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Unidentified human remains discovered ANDREW BAILEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca

Tragedy struck the West Coast on Sunday as a fire investigation led to the discovery of unidentified human remains.

In a statement released Monday morning, Sgt. Todd Pebernat of the Tofino RCMP said the remains were discovered during a structure fire investigation in Warn Bay. “The file is still in the very early stages and Vancouver Island Major Crime Unit and Todd Pebernat the Coroner’s office are both involved in the investigation,” Pebernat said, adding the identity of the victim has not yet been released. “The cause and identity of the deceased are still under investigation.”

The Tofino RCMP, Canadian Coast Guard and BC Coroners Service assisted with the body’s retrieval and BC Coroners Service spokesperson Andy Watson told the Westerly News that an invesitgation is underway.

“I can confirm that the Coroners Service is in the early stages of its fact-finding investigation involving Unidentified Human Remains found Sunday,” Watson said.

Police are investigating the cause of the fire Anyone with any information is urged to call the Tofino detachment at 250-725-3242.

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WEST COAST FARM AND GARDEN SHOW: Jeremy, Penny, Annika, Leah, Aria, and Nathan went for a hay ride around the Tofino Botanical Gardens as part of Saturday’s Farm and Garden Show festivities. The weekend event featured workshops from food growing experts and loads of family-friendly activities. For more photos see page 11.

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Lynda Kaye carried her sign proudly during a Jan. 21, 2017, march held in Tofino to celebrate the strength of women and oppose the agenda of America’s new Donald Trump administration.

West Coast preps for Women’s Day NORA O’MALLEY nora.omalley@westerlynews.ca

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International Women’s Day falls on Friday, March 8.

In support of the global celebration, the Westcoast Community Resources Society (WCRS) is inviting folks to participate in a free workshop hosted by professor Leah Shumka.

Prof. Shumka currently teaches in the department of Gender Studies at the University of Victoria.

The morning will focus on Indigenous feminism and the afternoon will be more about contemporary issues.

Lunch will be catered by Ian Riddick of Heartwood Kitchen.

To register for the day or half day, call the WCCRS at 250-726-5104.

“Men should go to this. We need men to help us along. They are the ones that can call out sexism and they can call out other men when they are doing things that are inappropriate.

And we need them to do that because if there is a culture that says it’s okay, unless he is the one to say something, it will often stay the same,” said Vickie Ackerman, the women’s outreach co-ordinator at WCCRS. Ackerman describes feminism as a movement that is trying to fight for rights for women.

“Everyone can be a feminist. It’s not just women. I think Justin Trudeau helped in a way, he’s been a man that’s said ‘I’m a feminist’.”

The theme for International Women’s Day 2019 is forging a more gender-balanced world, notes the official webpage www.internationalwomensday.com.

“You know what? I’m not really a feminist.

I’m a humanist. I believe everyone has equal

“I’m not really a feminist. I’m a humanist.”

– Vickie Ackerman power,” said Ackerman.

“I think feminism is important because we do need to think about equality based on a women’s perspective, but I try to look at humans as all needing that equal power and to not always compare ourselves to men.”

Ucuelet small business owner Jess Arthurs is a single mom to almost 10-year old William.

She told the Westerly she’s raising a feminist, and a gentleman.

“Raising Will has been the most empowering experience of my whole life,” said Arthurs.

“For me, it’s about instilling rightness and teaching him to be moral. I believe that happens by leading by example. He has watched me overcome a lot of things in his almost 10 years I think just by him paying attention to how I interact or live my life is teaching him respect and kindness for girls and women.”

Ackerman notes that honouring International Women’s Day can be as simple as having a discussion at the dinner table.

“Even having an acknowledgement and being grateful for the women in our lives that have taught us so much. Those little things, they all make a difference,” said Ackerman.

From Oct. 2017 to Sept. 2018, the WCRS provided safe emergency shelter to 141 women who have experienced or were at risk of violence, according to their annual board report.

The primary reason for staying at the Westcoast Transition House is abuse, reads the WCRS board report, although they are seeing an increasing trend of homelessness.

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Sea lion harvest considered MIKE YOUDS Alberni Valley News

A group lobbying for a commercial harvest of harbor seals and sea lions on the West Coast is encouraged after meeting with federal fisheries officials.

Richmond-based Pacific Balance Pinniped Society is pressing Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) to consider a managed Indigenous fishery for seals and sea lions. Society members are convinced that a pinniped explosion is a contributing factor to declining populations of wild salmon and other finfish along the B.C. coast.

“Our salmon are going and will go the way of the buffalo unless we do something,” said Thomas Sewid, founder of the society. “It’s not just fish, it’s a way of life.”

Seals and sea lions — part of the mammalian family known as pinnipeds — have been protected in B.C. waters since 1970. First Nations have always been permitted to harvest some animals for social and ceremonial purposes, but only about 25 permits are issued yearly.

Sewid, a Kwakwaka’wakw First Nation consultant and eco-tourism operator, believes a much larger harvest, an Indigenous commercial fishery, is warranted for salmon conservation and could create thousands of jobs. Their hope is that a fishery would bring pinniped populations back into balance with the coastal ecosystem.

For decades, fishermen have reported a steady rise in native pinniped populations, including harbour seals and Steller sea lions.

California sea lions began migrating into B.C. waters in the 1980s and have increased to an estimated 35,000 in the Gulf of Georgia, Sewid said.

The society met last week with fisheries authorities, including UBC Prof. Carl Walters, an expert in fish stock assessment. Walters has publicly advocated a pinniped harvest for the express purpose of determining its impact on chinook salmon conservation.

“He made a direct correlation with mortality and survival for

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A man has died following a single-vehicle collision west of Port Alberni on Highway 4.

Port Alberni RCMP responded to a call on Feb. 20 at 8:25 p.m. for a single vehicle that had gone off the road six kilometres west of Sutton Pass. They discovered a vehicle with two adults and two

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A California sea lion visits the Port Alberni’s Maritime Discovery Centre’s dock. Sea lions are showing up in Alberni Inlet larger numbers. coho and chinook,” Sewid said.

A managed commercial harvest would allow for the needed research and benefit First Nations economically, the group contends.

“We already have interest shown for every part of seals and sea lions,” said Sewid, listing various pinniped products. Seal meat is rich in omega-3 fatty acid, also contained in fatty fish such as salmon, herring and tuna, making it highly marketable. What’s critical at this point is additional research into toxicity levels to determine whether pinniped meat is safe for human consumption, he said.

A group of fishermen in Port Alberni is keeping an eye on the proposal.

They are just as convinced that pinniped over-population explains the decline of wild salmon stocks.

Michael Fenton said he’s seen as

many as 30 sea lions lining the shore between Port Alberni and Bamfield.

“The government’s already done the research,” Fenton said. “The seals take six times more than all the commercial and sport fisheries combined, so that’s why we don’t have any salmon.”

Some caution that the marine ecosystem is more complex. Fisheries has argued in the past that seal also prey on hake. They reason that thinning seal populations would increase hake, which also prey on salmon fry, they reason.

Sewid said Walters shot down that theory at the meeting, citing inadequate research.

He feels the federal government has no alternative even if there are those who object: “They have no choice; they have to do something about it.”

Salmon fisheries along the south coast are braced for more restrictions in the season ahead as DFO attempts to increase chinook for orca conservation.

Whether a pinniped fishery becomes a part of chinook conservation remains open to speculation.

DFO maintains that seals rely more on herring and hake for food, and that salmon represent just 10 percent of their diet. Salmon predation varies among sea lions.

Both species are believed to be at or slightly above historic norms, DFO noted in response to questions from Alberni Valley News.

“Further science advice would be needed with regard to the likelihood and magnitude of any population reduction that could result in a direct measurable increase in salmon abundance,” a DFO communications advisor stated.

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children left the roadway, went down a steep embankment and came to rest against a tree.

All four occupants were extricated from the vehicle, however the 28-year-old male passenger died as a result of injuries sustained in the crash.

The 25-year-old female driver sustained significant injuries, as did a three-year-old child.

The remaining child in the vehicle, a six-year-old girl, received only minor injuries.

Central Vancouver Island Traffic Services (CVITS) has assumed conduct of this investigation.

At this time, RCMP are saying lack of occupant restraints is considered to be a contributing factor to the significant injuries

sustained by the vehicle’s occupants. The cause of the collision itself remains under investigation and nothing has been ruled out at this early stage.

Anyone with information regarding this crash who has not spoken with police is asked to call CVITS in Parksville at 250248-6111 and quote file 2019092.

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NDP moving to massive expansion of nanny state The featured item in Finance Minister Carole James’ budget for the coming year was not $10-aday daycare, touted in the 2017 election and later downplayed by Premier John Horgan.

No, the banner item in James’ second full budget was the “Child Opportunity Benefit,” a pumped-up version of the existing “Early Childhood Benefit” that provides provincial tax credits for kids up to age six. When the NDP version starts in 2020, it will continue until age 18.

It’s not chump change. Eligible parents with one child get up to $28,800 over those 18 years. With two kids, it can reach $40,000.

It doesn’t start until next year because it’s tied in with the Canada Child Benefit, the marquee policy of the Justin Trudeau government. That program was actually started by Stephen Harper, but Trudeau made it his own by clawing back higher-income payments and boosting the low

and middle income band. time with no welfare increase under It’s run by the Canada Revenue the B.C. Liberals.

Another instant media analysis you Agency, which requires provinces to may have heard is that by embracing give a year’s notice of changes. Govthis costly child benefit, the NDP are ernment strategy is to get poor people connected to the tax system, which turning their backs on $10-a-day lifor them has turned into a negative censed daycare. Not so, as James made income tax or welfare program. clear to reporters. They’re doing both, Tom Fletcher The B.C. version starts to scale back and more.

She reminded us that $1 billion was the provincial tax benefit at an income of $25,000. Cue the shock and horror of the pov- put in last year’s budget for daycare. B.C. budgets erty industry that thrives in our cities, feeding the are rolling three-year plans, so that’s $366 million in standard line to media that no matter how much the fiscal year starting in March, and $473 million money is thrown at poverty, it’s not enough. in 2021 as programs expand. This year’s budget B.C.’s income assistance rates are bumped up adds another $300 million, for a total commitment another $50 a month as well, across disability, single of $1.3 billion. employable and family categories. This adds to the These numbers include the current pilot program $100 a month Horgan and James added as soon as for “universal” daycare, running in 53 selected they were in office, after an unconscionably long B.C.communities until spring 2020. B.C. has so

many child care programs now it’s difficult to keep them sorted out, but James’ budget figures also include the addition of 3,800 new daycare spaces and replacing the former “Child Care Subsidy” direct to daycares with B.C.’s “Affordable Child Care Benefit” last fall.

That benefit is an increased subsidy to qualifying daycares to lower the fees they charge to parents to $350 a month per child. Its almost fully subscribed now.

Still with me? The “universal daycare” pilot is not, strictly speaking, $10-a-day daycare, although some lucky parents are getting it for $200 a month. As the NDP was raising taxes to pay for this nanny-state juggernaut, Horgan waved off questions about his daily repeated $10-a-day campaign speech, saying that was just another slogan copied from the B.C. Federation of Labour.

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Just try to find some one who will eat them. Government managing wildlife has seldom ever worked.

Clive Pemberton It’s all about location. I’m not OK with hundreds of seals hanging out at river-mouths eating salmon and steelhead. Also, if the seal and sea lion populations are ‘back to their historical levels’, well they are unique. Salmon, rockfish, cod, crabs, clams, urchins, scallops,etc, are most definitely not booming like their pinniped pals. In other words, way out of balance, in certain areas. A limited cull could give salmon a helping hand while we begin to do more hatcheries and restoration work, something that takes a lot more time to see results from.

Sampsonbee Berwick Will they do the same with huge seigners that suck up fish much worse than seals do? Greedy fishermen, greedy fisheries.

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The populations are not “out of control” they have simply recovered to what they were naturally after seal hunting was banned. We need to work with the natural world, not against it.

Christopher Alemany Mother nature should be the only force to determine if a species population is out of control. Humans have no right. I’m pissed.

Lily Amy Van Natter They should address the gull population as well. Just like they did in the 30’s and 40’s.

Neal Korlak They need to be thinned out as their populations are out of control.

Shawn Hillier Check out Pinniped Conservation Initiative. They’re myth-busting all the incorrect info out there and backing their data with the scientific evidence provided by researchers. The pinniped population numbers are actually in a stable normal range and account for the large population growth of the transient orca population. As the transient population grows, the pinniped numbers drop again, in a continuous natural cycle. The only population factor out of wack here is humans and their influence—fish farms, dams, commercial fishing etc.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ELECTORAL AREA ‘C’ – Long Beach A Public Hearing for residents and property owners within Electoral Area ‘C’ will be held in the Ucluelet Community Centre, 500 Matterson Drive, Ucluelet BC, at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, March 5th, 2019.

The purpose of this hearing is to consider Bylaw P1383. This bylaw is necessary to facilitate a subdivision with a 5 acre minimum lot size. The applicant has provided a conceptual subdivision layout of up to 31 parcels.

Bylaw P1383 to rezone DISTRICT LOT 1332, CLAYOQUOT DISTRICT from Forest Reserve (A4) District to Rural (A2) District.

John Cameron McMaster, Property Owner – District Lot 1332, Barkley Sound Area 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, from February 20, 2019 to March 4, 2019 inclusive.

Any correspondence submitted prior to the Public Hearing should be addressed to the following: Mike Irg, MCIP, RPP 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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Thornton Creek Hatchery manager Dave Hurwitz contracted these university students last summer to help with research and education.

Thornton Creek Hatchery asks for needed support NORA O’MALLEY nora.omalley@westerlynews.ca

Dave Hurwitz, manager of the Thornton Creek Enhancement Society, received support from Ucluelet’s mayor and council for a funding application sent off to the Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) that would assist Thornton Creek with the repair and resurfacing of two raceways.

During the Feb. 12 regular meeting, Hurwitz addressed mayor and council with his request.

“The hatchery was built originally in 1975. We’ve got aging infrastructure.

We’ve done a lot to maintain it. Right now, I’m faced with refinishing the raceways, the two big concrete ponds that hold the majority of the Chinook and some of the Chum that are released and it is just shy of $70,000.”

Hurwitz’s personal request for support from mayor and council was accompanied by a letter: Thornton Creek is now in its 29th year of operating under a funding freeze from the Federal Government and subsequently relies on grants to expand their scope of work, notes the letter.

The cost to refinish the raceways is approximately half of the nonprofits’ annual budget.

“We’re doing really well with what we have, but with big capital infrastructure jobs we need to find external funding,” said Hurwitz.

The main purpose of the Thornton

“Chinook in Clayoquot Sound are the most underperforming stocks of Chinook salmon in British Columbia.”

– Dave Hurwitz Creek Enhancement Society (also called Thornton Creek Hatchery) is to enhance runs of Chinook, Coho, and Chum salmon in the Ucluelet area.

Thornton Creek also partners with local schools by providing Chum fry from eggs that students can raise and release into local streams.

Hurwitz said grant writing and fundraising has become an integral part of his job as hatchery manager.

“As of April 1, DFO has now changed the funding agreements for hatcheries like ours from a contract that we apply for every three years to a contribution agreement that we apply for every three years. So fundraising now is a ‘has to be’,” explained Hurwitz.

Mayor Noël responded.

“It magnifies probably everyone’s dissatisfaction with that department of fisheries how they are just not funding you. Of course we are going to support.

Anytime you need a letter, we will grant that,” said Noël.

Councillor Marilyn McEwan posed a question regarding the Tofino Hatchery.

“I had heard anecdotally that the Tofino Hatchery had the lowest return of Chinook ever this past year. I just

wondered if you could shed some light on that,” she asked Hurwitz.

Hurwitz, who swims the rivers and does the fish counts for DFO, confirmed that the West Coast is facing depressing numbers.

“Chinook in Clayoquot Sound are the most under-performing stocks of Chinook salmon in British Columbia,” he said, adding that Chum stocks are also down coast wide.

“To give you an idea, Nitinat, a big major facility that has been enhancing the runs for years and gets around 200,000, they got around 30,000 back,” said Hurwitz. “Kennedy Lake last year zero Sockeye. First ever zero recording of Sockeye for a run that was once the biggest Sockeye run on the Island.”

Mayor Noël made a motion to add a line item on Ucluelet’s small craft harbour fees to support the Thornton Creek Enhancement Society. The motion was unanimously passed, and CAO Mark Boysen said the new line item could generate about $1,000 a month for the Hatchery.

The Thornton Creek Hatchery, located across the harbour from Ucluelet, offers by-donation guided hatchery tours of the fall salmon runs and hosts annual family favourite community events like the Rubber Fish Race and Adopt a Baby Salmon Day. “I have a secret hope that the orca issue will help foster some interest in salmon enhancement and habitat restoration,” said Hurwitz.

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Healthy baby boy Troy Johnson-Atleo Jr. made a dramatic entrance into the world on Family Day as he arrived nine weeks early and was born in Ahousaht. He was doing well and gaining weight at Victoria General’s NICU on Sunday.

Eager baby boy born at Ahousaht dock ANDREW BAILEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca

The Ahousaht First Nation’s newest member made an epic grand entrance last week.

Unwilling to wait another two months for his due date to arrive, Troy Johnson Atleo Jr. entered the world on an Ahousaht dock on Family Day, Feb. 18.

“The experience was scary. It all happened so quick. I was in shock with how he arrived,” Jr.’s mom Kazz Thomas-Atleo told the Westerly News from Victoria where Jr. is doing well at the Victoria General Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. “My plan was for, in four to five weeks, to move to Nanaimo to wait to have my son, but he obviously couldn’t wait…He was

“It all happened so quick. I was in shock with how he arrived.”

– Kazz Thomas Atleo actually born on the back of his dad’s delivery work truck. I was on a stretcher,” Kazz said.

She said she began having contractions around 7 a.m. and initially believed she was just having routine pains, but the pain continued to become stronger and more frequent. She was about to begin preparing breakfast for her kids who were just waking up, when she went into the bathroom and realized she was bleeding.

First responders were immediately called and Kazz recalled being told it was time to head out.

“I tried going downstairs to get ready and couldn’t. They got a stretcher and carried me out to the back of the truck and we drove down Mattie’s dock and was ready to get carried off. I yelled, ‘Baby’s coming out!’” she said.

“He pretty much just came out in my PJ’s on the board in his sack. One first responder was standing above me when I told her my son came out and the other was by the truck. They were getting ready to take me off the truck…I was surprised with how much help showed up. I don’t know what I would have done if it just happened at home.”

She said there were no tools around to cut the umbilical cord, so responders used a shoelace to tie it off and the team rode the roughly

30-minute boat ride to Tofino.

“It was scary. I heard him cry and they passed him to me and they carried me to the boat. He was crying in my arms, moving around the whole way down to Tofino,” she said.

She said they made it to Tofino General Hospital where she and her new son received care for several hours before being transported to Victoria. Kazz said she has since been discharged from the hospital, but her son was still being treated there on Sunday night.

“My son is doing amazing,” she beamed adding that she’s excited to bring him home to Ahousaht to meet his five older siblings.

“Troy Jr. has a big family waiting at home to meet him.”

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Steelhead LNG halts work on LNG project Company says funding is the key problem

“Given the current environment in B.C., investors really need a greater degree of certainty before investing in a project such as ours.”

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Steelhead LNG has stopped work on the Kwispaa LNG project in Sarita Bay on Vancouver Island’s west coast, throwing the project into doubt.

Huu-ay-aht First Nations Chief Councillor Robert Dennis Sr. and Hereditary Chief Derek Peters posted an open letter to its citizens on Feb. 15 saying that they had been notified

by Steelhead LNG about the stoppage and are “deeply disappointed” in the announcement.

“We are saddened by the decision of Steelhead LNG. Huu-ay-aht First Nations is a self-governing, modern treaty Nation, and we will continue to pursue our vision of establishing a healthy, prosperous and self-sustaining community, based on our three sacred principles: Hisuk ma cawak (everything is one), ?uu?aluk (taking care of…) and ?iisaak (greater respect),” Dennis Sr. and Peters wrote.

Steelhead LNG manager of communications Matt Skinner said the

– Matt Skinner

Steelhead LNG has halted work on a Kwispaa LNG project that the company had hoped to build in Sarita Bay. decision to cease work on the Kwispaa project comes down to economics. “Given the current environment in B.C., investors really need a greater degree of certainty before investing in a project such as ours,” he said Monday. “We’ve paused (work) on Kwispaa for now and are evaluating.”

He said unlike larger energy companies, Steelhead does not have revenue to depend on to fund projects such as Kwispaa. “Steelhead is funded by investors.”

He said last week’s throne speech by the B.C. government had no bearing on Steelhead’s decision. “It comes

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down to the challenges that exist in getting funding for these kinds of activities.”

Steelhead had already completed preliminary engineering on Kwispaa and was to begin detailed design work in early 2019. The first phase of Kwispaa was estimated to be $10 billion,

with the second phase costing an additional $10 billion. This would not have included a pipeline, which was a separate part of the LNG project.

Huu-ay-aht will evaluate what the decision will mean to their business plans in the coming days and said they will update their citizens with more information at the end of February.

“Huu-ay-aht remains committed to pursuing initiatives for meaningful economic reconciliation where we create opportunities to generate value in a global context and create employment and revenue opportunities locally,” Dennis Sr. and Peters wrote.

Skinner said Steelhead LNG has not completely pulled out of the deal, but there are no plans to continue forward at this time.

“At this point we’ve ceased work.

That’s not to say it will never move forward but right now we’ve ceased working on (Kwispaa).”

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World-class film festival at End of the Road ERIN LINN MCMULLAN Special to the Westerly

The 19th annual Tofino Film Festival (TFF) wrapped up on Saturday night with a showcase of international shorts curated by one-woman-organizer Jill Patterson, plus Bravo, the winner of Thursday night’s Guerilla Film Contest by newcomers Ciara Jones and Moriah Overell.

The standout of Saturday’s “emotional rollercoaster” was the haunting 16-minute Fauve by Montreal’s Jérémy Comte, which earned a Special Jury Prize at Sundance 2018 and was Oscar-nominated in 2019 for Best Live Action Short—one of two Canadian nominees in this category. It follows two boys in an innocent power game with deadly consequences as they explore a surface mine—Thetford Mines, Quebec—with an incredible performance by Félix Grenier.

Patterson points out how lucky they were to screen it with nominees normally on hold. The local photographer, who took over the local festival four years ago, scours festival sites to create this best-of-the-fests finale to an impressive four-day program, including workshops and feature documentary. Supported entirely by local sponsorships and ticket sales, new hosts this year include Mackenzie Beach Resort in partnership with Lil’ Ronnie’s, andthe Tofino Legion accommodating the popular Guerilla contest with its $1,000 grand prize— TFF matches Rhino Coffee House’s donation. The favourite of both the audience and judges alike, Jones’ prize-winning entry Bravo is her first. She drove out to Tofino from Toronto last November and explains, “The idea came about when I met Moriah, who wrote and filmed the movie with me. We were in Australia and our friend had an old ute [pickup truck] called a ‘bravo’. He also has

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Ciara Jones and the Bravo film crew celebrate winning the Guerilla Film Contest’s top honours as both the audience’s and judges’ favourite, earning $1,000 in prize money. a certain personality that made us think of a detective persona.”

The short features Bravo, a washed up widower-detective now doing dirty work for the mob, local settings and a rare glimpse of West Coast snow.

Shot in true Guerilla style over two weeks, it came together through community effort including thrift store costumes the cast wore, in character, to Thursday’s screening.

“So many amazing people in this town who are down to support and do almost anything we ask of them,” Jones emphasizes.

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was lit with good old iPhone flashlights. We definitely pride ourselves on being resourceful and making it work with what we have/can invent on short notice.”

Jones hopes to enter again.

“It’s a wonderful encouragement to have a night where we can all share and learn from each other. I feel like we’re always creating and coming up with ideas, this was a perfect reason to actually make one a reality.”

Past prizewinners took second and third place: Nate Laverty for Saliva and Myles Beeby for the satirical animated Tofino Action News, re-

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work, mostly in Toronto’s film industry, Jones credits her dance background for Bravo’s eye-catching choreography.

“We rehearsed 20 minutes before shooting. Everyone was so amazing and focused at learning the dance!

So it came together quickly.”

The rest was all improv, including the stunningly lit Noir-ish night scene set on First Street Dock shot

by Overell with a Cannon 5D Mark III. “We wanted to shoot Super 8, but with the time restraint chose not to,” says Jones. Lucking out with a light on location, “a lot of the night scene

spectively. Laverty, a commercial DP, enters to support “this rad little event for our town” and all Jill’s hard work in making this festival happen.”

Self-taught, Beeby begins with hand-drawn images and trained as a painter, studying Fine Arts at Concordia University and Graphic Design at International Academy of Design in Montreal.

“The cash prize is a great motivator,” says Beeby, “however, nothing can compare to the feeling of connecting to the audience when they laugh at the right spots and cheer at the end.”

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West Coast youth learn how to be CoastSmart NORA O’MALLEY nora.omalley@westerlynews.ca

“The best rescue is the one you don’t have to do. That’s the goal,” lifesaving instructor Lars Bakstad tells a group of bouncy youth on a fine winter day at South Chesterman Beach in Tofino.

Their surf instructor, Jay Rosene, drops in on the ocean safety conversation, sharing with the kids the first three things to be aware of before heading out: “You need to know about the rip currents. You need to be aware if there are other people in the water and you need to be aware of the conditions. Predict the unpredictable,” said Rosene, the founder of Torpedo Kids Surf School.

Bakstad re-enforces.

“Know before you go so that we keep ourselves out of trouble,” he said.

New CoastSmart ocean safety signage was recently installed at all the beaches in the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve and on the Wild Pacific Trail to help first responders with rescues. Visitors and locals can also download a free CoastSmart App that features weather forecasts, tides and beach descriptions.

“You’re going to see new, standardized signs that have the CoastSmart messaging. Please download the app.

At every location you go it will have an alpha numeric code which allows you to call 9-1-1 and they’ll know exactly your location if anything goes wrong,” said Bakstad.

CoastSmart, a public safety project, was launched a couple years ago in partnership with Parks Canada, the District of Tofino and the District of Ucluelet. The initiative received over $800,000 from the National Search and Rescue Secretariat of Canada for development. From that budget, about $200,000 was allocated towards ocean safety signage.

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Torpedo Kids Surf School participants received an ocean safety primer from coach Jay Rosene and Lars Bakstad before surfing South Chesterman beach on Family Day weekend.

“They’re not necessarily thinking about what they need to do to ensure their own safety.”

– Dale Miller Dale Miller, executive director of the Life Saving Society’s B.C. and Yukon branch, said the Life Saving Society supports the CoastSmart initiative.

“It’s a great vehicle for education of the public to try to decrease the number of drownings in the Pacific Rim area,” said Miller.

Preliminary statistics procured by the Life Saving Society show that in 2018, there were 55 drowning deaths in B.C. About 80 per cent of those fatalities were male, notes Miller.

Last year, there were two fatal accidents at Long Beach. University of Victoria student Nijin John died in a surfing accident in February and during the May Long weekend, 52-

year old Ann Wittenberg was killed in an ocean accident off Lovekin Rock.

Miller thinks accommodation providers need to be CoastSmart educated in some degree to prevent future ocean related fatalities.

“Trying to make sure that before people even hit the beach [they are aware]. Once people hit the beach and see the water they’re focused on getting in and having fun. They’re not necessarily thinking about what they need to do to ensure their own safety,” he said.

The Life Saving Society recently visited the Pacific Rim to facilitate a couple input workshops for local first responder agencies and company partners like surf schools and accommodations providers.

“The Life Saving Society saw a very high level of passion and commitment to water safety from the community during these workshops,” said Miller, adding that he hopes the region will continue to grow and collaborate to promote the CoastSmart message.

Ukee mayor outraged by icy road conditions ANDREW BAILEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca

Outraged by the state of the West Coast’s roads over the winter, Ucluelet mayor Mayco Noël is voicing his frustration over what he sees as a failure to keep motorists safe.

Noël told Mayco Noël the Westerly News he began raising concerns about the conditions of the roads, specifically re-

“Everyone expects black ice, but they don’t expect 40-50 kilometres of it.”

– Mayco Noël garding ice, to B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure in November, but has seen little improvement.

“There was that first little freeze in our area and I was a little bit horrified with some of the conditions back then,” he said.

He added he has heard numerous

concerns from Ucluelet residents and he himself was terrified during a slippery drive over Sutton Pass two weeks ago.

“I was driving out of town at 11 a.m. and I’m going sideways and there was no need for those kind of conditions,” he said. “It was hazardous. That’s what broke the back for me and I do feel that I can be quite open and criticize because I have been driving that road for literally over 30 years and the level of service and the conditions of the road; there isn’t anybody in the community that would say they’re satisfied with what’s going on right now…Everyone expects black ice, but they don’t expect 40-50 kilometres of it.”

He clarified that his concerns were not brought on by the West Coast’s rare snowfall earlier this month, but by the amount of ice that’s been accumulating on the roads over the winter months.

“There’s nobody on the Coast that’s going to complain because you had to wait four hours for the snow plow,” he said. “That’s not what we’re talking about. We’re talking about icy conditions that are coming up because of moisture and the West Coast climate. Yes, you experience some black ice from time to time, but it’s usually limited to very small sections of the highway…

When you’re going down a highway for 40 kilometres and it’s like

a skating rink, I start to question whether the people that are making the decisions are actually trying to protect the public.”

He added that he has not spoken directly with Mainroad Contracting, the company responsible for maintaining the West Coast’s highways, but said he will continue lobbying the ministry for improvement.

“I’m not throwing anybody under a bus here. I’m just pointing out the simple fact that people are going off the road, the hazards are going on and the conditions don’t seem to be getting dealt with,” he said.

The Westerly News reached out to Mainroad for comment, but had not heard back by presstime.

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FARM AND GARDEN SHOW NORA O’MALLEY PHOTOS A gathering of farmers, backyard growers, and food enthusiasts took over the Tofino Botanical Gardens on Saturday and Sunday. With spring planting just around the corner, participants took advantage of workshops led by food growing masters and local growers took the opportunity to meet other producers in the area.

For more photos of community events, check out our Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/WesterlyNews.

Elijah Marshall from Courtney was entranced by the bubble show.

Adley of Sharky Balloons entertains Farm and Garden kids with a magical bubble show on Saturday at the Tofino Botanical Gardens.

Dirk Becker and Nicole Shaw from ‘Transfarmation’ Farm in Errington had duck eggs and squash on sale for locals on the hunt for healthy offerings.

Event organizers Helene Descoteaux, left, and Leah Austin were delighted with the turnout.

Bronwyn Kelleher, left, and Kasia Kromka from Solidarity Snacks in Ucluelet served delicious plates of Greek food and curry options.

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LUNCH WITH MAYOR NOEL, Thursday, Feb. 28.

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SHE IS THE OCEAN TOFINO SCREENING, Friday, March 1. 7-10pm at the Tofino Legion.

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RETURN OF THE GIANTS, Friday, March 1. 7-9pm at Tofino Resort and Marina.

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Spring fishery closures mulled for south coast The federal government is eyeing further cuts to recreational and commercial fisheries on the West Coast over conservation concerns for the Fraser River chinook salmon.

In a letter to First Nations and fisheries stakeholders, Jeff Grout, the Fisheries Department regional resource manager for salmon, said fewer fish are returning to the Fraser River and more conservation measures are needed.

Thirteen B.C. chinook salmon populations are declining, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada reported late last year. Southern B.C. has 28 chinook populations.

Only one, in the Thompson River, is stable. The condition of two populations is unknown.

In 2018, the number of spawning salmon declined substantially in the Fraser River, Grout said. In addition, the fish were smaller compared to other years, fewer females, and reduced fertility.

The Fisheries Department has floated two scenarios in its approach to managing Fraser River chinook this year.

Scenario A would result in a non-retention of chinook salmon in the recreational fishery from April 1 to July 31. Scenario B could see some chinook retention – up to two a day.

The federal government is eyeing further cuts to recreational and commercial fisheries on the West Coast over conservation concerns for the Fraser River chinook salmon.

In a letter to First Nations and fisheries stakeholders, Jeff Grout, the Fisheries Department regional resource manager for salmon, said fewer fish are returning to the Fraser River and more conservation measures are needed.

Thirteen B.C. chinook salmon populations are declining, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada reported late last year. Southern B.C. has 28 chinook populations.

Only one, in the Thompson River, is stable. The condition of two populations is unknown.

In 2018, the number of spawning salmon declined substantially in the Fraser River, Grout said. In addition, the fish were smaller compared to other years, fewer females, and reduced fertility.

The Fisheries Department has floated two scenarios in its approach to managing Fraser River chinook this year.

Scenario A would result in a non-retention of chinook salmon in the recreational fishery from April 1 to July 31. Scenario B could see some chinook retention – up to two a day.

Last spring, the Fisheries Department announced a ban on harvesting any fin-fish from Otter Point in Sooke to East Point, near Port Renfrew, a stretch of approximately 50 kilometres extended from the shoreline to U.S. waters, to protect endangered southern resident killer whales.

A representative with the Fisheries Department said that move was to preserve the chinook salmon population, which makes up most of the whales’ diet and to decrease noise in the area.

The ban went into effect last June and lasted until Sept. 30.

The South Vancouver Island Anglers Coalition recognizes the chinook conservation concern, said spokesman Chris Bos. “We’re at a pivot point in attempts to maintain the fishery and address conservation,” he said. “We’re not trying to be greedy and catch all the fish.”

For the last 15 years, the coalition has discussed conservation measures with the government.

The coalition says more focus is needed to bring the fish habitat back, money for it, and help the fish stock rebuild itself naturally.

“We also need to do something to protect the people who live on the coast, who rely on access to the ocean,” Bos said.

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Mike Berry, left, David Hadley, Steve Crevatin and Darren Brown, volunteers with the Sooke Salmon Enhancement Society, place a female chinook salmon in a net to be taken to a hatchery as part of the 2016 brood stock capture on the Sooke River.

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The South Vancouver Island Anglers Coalition says millions of dollars are injected into the local economy by the recreational fishing industry and commercial fishermen.

Environmental groups continue to argue that far more needs to be done concerning ongoing threats to the whales and salmon.

“There’s a greater economic impact if we lose these fish entirely,” said Jeffery Young, senior science and policy analyst with the David Suzuki Foundation.

“We support the measures (the Fisheries Department), which largely stop chinook salmon fishing in marine areas along the south coast.”

The foundation acknowledges many factors that have contributed to the chinook salmon crisis, including habitat destruction, a warming and acidifying ocean, wildlife predation, and fishing.

The goal, though, must be to rebuild the stocks and that will take drastic action, which should include no fish zones, the foundation says.

“We do understand how important chinook is to the recreational fishery, but other opportunities are out there (such as fishing other species), and there’s really no justification on a highly depleted and endangered stocks,” Young said.

Politician and fishing advocate Mike Hicks said whatever approach the Fisheries Department takes, either Option A or B, will be devastating to the local recreational fishery.

“This is the most aggressive regulation that’s ever suggested in the history of recreational and commercial fishing on the coast,” he said, conceding there isn’t enough chinook salmon in local waters.

Hicks suggested a need to curtail fishing, but

added more needs to be done to produce salmon through improved habitation and more hatcheries.

Hicks is a proponent in the construction of a $1-million hatchery that’s expected to be running by next fall in Sooke. He said projects such as this will improve the number of salmon that make it safely to the ocean and return four years later.

He also favours reducing the number of seals in river estuaries.

The Pacific Salmon Foundation estimates harbour seals are eating 40 per cent of the salmon fry and smolts coming out of local rivers and streams.

“We should be harvesting pinnipeds in the river estuaries – not out in the ocean – but not a massive cull. It should be done by First Nations for food and ceremonial purposes.”

– www.vicnews.com Wounded Warrior Run 2019 kicks off journey on Northern Vancouver Island A team of veterans, military members and first responders will begin the 600 km trek down the length of Vancouver Island Monday morning.

In an effort to raise awareness and funds for mental health programs and initiatives, the Wounded Warrior Run kicks off Monday in Port Hardy. The relay run will last a week, with the finish line in front of the legislature in Victoria on March 3.

For Jackie Cummings, assistant run director and recovery vehicle driver, this is a cause that hits close to home. Cummings is a veteran, previously stationed at 19 Wing Comox, and has also worked as a paramedic for the past three years.

She was diagnosed with PTSD in September 2018, something that is not uncommon in her field.

“Each day is different and it’s a humbling experience,” she said. “You can start your day off on the right foot and something as silly as a song on the radio can derail you completely.”

Through the Wounded Warriors, Cummings recently completed Trauma Resiliency Program Phase 1 and 2, where she was given information about PTSD, ways to cope and shown how to process the trauma she has experienced.

While she has taken steps to cope with the disorder, she says not everyone acknowledges they need help as a culture of stoicism is still very prominent in these fields.

“There’s still very much a ‘suck it up’ attitude.

Like this is what the job is, brush it off and take the next call,” she said.

“It’s not always just one thing [that causes PTSD]. It’s often referred to as the straw that breaks the camel’s back. It’s not a matter of if, but when, because we are exposed to trauma every day and many times throughout the day.”

Wounded Warrior is one of multiple organizations that work to help those suffering from operational stress injuries, and Cummings says it is important to get the information out there to make it easy to get help for those who need it.

For more information and to donate to Wounded Warriors, visit woundedwarriors.ca.

– www.northislandgazette.com ‘Explosion’ in Alberni’s downtown turned out to be innocent What was first reported as the sounds of explosions on a rooftop in Port Alberni’s Uptown area on Monday (Feb. 25) has turned out to be a “natural” phenomenon.

Port Alberni Fire Department was called to the 3000-block of Third Avenue after staff at the Alberni Community and Women’s Services (ACAWS) building reported hearing explosions from their rooftop.

Susan Roth, who works at ACAWS, said they heard three loud explosions from the roof.

Port Alberni Fire Dept. Chief Mike Owens said crews investigated neighbouring buildings but found nothing.

When they gained entry onto the ACAWS roof, they discovered a large slab of ice.

“It turned out to be a large chunk of ice from their air handling unit had slid off and fallen onto the roof,” he said.

Crews cleared the scene about 15 minutes later.

– www.albernivalleynews.com