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LAngUAgE PoLE Revitalization project a ‘spiritual journey’

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Poole’s Land is shutting down.

The travellers and residents that made up the famous and controversial community on the outskirts of Tofino have largely dispersed and the structures they stayed and lived in are being torn down, according to Michael Poole, who owns the roughly 20-acre property.

“They’re both the very best who are staying to help me clean up this mess, the true friends, and then there’s the ones who just really can’t seem yet to manage. People who just can’t operate in the usual world and love it here,” Poole told the Westerly News.

“It’s all transforming. We’re cleaning the board for a new era to begin, whatever it is…

I’ve been the garbage man here and I don’t want to be in charge of anything anymore. I’ve had it. It was good, but I’m kind of burned out on it, honestly; more than burned out.”

Poole purchased the property in 1988 and recalled the experience it became beginning to take shape about a year later as people began visiting and staying.

“There were the really intelligent, the best travellers and university educated people that really came from good families and then there were the ones coming from totally broken situations with no education and poor working skills and all of that, so it’s been dynamic let’s say,” he said.

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LEST WE FORGET: Ucluelet RCMP detachment commander Sgt. Steve Mancini looks on as Const. Mike Moore places a wreath at the Cenotaph in front of the Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans Club during the town’s Remembrance Day ceremony on Nov. 11. Watch a video of the ceremony at www.WesterlyNews.ca and see more photos on Page 11.

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Tofino’s top engineer leaves district office ANDREW BAILEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca

Tofino lost a significant sprocket in its sewage treatment chain last week.

Ricardo Arraya has left the district’s Manager of Engineering and Public Works position that he had held for over three years. The role officially became vacant on Nov. 4.

“I am leaving Tofino and the District of Tofino to pursue other opportunities with my family that are unrelated to work,” Araya told the Westerly News.

“I wish the District all the best and feel grateful for all I learned and was able to participate in during my time here.”

The district’s chief administrative officer Bob MacPherson told the Westerly that Araya had advised the district in the summer that he would be leaving his role, so there’s been plenty of time to prepare for his departure.

“On behalf of district staff and council, we wish Ricardo nothing but the best in his future endeavors,” McPherson said.

It’s a tough time for Tofino to lose its top engineer as the district is currently working through a $60 million sewage treatment plant that the federal government has mandated must be in place by 2020.

“There has been a lot of work done and, while we have had consultants who have done a lot of the heavy lifting, both Ricardo and I were very involved in guiding this project,” MacPherson said. “There shouldn’t be any hiccups here…I’ve

needed to be involved anyway and since we’ve known that Ricardo was leaving, I’ve made sure that I’m as up to speed as I possibly can be with the wastewater treatment plant, so I’m continuing to provide guidance to our team and to council as we make decisions to get this thing delivered.”

He said the Manager of Engineering and Public Works position would likely be tweaked with some responsibilities being moved to other roles in light of the sewage treatment plant’s workload.

“Specifically, the delivering of infrastructure projects might be split off from that, given the magnitude of what’s coming at us…We’ve looked at the job description and we’ve looked at our needs coming up and we’re making some tweaks to job descriptions knowing that we’ll have to add some personnel for delivering a $60 million project,” he said. “We’re trying to line all of that up now, that will be completed this week and then we’ll be going out to the marketplace looking for some new staff for engineering and public works.”

He said the district planned to begin advertising the position this week and expects to have somebody hired early in the New Year.

“We’re going to align our organization with this work that’s coming up over the next three years, the wastewater treatment plant as well as a few other capital projects that need to get done,” he said. “But, certainly, as we’re advertising and recruiting, the construction of a wastewater treatment plant is going to be front and centre with our considerations.”

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Dog allegedly taken from Tofino

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Two seemingly well-intentioned tourists are believed to have left Tofino with a local dog and its owner was desperately pleading for it to be returned last week.

Shannon Boothman told the Westerly News she was setting up a tent near Tonquin Beach around 7 p.m. on Nov. 2 when her dog, Itska, ran off towards the beach.

“I should have been more proactive, but I thought he’d just ran down to the beach and I was going to finish setting up my tent and go grab him,” she said. “I just did not think in all of my life that he would get stolen.”

She said a police officer with the Tofino RCMP approached her shortly afterwards and informed her that he had found Itska with two tourists and would bring the dog to her.

She said she then left the area to search for Itska and did not see the police officer again that night.

She said she was informed by the RCMP the next day that the dog had been left with the two tourists.

“I need to find these people because they apparently think that I don’t want my dog…He’s not hurt, he’s well taken care of, he’s well loved, he’s with me 24 hours a day,” she said. “He’s lived here all his life, he doesn’t deserve to get stolen and taken to a different city with somebody he doesn’t know.”

She said she was frustrated at the officer for not getting contact information from the couple before leaving the dog with them.

“I just want my dog back and the only way I can do that is to get his picture everywhere because I have no idea where he is because the police didn’t ask,” she said.

She said she’s confident Itska has been taken out of town because she’s lived in Tofino for 20 years and has owned Itska for four, yet no one she knows had seen him as of Nov. 8.

“I’m always walking my dog. Everybody knows me and my dog.

So, if he’s in this town, they will find him, but I don’t think he’s in this town because police said [the

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Tofino resident Shannon Boothman was pleading for help finding her dog Itska last week after tourists allegedly took him out of town.

“I just want his picture spread everywhere so that hopefully he can come back to me.”

– Shannon Boothman couple] aren’t from this town,” she said. “There’s so many locals sitting on the street and everybody knows who Itska is. Everybody is looking for him, but the more the days go by, the more I know he’s not in town…I just want his picture spread everywhere so that hopefully he can come back to me.”

Tofino RCMP detachment commander Sgt. Todd Pebernat told the Westerly that an officer was called to the Tonquin Beach area for an unrelated matter the night Itska went missing.

“The member tried to assist and located the dog with a couple who reported they found the animal and believed it to be in need of care,” Pebernat said.

“The member, hoping to reunite the dog with the owner, returned to the female to advise that he may have located her dog but could not find her.”

He said the officer was then called to a “higher priority” situation and left the scene.

“The member did not take the dog from the owner or tell the couple they could keep the dog,” he said adding the officer attempted to contact the Coastal Animal Rescue and Education Network, but was unable to reach anyone that late at night.

“If police knew where the dog was, we would be happy to facilitate the return of the animal to the rightful owner.”

He said the investigation into Itska’s whereabouts is ongoing.

“My sense is that the couple may have turned the dog in to an SPCA out of concern for its welfare. If that turns out to be the case, I would not pursue it as a theft as the folks were likely acting in good faith out of concern for the dog. That said, the file is still open,” he said.

He suggested the situation highlights the importance of residents complying with Tofino’s bylaws, which mandate that all dogs must be leashed unless confined indoors or within a fenced property.

James Rodgers of the Coastal Animal Rescue and Education Network said situations where tourists decide to take a dog are more common than one might think.

“Some of our communities have free roaming populations of dogs, so when visitors are visiting different areas of the region, those dogs may join them for a walk or a hike for an hour or a day and perhaps in those situations, people think those dogs don’t have homes or somebody to care for them and perhaps, well-meaningly, decide to take the dog either home or to a shelter elsewhere,” he said. “Which, obviously, is very problematic as most of the dogs on the West Coast do have families that care for them…

When these things happen, I think it is largely well-intended people, just perhaps not understanding how animals live out here, which in some cases can be a little less conventional than what they might be used to in the city.”

He said CARE has spoken to Boothman, but because the dog has been taken out of town, rather than gone missing, searching for Itska falls outside CARE’s regular search protocols. He added that CARE has advised Boothman about various online groups to notify for help searching and advised her to contact SPCA facilities across Vancouver Island as well as the mainland.

“Really, it’s a tough situation because once they leave the coast, it’s hard to say where they go,” he said.

“At this point, it’s just a very sad situation for Shannon.”

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Is your community ready for the dementia wave?

When Ethel Baranyk walked away from her Chilliwack home last July, the 89-year-old woman wasn’t the first person with dementia to go missing.

Nor would she be the last.

Three months later, the community again was mobilizing to find Ioan (John) Pop – a 79-year-old whose Alzheimer’s had robbed him of the ability to find his way home.

The incidences are not unique. Almost every week in Canada someone with dementia goes missing. Most are found quickly, providing a terrifying few moments for family and caregivers, and a valuable lesson for the future.

But not all cases end so well.

Baranyk’s body was found five weeks after she disappeared; Pop’s body was found four days later in a wooded area near where he was last seen.

These are private tragedies.

But they are also public calls for action.

Those familiar with Alzheimer’s (the leading

cause of dementia), understand that wandering is one characteristic of the disease. It’s estimated that 60 per cent of people with Alzheimer’s will wander.

Dealing with this behaviour in a humane and respectful way is one of the challenges in dementia care – a challenge that will only become Greg greater in the coming years.

It is estimated that the incidents of dementia will increase as we live longer and the number of seniors grows. Although dementia is not assured with age, it does become more likely.

Already there are more than 419,000 people over the age of 65 living with dementia in Canada.

Their cost to our health care system and individual caregivers is estimated at $8.3 billion annually.

That amount will double to $16.6 billion in 11 years.

It’s a stark reality that prompted the federal

government to launch the country’s first national strategy on dementia earlier this year. The initiative allocates $70 million over the next five years, aimed at prevention, research, and improvement of patient care and support for caregivers.

It’s a lot of money. But the Alzheimer Society of Canada says more Knill than twice that amount is needed to deal with what they call a looming healthcare crisis.

For those caring for people with dementia, the crisis is already here. The fear that a loved one may go missing weighs heavily with every family.

The most recent disappearances renewed calls for an alert system in B.C., similar to the Amber Alert used when a child is abducted. The so-called Silver Alert would hasten response time in the critical few hours after a person with dementia (or some other cognitive disability) goes missing,

proponents say. Other initiatives include one currently championed by the Alzheimer Society of BC that calls for “Dementia Friendly Communities.” The society is providing tools and expertise to help municipalities be more responsive to the needs of persons with dementia.

These are conversations we must have.

While individual families struggle to find ways to best treat, care for and support their loved ones, we as a community must do better.

We need to ensure that the work already done in the creation of the national strategy on dementia continues, and that the money and political will is sufficient to see it through.

Failure to do that abandons our most vulnerable, and ignores the dementia crisis that science tells us is coming.

Greg Knill is a columnist and former editor with Black Press Media. Email him at greg.knill@blackpress.ca.

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MURDER MYSTERY RAISES $25K

The Tofino General Hospital Foundation fundraiser event, ‘A Murder Mystery’ was a great success. Gary Marks wrote, directed and acted in this great play. The Actors and actresses: Jeff Hale, Cameron Dennison, John O’Brien, Pam Frazee, Deanna Bruno, Kristi Gilbert, Richinda Pease, Joann Streetly, Caroline Bowes, Kate Berxler, Therese Bouchard, Aaron Turner, Jen Heckert and Gary Marks, gave excellent performances. We thank the all. The food was donated by: The Schooner Restaurant, Tofino Wilderness Resort, Long Beach Lodge, Sobo, Hertel Meats, Ladies Legion Auxiliary Br. #65, Rene Gibson and Judy MacLeod. The Tofino and Ucluelet Girl Guides served the tables.Well done girls!

Art work was donated by Lilia Noel, Pina, Ucluelet Aquarium, Jen Stevens and John Forde, Elizabeth MacKenzie, Reflecting Spirit Art Gallery, Jeremy Koreski, Myles Beeby, Mark Hobson, Jack Gillie, Rachel Sutton, Kim Hoag, Sheryl Sawchuck, Petra Heald, Lynette Dawson Summerfeldt, Jen Jeckert, Ethan, Tofino Photography, Driftwood Gifts, 12 from Earth and Marnie Helliwell.

Thank you to all for your donations and also to Amy Cameron for her help in gathering up and delivering the art works from Ucluelet.

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Poole’s Land community shutting down

From A1 “It turned into some kind of experience for people and I guess the town at first saw it as staff accommodation.”

He estimated the land hosted upward of 100 people in any given day during Tofino’s busy summer months and perpetually carried a varied reputation, from being heralded for the desperately needed staff housing it provided, to being slammed for its loose laws and perceived illegal activity.

“Whenever anybody does anything, there’s always a bell curve of responses. Many of the people still in Tofino got their start here because there was nowhere else to get a foothold in order to get a job and to stay. Even among that group, there’s a bunch of different responses,” he said.

He believes it was the affordable accommodation his land offered that allowed Poole’s Land to exist with little government intervention, despite its illegality, for over 30 years, but said he was already itching to move on before Tofino’s district office began handing him fines this past summer.

“I’ve thanked [Tofino’s fire chief and manager of protective services] Brent Baker many times for giving the three fines of $1,000 each, that really got my attention. At first, I thought, ‘Oh well, they’re just rattling sabers because they have to,’ but then I realized, no, this

“Whenever anybody does anything, there’s always a bell curve of responses.”

– Michael Poole is real and I said ‘Thank you. This is so good. Now I get to quit this crummy job cleaning up after world travellers,’” Poole said. “I’m fully dedicated now. I know I’ve run around the bush many times, but now it’s time to sell the place…I’m out.”

Baker has been with the district office for over three years and told the Westerly that he had not received a formal complaint about Poole’s Land, so the complaint-driven bylaw enforcement process had not been triggered, until early 2019.

“We don’t respond to complaints via Facebook and those sorts of things.

When people sit down and take the time to go through the process, then we absolutely follow up with our process,” he said. “Sometimes it can be a lengthy process and we have to work our way through it, make sure that we’re doing all our due diligence, but that was the case here and hopefully we end up with a positive outcome.”

He said the three $1,000 fines were related to zoning infractions after an investigation determined that Poole was operating a campground illegally, though the primary focus of the Poole’s Land crack down was centered around health and safety. He added that the Tofino Volunteer Fire Department has responded to two vehicle fires and one structure fire at the property in 2019.

“This process has been ongoing for about a year because we set out with the goal of voluntary compliance,” he said, adding that Poole has been exemplary in his cooperation.

“Every engagement that I’ve had with Michael Poole has been very positive, very pleasant, he was very welcoming to myself or any other agencies that I brought along with me. He always greeted us as friendly as anybody you might imagine.”

Poole has looked into selling the property before and said he’s now committed to seeing that sale through, suggesting he’s received offers on the land for around $3 million.

He said he plans to help the Tofino Habitat Society with crowd funding or other means to try to buy the land from him, but added that it’s likely a developer will purchase it.

“There’s two options, one is that our society buys it and the other is that

some rich developer buys it,” he said.

“Whatever happens, from now on, it will have to comply with the bylaws of Tofino, which doesn’t really fit at all with our society and it’s very unlikely that a rag-tag crew could pull it together. It’s going to take some real savvy.”

He added that he is skeptical about the society’s ability to take it on.

“I, really, very much doubt that it’s going to go that way,” he said. “I’d say that this is ending and just going to get sold to someone typical.”

He said he’d like to see the land used for educational purposes, particularly to test out alternative energy and living methods, rather than be developed in a traditional sense.

“I’ve got about a month to decide finally. And, in that month, we are going to put it out that this is over and what can happen next and see if there’s any interest out there from anywhere to do a really good job here, instead of the usual money grubbing cement works,” he said.

He added that if the land does go to a developer, he plans to put at least $100,000 from the sale of Poole’s Land towards helping the society purchase an Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District lot near the West Coast landfill between Tofino and Ucluelet where, he believes, the residents who relied on Poole’s Land will be safely distanced from public and

municipal scrutiny.

“That, I believe, is the perfect halfway point where staff accommodation and food security meet in harmony. There’s no neighbours out there,” he said. “That takes the whole problem of staff accommodation out of Tofino and Ucluelet…

It’s large enough to be a small town of its own.”

He added though that he does not plan to be involved in the management of the potential new site.

“I won’t be part of all that. I’ll be a visitor like everybody else. I don’t want to run anything. I don’t want to own anything. I’m going into my so called sadhu stage, which is when you divest of everything and let go of it all,” he said. “Ideally, right now, it will be up to the board of directors of the Tofino Habitat Society.”

Poole noted Oct. 7 marked the 31st anniversary of Poole’s Land and said he’s excited to spend more time travelling.

“I became old here. From 37 to 68 this all happened and I stopped being a traveller to become landed. Now, I’m going back to being a traveller again,” he said, adding he plans to explore and invest in other unique communities that he finds.

“To try and just add some good kitchens and quality food processing here and there,” he said.

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A Public Hearing for residents and property owners within all Electoral Areas of the Regional District of Alberni-Clayoquot will be held in the Cherry Creek Community Hall, 3720 Moore Road, Port Alberni, BC, at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, November 19, 2019 to consider the following bylaw: Bylaw P1399 is a zoning text amendment to increase regulations related to cannabis production in all Electoral Areas of the Regional District.

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 Chairperson of the Regional District or the Chairperson of the Electoral Area Directors Committee. 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 November 6, 2019 to November 19, 2019 inclusive.

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Language pole becomes ‘spiritual journey’ MIKE YOUDS Alberni Valley News

Despite major hurdles over the last six months, the hewing of an Indigenous language revitalization pole has grown into a spiritual journey for carvers and a catalyst for community.

At a work site provided by the Port Alberni Port Authority (PAPA) next to the Maritime Museum, a team of volunteers under the direction of Nuu-chah-nulth carver Tim Paul has transformed a fallen 800-year-old cedar recovered from the woods near Bamfield last winter.

With support from volunteers, they’ve done “radical surgery” on the partly decayed log, chiselled 10 Nuu-chah-nulth relatives from its wood and brought the effort close to completion despite a lack of funding.

“It’s been amazing to watch the carvers at work and to watch it emerge from the wood,” said Ken Watson, president of the Maritime Heritage Society, which hosted a public update on Oct. 24.

Jeff Cook, a hereditary Huu-ay-aht chief who attended residential school in Port Alberni, fully appreciates the pole’s importance. At age six, he understood Nuu-chah-nulth but lost his language when taken from his community at age six.

“It was heart-wrenching for my parents,” he recalled. “It was a traumatic experience for a six-year-old. This is why we want to renew our culture.”

Cook described the pole as an attempt to symbolize cultural renewal.

As such, it makes people think about the long journey and resilience of the Nuu-chah-nulth people.

First Nations Education Foundation (FNEF), a not-for-profit group focused on reversing the loss of Indigenous languages, commissioned the pole in recognition of 2019 as UN International Year of Indigenous Languages. Huu-ay-aht First Nations gifted the 70-foot, 60,000-lb. log to the FNEF last winter before it was trucked to the harbour work site.

At the outset, the pole was destined for UVic, yet funds initially earmarked for the $420,000 project were somehow diverted to another institutional priority. Concerned

Cecil Dawson, assistant carver, and David Cox of the maritime heritage society discuss progress on the language pole project at the maritime museum.

“We had to put Humpty Dumpty back together again.”

– Cecil Dawson

that a shortfall could jeopardize the project, FNEF issued a plea for donations in July. That attracted greater community support and the pole’s ultimate destination remains open to discussion, Cook said.

“It was never about funding,” said assistant carver Cecil Dawson, a Dzawada’enuxw First Nation carver

who has worked with Paul on past projects. “Do it from the heart and do it to make people feel good,” he added, quoting Paul.

Travellers from all over have visited the work site. Two in particular imbued the pole with greater spiritual power for the carvers. Blessings came from Leroy Little Bear of the Blood Reserve Blackfoot Confederacy in Alberta and Rose Thater Braan-Imai of Tuscarora Six Nations in California.

That changed everything, Dawson said.

He believes the tree, which grew to maturity when Nuu-chah-nulth peoples thrived along the west coast, was predestined to bring stories of the past to the future. Centred around

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10 Nuu-chah-nulth relatives embodied in elements of nature, the pole designed by Paul speaks of caring for the Earth, the land and water, “everything,” Dawson explained.

To tie such a vision to money alone would be to diminish its meaning.

Instead, challenges have become integral to the journey. The more that carvers welcomed others to the site, the more the pole became a community project.

“We had to put Humpty Dumpty back together again,” Dawson said.

“That speaks for our language as well as the pole.”

Discussions with UVic continue even as local support grows for keeping the pole in Port Alberni. Sponsors

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and donors are sought for a food and fashion fundraiser on Nov. 22, 6-9 p.m. at the Italian Hall. Tickets, $65, are available online through Eventbrite.

“Wherever it’s going, it’s going to be OK,” Dawson said. “It’s pulled us together as a community. It’s pulled us together as Port Alberni.”

On. Nov. 5, the FNEF announced that it has agreed to keep the Language Revitalization Pole in Port Alberni in response to increasing community calls for it to remain in the city.

The carving phase of the project is approaching completion and the next phase, in which the pole will be raised, will follow in 2020.

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Cold winter season terrifying for stray cats Kittens Starsky and Hutch find warm homes for the holidays JAMES RODGERS Special to the Westerly

Volunteers have been able to catch glimpses of them wandering the woods and can sometimes hear them mew when they fall off a log.

With luck, our fishy kitten traps will be sufficiently luring to catch these little fur balls before the rains start up again.

It took dozens of local folks to help Starsky and Hutch get a good start in life.

There was the caring neighbour who keeps an eye on the colony through her sliding glass doors, the team who spent hours trying to trap the kittens, two foster families, a volunteer driver, and some cat shelter volunteers to make sure they are healthy and ready for their forever home.

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For most of us, the scary season (Halloween) is over for another year as of Nov. 1. But, for local, abandoned cats and kittens who live outside 24 hours a day, the start of our cold and rainy coastal winter is the scariest season.

Fortunately, Starsky and Hutch, two of many kittens recently rescued from living rough in the wilds of Ucluelet, will have a warm foster home this winter.

These two characters come from a colony of abandoned and feral cats that have been cared for by compassionate neighbours, the Ukee SCAT team, and CARE Network for years. We have recently created a ‘detective’s investigation chart’ (picture a corkboard with photos of different cats on it and lines of yarn connecting them) to get a better handle of how many cats are in the colony, who is related, and who has been spayed or neutered.

Consistent with most of their siblings, cousins and parents, Starsky, the girl, took a little longer than her brother, Hutch, to appreciate the love and cuddles provided by their adoring foster family.

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Nuu-chah-nulth Nations fight for fishing rights CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR editor@campbellrivermirror.com

Five Nuu-chah-nulth Nations are urging the newly elected government to fulfill a 2009 B.C. Supreme Court decision on fishing rights.

Nov. 3 marked the 10-year anniversary of a decision that recognized the Aboriginal Right of the Ahousaht, Hesquiaht, Tla-o-qui-aht, Ehattesaht, and Mowachaht/Muchalaht Nations to commercially fish in their territories.

On Nov. 4, the five Nations sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, insisting on action from the newly elected government to implement and fulfill constitutional fishing rights.

“It should not take the Government of Canada 10 years to live up to a judgement of Canada’s high court. Why do they think they are above the law?” said Kekinusuqs, Judith Sayers, Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council (NTC) president, in a press release. “This means 10 years of lost revenue to our fisherman and a denial of our right to a commercial fishery. The federal government must not stall anymore and must move immediately to remedy this issue. ” Despite the pivotal Supreme Court ruling in 2009, implementation of the ruling has been delayed and challenged by a series of unsuccessful attempts to appeal the decision by the federal government. The overall process has reportedly left Nuu-chah-nulth fishermen struggling.

“We should not have to fight for a way of life that our ancestors carried on for thousands of years,” said Wickaninnish, Clifford Atleo, lead negotiator for the Ahousaht First Nation, in a press release. “Past governments imposed small portions of our territory as reservations because we depended on the sea. Through government policies our people have been systematically forced off the waters.”

Gord Johns, newly-reelected Member of Parliament for Courtenay-Alberni, said that the decision by successive governments to fight First Nations in court over rights already affirmed by the Supreme Court is a “betrayal” of the Nation-to-Nation relationship that must be the foundation of reconciliation.

“It is an unconscionable assault on the livelihood of First Nations fishers and on our regional economy,” he added.

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Gord Johns, MP for Courtenay-Alberni, speaks at a T’aaq-wiihak media event in Vancouver following the release of the ‘Justification Trial’ decision, April 2018.

“We should not have to fight for a way of life that our ancestors carried on for thousands of years.”

– Clifford Atleo The five Nations have stated that they are still willing to negotiate in order to move the process forward. The NTC will continue to support the five Nations, urging the government to implement the 2009 Supreme Court ruling.

“It is our intention to re-establish an independent way of life through sound management and harvesting methods. The government encourages successful economies and we intend to be a part of that,” said Atleo.

The letter dated Nov. 4, 2019 requested the following from the Prime Minister: – Direct ministers and staff to conclude a reconciliation agreement with the five Nations

by March of 2020 so that they can begin to implement expanded community fisheries in the 2020 fishing season.

– Direct ministers to meet with representatives of the five Nations as soon as possible so they can be briefed on the steps remaining to conclude an agreement with Canada.

– Recognize that agreement or no agreement, the five Nations require and are entitled to meaningful, economically viable fishing opportunities.

– Direct the Minister of Fisheries and DFO staff to revise specific policies and regulations to foster rather than impede community-based fisheries.

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Ucluelet gathered at the Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans Club to honour the sacrifices made by Canada’s heroic veterans at a Remembrance Day ceremony on Monday, Nov. 11. Watch a full video of the event at www.WesterlyNews.ca and find more photos on our Facebook page, www.Facebook.com/WesterlyNews.

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LIVE MUSIC AT FLOAT LOUNGE, Thursday, Nov. 14, 6:30-9 p.m. Black Rock Oceanfront Resort, 596 Marine Dr, Ucluelet LIVE AT THE HATCH: VINCE VACCARO, Saturday, Nov. 16 at The Hatch, 634 Campbell St. 9p.m. to midnight. Montreal born singer/songwriter Vince Vaccaro will perform as part of a series of fall concerts spanning several months on Vancouver Island. Tix $10.

SURFRIDER STITCH ‘N BEACH, Tuesday, Nov. 19 at The Ecolodge at the Tofino Botanical Gardens. A funfilled community evening of making reusable bags from recycled textiles! Each attendee will take home their own personal reusable bag as well as make reusable bags for the Pacific Rim in order to eliminate the need for any type of plastic bag.

CANNABIS OPEN HOUSE AND PUBLIC HEARING, Wednesday, Nov. 20, learn about Ucluelet’s proposed cannabis bylaws at an Open House event from 3 - 6 p.m.

A public hearing will be held at 7 p.m. where the public will have the opportunity to comment on zoning amendments and Cannabis Retail Sales licences, 500 Matterson Drive, Ucluelet Community Centre, Main Hall.

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MONDAY NIGHT MOVIE, Monday, Nov. 18, ‘Where’d you go, Bernadette’ at Tofino’s Clayoquot Sound Community Theatre. Film is rated 14A. Doors open at 7:30 p.m., show starts at 8 p.m. Tix $8.

ongoing ‘WEST COAST AA GROUP, Mondays and Thursdays, 8 p.m. 1663 Peninsula Road, ADULT REC SOCCER Mondays, 7-9pm at USS gym. $2 drop-in.

UCLUELET ALANON GROUP, Wednesdays, 7:30pm. 1663 Peninsula Rd. KARAOKE AT THE LEGION, Wednesdays, 10pm to 1am.

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

DARTS, Fridays, 7pm. Tofino Legion.

DARTS, Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. at the ANAF in Ucluelet. $3.

FOOD BANK DISTRIBUTION DAY, Tuesdays, 1-3pm at the Seaplane Base.

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SURFRIDER BEACH CLEANUP: OPITSAHT

Surfrider Pacific Rim and Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks will host a clean up of the Opitsaht Beach, followed by Stitch ‘n’ Beach event on Saturday, Nov. 16. Events are single-use plastic free and provide education on zero waste and current campaigns. Please bring reusables for refreshments and treats. Gloves and buckets are provided however, participants are advised to bring their own gumboots. Contact volunteercoordinator@pacificrim. surfrider.org to volunteer for the cleanup.

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ST. COLUMBA CHURCH Sundays, 10:30am.

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

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

CHRIST COMMUNITY AND SUNDAY SCHOOL, Sundays, 10:30 am.

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

HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH, Sunday Mass 10 am. Friday service 7 pm.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 3 separate applications for CANNABIS RETAIL SALES Notice is hereby given that a joint Public Hearing will be held at the Ucluelet Community Centre, located at 500 Matterson Drive, Ucluelet B.C., on Wednesday, November 20, 2019, commencing at 7:00p.m. on the following proposed Bylaws and Licences pursuant to Sections 464 and 466 of the Local Government Act. A. District of Ucluelet Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1254, 2019 In general terms the purpose of this proposed bylaw is to amend the CS-2 Service Commercial regulations within Schedule B of the Ucluelet Zoning Bylaw No. 1160, 2013, to allow Cannabis Retail as an additional principal use on the property at 1786 Peninsula Road (Lot B, District Lot 282, Clayoquot District, Plan 49357). In addition, a general amendment to the Zoning Bylaw would limit the maximum gross floor area of any Cannabis Retail use within the CS-2 zone to a maximum of 93m2 (1,000 ft2).

Cannabis Retail Sales pre-public hearing

OPEN HOUSE

Provincial application for a Non-Medical Cannabis Retail Store licence: 1181S69 B.C. LTD. dba “Ucluelet Cannabis Co.” The applicant, Andrew Hanson, has applied to the Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch (LCRB) for a Non-Medical Cannabis Retails Store (CRS) licence proposed to be located at 1786 Peninsula Road. The application requests operating hours from 9:00am to 11:00pm, seven days a week.

3pm to 6pm Wed., Nov. 20, 2019 Ucluelet Community Centre.

B. District of Ucluelet Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1255, 2019 In general terms the purpose of this proposed bylaw is to amend the CS-2 Service Commercial regulations within Schedule B of the Ucluelet Zoning Bylaw No. 1160, 2013, to allow Cannabis Retail as an additional principal use on the property at 1972 Peninsula Road (Lot 1, District Lot 284, Clayoquot District, Plan VIP7983).

Provincial application for a Non-Medical Cannabis Retail Store licence: Platinum Cannabis Ltd. The applicant, Charles Philp, has applied to the Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch (LCRB) for a Non-Medical Cannabis Retails Store (CRS) licence proposed to be located at 1972 Peninsula Road. The application requests operating hours from 9:00am to 11:00pm, seven days a week.

The bylaws, staff reports, background information and details on all 3 Cannabis Retail Sales applications will be available to review and discuss. Staff will be present to field questions.

C. District of Ucluelet Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1257, 2019 In general terms the purpose of this proposed bylaw is to amend the CS-1 Village Square Commercial regulations within Schedule B of the Ucluelet Zoning Bylaw No. 1160, 2013, to allow Cannabis Retail as an additional principal use on the property at 1685 Peninsula Road (Plan VIP3486, District Lot 282, Clayoquot Land District, Except Plan RW 2126, That Part bounded on the NW by PCL C DD837371 on the NE BY PL11055 & PL4011 on the SE by PCL J DD1412361 & on the SW by Peninsula RD as shown on PL3486). In addition, a general amendment to the Zoning Bylaw would limit the maximum gross floor area of any Cannabis Retail use within the CS-1 zone to a maximum of 93m2 (1,000 ft2).

Come by to inform yourself ahead of the public hearing.

Provincial application for a Non-Medical Cannabis Retail Store licence: 1193126 B.C. LTD, dba “Green Leaves Cannabis” The applicant, Deepthi Sajja, has applied to the Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch (LCRB) for a Non-Medical Cannabis Retail Store (CRS) licence proposed to be located at 1685 Peninsula Road. The application requests operating hours from 9:00am to ll:OOpm, seven days a week.

***The LCRB will not issue a CRS licence without a positive recommendation from the local government. This public hearing is the opportunity for Council to collect and consider community input on the 3 provincial Cannabis Retail Store licence applications.*** Anyone who believes the proposed bylaws or Non-Medical Cannabis Retail Store licences will affect their interests will be given an opportunity to be heard at the public hearing. Written submissions may be mailed to the District of Ucluelet, P.O. Box 999, Ucluelet B.C., VOR 3AO, or faxed to 250-726-7335, or emailed to www.info@ucluelet.ca info@ucluelet.ca but must be received before the commencement of the Public Hearing. Written submissions must include your name and street address and will be considered part of the public record on this matter pursuant to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. The entire content of all submissions will be made public and form a part of the public record for this matter. No representations will be received bv Council after the Public Hearing has been concluded.

A copy of the proposed bylaws, application materials, staff reports and other relevant information may be inspected at the District of Ucluelet office at 200 Main Street from the date of this notice until the public hearing, between the hours of 8:30a.m. to 4:00p.m. weekdays except statutory holidays.

Notice dated November 1, 2019, at Ucluelet, BC

(Public Hearing will start at 7pm: see Notice of Public Hearing in this issue of the Westerly News)