappy 46. Prefix denoting “in a” 47. Cotton fabric; satiny finish 49. Closes tightly 50. The lowest point 51. Semitic sun god 52. Grads wear one 53. Phil __, former CIA 54. Fermented rather than distilled 57. Aids digestion 58. Unstressed-stressed 59. Body part 61. Wonderful 62. Expected at a certain time

CLUES DOWN 1. Type of hall 2. Swedish rock group 3. Long, narrow cut 4. Indicating silence 5. Talk at length 6. Wiped away 7. Sweet substance (alt. sp.)

8. Babar is one 9. Soviet Socialist Republic 10. French avant-garde composer 11. Commoner 12. Swiss river 13. A single-minded expert THIS WEEKS ANSWER 21. Passover feast and ceremony 23. Indie record label (abbr.)

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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, this is a great week to give that special someone in your life some extra love and attention. Your workloads have lightened across the board, so go the extra mile.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, all eyes are on you and all attention is focused in your direction. Stay grounded as much as possible as you become the center of attention.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Keep a watchful eye on your domestic responsibilities, Gemini. It’s easy for the scales to tip in other directions, but nothing is more important than life at home.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Distant shores are beckoning, Cancer.

Now could be the time to start planning a getaway you have always dreamed of.

Enjoy this exciting trip.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Romance may not be in the stars this week for you, Leo, as you are too distracted by work. Make some time to come up for air and then focus on relationships.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, someone special to you may shower you with intense love and affection this week if you just find the time to connect.

Clear your schedule for the rest of the week.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, if you play your cards right, you will look back on this week with nothing but smiles. Things will soon get sorted out, and this week will mark a turning point.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, things may not have been easy for you over the last couple of weeks, but your courage and stamina know no bounds.

Keep forging ahead.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, your career is in a perfect place right now, so you can devote some of your attention to personal matters — even your love life. Start focusing on your feelings.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 You notice a definite boost in your energy level and drive this week, Capricorn. It’s almost as if you’ve rediscovered a passion you tucked away for a while.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Cosmic dust will settle mid-week and you will feel as if you have your power back, Aquarius. If you’ve been holding off on projects, now is the time to charge ahead.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, make a list of your priorities so you can focus your energy efficiently. You don’t want to waver when trying to get things done.

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Julia Mary Robbins

January 19, 1944 - September 14, 2018 After a short struggle following a stroke, Julia died on Friday, September 14, in Victoria General Hospital. Her family wish to extend their gratitude to VGH staff for their extraordinarily tender and thoughtful care of her.

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Jools is survived by her husband Peter; her two stepsons, Daniel and Patrick, their wives, Rachelle and Shivaun, and their children; Sol and Louis, the children of her late stepdaughter, Rebecca; her brother, Sam, and his wife Jennifer; and her cousin, Margaret Middleton, and her husband Mike in England. She leaves many friends in Tofino and Victoria. We shall all miss her deeply.

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Born in Manchester, England on January 19, 1944, Jools had a difficult time in her early decades, and at best uneasy relations with her parents and brother. In December 1969, she emigrated with her mother to Victoria. She soon joined the staff of UVic’s MacPherson Library, where for many years she was a forceful presence on the Loan Desk. On February 29, 1984, she married Peter Robbins, and thereby acquired three teenage stepchildren, a challenge she embraced.

The right candidate must have excellent communication and organizational skills, attention to detail and the ability to work with minimum supervision. Working knowledge of MS Word, Excel and Outlook Express is required. Duties include recruiting and overseeing youth carriers, monitoring performance, promotion and distribution of the community newspaper and all its supplements, as well as following up on reader delivery concerns. A vehicle and valid driver’s license is required for this position.

She increasingly sought a quiet life away from urban noise and disruption.

She and Peter eventually settled in Tofino, where she loved the relaxed world of the Pacific coast. She had experienced a life marred by health issues, and that pattern continued in her final years. It culminated in the stroke she had dreaded—it had been her grandmother’s and her mother’s conclusion to life--but her death spared her their unhappy ends.

Jools easily made friends wherever she was. Her sense of humour made her seek the fun and irony in all things. She had zero tolerance of fools and resolutely resisted pretension and b.s. She could be dogmatic and even combative, not least over cooking, an activity in which she excelled: no one left her table hungry or dissatisfied. But she was also forgiving, and kind and loyal to her family and friends.

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Experience is an asset, but not necessary. Must be dependable, willing to learn & hardworking.

Competitive Wages, lots of work & over-time hours.

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Visitor Safety Specialist Parks Canada - Coastal BC Field Unit - Pacific Rim National Park Reserve Pacific Rim (Ucluelet) (British Columbia) GT-05 Anticipatory Staffing - Indeterminate, full-time $70,423 to $80,071 (Currently under review) For further information on the organization, please visit Parks Canada - Coastal BC Field Unit Closing date: 22 November 2018 - 23:59, Pacific Time Who can apply: Persons residing in Canada and Canadian citizens residing abroad.

Parks Canada Agency considers applications from all individuals who have legal status to work in Canada and does not give preference to Canadian citizens. Please indicate in your application the reason for which you are entitled to work in Canada: Canadian citizenship,permanent resident status or work permit.

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

GENERAL FOREMAN The District of Tofino is seeking to fill the General Foreman position within the Public Works Department.

This is a unionized position based on a 40 hour work week. The deadline for applications is 4:00PM on November 15, 2018.

A copy of the job description and posting is available at the District Office or online at www.tofino.ca.

Applications may be sent to: Ricardo Araya Manager of Engineering & Public Works District of Tofino, 121 Third Street, P.O. Box 9, Tofino, BC V0R 2Z0 Fax: 250-725-3775 ext 801 Email: raraya@tofino.ca

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L’Agence Parcs Canada examine les candidatures de toutes les personnes autorisées par la loi à travailler au Canada et n’accorde pas la préférence aux citoyens canadiens. Veuillez indiquer dans votre demande la raison pour laquelle vous avez le droit de travailler au Canada : citoyenneté canadienne, statut de résident permanent ou permis de travail.

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WILD PACIFIC TRAIL SOCIETY BOARD MEETING, Wednesday, Nov. 7. 7pm at the UCC. Members of the public are invited to attend, observe and learn about one of the West Coast’s top attractions.

MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP, Wednesday, Nov. 7. 5-7:30pm at the Tofino Community Hall.

Tofino is undertaking a Multi-Modal Transportation Plan to help address current transportation challenges and shape the future of transportation in Tofino.

RSVP: dhawkins@tofino.ca.

SURFRIDER PUBLIC MEET UP, Wednesday, Nov. 7.

6:30-8:30PM at Darwin’s Cafe in the Tofino Botanical Gardens. Learn about campaigns and programs, and how you can help save the planet!

LIVE MUSIC IN THE AQUARIUM, Wednesday, Nov. 7. 8-11pm in the Ucluelet Aquarium. Sit back and relax to the sweet and sultry melodies of Cassidy Waring and Chad Gillmour.

Tix at the door: $10.

MEET MARK IN HIS GALLERY, November 10,11 & 12. 11am- 3pm. Mark Hobson Gallery in Tofino.

BOOK LAUNCH, “Return of the Wolf” Tuesday, Nov. 13. 7-9PM in the Clayoquot Theatre. $5 at the door.

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YOGA & COFFEE SOCIAL, Sunday, Nov. 11. 8-9AM at Pharmasave Tofino. RSVP: 250-725-4949.

UCLUELET ALANON GROUP, Wednesdays, 7:30pm. 1663 Peninsula Rd. Ucluelet.

BADMINTON, Sundays, 7-9pm. USS Gym. $2 DARTS, Mondays, 7pm.

Tofino Legion.

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

PICKLEBALL, Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays.

8am-noon at the Tofino Community Hall or Tennis courts (if sunny). Pickleball, a game that is a cross between tennis, badminton and ping pong. Free drop in. Gear provided.

TOFINO CLAYOQUOT HERITAGE MUSEUM, Wednesdays to Saturdays.

12:30-4p.m. in the Tofino Legion Basement.

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WEST COAST AA GROUP, Mondays and Thursdays, 8 p.m. 1663 Peninsula Rd, Ucluelet.

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

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November 11 REMEMBRANCE DAY TOFINO - Royal Canadian Legion #65 Clayoquot Branch 10:00am - Parade starts 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 cenotaph, reception to follow at the Tofino Legion (331 Main Street) UCLUELET - Army, Navy, & Airforce Veterans Club #293 10:45am- Parade starts at Ucluelet Fire Hall Service to the ANAF (1708 Peninsula Road) 11:00am - Service at the cenotaph out the the ANAF, reception to follow.

service HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH, Sunday Mass 10 am. Weekday Mass: Wed 9:30 am and Fri 7 pm.

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ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI CATHOLIC CHURCH Saturday, 5pm.

ST. COLUMBA CHURCH Sundays, 10:30am.

GRACE BIBLE CHURCH, Sundays at 10:30am at UCC.

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TOFINO BIBLE FELLOWSHIP Sundays, 10:30am. Tofino Legion.

To submit your activities, e-mail: office@westerlynews.ca, fax: 250-726-4248 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.

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