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Fines for high drivers ANDREW BAIlEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca

With cannabis now legal in Canada, police have their eyes out for high drivers.

Sgt. Steve Mancini of the Ucluelet RCMP said officers do not yet have roadside devices to test for cannabis, but will rely on field-sobriety tests to determine if a driver has consumed marijuana.

“We have members that are trained in drug recognition evaluations that we can utilize to determine whether somebody is impaired,” he said. “The RCMP is B.C. will have a strategic limited roll-out of approved drug screening equipment that will be deployed in consultation with our provincial and municipal partners.”

Under Canada’s Criminal Code, drivers caught with two nanograms of THC per millilitre of blood face a maximum fine of $1,000. Drivers with more than five nanograms of THC per ml of blood face a mandatory fine of $1,000 for their first offence and mandatory jail time for any repeat offences. Mancini said that driving high has long been illegal in Canada and he is confident police will continue enforcing that effectively, regardless of any potential uptick in use.

“With marijuana being legal, it’s more on the forefront because people are going to potentially be consuming it more and operating vehicles,” he said. “We’ve always watched for it. We’ve always enforced it. So, really, it’s status quo in that regard.”

He urges anyone planning to consume cannabis to first secure a safe ride home.

“There really is no safe threshold at the end of the day. Like with alcohol, we always suggest people plan ahead, get somebody sober that can drive and ensure that everybody gets to where they need to be safely,” he said. “Don’t risk your life or somebody else’s.”

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Courtenay-Alberni MP Gord Johns does not believe the federal government has consulted adequately with the West Coast on a potential fishing closure next year.

In an Oct. 31 announcement, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans said Swiftsure and La Pérouse Banks have been identified as critical habitats for Southern Resident Killer Whales and that they plan to pursue a Ministerial Critical Habitat Order through the Species at Risk Act. That could lead to fishery closures around Ucluelet and Bamfield to protect the salmon DFO believes the whales need to feed on.

Johns spoke in the Gord Johns House of Commons on Nov. 2, urging the government to engage more collaboratively with the communities the potential closures would affect and immediately invest in wild salmon restoration.

“The government cites its Ocean Protection Plan of $1.5 billion yet, Madame Speaker, through their coastal restoration fund, the Somass River has seen nothing, Clayoquot [Sound] has seen nothing; our hatcheries haven’t seen an increase in 28 years,” Johns said, directing his comments to Liberal MP Francesco Sorbara, noting Sorbara grew up in British Columbia.

“This is an urgent situation. So, while this process is going forward, if they wanted to build credibility with coastal British Columbians, especially the people from the District of Ucluelet that rely on our fishing industry, they’d be investing money right now in that habitat for not just our killer whales but for our communities and the health of our fish.

This could be a solution for all of us.”

Sorbara did not refute any of John’s words, but thanked him for pointing out where he grew up and noted that he and many of his family members had worked at a salmon cannery in Prince Rupert.

“What I will say is we want a robust fishing industry from coast to coast to coast, but the reality that I dealt with is many of those canneries that were in the town of Prince Rupert where I grew up are no longer there,” Sorbara responded.

“The fishing industry has changed, unfortunately. A lot of those canneries actually have shut down.”

Speaking to the Westerly News, Johns said he planned to meet with DFO on Thursday and would urge them to consult with West Coast communities more thoroughly before making any closure decisions.

“We want to make sure that they’re not going to take a sledgehammer approach to things,” Johns said.

“People are saying, ‘I get it, maybe my freezer won’t be full next winter,’ but they don’t want their freezer to be empty. There’s a difference.

People are fine to maybe take a little less, have

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Ucluelet fishers are facing a potential closure in 2019. their freezer half-full, but let’s take a community based approach…People are willing to make the sacrifices that are necessary, but we need the proper science before we go and make decisions that are going to affect people’s livelihoods.”

Ucluelet councillor and Chamber of Commerce Office Manager Lara Kemps told the Westerly that the chamber continues lobbying DFO to listen to the community’s concerns and ideas.

“We’re still advocating hard for this. We don’t believe we’ve had any community input so far, so we’re still requesting that and we’re not giving up hope,” Kemps said.

She said DFO’s community input session around the Southern Resident Killer Whale strategy in Ucluelet last month was inadequate as it failed to lay out any scientific reasons for shutting down Ucluelet’s fisheries.

“That’s not enough. Show us the right science.

Show us how you came to this and don’t just make an uninformed decision and close our fisheries,” she said. “We care about the whales and we care about our livelihood. Let’s work together to work something out.”

Kemps suggested the sportsfishing industry alone brings roughly $7 million into Ucluelet’s economy each year and that losing that industry would have dramatic effects.

“It will totally decimate communities like Bamfield. We’re not just talking about Ucluelet here, we’re talking about all our West Coast communities,” she said adding many fishers will migrate from Ucluelet to Tofino, where no closures are expected. “Because they can’t fish here, they’ll be going to Tofino and Tofino is already over-saturated.”

Johns said more community consultations would help Ottawa develop a clearer picture of what is needed and what is at stake.

“The best way to inspire people and inspire communities is to listen to them and include them in the decision making and ensure that they’re properly and adequately resourced.

This is how we’re going to see a return of our stocks. That’s the way to benefit everybody,” he said. “I think the government would be wise to create a community-based process, resource the community and develop a plan to help support the critical habitat for the southern resident killer whales, instead of imposing this drastic framework where the community doesn’t really have a say.”

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Ahousaht water crisis resolved ANDREW BAILEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca

Ahousaht lifted a boil water advisory on Thursday, declaring its water quality and levels safe after spending the week under a state of emergency.

The announcement ended a harrowing week for the isolated First Nation community, which had declared a state of emergency on Nov. 4 due to soil contamination in its water reservoir.

Some of the First Nation’s elders were immediately evacuated by vessel to the neighbouring community of Tofino, roughly 20 kilometres away.

“They’ve reached out to us and Tofino has responded by making our water accessible to them,” Tofino mayor Josie Osborne told the Westerly News on Nov. 4. “It’s always important to support our

“It’s always important to support our neighbours.”

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neighbours. We’re all in this together. They rely on us and we rely on them. We need to be there in their time of need.”

The water was transported from Tofino to Ahousaht by salmon farmer Cermaq Canada.

“Cermaq has a longstanding relationship with the Ahousaht community and we are happy to help in any way we can. Our thoughts are with the community and, in a small place like this, this is what neighbours do. We know Ahousaht would do the same for us if we were in a similar situation,” said Cermaq’s Sustainable Development Director Linda Sams.

Members of the Tofino Volun-

teer Fire Department accessed a fire hydrant to fill tanks that were then lifted onto a Cermaq barge by crane, according to Sams who added that the company remained active in the effort throughout the week. ”We are going to continue working closely with members of the Ahousaht Community, the District of Tofino and other local support services to ensure the community has the water required until their system is restored,” she said. “We will be setting up a recycling centre to gather the water jugs after the water supply has been returned.

This is in-line with our commitment to protecting the environment and reducing micro plastics in the oceans.”

An Emergency Management B.C. spokesperson said EMBC supported Ahousaht’s evacuated

elders through Emergency Social Services, but would not investigate the water reservoir.

“The Ahousaht First Nation has indicated that they are running low on reservoir capacity and have identified the need to relocate elders. Emergency Management BC is supporting that request with short term Emergency Social Services,” said an Emergency Management B.C. Spokesperson.

“Drinking water systems and boil water advisories are the responsibility of local governments and water purveyors. Emergency Management BC does not support the operation of these systems…Indigenous Services Canada is engaged and aware of the situation, and they are the appropriate agency to help address any water system infrastructure concerns from the community.”

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TIDES & WEATHER 7 Days Tidal Predictions Provided by Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Ucluelet THURSDAY NOVEMBER 15, 2018 TIDE 06:36 12:09 17:37

Metres 2.7 2 2.6

Feet 8.9 6.6 8.5

12°/8° Rain

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 16, 2018 TIDE 00:32 07:34 13:27 18:57

Metres 1.2 2.7 1.9 2.6

Feet 3.9 8.9 6.2 8.5

11°/3°

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Woman rescued at Ucluelet dock

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 17, 2018

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SUNDAY NOVEMBER 18, 2018

RCMP warn against mixing alcohol with ocean activities Bystanders became heroes as they rushed to save the life of a woman who had fallen off a Ucluelet dock.

The woman, a West Coast resident, fell into the ocean while attempting to board a canoe at Ucluelet’s 52 Steps Dock on Nov. 1 around 5 p.m. and the man she was with was unable to pull her back onto the dock by himself, according to Sgt. Steve Mancini of the Ucluelet RCMP.

“When you mix alcohol and docks, or any sort of water activity, it’s a recipe for disaster.”

– Sgt. Steve Mancini Neither were wearing life-jackets.

“Fortunately, some bystanders in the area heard the screams for help and were able to attend and pull the female in from the water,” Mancini said.

He said RCMP were joined at the scene by Emergency Health Services and Ucluelet Volunteer Fire Department members and the woman was transported to Tofino Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. He added that alcohol was a factor in the incident.

“When you mix alcohol and docks, or any sort of water activity, it’s a recipe for disaster. We strongly encourage people not to do that,” he said.

“We don’t want to see anybody get hurt because of a mistake.”

Mancini noted a woman was recently found deceased in the waters around Ucluelet’s Whiskey Dock and he urges residents and visitors to be safe and wear life-jackets.

“When you’re on the docks, life-jackets are advised, whether you’re a child or an adult,” he said.

“This time of year the water is cold.

This was a situation where we were fortunate enough to be able to have a positive result at the end, but it’s a reminder that we need to be safe on docks and properly equipped when we’re on them.”

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Vancouver Island’s West Coast will soon have nine new qualified early childhood educators, thanks to an in-community training partnership between North Island College and the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation.

Tla-o-qui-aht Education Manager Iris Frank said West Coast communities benefit from having more credentialed early childhood educators.

“Limited access to childcare has a big impact on families, whether it’s a parent’s ability to work, or go to back to school to train for a new career,” said Frank, who originally approached NIC about bringing the program to the West Coast.

Having more qualified childcare

“Limited access to childcare has a big impact on families.”

– Iris Frank

providers enables more people to work or return to school, which in turn, benefits the entire community, she added. NIC has a long history of accessible, in-community education on the West Coast and is proud to work with the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation to support student success, said Theresa Gereluk, department co-chair and instructor in NIC’s Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) program.

“We’ve found offering training where people live, rather than making students travel to their nearest

campus, makes a big difference to student success,” she said. “It allows students to stay with their families, community and support system while they go back to school.”

The students will complete their training in the spring of 2019, after which they will complete 500 hours of work experience and then be able to apply for their five-year Early Childhood Education certification.

Student Donna Louie lived in Vancouver for 22 years, where she felt out of touch with her culture.

The experience was a “very expensive, busy, high stress, booming time in my life full of distractions,” she said. “When I finish this program, I look forward to learning more about my culture and participating with cultural gatherings as I feel we lost this when I was young.”

Louie jumped at the opportunity to join the program and plans to work in a local First Nations-run daycare on graduation.

“It is important for ECCE to be here on the West Coast because I feel both Ucluelet First Nation and Tofino First Nation members see us work hard to become active role models to the children in our community,” she said. “I feel so proud that I am inspiring others that have told me they want to take ECCE now.”

The partnership is possible with funding from the Canada BC Jobs Grant secured by the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation, as well as their in-kind support.

To learn more about all of NIC’s Early Childhood Care and Education programs, visit www.nic.bc.ca.

TIDE 01:31 08:20 14:27 20:08

TIDE 02:21 08:58 15:15 21:08

Metres 1.3 2.8 1.7 2.6

Metres 1.3 3 1.4 2.7

Feet 4.3 9.2 5.6 8.5

Feet 4.3 9.8 4.6 8.9

7°/4° Rain

11°/4°

Periods of rain

MONDAY NOVEMBER 19, 2018 TIDE 03:06 09:33 15:57 21:59

Metres 1.3 3.2 1.2 2.8

Feet 4.3 10.5 3.9 9.2

9°/4° Cloudy

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 20, 2018 TIDE 03:47 10:06 16:36 22:47

Metres 1.3 3.3 0.9 2.9

Feet 4.3 10.8 3.0 9.5

10°/4°

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WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 21, 2018 TIDE 04:27 10:41 17:16 23:33

Metres 1.3 3.5 0.7 3

Feet 4.3 11.5 2.3 9.8

8°/3°

Mostly sunny

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There’s no escaping the wrath of climate change The political fight over the carbon tax continues to rage on across the country, with the federal government at odds with several provinces who vow to take on Ottawa on behalf of beleaguered taxpayers.

While both sides look to position themselves to win the battle of political optics, the war itself continues on, and it appears we all will come out on the losing end.

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report last month that suggests unless something changes quickly, the world is going to surpass its main climate goal in a little over two decades.

The report shows the earth is on track to warm up by 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2040.

The world’s temperature is currently rising about 0.2 C each decade, and the 2015 Paris climate change agreement set a goal to reduce emissions by the end of this century enough to keep the world from warming up more than 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels.

Climate change scientists suggest the warming of 1.5 C would bring an average sea level rise of 48 cm.

With President Donald Trump pulling the U.S. out of the Paris Accord, and Canadian premiers like Doug Ford in

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While we shouldn’t lose focus on the overall goal to turn back the clock on climate change, we must begin directing more of our efforts towards stemming the tide of the catastrophic effects that our sure to come.

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Rob Galey of Saanich’s Galey Farms has responded to take advantage of the increasing growing season, which he expects to increase by almost 60 days by the 2050s.

Other Canadian governments and industry must now show the same ingenuity to meet the inevitable wrath that climate change will bring.

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WEST COAST FACING LIKELY FISHING CLOSURES IN 2019:

REGIONS’ MAYORS CALL FOR EMERGENCY PHONES ON HWY. 4 AFTER CRASH: Would you like to see emergency phones on Highway 4?

If I, even for a moment, thought this would save whales, I would support conservation efforts. But this is a devastating decision. It’s going to kill our little community. It’s going to divert real research and real impactful measures.

Not a single person in Renfrew, Bamfield, Ucluelet, or Tofino can say they didnt benefit from fishing.

Well I guess our real estate woes are going to be solved.

Things are going to get cheap fast!

Sarah Devenish What do people think the thousands of sea lions are eating around here? This is going to put a very big dent in tourism around here.

Jeffrey Stevens

Of course we would. It has been this way for to many years...Many people have passed because of no emergency service for cell phones.

Donna Kaa’ya Jack I was one of the first on scene. I saw ambulance on way out of Port Albernia 40 minutes after the accident, which means they waited an hour and half with internal injuries.

Need cell service, bad.

Andrew Minter After many years on the Ucluelet Volunteer Fire Brigade and responding to many different calls on our stretch of the Hwy, we always knew we were dark and this should be addressed A.S.A.P. as our roads are so much busier now than they ever were then. It is a great concern.

Rob Adams

Wow... this is beyond disappointing.

Carla Dave Anderson

Yes! For sure! We experienced the same thing last year when we came upon a vehicle in the ditch. We had to wait until we were almost to Port before we had cell service.

Luckily the driver was okay, but his vehicle was a write-off.

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FOUR BEARS TRAPPED IN SMALL B.C. TOWN AND KILLED:

Marilyn Hughes I think anyone who Travejs that road regularly would like to see access to emergency services faster. Cell service feels convenient, but emergency phones are, in my opinion, the safer way to go. No distracted drivers, which would make the road even more dangerous, but still provide a way to get help. Which happens several times a year.

Zoe McEnery

So tired of hearing about bears being senselessly killed because of stupid, stupid people.

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Ucluelet’s new mayor Mayco Noel and council members Rachelle Cole, Jennifer Hoar, Lara Kemps, and Marilyn McEwen took their oaths of office at an inaugural council meeting on Nov. 6.

Ucluelet First Nation Samantha Touchie read an opening prayer and Suzanne Williams, director of operations for the Ucluelet First Nation government, tied the meeting off with a welcome to the new mayor and council.

Council appointments for 2019 were announced.

Councillor Rachelle Cole is the liaison for the Clayoquot Biosphere Trust, Coastal Family Resource Coalition, Sea View Seniors Housing Society, Ucluelet Emergency Network, Ucluelet Volunteer Fire Brigade, and the Westcoast Community Resources Society.

Councillor Jennifer Hoar will sit on the Aquarium Board, Central West Coast Forest Society, the Ucluelet and Area Historical Society and the Wild Pacific Trail Society. Hoar is also an alternate for the Vancouver Island Library Board.

Councillor Lara Kemps is on the Recreation Commission as well as acting liaison to the Parent Advisory Council (PAC), the Pacific Rim Whale Festival Society, Tourism

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Ucluelet’s new mayor Mayco Noel, was sworn into office alongside councillors, from left, Marilyn McEwen, Rachelle Cole, Jennifer Hoar and Lara Kemps prior to Ukee council’s inaugural meeting on Nov. 6 inside the Ucluelet Community Centre’s George Fraser Room.

Ucluelet, and the Ucluelet and Area Child Care Society.

Councillor Marilyn McEwen was appointed to the Harbour Advisory Commission and the Vancouver Island Library Board. She is also the liaison to the Food Bank on the Edge, the Pacific Rim Arts Society, and the West Coast Multiplex Society.

Mayor Mayco Noel was appointed

to the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District Board, the Airport Committee, the Ucluelet Health Centre Working Group, and the West Coast Committee. He is also the liaison for the Barkley Community Forest, Coastal Community Network, DFO Fisheries Committee for Groundfish and Hake, Groundfish Development Authority, Regional Fisheries Com-

mittee, and the Ucluelet Chamber of Commerce.

“We are actually the 25th elected group since the establishment of Ucluelet,” mayor Noel said in his inaugural address. “I wish to thank all those that have served our community before us, that have laid the foundation to the place that we call home.”

Noel described the new council as a dynamic and engaged group of individuals that reflects Ucluelet.

“We represent boots on the ground.

These five sets of boots is what we need to make sure the voices of every part of our community are heard to allow us to make sound decisions knowing what the community needs.

What a wonderful viewpoint we have on this council,” he said.

Goals for 2019 include improving communications with residents and each each working group, embracing change, and making investments in the community that benefit the residents, said Noel.

“Safe streets, supported child care services, to name a few. This community needs to be brought forward into the future,” he said. “The time is now to take advantage of grants and federal funding to our community that may not be available in years to come.

This will take aggressive moves on our part to take advantage of funding opportunities. I’m very proud to lead this council as mayor, but I also know that I’m equally proud to see those beside me that have been chosen be council.”

We are heading into exciting and challenging times for Ucluelet, Noel went on to say.

“I look forward to creating our community minded decisions by bringing everyone to the table.”

Osborne gives inaugural address in Tofino ANDREW BAILEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca

Tofino gathered at the Clayoquot Sound Community Theatre last week to witness their new council being sworn in to office.

Members of the Tofino Choir led the full audience in the singing of O’ Canada before Mayor Josie Osborne and councillors Al Anderson, Dorothy Baert, Britt Chalmers, Duncan M c M a s t e r, Andrea McQuade and Tom Stere each walked across the stage to take their oath.

Tla-o-quiaht First NaJosie Osborne tion Chief Moses Martin addressed the new council and said he was looking forward to working with them throughout their next term and then Mayor Josie Osborne took to the podium to deliver her inaugural address to the community, beginning with a thank you to the candidates who had not earned a spot at the table.

“I want to say thank you to each and every one of them for stepping

“The democratic process is an endless source of delight and frustration.”

– Josie Osborne up, stepping forward and being willing to serve the community. They shared ideas and hopes and passions with us, the electorate, throughout the campaign and they’re not going to be forgotten,” she said. “I think I speak on behalf of our new council when I say we hope that each and every one of the candidates will stay involved in local government and continue to bring forward their ideas in the next four years.”

She noted that this was her first election that wasn’t by acclamation.

“It has been an absolute privilege to serve this community as mayor for the last six years, but receiving a mandate is better and, I think, it makes it more meaningful for me,” she said before turning to congratulate her six councillors for their elections. “Our community has placed it’s trust and confidence in the seven of us and with a record turnout of 929 voters

and a diverse field of 15 candidates it is a convincing placement of trust and confidence and we have a lot to live up to.”

She said her passion for local governance is fuelled by “a constant curiosity” in the way decisions are made.

“The democratic process is an endless source of delight and frustration,” she said adding she has enjoyed going through Tofino’s council meetings minutes, which date back to 1932.

“Unsurprisingly and not different from the core of the work that we do today, our towns leaders spent a lot of time in the early days talking about roads, and about water and then about sewer and, I thought this was great, roaming dogs are mentioned an incredible number of times throughout the councils’ minutes.”

She suggested good governance relies on an actively engaged community, professional and diligent district staff and a council that arrives to meetings prepared and ready to articulate their perspectives and opinions.

“It all sounds great but there is always a rub and the rub is that we’re all human and so it can at times be really difficult to make decisions that we know are affecting the lives of our

friends and of our neighbours,” she said. “Sometimes we have incomplete information, sometimes we want more time to make a decision, sometimes we want to talk to more people before we make a decision, but we can’t…We’re going to make mistakes and we’re going to strive to do our very best, but I want us to be gentle in the ways that we hold ourselves accountable to each other and as a community because we’re all neighbours in a small community.”

She added that Tofino must begin having “conversations that matter,” to resolve issues and concerns raised by the public during the campaign trail.

“There were good and hard questions that were being asked about the economy that we’ve created that has helped many in this town flourish, but perhaps not all and perhaps not evenly and not fairly,” she said. “Residents are understandably concerned about the impacts of our success on the environment, the cost of housing, other necessities of life, our relationships with each other, our quality of life and what it means to be community.”

She added that these concerns have been marinating in Tofino for decades.

“We’ve lived through times of, ‘us

versus them.’ We’ve been a community that discovers itself suddenly fracturing into smaller communities as people begin to argue more about who’s got more of the truth, rather than learning about what we share and what dreams and possibilities exist,” she said.

“Without fail, it’s always been my experience that when we face a significant problem, the solution exists within us as a community but we don’t find it until everybody comes together to listen.”

She added reconciliation and coexisting with First Nations must also be a point of emphasis, noting Tofino celebrated the raising of a totem pole

by Tla-o-qui-aht Master Carver Joe David in 2018 and is working with the Tla-o-qui-aht to establish a “space for reconciliation” at Monks Point.

“What is certain is that the landscape of Aboriginal rights and title is changing almost daily. What is also certain is that we are all here to stay,” she said.

“It’s vital that we continue to learn about each other and that we help lift our communities beyond the legacies and policies and practices of past governments and past eras of society.”

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Coastal wolves, like this one photographed by Paul Stinsa in Alaska, emit a wide range of emotions from the humans that come into contact with them, according to Return of the Wolf author Paula Wild.

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Author presents wolf research in Tofino Paula Wild surprised by polarized views of animals that are both loved and hated ERIN LINN MCMULLAN Special to the Westerly

Once a wolf aims that gaze that “sees inside your soul,” you are forever changed.

“I had spent much of my career dreaming of moments like this, of coming face to face with a wild wolf and staring into its piercing yellow eyes, of finally getting the glorious Nat Geo-type shots I had missed out on so many years before with that black wolf on the train tracks in Banff,” wrote John Marriott in Tall Tales, Long Lenses: My Adventures in Photography. “But I never expected an encounter so intimate that I was unable to photograph it.”

That close relationship made the wolf Delinda’s image all the more iconic and haunting, becoming Canadian Geographic’s best selling cover of all time a year after she was killed once she slipped through a fence onto the Trans-Canada Hwy.

“Wolves have always been an essential part of coastal landscapes and they are here to stay.”

– Bob Hansen Human conflict is the second-leading cause of wolf fatalities after interspecies conflict; only four deaths of humans by wild wolves have been recorded in North America over the past century.

Author Paula Wild was surprised when researching Return of the Wolf: Conflict and Coexistence by how polarized people’s views of wolves are. “It was shocking. I wasn’t prepared for that much hate or that much love.”

“The word wolf is synonymous with conflict,” she writes, advocating we move “beyond the perception of the wolf as poster image for the wilderness or savage killer and look

at the wolf in a more holistic way.”

Over tens of thousands of years of shared history, our mixed feelings have been expressed through art, from the earliest cave paintings to the ‘big bad Wolf ’ in fairy-tales, to embodying the spirit of adventure in Jack London’s Call of the Wild.

Scientists compare complex wolf societies to ours: they live in families and show a depth of feeling when mourning lost loved ones, or trying to rescue a trapped pack member, they mate for life and they wage war.

Nevertheless, Wild cautions, it can be dangerous to project human behaviour onto wolf behaviour.

The wolf is simply an animal making a living by its teeth and, as an apex predator, can even play a vital role in the ecosystem – witness the stunning regeneration of Yellowstone National Park in the US after the reintroduction of wolves in 1995.

Wild also spoke with ranchers implementing new non-lethal methods

to avoid conflict, including livestock guardian dogs but making only slow inroads with entrenched attitudes towards wolves. What tips us from wonder to fear?

Wolves are incredibly smart. With each voice as distinct as a fingerprint, wolves communicate through vocalization, body language, scent and silently, in ways we don’t understand as witnessed by the helicopter pilot observing a sheep ambush choreographed with military precision.

Some scientists discern different dialects, suggesting European wolves hold their notes like an opera singer while North American wolves constantly change pitch, improvising like a jazz combo. Wild emphasizes that on the West Coast, for the most part, we do a really good job of co-existing, even though we share a thin strip of land for travel and living corridors. Our ‘sea wolves’ do differ genetically from those in interior B.C., but have not yet been declared

a distinct species or subspecies.

Respect for the wolf is integral to traditional coastal culture and, as Joe Martin points out, killing wolves is against Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation law.

“Wolves have always been an essential part of coastal landscapes and they are here to stay,” says Bob Hansen, who specializes in wildlife-human conflicts. “Human actions are essential to the co-existence challenge.”

The most obvious explanation for our fascination lies in our bond with our dogs, whose ancestors split off from wolves about 40,000 years ago.

Wild recounts her own near-mystical close encounter while emphasizing that she now considers wildlife in a more wide-open way, “like a five-year-old who is so amazed at everything.”

Wild presented Return of the Wolf on November 13th at the Clayoquot Sound Community Theatre in Tofino.

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New rules a win for ADSS’ transgender students SUSIE QUINN editor@albernivalleynews.com

For the first time in their lives, transgender students at Alberni District Secondary School will be able to use whatever washroom they need to, without having to ask for a key or stand in a long lineup.

On Oct. 22, “Trans Welcome” signs went up on all the washrooms in the high school, making it clear that transgender students are welcome in washrooms and changerooms that match their gender identity.

“When I first found out about the bathrooms, it was an immediate sense of ‘I can finally be who I am,’” said one trans student the Alberni Valley News interviewed. We decided to give the students their anonymity so they don’t become further targets in the community. Students were interviewed with a teacher present.

“I cried,” another student said.

“I remember the excitement and the euphoria when it was announced,” teacher Anne Ostwald said.

Another student also remembers the fear when the signs were ripped down.

School District 70’s decision to put up the signs has prompted a tsunami of comment on local social media sites, as people passionately debate for and against the new policy. While the atmosphere in the school has been fairly muted, trans students say that adults outside of the school have

“I remember the excitement and the euphoria when it was announced.”

– Anne Ostwald blown the issue way out of proportion.

“It’s just sad,” they said.

There are about a dozen transgender or gender-variant students who attend ADSS. “Then there are those who haven’t come out or who haven’t figured it out,” they said.

They just want to be able to go to the washroom in the facility that matches their gender identity.

“There are transgender youth at ADSS,” says Greg Smyth, superintendent of schools in School District 70. “They have largely been a marginalized group in schools and society.

We don’t think there’s going to be a sudden (rush) of ‘I’m going to exercise my right and I’m going to use the washroom.’ But if they choose to, they have the right.”

The decision to put up the signs and open the washrooms is based on a 2016 Canadian Human Rights Code decision that sexual orientation is considered a right. The school district is actually behind in making this change, Smyth said.

The school district has drafted a policy on diversity and inclusion that

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Signs signalling transgender people are welcome to use the washroom facilities of their choice went up at Alberni District Secondary School in late October. has been prompted, in part, by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI), which school districts in British Columbia are supporting— including SD70.

“This is not about putting a sign on the wall,” he said. “Acceptance is much, much more than that. And it’s not limited to accepting transgender youth, it’s anybody who is different.

This is just one more step down that path.”

Smyth said there is a prevailing attitude in the community that “by addressing individual rights you’ve taken away the rights of others. It’s not true. Females who identify with their gender at birth can still use the female washroom. Same for guys. Their right has not been removed.

“We have just acknowledged that there is an equal right to use it.”

Gender identity “is not purely biological”, he said. “We’ve broadened the definition of male and female to include gender identity. We know there is a percentage of our population which still holds onto the thought that gender is based on biology.

“As a school district, we can’t continue with that singular definition of what is male and what is female. To act as if there is a single definition of male and female, is deemed to be discriminatory.”

For trans students, the need is much more simple: they need a place where they can go to the toilet and do it safely. Because they haven’t been going—at all.

“I just avoid going,” they said.

“You wait until you go home. Which for many of us is more than six hours.

I leave the house at 7:20 a.m. and don’t get home until 4:20. I wouldn’t use the bathroom.”

“I’m not girl enough to go in the girls’ bathroom (without being ostracized) and not boy enough to go in the boys’ bathroom,” said another.

The high school has given access to three gender-neutral washrooms for about a year: one in the sick room, one in the staff room and the third in the family washroom on the lower floor.

The problem with these washrooms, said one student, was that if the sick room was occupied by another student, that facility was off limits; the one on the lower floor is popular with students skipping classes, and there is often a lineup. The gender-neutral washrooms were available for everyone’s use.

“There were teachers that said trans (students) couldn’t use the bathroom during their class because it took too long,” one said.

An inclusive school environment is about more than changing washroom signage, Smyth wrote in his letter to parents.

“It’s about understanding, appreciating and accepting the diversity of our school communities; it’s about creating safe, welcoming and supportive schools.”

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Mainroad Mid Island Contracting has won a 10-year highway maintenance contract for the Ministry of Transportation to service provincial Highway 4. They have secured a work yard in Ucluelet, and effective Nov. 15, 2018, the crew of about 50 winter staff will be ready for full operations.

“We’re looking after everything from Taylor River out to the end of Highway 4 here in Ucluelet and out to Tofino, with the exception of the Park [Reserve] part, but we are working on getting the contract for that,” said Mainroad manager Geoff Gwynne at an information session in Ucluelet on Nov.5.

In the event of a storm or heavy snowfall, the Mainroad operations team will be responsible for poststorm clean up and plowing the highway. Services also include repairing signs and bridges, fixing drainage problems, and filling potholes.

Gwynne said the new contract with the ministry means stricter response times and environmental procedures.

“The highway maintenance standards, particularly for winter, are higher than they used to be. So the response time to deal with the removal of snow and slippery conditions are considerably shorter than they used to be,” he said.

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Mainroad operations manager, Dale Martin, left, and general manager Rick Gill are bringing heavy duty snow removal equipment to the West Coast after receiving a 10-year maintenance contract for Hwy. 4.

In terms of environmental practices, Gwynne said Mainroad is in the process of upgrading storage pits to prevent water contamination and they are switching to a liquid based road winterizer.

“You’re much more likely to see a tanker spray what looks to be water, but it isn’t. It’s 23 per cent salt brine solution and that gives us freeze protection down to well past minus-nine,” said Gwynne, adding that the solution means there will be less chloride going into the en-

vironment and it is faster acting on the road.

About 25 new pieces of new snow removal equipment have been ordered for the contract and several pieces of contract equipment for serious winter storms on back-up reserve, notes Gwynne.

The new equipment is all set up with GPS units.

“That can tell me where the truck is, how fast it’s going, whether the plow is up or down, what it’s doing, and it also builds a data

base, which is handy because we can tell where we’ve been. Makes it a lot easier to properly use the fleet so people aren’t going back over the same roads,” said Gwynne.

Anyone planning a trip is encouraged to visit www.drivebc.ca for current road conditions.

If you see anything that needs servicing on the provincial highway, said Gwynne, report it to Mainroad dispatch.

The Mainroad 24-hour hotline is: 1-877-215-6006.

Police urge caution on ‘slick’ roads Winter tire laws in effect on Hwy. 4 ANDREW BAILEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca

Ucluelet police are warning drivers to be wary of the havoc fall’s weather is wreaking on local roads.

“With the rain season starting and winter right around the corner, we’re advising and reminding motorists to ensure that they’ve got their winter tires set on their vehicles as well as practicing safe driving habits; slowing down and making sure you get their safe,” he said. “It comes down to driving to the road conditions, as opposed to what you may be used to in the summertime.”

He suggested many stretches of the Pacific Rim Highway between Tofino and Ucluelet are shaded by trees, causing the roads to remain slick throughout the day, and said snow will likely start falling over

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Winter tires are mandatory for all drivers on Sutton Pass from Oct. 1 to March 31.

“That’s for their safety as well as their passengers and other motorists on the road that they could collide with if they’re not properly equipped,” Mancini said.

He added drivers must be wary of the daily road closures on Sutton Pass—due to the federal and provincial government’s $38 million Kennedy Hill Improvement project—and need to schedule

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West Coast drivers are reminded that winter conditions are on their way. their trips out of town prudently, rather than try to speed to make up for lost time.

“With the road closures right now and the stacks of cars that we’re seeing lining up, that’s slowing people down and people are

trying to make up time for that,” he said. “We’ve got to slow down, drive safe and make sure we get to where we need to be.”

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A sun-soaked Remembrance Day ceremony was held in Ucluelet on Sunday as locals and visitors gathered to reflect on the sacrifices made by veterans and current military members.

The service included laying wreaths at the town’s cenotaph and a moment of silence at 11:11 a.m.

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Ricardo Manmohan, a major in the Canadian Forces, salutes the cenotaph with his boys Liam, Rhys and Ewan.

Const. Marcel Midlane, Kevin Cortes, Const. Mike Moore, and Sgt. Steve Mancini joined Midlane’s sons Caleb and Mason at the Ucluelet cenotaph.

Bronwyn Kelleher of the Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans Club tends to the commemorative wreaths after the service was complete.

Jeneva Touchie addresses the large audience on behalf of the Ucluelet First Nation during Ucluelet’s Remembrance Day ceremony.

Ucluelet’s Canadian Rangers lead the parade to the Cenotaph outside the Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans Club #293.

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TOFINO REMEMBERS ANDREW BAILEY PHOTOS

Tofino residents and visitors came together to honour Canada’s veterans at a Remembrance Day ceremony on Sunday. The well-attended event included a parade, a service at St. Columba and the laying of wreaths at Tofino’s cenotaph.

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Millie Greig, 3, carefully pinned a poppy onto Tofino’s cenotaph.

Whitey Bernard led an impressively long parade from Tofino’s Fire Hall to St. Columba Church at the start of Tofino’s Remembrance Day ceremony.

Mayor Josie Osborne placed a wreath at the cenotaph on behalf of the District of Tofino.

Wickaninnish Community School’s vice principal Dani Shannon played the bugle during Tofino’s Remembrance Day ceremony on Sunday.

Tristan Robichaud, 3, and Kaija Lemon, 4, smiled together at the cenotaph, which had been filled with wreaths during the ceremony.

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HOROSCOPE CLUES ACROSS 1. Type of toast 6. Peter Griffin’s daughter 9. A group 13. Ancient Greek unit of weight 14. Small amounts 15. Ready and __ 16. Right 17. Asian antelope 18. Cambodian monetary unit 19. Type of leather 21. Secret clique 22. Cabbage and cole are two 23. Burmese ethnic group 24. Empire State 25. Be in debt 28. Italian monk’s title 29. Asian plants 31. Everyone has one 33. One who can’t sleep 36. “Glengarry, Glen Ross” playwright 38. Shock therapy 39. Cavalry sword 41. A must-have 44. Type of fabric 45. French composer 46. A type of pen 48. Snout 49. One of the six noble gases 51. Married woman 52. Register formally (Brit.)

54. Greek sorceress 56. Depository library 60. A tightknit group 61. Ancient units of measure-

ment 62. He was Batman 63. Dry or withered 64. Margosa tree 65. Tables (Span.)

66. Large jug 67. Make a mistake 68. Puerto Rican genre of music “La __”

30. Vaccine developer 32. 10 meters 34. Type of story: __ fi 35. Covering on birds’ beaks 37. Small freshwater fish 40. Confederate soldier 42. Female sibling 43. Belgian city 47. An electrically charged atom 49. A way to entertain 50. Regenerate 52. Highly flammable liquid 53. Mark 55. Not good 56. Eloquent Roman orator 57. Absence of difficulty 58. Kazakhstan district 59. Plateau 61. Midway between northeast and east 65. Military policeman

CLUES DOWN 1. Insect drawn to flame 2. A Spanish river 3. Reduce (Brit. sp.)

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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, communication from a business partner or friend is highly positive and gets the gears in your head turning. As enthusiasm builds, try to bring in some key players.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 This may be a good week to ask for a raise or think of other ways to increase your income, Taurus. Others will be receptive to your requests and grant what you ask.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 You may draw admiring glances from those around you, Gemini. You are exuding confidence, and it translates in various ways, including in regard to personal relationships.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, it may be best if you plan some quiet evenings at home with family this week to catch up with your family. This will be invaluable time spent with one another.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 You have never been one to indulge in gossip, Leo. Take the high road and stay silent so you can continue to pride yourself on staying above the fray.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, if your mind has been going a thousand miles an hour, find a way to slow down so you can straighten things out. Direct your focus into something productive.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 There’s too much going on for you to slow down just yet, Libra. Find that second wind and keep the pedal to the metal. This will be well worth it when the results unfold.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Strange dreams and intuition are not out of the ordinary for you, Scorpio. Hone in on what these messages may be trying to tell you. Good news could be around the corner.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, this week you are feeling friendly toward everyone and striking up new friendships rather easily. Expect the party invitations to begin rolling in soon.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Take nothing at face value over the next few days, Capricorn. Before you invest time or money, do your fair share of detective work to see if things measure up.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, some new information that will set your mind into orbit comes your way.

This is news that you had not expected, so enjoy the surprise.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, newfound inspiration for creative projects, such as redecorating or improving your home, is headed your way in the coming days.

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Cermaq Canada is currently looking for a permanent Fish Health Technician to join our fish health team located on the West coast of Vancouver Island.

The District of Tofino is seeking to fill the Recreation Programmer 2 position within the Community Sustainability Department to cover an 11 month maternity leave.

As a Fish Health Technician you will be responsible for providing operational support to the Fish Health team and Saltwater farm sites including monitoring and reporting on fish health issues, implementing control measures, and advising management on environmental and biological aspects of the farm operations.

This is a unionized position based on a 37.5 hour flexible work week. The deadline for applications is 4:00PM on November 30th, 2018.

If you have post-secondary education in aquaculture or a related field, possess the ability to work independently and as a team, and are willing to work outdoors in all weather conditions, then we want to hear from you!

Applications may be emailed or sent to: Aaron Rodgers Manager of Community Sustainability District of Tofino 121 Third Street, P.O. Box 9 Tofino, BC V0R 2Z0 Email: arodgers@tofino.ca

This is a camp-based position working 8 days on and 6 days off with company provided bus and boat transportation from select Vancouver Island communities. Company benefits are available after the successful completion of a 3-month probation period.

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

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

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12 months and review their operPolice told her there was a rash of CIRCULATION COORDINATOR (SIDNEY) IF YOU want to ations at that point, Wilson said. break-and-enters Wednesday night The right must have excellent communication and organizational drink, that’s your Tofino Bus hascandidate about 40 vehicles in her neighbourhood, near Georgia business. If you want skills, attention to detail and employs the ability to work with minimum supervision.

Working in its fleet and currently Park Elementary in south Campbell to stop, we can help. knowledge of MS Word, Excel and Outlook Express is required. Duties include recruiting 41 people who will in their performance, River, shepromotion said. and distribution of Alcoholics and overseeing youthremain carriers, monitoring Anonymous, roles.

Without and Cassie the community newspaper and all its supplements, as wellthe as locket following up ring, on reader Ucluelet/Tofino Founder DylanA Green will said she has nothing to remember delivery concerns. vehicle and validalso driver’s license is required for this position.

1-800-883-3968 remain with Tofino Bus, albeit on a her brother by.

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Employment The right candidate will have outstanding and diverse writing abilities, specifically suited “This will allow for more re- in police custody because of the fact for both online and print with the ability to work well under deadline pressure. This sources and support to continue apparently the case is still open. position will be a key contributor to our websitesthat and social media engagement. Advanced Building Supplies growth,” Green Literally, I had.” said.skills “Wewillwill beattributes, video and photography be key along that’s with anall extensive knowledge partof social of amedia larger will understanding Cassie asked of the public bestgroup practices that and a strong of howmembers to tailor online content STEEL BUILDING will have abus diploma/degree journalism, including training in broadcast helpaccordingly. us grow You passenger services into keep an eye out for the items.

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20X23 $5,974. 25X25 $6,629. 28X29 $7,775. she said,AND is warped was also on GreenAPPLY startedtoday Tofino Bus in YOUR 2002 RESUME WITH COVERand LETTER 30X33 $9,125. 32X31 as an inter-city bus and charter the chain. Ryan was wearing it the $9,680. End Wall Included. Pioneer Steel TO CAREERS@BLACKPRESS.CA BE SURE TO REFERENCE THE he died, she said. service and expanded it in 2015 ,night 1-855-212-7036 to include the entire Vancouver Members of the public can submit www.pioneersteel.ca JOB AND LOCATION YOU’RE APPLYING FOR. Island. It filled the gaps left by information to Campbell River Crime Greyhound in offering Box By Stoppers using the group’s website or Firewood/Fuel Bus For andmore freight service in on partanonymous tip lineregions (1-800-222information these their vacancies and other nership with Greyhound to ship TIPS).

Cassie also said that anyone throughout BC visit: www.blackpress.ca/careers WEST COAST Firewood. who finds the objects can contact her Seasoned wood. Volume packages on and off the Island. discount. 1-877-380-9663.

Wilson’s had already taken over directly through Facebook.”

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BOOK READING, Don’t Never Tell Nobody Nothin’ No How: The Real story of West Coast Rum Running.

Wednesday, Nov. 14. 7pm at the Clayoquot Theatre.

CONVERSATION ON DEATH AND DYING, Wednesday, Nov. 14. 6:308:30pm at the UCC. An evening conversation with retired holistic physician Dr. Hans Terlingen. Free..

SENIOR’S SOCIAL, Friday, Nov. 16. 10am-noon at the Tofino Community Hall. Free. Coffee, tea and goodies, conversation, crafts, music, whatever you want to do. Open to individuals 55 years old or better!

MOVIE NIGHT, Monday, Nov. 19, ‘Breath’. Doors at 7:15pm, show at 8 in the Clayoquot Theatre. Tix $8.

A mysterious older surfer pushes two teenage boys to take risks that will have a lasting and profound impact on their lives.

FOOD FOREST OPEN HOUSE, Tuesday, Nov. 20. 10am-4pm at the Wickaninnish Community School. See page 8 of this newspaper for full schedule..

FEATURED EVENT OF THE WEEK

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

Community Open Houses Steelhead LNG and Huu-ay-aht First Nations are proposing to develop Kwispaa LNG – a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility on lands owned by Huu-ay-aht First Nations at Nuumaqimyiis Bay (also known as Sarita Bay) in the Alberni Inlet.

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

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

SOUP LUNCH, Thursdays, noon-1:30pm at the UCC. No charge, all welcome..

Thursday, Nov. 15

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

SURFRIDER STICH N’ BEACH Come to the Ucluelet Aquarium on Nov. 15 for a special edition Surfrider’s Stitch and Beach and learn how to make your own travel pouch for reusable cutlery and straws!

This free event will run from 5:30–8:30 p.m. and participants will receive free materials, instruction, use of sewing machines, and snacks.

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

Ucluelet.

service ST. AIDAN’S WITHOUT WALLS, Service: Sunday at 4 p.m. at Ucluelet Community Centre. Except for first Sunday of each month when service is at St. Columba in Tofino.

HERITAGE MUSEUM,

Wednesdays to Saturdays.

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

Saturday, 5pm.

TOFINO BIBLE ST. COLUMBA CHURCH FELLOWSHIP

Sundays, 10:30am.

Sundays, 10:30am. Tofino Legion.

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

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Open are as Grocery, you apply forfor a volunteer position on our advisory bodies. Open positions are positions as follows: Long Beach Gas & Go, follows: follows: Tofino Co-op, Advisory Body Term # Positions Tofino Co-op Gas Bar, Advisory Body Term Term# Positions Advisory Body # Positions Public Art Advisory Committee 2 year 1 Artist Tofino Pharmacy Public Art Advisory Committee 2 year 1 Artist 2 year 2 year 1 Community Representative Public Art Advisory Committee 1 Artist 2 year 1 Community Representative UCLUELET Community Economic 2 year 2 year 2 Community Representatives 1 Community RepresentativeBarry’s Pharmacy, Community Economic 2 year 2 Community Representatives Development Advisory Blackberry Cove Market, Development CommunityAdvisory Economic 2 year 2 Community Representatives Committee Murray’s Grocery, Committee Development Advisory Design Review Panel 3 year 2 Community Representatives Harbourview Drugstore, Design Review Panel 3 year 2 Community Representatives Committee Petro Canada Store, Tofino Recreation Commission 2 year 3 Community Representatives Tofino Recreation 2 year 3 year 3 Community Representatives Design ReviewCommission Panel 2 Community RepresentativesUcluelet Co-op, 1 year 1 Community Representatives 1 year 1 Community Representatives Ucluelet Co-op Gas Bar, Volunteer Recognition Commission 2 year 2 year 2 Community Representatives Tofino Recreation 3 Community Representatives Volunteer Recognition 2 year 2 Community Representatives Westerly News office.

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For more information about available positions2and to find the online application form, Volunteer Recognition year Community For more information about available positions and to find the 2online applicationRepresentatives form, please visit the District’s website at www.tofino.ca/employment-and-volunteer.

Committee please visit the District’s website at www.tofino.ca/employment-and-volunteer.

Applications are also available from the District office, and are due noon Friday,

Applications are also available from the District office, and are due noon Friday, 2018 by online submission, hand orand e-mail: November 30, office@ For more 30, information about availablemail, positions to find the online application form, November 2018 by online submission, mail, hand or e-mail: westerlynews.ca Elyse please visit theGoatcher-Bergmann District’s website at www.tofino.ca/employment-and-volunteer.

Elyse Goatcher-Bergmann Manager of Corporate Services Applications are also available from the District office, and are due noon Friday, Manager of Corporate Services Mail: Box 9,by Tofino BC,submission, V0R 2Z0 November 30, 2018 online mail, hand or e-mail: Mail: Box 9, Tofino BC, V0R 2Z0 Hand: 121 Third Street Hand: 121 Third Street Email: Elyseegoatcher-bergmann@tofino.ca Goatcher-Bergmann Email: egoatcher-bergmann@tofino.ca

We invite you to join us, learn more, and provide your feedback.

The Kwispaa LNG Team and subject matter experts will be available to hear your questions, interests, and concerns.

Ucluelet · Monday, November 26, 4:30-7:30pm Ucluelet Community Centre, 500 Matterson Drive Port Alberni · Tuesday, November 27, 4:30-7:30pm Italian Hall Events Centre, 4065 6th Avenue Bamfield · Wednesday, November 28, 4:30-7:30pm House of Huu-ay-aht, Anacla For more information about Kwispaa LNG: kwispaaLNG.com info@kwispaaLNG.com 1 (855) 860 8744 (toll free)

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