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Big plans for land

Ucluelet considers Lighthouse project NORA O’MALLEY nora.omalley@westerlynews.ca

The District of Ucluelet is one step closer to seeing a $1.3 million project for Amphitrite Point lands come to life.

During their Jan. 22 regular meeting, Ucluelet’s mayor and council voted unanimously to support the Amphitrite Point project by committing to pay 27 per cent of project costs—about $363,000—and on Jan. 23, a grant funding application was submitted to the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP) to procure the remaining capital investment needed to develop the site.

“This isn’t done. This is the starting point,” said manager of parks and recreation Abby Fortune.

Since acquiring an 18.3 ha portion of the Amphitrite Point lands from the Canadian Coast Guard in 2018, the District of Ucluelet hired landscape architects Murdoch de Greeff Inc. to carry out a feasibility study to explore potential uses for the lands and historic lighthouse residence.

The feasibility study was presented to two key players: the Wild Pacific Trail Society (WPTS) and the Ucluelet and Area Historical Society.

The District also hosted a public open house in December to garner feedback from the community.

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SWEET 16: Chocolate Tofino owners Kim and Cam Shaw celebrated the 16th anniversary of their chocolate shop last week. Happy Birthday balloons decorated the entrance and customers received sweet prizes and sweet deals on their favourite handcrafted chocolates and homemade gelato. Chocolate Tofino has been bringing rich cocoa deliciousness and salted caramel delicacies to the Coast since 2003.

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The Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation (TFN) celebrated the opening of a unique housing complex on Thursday, Feb. 7.

Located on Tla-o-qui-aht Territory in Tofino, the infrastructure project involved converting shipping containers into 16 studio suites and five family homes.

TFN Chief Moses Martin addressed the crowd following an opening prayer and blessing from elder Levi Martin.

“When you look at these container homes and the completion of them, I know that in terms of the need for housing in this whole district these are small numbers. But, when you think of the individual families that are going to be living in them, that means a lot to them. We’re excited for those people that will have a place to call home,” said Martin.

Indigenous Services Canada contributed $1.5 million and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) provided $905,000 for the new housing complex project, according to a press release issued by Indigenous Services of Canada.

CMHC regional manager for First Nations housing Kim MacPherson travelled from Vancouver to attend the opening. “[The container project] was a real innovative approach that we hadn’t had a lot of experience with. We were really excited to learn about what it could be and how it could make a difference,” said MacPherson.“We are impressed. It’s beautiful. It’s really nice to meet the family that’s actually going to be living there, and really understanding the difference that the funding makes in peoples’ lives, ” she said.

Shawn Quick, his wife, and their five children received the first set of keys to their new home during Thursday’s grand opening. Quick said they had been looking for over a year to find a place in the area and make the move across the Tofino harbour from Opitsaht.

“Our new house will free up employment for my wife and offer more opportunities for my children,” said Quick, adding that he helped with construction.

“We’re excited for those people that will have a place to call home.”

– Moses Martin Lead builder for TFN, Wayne Hawthornthwaite from Coast Mountain Construction, said the demonstration project had its fair share of challenges when it came to meeting B.C.’s building code. He said the shipping containers have a roof like a regular house and hardy plank siding. The new homes use electric baseboard heaters.

In addition to addressing housing needs, training TFN for the workforce was also a key component of the shipping container project; North Island College offered a ten-week carpentry program to First Nations community members.

“I helped from pretty much the ground up, from building the foundations to forms to putting the rebar in,” said carpentry student Nicolas Seitcher.

“It was quite a process. Slow, first time doing it. It was a big learning curve. I really enjoyed it and would probably take the opportunity to do it again if I was offered. It was something else for sure,” said Seitcher.

The housing complex will be operated by the Economic Development department within TFN administration. Applications to live in the new First Nations housing complex have already started coming in, notes TFN Housing Manager Ivy Bell.

Tofino Mayor Josie Osborne said she would live in one of the shipping container studios in a heartbeat.

“This is a really great small space that is completely self-contained and has everything a person would want. I don’t think I would have a hard time keeping this place clean and tidy,” said Osborne during a tour of one of the suites.

“It’s really wonderful to see this entire development. I can only imagine what a gift it must feel like to give your community this kind of housing. I think Tla-o-qui-aht has a lot to be proud of,” she said.

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On the Edge’s success goes through the roof on Coast ANDREW BAILEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca

A Ucluelet business is parading into 2019 with some well-earned praise.

On the Edge Roofing and Contracting is celebrating three Small Business B.C. Awards nominations: Best Employer, Best Company and Best Community Impact.

“On The Edge Roofing and Contracting has made sure that coastal residents, and the homes that they work so hard for, are protected from the weather that the area famously receives,” states On the Edge’s nominee profile page at www.sbbcawards.ca. “With record breaking rainfall in a temperate rainforest, a high quality roof should be a top priority! On The Edge has provided peace of mind to hundreds of residents in Ucluelet, Tofino, and surrounding First Nation communities along the west coast.”

The company’s owner Shaun Mills told the Westerly he was “honoured, thrilled and excited” to see his business recognized.

“It’s hard work being accomplished,” he said. “It’s one thing to show I’m doing things right.

I’m on the right path and the good service that we can provide is paying off. We feel good…I would like to thank the communities and everyone around that has supported us and continues to support us.”

Mills has been in the roofing business for roughly 20 years, splitting his time between Alberta and B.C. before making the decision to stay in Ucluelet full-time.

“Once I was able to just stay here and not have to go back to Alberta at all, we rebranded the company

Dust off your board games West Coast, BC Hydro is planning a daylong power outage next month.

Hydro will be turning off power to the entire peninsula on Sunday, March 3 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“We know that outages at any time have an impact and being able to plan for them hopefully can reduce some of that impact, so it’s important for us to get the word out,” Hydro spokesperson Karla Louwers told the Westerly News.

“It’s about making sure that people are aware and prepared.”

The outage is needed as Hydro is moving roughly 16 power poles

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Shaun and Kellie Mills are ecstatic with the West Coast’s support of their On the Edge Roofing and Contracting business. and decided to hire some staff and grow it and see where we could take it,” he said adding the company’s business has doubled each year since rebranding in 2016.

“It’s really good to keep the money local and keep the work local…We’re getting a lot of work and that feels really good.”

Mills employs four employees year-round and said business from Tofino and the Tla-o-quiaht First Nation has supplemented his Ucluetian operations. He added his crew was busy over December as heavy storms wreaked havoc on West Coast roofs.

“We had four guys buzzing around in two trucks doing nothing but patching roofs just so people didn’t have leaks and we’re going back now and fixing them up and doing proper permanent

repairs on them,” he said. “Having a service like this is great for the communities. We don’t have to wait for people to come from out of town to do it. We’re here. The more support we get, the bigger we’ll grow and the more we’ll be able to service.”

He added the West Coast’s support circles back into the communities by keeping dollars in town.

“It’s a circle,” he said. “We buy all local product. We hire guys that live here and that support the communities and shop in our grocery stores. People use us, the money stays here, we use it in our community and it just goes around and helps the economy all around.”

Ucluelet mayor Mayco Noel touted Mills as a valuable community member who deserved the SBBC accolades.

“A big congratulations to you Shaun. People don’t know the big battle that it’s taken for you to get to this point, so my hat off to you.

It’s wonderful to see that you’re being rewarded for your effort and your commitment to the community as well as to those that are working for you,” Noel said.

He noted that Mills is a local father, volunteer firefighter and active community member who worked hard to create a place for himself in Ucluelet.

“It just really shows the perseverance that he has to making it work because it would have been easier for him to give up a long time ago,” Noel said.

“He wanted to live here and he created himself his own work and it’s wonderful to see that he’s being rewarded.”

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to fit the realignment of Hwy. 4 that’s currently underway as part of the provincial and federal government’s $38 million Kennedy Hill Improvement Project. The March 3 outage will be Hydro’s second, and final, day-long outage related to the road’s realignment.

“This is our final phase of work…

We’ve been working on the highway for some time and now we are ready to finalize and energize the new poles,” she said. “For the most part, the poles didn’t have to move far. But, given the terrain that we were in, there was quite a bit of skill, detailed design and engineering that went into planning the placement of the new poles.”

She said Hydro collaborated with BC’s Ministry of Transportation as well as West Coast officials to choose the March 3 date.

“We were certainly aiming to have this work completed before summer, because we knew the impact to the community would be much larger the longer we waited,” she said.

“And, similar to what we did during the last outage, we reached out to some contacts in the community to make sure that we weren’t picking a date that was absolutely terrible; with community events and things like that that would be happening that would create a greater impact that what we’d wish for such a large, widespread, outage.”

All West Coast residents are advised to unplug their electronics on March 3 to decrease the risk of devices being fried by the 5 p.m. power surge and Louwers added that Hydro is asking residents to turn off their heat as well so that the power demand is low when it is restored.

“When a system has been de-energized for a long period of time, like an eight-hour outage, especially at this time of year when weather conditions can be a little chillier, it’s like starting a car; it takes a little bit of time to warm up,” she said. “If the load is very high, it will take more time to restore power.”

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Time to listen to the doctors and legalize opioid drugs As the B.C. Coroners Service released its 2018 overdose-related death totals, showing four people a day are still dying from mainly fentanyl-contaminated street drugs, there was a desperate edge to the message.

Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, pleaded with politicians to take action beyond handing out overdose kits and declaring emergencies. In short, prohibition is pushing users onto the street, and the flow of smuggled fentanyl, mainly from China, hasn’t slowed despite frantic efforts to harden North America’s borders to it.

The grim update was provided by B.C. Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe, Henry and Dr. Evan Wood, executive director of the B.C. Centre for Substance Use. People who follow this story will know that paramedics, nurses and doctors are run ragged, mostly reviving hardcore street users with Naloxone injections, sometimes multiple

the limited tests Ottawa has allowed. times in the same day. Meanwhile, “That’s what my office is working people continue to die at home, alone. on … how we can have de facto deThe vast majority are men between the ages of 30 and 59. They’re not criminalization of people who use classic junkies, and as a member of drugs in B.C., recognizing that is one of the huge challenges that is leading that demographic I would suggest that most of them hold down jobs to people using street drugs and dying, rather than descending to stealing or and using alone,” Henry said.

Tom Fletcher selling their bodies to get the next fix.

Wood said public education is needWood reluctantly calls them “weeked “so the winds start to blow in a end warriors.” Another interesting stat is that the direction where the politicians see where they majority of them are buying stimulants, mostly can really act freely and start applying some of cocaine or methamphetamine, that turns out to the public health models.” be contaminated with fentanyl. More on that in Henry said B.C. is studying Portugal’s prescripa minute. The message to politicians was clear. tion model, which is held up as an international Henry noted that federal law criminalizing nar- success. In 2001, drug laws there were amended cotic possession is the main obstacle to progress, to keep hard drugs illegal, except for authorized and that prescription substitutes such as dia- personal use. Anyone caught with up to 10 days’ cetylmorphine have shown significant results in unauthorized supply is subject to an adminis-

trative penalty rather than facing jail time for possession of heroin, cocaine or the synthetic variants now cranked out by organized crime.

Coroner Lapointe referred to a survey of B.C. users that found almost half claimed they were looking for pain relief. Given the option of “pain-related,” that’s what they told surveyors.

“Pain-related wasn’t defined,” Lapointe said.

“Was that physical pain, was that emotional pain, was that psychological pain? But people are reaching out for help.”

This is where I beg to differ with the soothing message of the medical establishment. Construction workers aren’t scoring tainted coke or meth because their knees are sore, or their divorce was unpleasant. They’re doing it because decades of popular culture have taught them that getting high and partying are the main reasons to go to work.

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COMMERCIAL FISHERS NEED HELP I am a third generation Japanese-Canadian fisherman living in Ucluelet. I operate a salmon troll vessel that has been in my family for 68 years.

In 1999, the Government of Canada decided to take my livelihood and give it to another sector, the recreational sector.

The Canadian government is allowed to expropriate my livelihood but, under their commitments to U.N. Human rights principles, not without compensation.

The Canadian government did it to my family in 1942 and it took the government years to own up and apologize for that action. Now they are doing it again.

The coming year DFO is proposing that the entire commercial troll fishery will maybe get 8,500 Chinook salmon to catch while the recreational fishery gets 50,000 fish.

This is a completely unfair interpretation of the sports priority policy and breaks the human rights principles that Canada has signed onto in respect to access to a fair livelihood.

We have asked that the sports and First Nation fishing community sit down with us to find a fair way to harvest the available fish.

In 2008, the Government of Canada signed a Pacific Salmon Treaty with the United States that reduced only the commercial troll share, leaving the recreational share unharmed.

The government received $30 million from the Americans.

We asked at the time for the money to be used for compensation, but instead they tried to buy out the com-

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mercial troll fleet’s licences at bargain basement prices.

Ten years later, there is still $17 million of that money left and we lost over $40 million in revenue during that time.

That money would be a start at compensation, but the government refuses to talk to us about it.

Is my family going to, for the second time, wait years for our government to own up to an entrenched injustice?

Doug Kimoto Ucluelet

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This weekend more than 20 young athletes from Tofino and Ucluelet participated in the Snowball Classic Gymnastics Competition.

A big thank you to coach Linsday Kerdman for organizing and hosting the meet!

On behalf of all of the athletes and their families, we’re grateful to Linsday for taking gymnastics to the next level. She is an awesome role model and coach who is always encouraging, challenging and supporting the young athletes.

Special thanks also go out to the extra coaches, judges, all the volunteers and the team at the UCC for making it such a fun day.

It was awesome to watch all the kids shine!

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Experienced and aspiring food growers and garden enthusiasts will unite at the Tofino Botanical Gardens from Feb. 22-24 to celebrate the Tofino Community Food Initative’s West Coast Farm and Garden event.

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How does your garden grow, West Coast?

Enjoying local food has long been a fixture of West Coast culture and a grow-your-own movement is starting to spread.

Experienced and aspiring greenthumbs are ready to showcase their knowledge and learn new skills at the Tofino Community Food Initiative’s West Coast Farm and Garden Show from Feb. 22-24 at the Tofino Botanical Gardens.

“The West Coast Farm and Garden show is a grassroots, community driven event that brings together farmers, backyard growers and food enthusiasts of our region,” said the TCFI’s community coordinator Leah Austin.

“Through workshops and presentations, we will be providing the skills and inspiration needed to tackle the challenges of growing

food on the West Coast. Eating local is not only delicious, it also reduces our carbon footprint and helps support farmers in our neighbouring communities.”

The Tofino Community Food Initiative was launched in 2009 by community members dedicated to fostering food security on the West Coast, according to Austin.

She said food gardening has “reawakened” over the past 10 years, but many residents are still under the false impression that it can’t be done locally.

“I think there is still a bit of a myth that food can’t be grown here because of the fog, rain, rocky land, and slugs,” she said.

The Farm and Garden Show will help combat that false notion by welcoming a garden of vendors and growers who will dish out all the knowledge and fixings for a West Coast spring garden.

“Seasoned West Coast gardeners will be on site to answer all your pressing garden questions,” Austin said. “Children will be delighted by the hayrides around the garden, facepainting, bubbles, planting tables and worm compost demos where they can get their hands in the soil.”

Evening events will include an ‘Off-the-Grid’ dinner with Picnic Charcuterie, a screening of ‘Living the Change’ and a ‘Farmed-ForagedFound’ dinner with Heartwood Kitchen.

A full schedule of events, as well as tickets and volunteer opportunities, can be found at www. tofinocommunityfoodinitiative.com. Funds raised will go towards supporting the Wickaninnish Community School garden initiative as well as future TCFI events.

“There is something for everyone over the weekend and we look forward to dusting off our trowels and getting our hands in the earth,”

Austin said adding free childminding and a free shuttle service will help make the event accessible.

She said the West Coast Farm and Garden Show will be held every two years and supplement the planting-knowledge infusion created by the TCFI’s already popular ‘Seedy Saturdays’ events.

“Gardening is somewhat of a lost skill that is quickly gaining popularity,” she said. “People have the enthusiasm, but not necessarily the knowledge and each community in each region has its own successful garden tips and challenges.”

She added there will also be a presentation on the Coastal Addendum to the Port Alberni Agricultural Plan at the event, which will include information around what residents can do to support the development of West Coast agriculture.

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Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to Section 464(2) of the Local Government Act, the District of Tofino is waiving the requirement for a public hearing for an amendment to “District of Tofino Zoning Bylaw No. 770, 1997”. The amendment fixes a numbering error in part 41J and ensures the existing prohibition of cannabis retail and production remain in force pending changes proposed in Bylaw 1222 (changes to Part 4 of the Zoning Bylaw). Cannabis retail stores will be permitted by way of Temporary Use Permits, more information is available at www.tofino.ca/cannabis.

BYLAW: “District of Tofino Zoning Amendment Bylaw No.1258, 2019”, amending Zoning Bylaw No. 770.

LANDS: The proposed zoning amendment would cover the whole of the District of Tofino.

APPLICANT: District of Tofino The proposed bylaw may be inspected at the Tofino Municipal Office, 121 Third Street, Tofino, B.C. during regular business hours (8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.), Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays.

Please submit any comments or concerns you may have regarding this application before 12:00 p.m., Monday, February 25th, 2019. Written submissions may be mailed to the District of Tofino, P.O. Box 9, Tofino, B.C., V0R 2Z0, or emailed to arodgers@tofino.ca.

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A Public Hearing for residents and property owners within Electoral Area ‘C’ will be held in the District of Tofino Council Chambers, 380 Campbell Street, Tofino BC, at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, February 19th, 2019. The purpose of this hearing is to consider Bylaw P1386. This bylaw is necessary to facilitate the development of a marine research facility on Vargas Island.

Bylaw P1386 to rezone LOT 1, DISTRICT LOT 1016, VARGAS ISLAND, CLAYOQUOT DISTRICT, PLAN 20252 from Forest Reserve (A4) District to Institutional (P1) District.

SAIN Holdings Inc. (Nessman) – Lot 1, Vargas Island Anyone who feels their interest in property will be affected by the proposed bylaw will be given an opportunity to speak on matters contained in the bylaw.

The Public Hearing will be held by the Director for Electoral Area ‘C’, the Alternate Director or the Chairperson of the Regional Board, as a delegate of the Regional Board. A copy of the Board resolution making this delegation is available for public review.

If you would like more information on this proposal, the bylaw and relevant background documents are available for public review at the Regional District of Alberni-Clayoquot office during normal office hours, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday, excluding statutory holidays, from February 6, 2019 to February 18, 2019 inclusive.

Any correspondence submitted prior to the Public Hearing should be addressed to the following: Mike Irg, Manager of Planning and Development Regional District of Alberni-Clayoquot 3008 Fifth Avenue Port Alberni, BC V9Y 2E3 Telephone: (250) 720-2700 Email: planning@acrd.bc.ca

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The 1st Ucluelet Scouts are asking for volunteer help so they can keep the local Scouts Canada program alive.

Ukee Scouts need help ANDREW BAILEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca

The 1st Ucluelet Scouts are searching for new volunteer recruits so they can continue helping kids explore and understand the wilderness around them.

Scouts Canada teaches kids outdoor skills as well as social skills while building their leadership abilities and self confidence as they work towards earning badges that reflect their new knowledge.

Scouting season runs from September to June and Ucluelet Scouter Ken Roberts is putting the call out for volunteers early to allow interested locals to go through the necessary training to be ready to go at the start of next season, rather than wait until August.

“That’ll give them plenty of time to make the decision, come to the meetings and see if they like it or not,” he said. “If they do like it, then we can get the interview process done and we can get the required training done before September comes around and they can be full scouting leaders right from the start.”

The local program is split into three age groups: Beavers, 5-7, Cubs, 8-10, and Scouts 11-14, and returned to Ucluelet in 2013 after a roughly 20-year hiatus, but Roberts said volunteer help has waned since then with only four volunteers signing up this season.

“We’ve been downsizing over the years,” he said. “This year, we’ve got barely enough [volunteers]. We’ve got two scouters for the Beaver’s and two scouters for the Cubs, but we weren’t able to run the Scouts this year because we didn’t have enough leaders. There was six to eight [kids] that would have been in there this year, but we weren’t able to run it.”

Roberts got involved with the program at the start of 2013’s relaunch and has been thrilled with the experience.

“It’s very rewarding,” he said. “I love seeing the looks on their faces as these kids discover

“We’ve been downsizing over the years.”

– Ken Roberts something that they didn’t know before, or something that they didn’t know they could do before. Whether it be as simple as putting a tent together, or getting a fire going without using matches.”

He said it’s important to pull youth away from screens and into the outdoors to learn lifelong skills and added that the group’s camping trips are particularly popular among the kids.

“We’ll work on anything from canoeing, kayaking, rock climbing and we do a lot of outdoor skills stuff; identifying plants and trees,” he said. “Then there is the more social aspect too of working with the other kids. We try to promote them into leadership roles, but also in fun ways like doing skits and plays and music and presentations and things like that to bolster their confidence.”

He added he participated in Scouts as a kid and wants Ucluelet’s current future leaders to enjoy the same opportunities.

“I still look back at the memories I have of doing those camps, sitting around the campfire, singing songs. It’s kind of ‘old school,’ but I think it’s become more and more important these days,” he said.

“It’s also something different than school and they’re hanging out with kids in a wider age group than they normally would…And, for kids that maybe aren’t always interested in playing soccer or other organized sports, this gives another chance for them to have a belonging in a group.”

Anyone interested in keeping local scouting opportunities alive should reach out to Roberts at 1st.Ucluelet.Cubs@gmail.com or check out www.Scouts.ca for more information.

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“This gives us some hard costs now and we’ve been able to look at what we are actually going to do,” said Fortune. “If we are successful with the [ICIP] grant then we go into a design process and that will have some public input as well.”

The Amphitrite Point lands serve as a trailhead to the Lighthouse Loop section of the Wild Pacific Trail. Last year, the WPTS took about 1,000 people on guided walks, and an estimated 400,000 people read their interpretive signs, notes Trail Society president Barbara Schramm.

“The WPTS has been dreaming of an interpretive centre for many years. Five years ago, we decided to start offering free interpretive walks on the trail without a building to work from. Now, we have a wonderful Naturalist nearly full-time, and a seasonal tent for a focus area,” said Schramm.

“The promise of a new space with rain shelter and seating areas has us very excited. We only wish the building could happen right away,” she said.

Fortune said the working plans for Amphitrite Point include providing safe viewing platforms for storm watching, revamping the lightkeepers house, and building an outdoor amphitheater.

“We want to celebrate what is Amphitrite Point. A big driving factor is just being true to the actual site and then the safety around it,” Fortune said.

“In terms of the house itself, how can we use that in terms of multi-purpose space for the community and celebrate the heritage as well? I mean, wouldn’t it be lovely to have a latte and go out on the deck and watch the rolling waves?”

Fortune went on to say that her hope for the Amphitrite Point project is to capture the charm and character of Ucluelet.

“People come to our community because there is character and we don’t want to lose that,” notes Fortune, who has called Ucluelet home since 1992.

The ICIP grant opportunity provides funds for cost-sharing infrastructure development between the governments of Canada and B.C. and local governments.

The Amphitrite Point project application was submitted under the ICIP – Community, Culture, and Recreation (CCR) Program grant funding stream.

The District of Tofino sent in an application to the same funding stream requesting funding to build a new gymnasium adjacent to the Tofino Community Hall.

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Smitten tourists Justin Warger and Robin Simcoe of Malakwa B.C. spontaneously tied the knot at Ucluelet’s Amphitrite Lighthouse alongside their son Jase after becoming enamoured with their romantic West Coast surroundings during a visit in March, 2018.

Romantic West Coast offers beautiful wedding setting ANDREW BAILEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca

When the sun strikes the sand of a West Coast beach, that’s amore.

Valentine’s Day preparations have breathed a hearty romance into a West Coast air that’s already chock-full of enchantment.

“People come to Tofino for all sorts of reasons, but it’s known as one of the best places to kiss in Canada,” said Tourism Tofino chair JJ Belanger. “It’s got that cache to it as a very romantic place and I don’t think Valentine’s Day is exclusive to it; it’s 365 [days a year]…

It’s a special place.”

Tofino hosted 305 weddings in 2018, according to B.C.’s marriage statistics, and Rare Earth Weddings and Events is hosting a Tofino Wedding Weekend on Feb. 23 to help couples plan their perfect day in the perfect setting.

“This isn’t your typical bridal show,” reads the event’s description on Tourism Tofino’s website. “Join guided tours, where you will meet Tofino’s talented collective of event planners, wedding photographers, floral designers, cake artists, beauty specialists and more.”

As the general manager of Tofino’s Crystal Cove Beach Resort, Belanger has witnessed many engagements and weddings and recalled playing a uniquely important role in one guest’s proposal about four years ago.

“He said, ‘I need you to stash what looks like a message in a bottle on the rocks down on the beach at 6:30 a.m. because we’re going to go for a sunrise beach walk,’” Belanger said adding he fulfilled his romantic duty and then hid in some nearby bushes to make sure no one else scooped up the bottle before

“This is truly a perfect spot for proposals, and for gorgeous weddings.”

– Jen McLeod the intended couple showed up.

“They found the bottle. She opened it. She burst into tears and he got down on one knee and proposed,” he said.

“That’s what we do for our guests when it comes to proposals, weddings and all that kind of stuff. We make sure they’re special day is spectacular…

People come here because they feel it’s a special place. It’s about a oneness with the ocean, the land, the community, everything and it’s become that place where people want to come to say ‘I do.’”

Belanger’s own proposal story is set on Cox Bay as he popped the question to his then-girlfriend Laurell during a visit to Tofino in 2004.

“We were staying at Pacific Sands [Resort] and, at sunset, we went down to the beach. I had a bottle of champagne in a carrying case and two glasses and got down on one knee at sunset and proposed to Laurell,” he said. “She said ‘Yes’ and we popped the champagne.”

He said he was living in Vancouver at the time, but had been visiting Tofino annually for roughly 20 years and knew it was the right place to ask the most important question of his life.

“We love it. It’s a magical place to us,” he said adding he’d bought the ring about six months prior in the Caribbean and had held onto it until their Tofino vacation that February.

The couple decided to make Tofino their permanent home seven years ago.

Ucluelet hosted 146 weddings in 2018, including one impromptu celebration where Robin Simcoe and Justin Wagner of Malakwa B.C. were so enamoured with the West Coast’s scenery that they decided to get married at Amphitrite Point during their visit.

“On Saturday, we got rings. On Sunday, we got a dress and flowers. On Monday, as soon as Westland Insurance opened, we got a marriage license and it all came together,” Justin told the Westerly a day after the big event.

“The community is fantastic, but also just the whole area is fantastic. There is so much going on at once, yet it is so calm and relaxed and laid back…I can’t really describe the feeling you get out here, but it’s one of a kind.”

Ucluelet photographer Jen McLeod volunteered to take photos of the couple’s big day and recalled being delighted with the opportunity.

McLeod moved to Ucluelet in 2017 and frequently captures couples’ big moments through her business Jen McLeod Photography.

“This is truly a perfect spot for proposals, and for gorgeous weddings. The West Coast is a place of raw beauty.

It is wild and untouched in so many ways. It’s a place that can both humble you and can elate you,” she told the Westerly.

“People come here and they’re just struck by the beauty that surrounds them. The places just gives you this incredible feeling of having reached a destination that you didn’t know you were journeying toward. It inspires love and it inspires joy, and I think that’s the way people really want to mark their relationships and their marriages. It’s a perfect start to a beautiful life.”

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Snowfall cancels flights at Victoria Airport ISLAND IN BRIEF

Almost all Victoria International Airport flights were cancelled, diverted or delayed as weather conditions worsened across South Vancouver Island Sunday evening.

Instrument landing systems require 200 feet of vertical visibility and a half mile of horizontal visibility.

At least 13 departing and 13 arriving flights were cancelled and a number of flights delayed until further notice..

– www.vicnews.com $5 million lottery ticket bought in Port Alberni With much of the province blanketed in snow and feeling icy cold temperatures this weekend, perhaps a tropical holiday is on the agenda for a lucky ticket holder after winning big on Saturday night’s Lotto 6/49 draw.

The single ticket, purchased in Port Alberni, matched all six numbers from across Canada to win the $5 million jackpot on Feb. 9. All lottery prize winners have 52 weeks from the draw date printed on their ticket to come forward to claim their prize. The winning numbers, as published on the BCLC website, were 01, 24, 35, 41, 42 and 49.

The specific retail location where the winning lottery ticket was purchased, as well as the lottery winner’s name, will be announced after the winner has come forward to claim the prize..”

– www.albernivalleynews.com Roe herring fishery approved despite opposition The Department of Fisheries and Oceans recently approved a roe herring fishery in the Strait of Georgia despite calls to shut it down.

In accordance with the DFO’s 2018/19 Pacific Herring Integrated Fisheries Management Plan, a

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ation of increasing natural mortality rates to account for predator needs (e.g., hake, salmon, marine mammals),” said Postlethwaite. “The harvest rate is tested to ensure it is robust to future uncertainties in natural mortality, and that the removal rate will keep the stock above conservation limits with a high probability (above 90 per cent) and over the long term (15 years).”

– www.comoxvalleyrecord.com

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Winter conditions were cancelling flights into and out of Victoria International Airport on Sunday. maximum harvest rate has been set at 20 per cent.

Grant Scott, president of Conservancy Hornby Island, said this is equal to 27,500 tons of herring.

“We were hoping that DFO would listen to the people and seriously restrict this fishery that just doesn’t make sense,” said Scott. “Herring is the cornerstone species for many of the mammals, fish and seabirds who live in or migrate through the Strait of Georgia …To kill this many herring in the commercial fishery rather than leaving them to support these other species doesn’t make sense to us.”

Herring are an important part of Chinook salmon diets, which in turn make up a large part of Orca diets.

According to Victoria Postlethwaite, Regional Herring Officer with the DFO, the maximum harvest rate is based on an annual stock assessment program that determines the status and biomass of the herring stock.

“While not always achieved in commercial fishery catches, the maximum 20 per cent harvest rate for the Strait of Georgia reflects the best available science which includes consider-

Nanaimo Tim Hortons robbed at gunpoint A Tim Hortons in Nanaimo was robbed at gunpoint on Feb. 7.

According to Nanaimo RCMP, the robbery happened at about 11:30 p.m. Thursday at the Nanaimo North Town Centre location.

Employees and witnesses told police they saw a man approach the till point to a firearm tucked in his waistband and demand an employee turn over money. An undisclosed amount of cash was handed over, the suspect fled and was last seen running toward Mark’s clothing store.

The suspect is described as white, approximately 5-foot-10 to 6 feet tall, with a slim build. He wore a mask to conceal his face, dark clothing, which consisted of a black hoodie with tan trim, black gloves, baggy pants and dark skater shoes with white trim along the base.

– www.nanaimobulletin.com

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Parcel Tax Assessment Rolls 2019 Updates Electoral Area “C” (Long Beach) The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District will be updating the Parcel Tax Assessment Rolls for the following services: ■ South Long Beach Multi-Purpose Bike Path Contribution Local Service Area; ■ Salmon Beach Services: Security, Garbage, Recreation, Transportation, Water, Sewage & Power

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The Assessment Roll is available for inspection at the Regional District Office, 3008 5th Avenue, Port Alberni, BC from Monday, February 4 to Thursday, February 21, 2019, inclusive, during regular office hours.

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HOROSCOPE CLUES ACROSS 4. Political action committee 7. Male parent 10. Doctors’ group 11. Ottoman military commander 12. A metal-bearing natural material 13. Lively ballroom dance 15. Male Gypsy 16. Once-popular card game 19. Occurred just once 21. __ Streisand, singer 23. Shiny yellow minerals 24. Get hitched again 25. See (Latin) 26. Lies between the Caspian and Persian Gulf 27. Scourges 30. Sentence 34. Supervises flying 35. Bar bill 36. Alfalfa 41. Type of dishwasher soap 45. Witnesses 46. Ancient Italian-Greek colony 47. Newspapers need them 50. Discuss again 54. Small group with shared interests 55. Support 56. Wool 57. Take hold of 59. Likely the first Meso-American civilization

60. Woman (French) 61. Automobile 62. Popular Georgia rockers 63. Soviet Socialist Republic 64. A major division of geological time 65. Make an effort

(clockwise) of due north 37. Respects 38. Shake up 39. Ethiopian river 40. Intrinsic nature of something 41. Principal parts of the brain 42. Brews 43. Where ships dock 44. One who wassails 47. Shock treatment 48. Popular average 49. Things 51. A type of “bear” 52. Utilize 53. European Economic Community 58. Swiss river

CLUES DOWN 1. Czech monetary unit 2. Able to arouse feeling 3. Elk 4. Muscular weaknesses 5. Earlier 6. Lightweight fabric 7. One who greets 8. Soldiers sometimes wear one 9. Officially prohibit 13. US political party 14. Used of a number or amount not specified 17. Make a mistake THIS WEEKS ANSWER 18. Biopic starring Jamie Foxx 20. Ancient Media inhabitant 22. About aviation 27. Popular American sports league 28. Cologne 29. Partner to cheese 31. When you’ll get there 32. Not pleased 33. One point east

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Even though it may seem to run counter to being productive, you may actually find some inspiration to get things done.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 You may not take the same path or go in the same direction as the masses, Taurus.

But you find the finish line nevertheless.

Keep on tracking your own trail.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 A few blips on the radar may give you pause, Gemini. But no obstacle is going to keep you from your final goal this week.

You are ready to forge ahead.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 No matter how much time you set aside, Cancer, you seem to keep playing catch up. You may need to realize that a few extra helping hands will make a lighter load of your tasks.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 You can’t contain your excitement or keep a secret this week, Leo. Avoid seeking secrets because you might let the cat out of the bag and don’t want to disappoint.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Do not try to take control of a situation on which you have a tenuous grasp, Virgo.

Other things of greater importance require your attention.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Domestic bliss describes your life at this point, Libra. You may have welcomed a new baby or pet into the family, and you are enjoying this new dynamic.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, even though you may have had to jump over many hurdles of late, you will come through stronger for having done so.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 A demand for your attention reaches a fever pitch, Sagittarius. You may not know what is spurring on this sort of popularity, but you are anxious to enjoy every minute of it.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Big changes are on the horizon, Capricorn.

It could be a new job opportunity or maybe a relocation if you have been thinking of making a fresh start.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, even though you may have to go out on a limb and out of your comfort zone, you may find that doing so gives you the fresh perspective you’ve been seeking.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, ask someone to remind you of an important deadline, as you have been a little scatterbrained as of late. Don’t let this pass you by.

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The Laboratory Dept. of Island Health is requesting expressions of interest to provide long term accommodations for medical professionals working in the ToďŹ no General Hospital.

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PROCESSING TECHNICIAN Tofino, BC Cermaq Canada is currently looking for full time Processing Technicians to join our team at our ToďŹ no Fish Processing Plant.

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Position Details: Status: Full Time Shift: Plant operates Monday to Friday (dependent on processing schedule) Hours: Up to 8 hours per day (overtime may be required) Location: ToďŹ no (transportation from Port Alberni and Ahousaht is available) Wage: $16.73 per hour (with the potential to receive an additional daily monetary incentive) Position Requirements: t 4BGFMZ QSFQBSJOH GPPE QSPEVDU UIBU NFFUT GPPE TBGFUZ SFHVMBUJPOT BOE JT safe for consumption t )BOEMJOH PVS mTI BU WBSJPVT EJĂľFSFOU TUBHFT PG UIF QSPDFTTJOH DZDMF t 1FSGPSNJOH B XJEF WBSJFUZ PG EJĂľFSFOU SFQFUJUJWF KPC UBTLT JODMVEJOH DMFBOJOH mTI HSBEJOH mTI NBOBHJOH CPYFT PQFSBUJOH GPSLMJGUT MJGUJOH and stacking of heavy boxes.

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HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY! Thursday, Feb. 14.

WEST COAST WINTER MUSIC: MILDLY WILD, Saturday, Feb. 16. 7:30 pm in the Clayoquot Sound Theatre. Mildly Wild, jazz/ pop quartet. Tix $25 at Mermaid Tales Bookshop or at the door.

VISITING EXHIBITION: BRITISH COLUMBIA’S WAR 1914-1918, Saturday & Sunday, Feb. 16 & 17.

12:30-4:30pm in the Tofino Clayoquot Heritage Museum (Tofino Legion basement). Drop by the museum to learn about about the impacts of the Great War on British Columbia and on Vargas Island.

KENNEDY LAKE BACKROADS CLEAN UP, Saturday, Feb. 16. 11AM meet at Tofino/Ucluelet Junction. Join Surfrider Pacific Rim & Central Westcoast Forest Society in a collaboration cleanup at Kennedy Lake! With a focus on highlighting illegal dumping and clean water initiatives within the Kennedy Flats Watershed. Come out and join two awesome local organizations in keeping our water and forests clean and trash free. We’ll be meeting at the Tofino/ Ucluelet Junction at 11 a.m.

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SURFRIDER STITCH AND BEACH, Tuesday, Feb. 19.

5:30pm at the ANAF in Ucluelet. Learn to crochet!

Crochet hooks and reused yarn from blankets will be supplied. There will be a clothing swap! Free event!

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

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

KARAOKE AT THE LEGION, Wednesdays, 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tofino Legion.

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

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

DARTS, Mondays, 7pm.

Tofino Legion.

service ST. COLUMBA CHURCH Sundays, 10:30am.

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

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February 18 Family Day Fun Run Meet at Amphitrite Lighthouse at 10am. to run or walk the Wild Pacific Trail Lighthouse Loop with family and friends. Event will be held rain or shine. Enjoy a 2.6 run/ walk loop with food and refreshments at the finish. Free event and everyone is welcome to participate! If the weather is really bad a free fitness class will be held at the Ucluelet Community Hall.

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

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

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GRACE BIBLE CHURCH, Sundays at 10:30am at UCC. CHRIST COMMUNITY CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL, Sundays, 10:30 am. 1419 Peninsula Rd, Ucluelet.

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Honeymoon on the High Seas SHIRLEY MARTIN Special to the Westerly

Some might question the appeal of a honeymoon aboard a rum running mothership, but it suited Emmie May Binns to a T. Emmie grew up in Ucluelet, the youngest daughter of Capt. Carl Binns. When she was 12 her mother died, leaving Emmie and older sister Phyllis as an inseparable duo who ran free in the great outdoors. They later became “cannery girls”, working in coastal herring plants.

Emmie was strong and feisty, once diving off a burning float plane in rough seas to swim to a nearby launch, commandeer it and return to rescue pilot and passengers. For this she was awarded a bronze lifesaving medal.

Stuart Stone was the son of a correspondence-trained Methodist minister. Rev. Stone brought his family to Clo-oose to pursue his mission. From there they moved to Stockham Island, before settling in 1904 on a small island (now Stone Island) in Tofino Inlet. Stuart and brother Chet ran their Wingen-built boat the Tofino, transporting goods and passengers from Port Alberni to Ucluelet, Tofino, and points beyond. They converted their next vessel, the Saint Roche, to a fish packer. Soon they were making runs to Seattle, with cases of liquor hidden beneath layers of fish.

Rum running was a lucrative business in the tough recession years following World War I. It was also an appealing livelihood for a seagoing adventurer like Stuart Stone. And it was just a matter of time before he met the lovely young daredevil Emmie May Binns.

Stuart, transporting liquor from his base in Vancouver, was often an absentee husband/ father to wife Catherine and two kids. Emmie worked with his sister Hazel as a telegraph operator. Hazel, who moonlighted as a ham radio operator for the rum runners, lived with Stuart’s family. When she brought her new friend home, they learned that not only had Emmie met Stuart 13 months previous, but they had been spending time together ever since. Stuart and wife Catherine soon divorced, leaving him free to wed his new love.

Emmie and Stuart married Nov. 8th, 1931.

Stuart, as skipper of the 5-masted schooner the Malahat, chose to take his wife to sea.

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Emmie May Binns found her seas legs on the 5-masted schooner the Malahat in 1931. just off the starboard bow. To keep the crew on task, Stuart set Emmie a dress code: no short skirts, and only lady-like outfits at dinner. Life aboard ship had its perks. The newlyweds had a snug stateroom with red velvet curtains, and the only private bathroom. The ship housed a small library and, naturally, a well-stocked liquor cabinet.

Operations on the Malahat ran so smoothly she was dubbed Queen of Rum Row. Anchored outside the 3-mile Mexican limit and just south of the American border, the crew repacked liquor into smaller crates which were then wrapped in burlap, passed to fast tenders, then on to smaller speed boats and in to shore.

The American Coast Guard played cat-andmouse with the rum runners. The Malahat under sail could lure the Coast Guard far out to sea, leaving them stranded when they ran out of fuel.

When Roosevelt became president in 1932, he abolished prohibition. In 1933, with their time on Rum Row nearing an end, the couple were scraping barnacles from the Malahat’s hull when Stuart was struck by pain. Soon he was groaning in agony, but refused to seek medical aid in the US, fearing arrest. A Mexican doctor was at a loss. Pounding 50 miles over a rough road to a tiny airstrip, Emmie and Stuart flew to Los Angeles. They were too late. As 4th of July fireworks flashed outside his hospital room, Stuart Stone, age 42, died from peritonitis caused by a ruptured appendix.

Emmie, widowed at 24, took him home for a proper burial. Soon she left the big city, returning to Ucluelet where she helped Phyllis run Binn’s Barn, a boarding house beside the old Co-op. Emmie remarried several times and continued to be a force to reckon with up and down the west coast.

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