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A Comox Valley Search and Rescue helicopter swooped in to rescue two climbers who had found themselves stranded while attempting to descend Triple Peak on Saturday. The Tofino-Ucluelet region’s Westcoast Inland Search and Rescue team was alerted to the situation by Emergency Management BC around 11 p.m. “WISAR Managers had a conference call and did some additional investigation, luckily the pair had two way communication and we were able to get a lot more information,” read a statement posted to WISAR’s Facebook page Sunday afternoon. “They did the right thing in calling for assistance and staying put, they had gear to provide shelter and safety while they waited for assistance. Luckily the temperatures were high and we hope they enjoyed a beautiful starry night once they knew help was on the way.” WISAR is reminding all climbers to have a trip plan and always carry enough gear to stay comfortable if they need to wait for assistance while exploring Alberni-Clayoquot’s remote areas. Continued on A15
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Notice of Intent to Amend Meeting Procedure Bylaw Pursuant to sec. 124(3) of the Community Charter, notice is hereby given that the District of Tofino Council intends to amend “District of Tofino Meeting Procedure Bylaw No. 1229, 2016” at the regular Council meeting to be held on Tuesday, July 13th, 2021 at 4:30 p.m. electronically on Zoom. In general terms, the bylaw amendment adds the following options to meeting proceedings: • Electronic Meeting Participation • Consent Agenda A copy of "District of Tofino Meeting Procedure Amendment Bylaw No. 1229.02, 2021" can be viewed online at tofino.ca or in person at the Municipal Office, 121 Third Street from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday to Friday. Questions or comments can be directed to: Nikki Best, Deputy Corporate Officer 250-725-3229 x 610 nbest@tofino.ca tofino.ca
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Ucluelet RCMP are looking for possible witnesses to an act of vandalism that took place on June 21 at a popular family swim spot on Kennedy Lake. (Brenda Wood photo)
Vehicle vandalized at Kennedy Lake NORA O’MALLEY nora.omalley@westerlynews.ca
Tofino resident Brenda Wood, 26, says she’s feeling shocked and a bit naïve after having her truck vandalized at Swim Beach within Kennedy Lake Provincial Park. Wood and her boyfriend spent a couple hours at the beach in the late afternoon on June 21. When they returned to the parking lot at around 6:45 p.m., Wood noticed the little ‘Save Old Growth Forests’ cardboard sign she had displayed on the inside of her 2001 Ford Ranger canopy was beside the truck on the ground. “There was a little bit of mud (on the door) and you could very clearly tell that it was thrown because it had that splatter. My boyfriend and I were shocked. We couldn’t believe someone could be that petty,” she said. They got in the truck and drove for a few seconds before realizing that one of her wheels was pulling really hard to the right. Wood’s boyfriend got out inspected the wheel. “He said they flattened my tire. That’s when I pretty much instantly started crying. I have really good nice tires and I know when I bought them the mechanic said I could take them on the logging roads. It looks like a stab. They really were determined to get (the tire) to pop,” she said, adding that friends helped her change the slashed tire and put on the spare. Swim Beach was fairly busy on June 21, notes Wood. “The parking lot was maybe half full of cars and every little bit of the beach had people on it,” she said.
“I thought Tofino and Ucluelet area would be more safe.” – Brenda Wood
Wood has been to Fairy Creek Blockades three times, and is currently hoping to land a job in conservation. She’s unsure if she will continue to display her ‘Save the Old Growth Forests’ sign on her truck. “I don’t want something like this to muzzle what I believe in, but I am nervous. I just can’t afford to keep getting my car vandalized. I definitely will be more mindful about where I display it. I thought Tofino and Ucluelet area would be more safe,” she said. Wood posted photos of the vandalism to social media and was overwhelmed by the amount of supportive comments she received from the community. “It touches my heart. It completely overshadows the incident and restores my faith in humanity. For one person who is a little bit lost, there are hundreds with their heart in the right place,” she said. The vandalism was reported to the Ucluelet RCMP and detachment commander Sgt. Kevin Smith told the Westerly that this is the first call about mischief in the Swim Beach area this summer. “We are looking for possible witnesses. Please call our non-emergency line at (250) 726-7773. We will also be making more patrols out that way,” said Sgt. Smith.
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Travellers headed to and from Vancouver Island’s Pacific Rim will need to adapt to a new closure schedule soon. And many of them aren’t happy about it. Concerns expressed by residents of the Tofino-Ucluelet area about the closure schedule announced on June 25 by project Emil Anderson Construction Inc. (EAC), have prompted the Tofino-Long Beach Chamber of Commerce (TLBCC) to formally request that the Ministry of Transport either postpone or shift the schedule to a less busy time. From Tuesday, July 6 to Friday, Aug. 6, Highway 4, between Port Alberni and the Tofino-Ucluelet junction will be closed from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. due to ongoing construction. The scheduled closures exclude Saturdays and the B.C. Day long weekend from July 30 to Aug. 3. “Someone coming from Vancouver would have to be on a 3 p.m. ferry in order to make it,” said TLBCC executive director Jen Dart. “We have guests arriving that have ferry and other reservations booked who will be unable to reschedule at this late date. One week’s notice is simply insufficient to reschedule or shift the volume of these reservations. Many of these visitors will be stranded, unable to make it through to the West Coast before this closure,” said Dart in an email. She also said that the time-frame is extremely problematic for locals returning home after medical appointments or other travel.
Dogs, cars, and humans play the Kennedy Hill waiting game during the ongoing construction project that started in May 2018. (George Fifield photo)
“We have guests arriving that have ferry and other reservations booked who will be unable to reschedule at this late date.” – Jen Dart
“Last year the project heads and contractor made allowances for the busy summertime travel to the west coast and we are calling on them to do the same this year. This closure time frame simply does not work for the residents and businesses of the west coast. This is also the worst possible timing, as businesses are just opening up again after COVID-19 travel restrictions and
desperately need to make up for lost time this summer.” The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure says they are aware of the high traveller volume to the West Coast during the summer, but the 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. closure is considered the best project window to limit disruptions while ensuring safe operations. “We’ve heard that daytime blasting closures, albeit necessary for safety reasons, have been disruptive. In response, through the summer months, we’ve pushed these blasting closures as late in the day as possible, at 8 p.m., in order to undertake the blasts during the last hours of summer daylight at the start of the closure when the blasts occur,” reads an email from the ministry. “Shifting to later, such as 9 or 10 p.m., would mean that workers
lose daylight which is needed for critical safety assessment immediately post blast.” Evening daylight will help the rock scalers in identifying unstable rocks and boulders that resulted from the blast and pose a risk to highway users below the rock face, the ministry says. The scalers work to take down any instabilities and remove the blast debris during the balance of the closure window. “Until the rock faces are safety scaled, the road cannot re-open to traffic. With the re-opening at 2 a.m., this still allows for nighttime travel of commercial vehicles,” notes the ministry. Regular updates and information will also be posted on EAC Hwy 4 Kennedy Hill Project Updates Facebook page and DriveBC.ca. There is also a traffic advisory hotline: 1-855-451-7152. “We apologize for any inconveniences as a result of this project, but hope you understand that we are working towards a safer highway for all of us,” reads the June 25 traffic update from EAC. During the day time, motorists are being advised to arrive at the top of every hour, and to expect minor delays. The project is now expected to be completed in summer 2022, and is currently approximately 75 per cent complete, according the ministry. The budget for the roughly 1.5km improvement project has been increased to $53.96 million from $38.1 million and includes $13.5 million in federal funding under the New Building Canada Fund. Further project information is available on the Ministry’s Kennedy Hill Safety Improvements website at: gov.bc.ca/highway4kennedyhill.
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Police nabbed two drunk drivers within five minutes of setting up a check stop in Tofino on June 18 and wound up impounding 13 vehicles that night. “Another vehicle attempted to pull into a private driveway to avoid the check stop and the vehicle’s occupants, all from the Lower Mainland, were less than respectful toward the officers and the prop-
“I am proud of the work our officers do.” – Dale Carr
erty owner onto whose property they had trespassed,” reads a media release from the RCMP. BC Highway Patrol’s Integrated Impaired Driving Unit and the Traffic Safety Unit – Police Dog
Service arrived to assist Tofino and Ucluelet RCMP with road checks and traffic enforcement between June 17-20. Provincial travel restrictions were lifted on June 15 sending a flurry of vacation-hungry visitors into town and while police were expecting the increased traffic, the release states they were “surprised at the number of impaired drivers taken off the road.” Along with the drunk drivers, police also issued 41 violation tickets
for various offences and conducted two drug investigations. “I am proud of the work our officers do,” Inspector Dale Carr, Officer in Charge of BCHP’s Special Traffic Operations said through the release. “As we begin to return to a pre-COVID world, I want the public to know about the work that is being done in our communities around the province to keep our roads safe from aggressive and impaired drivers as we work to make our highways safer together.”
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Get public money out of British Columbian politics British Columbia’s political parties currently get paid for every vote they receive. The subsidy, formerly at $2.50, right now sits at $1.75 per vote, and a committee of B.C. MLAs is considering whether to scrap the financing plan once and for all by September. The justification for subsidies for political parties is actually based on a reasonably sensible foundation. The idea is that political parties should be less beholden to big-dollar donors, like corporations or large unions. When someone who gave your party a cool couple million dollars doesn’t like a particular piece of legislation, they obviously have a lot of sway with
whatever set of legislators are in power. That means private interests can more easily overpower the public good. But there are practical problems. First, since the cash is based on votes, it means the party in power gets a bakedin fundraising advantage. It also shuts out insurgent parties, and this is a province that has been re-built and reshaped time and again by our ability to throw the bums out and give power to a whole new party! (Only to throw them out on their ear a generation later. What goes around comes around.) Do you think the B.C. Liberals would have been in favour of per-vote funding back before 1991? Or would the NDP or Social Credit have favoured
them back in the 1940s, when they were smaller, struggling parties in the shadow of the Liberals and Conservatives who ran the province? Most importantly, getting rid of big dollar donors and their influence is easily done by limiting donations – and fortunately, we have already accomplished that goal. Corporations and unions are now banned from donating to campaigns outright, and individual donations are capped to just $1,268 per person. Even a billionaire determined to spread his influence around the province, flinging money at campaign after campaign, could barely muster up more than the cost of a brand new trickedout pickup truck before maxing out on allowable donations completely.
With big money out, there’s no need for public funding. Let the parties run lean and meet in church basements and legion halls. They can go door knocking every election – it’s free. In fact, if the government wants to spend money per vote to strengthen democracy, why not turn the formulation around? Give every voter who shows up and marks a ballot a shiny toonie. Surely that would foster more interest in democracy than giving the money to parties that desperately want power? - Langley Advance Times
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The nostalgia-industrial complex just doesn’t get it MATTHEW CLAXTON matthew.claxton@langleyadvancetimes.com
One of the oddest things about living right now is that there are always at least two versions of the past fighting for space in our minds. The other day, I took a bike ride down through White Rock and South Surrey, and it brought back some nostalgic memories – going to a campground near Crescent Beach with my family as a child, running around barefoot in the sand all day, reading by flashlight under the faintly musty canvas of the old tent trailer. That’s an actual, personal past, the kind that’s as unique as a fingerprint. You carry your own past with you, too, just as distinctive and personal. Then there’s the past we are sold through commercialized nostalgia. This is an aggressively homogenized and packaged version of the past. This is the version you get in movies and TV shows set from the 1950s through the 1990s, with each decade laid out in a series of song tracks, hairstyles, fashion choices, cars, and accessories. The goal is to push some of the bigger cultural buttons that might provoke memories. You can almost hear someone behind
you as each reference is dropped with a thud, saying “Remember the Monkees? Remember Duran Duran? Remember Chumbawumba?” The nostalgia-industrial complex is a pretty new. It seems to have burst into sudden flower in the 1970s, as the shock of the 1960s gave way to a desperate yearning among some people for the “simpler” times of the 1950s. Happy Days popped up in 1974, and by 1980 the first classic rock format stations were on the air, and the frenzy of Baby Boomer childhood nostalgia that would last until well into the late 1990s was in full swing. With that template in place, every generation has had its past repackaged. (Don’t worry, Generation Z kids, today’s teenaged YouTube stars will be touring malls and signing autographs by 2040 at the latest!) Whatever this is, it doesn’t deserve to be called nostalgia. Nostalgia didn’t used to mean a fond remembrance, and it certainly didn’t mean “a series of pop-culture references selected via focus groups.” It literally meant homesickness, and was diagnosed in European soldiers in the 17th and 18th centuries, often village lads who had never been more than a few miles from
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the cottage of their births, suddenly marched halfway across the continent. They fell into what we would now call depression, obsessed with thoughts of the homes they might never see again. Commercial nostalgia pretends nothing is lost because the past is a commodity, always available for re-packaging and sale. There’s no pain in commerce, in the endless selling of plastic pasts. Real nostalgia – true, personal nostalgia, the kind drawn from our own history – always has a tinge of sadness to it, even pain. We can never go back to the same beach, the childhood bedroom, the house that’s long since been demolished, the Christmas morning with relatives who have passed on. Memory can be a comfort, a reminder of past joys, and of our deep connections with a place and family, but nostalgia always reminds us you only have one past, and you can’t ever really go back.
What a gong show of a project. Between the ministry and the prime, they couldn’t tie each other’s shoes. They shut down last year to review and plan a detailed blast plan. Guess scheduling highway closures was an after thought. I feel for all the families that are going to lose their incomes due to lack of insight. Jason Hayes-Holgate
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The budget for the roughly 1.5-km improvement project has been increased to $53.96 million from $38.1 million. Just like that. Good we’re getting a nice viewpoint though. Etienne He Closing at 8 p.m. in the summer is insane!! Shelly Lee Re: ‘POLL: Would you support more restrictions on electric bikes in your community?’ (www.westerlynews.ca, June 19)
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Tofino’s municipal council moved forward with new fireworks restrictions last week despite a clear doubt about whether they would ever be enforced. The new restrictions will not take effect immediately and will require further approval from council in the coming weeks. The town’s current fireworks regulations allow displays to be lit on Canada Day, American Independence Day, Halloween, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Those remain the only days where fireworks are permitted, but during their June 22 regular meeting council voted 4-3 in favour of mandating a permit process where anyone wanting to light a display on one of those holidays would need to submit a safety plan to the district for approval. “Requiring all individuals or organizations to participate in a permit application process allows District staff the opportunity to be aware of the desired location for the fireworks and determine if the applicant has a suitable plan for managing the crowds and garbage prior to issuing the permit,” read a report from the town’s fire chief and manager of protective services Brent Baker. Baker had also recommended that permits not be given to anyone without a valid Fireworks Operator Certificate issued by Natural Resources Canada, but council did not include that in their final decision. Coun. Tom Stere called the proposed certificate requirement “extremely restrictive,” and questioned whether the district has the capacity to enforce any new fireworks regulations.
Tofino is moving towards a permit system for fireworks displays, though some councillors would like to see a complete ban. (Westerly file photo)
“I’m in favour of a fireworks-free Tofino.” – Cathy Thicke “We can put all the rules in the world that we want, but it’s the ability to enforce them,” he said. Coin. Duncan McMaster said he didn’t see a point to imposing any new restrictions that would likely not be enforced. “I’ve always been told by legal experts that a law that is not enforceable is a bad law. Your messaging is a pipe dream, look at the messaging we’ve done on beach fires
and where that’s gotten us, it’s taken us forever. If you can’t enforce it, why bother?” he said. “I think we’d be better off lobbying the ACRD and the province to control fireworks and accessibility. I’d rather see more effort put into that than yet another bylaw that we’re not going to enforce.” Coun. Britt Chalmers supported the new fireworks permit process and countered McMasters argument by suggesting the town’s new beach fire regulations have been well received so far. “After years of not getting it, I think we finally did that, so with
that momentum, why don’t we carry it forward on something else that’s an issue?” she said. Coun. Al Anderson agreed. “I don’t subscribe to the (idea that) an unenforceable bylaw is not worth having. There’s certainly tons of laws on the books that are minimally enforceable,” he said. “But, we still have them and I think they have their impact.” Mayor Dan Law questioned whether the community had been asking for more restrictions and suggested enforcement is what he believes his constituents are calling for.
“I think what the overwhelming request has been for is enforcement. The consistent answer that I’ve heard is that it’s either virtually unenforceable or unenforceable,” he said. “Every bylaw we create costs money. Even this costs money and time. Personally I find that the argument for increasing restrictions and increasing requirements is a difficult logic to follow, however I’m willing to go for a permit system… Personally I find it a little flawed, but I’m willing to flex only slightly.” Coun. Cathy Thicke lobbied for an outright fireworks ban. “I’m in favour of a fireworks-free Tofino. That’s my feeling about it,” she said. “I think about the ethos of Tofino. I think about who it is we want to bring here and the kind of feeling that we want to develop in our community. We talk about a place where we relax and unwind and destress and yet we’re bringing all this city ethos and paraphernalia into our town. Why is it that we need something that is an artificial entertainment…Is the beauty and the serenity of what we see around us not enough? Why is it that we would need to add more and detract from the very beauty that we are upholding in nature?” She suggested fireworks are an “intrusion” on local wildlife and pets. “There is no refuge for these animals,” she said. Thicke’s idea for a complete ban received support from McMaster and Stere. “I think it would be a very clear message to the community and to the visitors that come here, in my opinion there would be less ambiguity,” Stere said. Mayor Law, Coun. Jacky Challenger, Anderson and Chalmers voted in favour of the new fireworks permit system, defeating opposition votes from McMaster, Thicke and Stere.
Cermaq takes DFO to court over fish farms Company pursues legal action after transfer applications and licence extensions denied MARC KITTERINGHAM marc.kitteringham@campbellrivermirror.com
Cermaq Canada is challenging in court DFO’s recent denial of two fish farm transfer and license extensions. “After much careful consideration, earlier this week Cermaq took further legal action to challenge the recent denial of Brent Island and Venture Point transfer
Cermaq Canada. Cermaq is concerned that it does not allow the “humane grow out” of the fishes’ life cycle, which will “hinder the delivery of shared value to rural, coastal communities,” particularly due to the pandemic. – Rebecca Reid Last week DFO denied an application by Cermaq to restock and applications and license extensions,” extend their licences. “A number of the First Nations reads a statement from David Kiemele, Managing Director for consulted continue to strongly op-
“A number of the First Nations consulted continue to strongly oppose salmon aquaculture in this area.”
pose salmon aquaculture in this area, and expressed those views during the consultations, notably for reasons related to the conservation and protection of wild salmon stocks and for social and cultural reasons,” read the response to the applications from Rebecca Reid, regional director for DFO’s Pacific Region. Other First Nations groups, including the First Nations Wild Salmon Alliance called the DFO
decision “very welcome.” However, Kiemele says it will have “long-reaching social and financial implications for employees and dozens of local, independent suppliers, contractors, businesses, and service providers.” Cermaq will be continuing to work with the We Wai Kum First Nation, and will not be commenting on the matter further since it is before the courts.
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The Ucluelet First Nation flag has been raised outside the District of Ucluelet’s Pacific Rim Visitor Centre at the Tofino-Ucluelet junction to honour the relationship between the two communities. (Andrew Bailey photo)
Ucluelet First Nation flag raised at PRVC Mayor says collaborations ongoing to bring more visual representation of relationship ANDREW BAILEY andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca
A new flag has been raised outside the Pacific Rim Visitor Centre to honour and celebrate the relationship between the District of Ucluelet and the Ucluelet First Nation. “We acknowledge the past and the pain that has been caused and look forward towards building a future with our local First Nations. In honour of those who were lost along the way and knowing that now is the time to make changes and strive for the Canada that should have been. We know that there is much to be done, but we look forward to continuing to work with our neighbours in this beautiful area we all call home,” read a statement from Ucluelet’s municipal council.
“The end goal is to have more of a visual presence just for people to take a moment to respect where you’re standing and enjoying.” – Mayco Noel Ucluelet mayor Mayco Noel said the flag offers a visual reminder of the important relationship Ucluelet shares with the First Nation and added he was driving past the area on a windy Sunday and was inspired by the view, noting the Tofino-Ucluelet junction serves as a “gateway” to the West Coast. “When I came
around on Sunday and took a look at that, it has a lot of meaning for me, for someone that’s born and raised here. Quite frankly, it’s long overdue and I look forward to doing more of that in the future,” he said. “It’s about really respecting the land that we live on…They’re our neighbours and it’s critical that we work together and we support each other.” He added he has enjoyed building a positive relationship with Ucluelet First Nation president Charles McCarthy as well as the Nation’s past president Les Dorion and that the bond between the two communities is strengthened by “trust.” “I’m very proud of this relationship. Of course I’m biased because I’m the current mayor, but I think that the relationship has never been stronger,” Noel said. “For me, it
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is probably one of the most important relationships that I have as the elected mayor. I know that the growth our communities will be doing in the future is really, really, relying upon a healthy relationship. Our communities are connected from doctors offices to schools to sewer and water; we’re all community members and neighbours.” He added collaborations are ongoing to bring more visual representation of that relationship throughout Ucluelet. “The end goal is to have more of a visual presence just for people to take a moment to respect where you’re standing and enjoying,” he said. The Westerly News was unable to reach the Ucluelet First Nation for comment by presstime.
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North Island College has launched its first Indigenization Plan, called Working Together 2026 - Making Space for the Great Things to Come. (NIC photo)
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North Island College marked National Indigenous Peoples Day June 21 with the launch of Working Together, the first Indigenization Plan in NIC history. The plan signifies NIC’s commitment to become more Indigenous serving. “It’s my honour to launch this plan, today, on National Indigenous Peoples Day,” said Kelly Shopland, NIC executive director, Indigenous Education. Working Together 2026 – Making Space for the Great Things to Come lays out steps for NIC to answer the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action and United Nations Declaration of Rights for Indigenous Peoples. The plan builds on vision of the College and Institutes Canada Indigenous Education Protocol, signed in 2015. In the past two years, more than 150 Indigenous community members, Elders, Indigenous Education Council members, NIC employees and students, have used the protocol as a framework to develop detailed goals and actions. The resulting plan confirms NIC’s commitment to reconciliation with actions that integrate and honour
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B.C. appoints panel on old-growth preservation The B.C. government is calling in experts to add to the province’s old-growth forest strategy, with more areas to be deferred from logging this summer. Forests Minister Katrine Conroy announced the five-person panel Thursday, including Gary Merkel, a professional forester from the Tahltan Nation in Northwest B.C. who co-authored the province’s old growth strategy review in September 2020. Conroy said the panel will provide technical advice and improve data and mapping of B.C.’s vast forests, but it will not be determining what is harvested. That will continue to be determined by discussions with Indigenous communities who claim title to the areas. “The panel is giving us advice but it’s not making decisions,” Conroy said June 24. “The decisions will be made in those government-to-government discussions.” The Huu-ay-aht First Nation released a statement Thursday, objecting to the latest environmental group demand for a halt to all old-growth logging in its territory around Port Alberni, saying it gives “little consideration to the economic and social needs of first nations.” The response comes two weeks after the Huu-ay-aht, Pacheedaht and Ditidaht First Nations issued their own declaration of sovereignty over the forest resource, which has been targeted by roadblocks and subject to a court order allowing approved logging to go ahead. “For the past 150 years, we have watched as others have decided what is best for our lands, water, and people, the statement says. The B.C. government approved additional deferral areas for oldgrowth forest June 9, accepting the declaration and designating areas in the Central Walbran Valley and the Fairy Creek watershed. Premier John Horgan said logging of second-growth forest will continue in the region while the Indigenous groups with land title develop their own plans. Conroy released a 20-point forest policy paper on June 1, which sets a target to increase the Indigenous share of annual allowable cut on Crown land to 10 per cent. Horgan, whose home constituency has been the target of protests since last summer, said deferral areas are more than 2,000 square kilometres in addition to vast parks and protected areas established over the years. “It’s hard work, and it involves not going back to our colonial past and dictating to Indigenous communities what they can and cannot do.” -www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com
Douglas fir in Saanich, B.C., classified as old growth for a coastal tree at 250 years old or more. (B.C. government photo)
ISLAND IN BRIEF Heat wave sets new record for peak hourly demand: BC Hydro More people than ever plugged in to cool down Saturday (June 26) breaking BC Hydro’s record for the highest summer peak hourly demand. Preliminary analysis show BC Hydro customers used 7,972 megawatts, surpassing the 7,897-megawatt record set Aug. 18, 2020. Saturday’s record is even more unique because of the day of week, the utility said. Typically, they see highest demand on weekdays when customers follow a “routine” schedule. As mercury continues to climb, the utility said it expects to see higher demand and is predicting Monday could reach up to 8,300 megawatts, shattering last night’s record. BC Hydro said customers need not worry as its hydroelectric system can meet the increased demand. Important steps have also been taken to protect the safety of its employees and customers amid the heat wave, including cancelling major planned outages as well as suspending disconnections for non-payment. Other ways to stay cool, and save money, include: • closing the blinds: shading windows can block up to 65 per cent of the heat • shutting doors and windows to keep the cool air in and the warm air out
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BC Ferries adding sailings as it anticipates ‘busy summer season’ BC Ferries is anticipating that British Columbians are eager for some non-essential travel to and from Vancouver Island. The ferry corporation says it’s anticipating a “busy summer season” and is welcoming travellers back on board with extra sailings for peak travel season starting Friday, June 25. Vessels on the Swartz Bay-Tsawwassen route will sail hourly from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and more late-night sailings will operate in both directions. Starting July 7, a 6 a.m. sailing is added Monday through Saturday except statutory holidays. “This route is the most popular route in the fleet, with four vessels providing up to 34 sailings per day,” Ferries noted in a release. The Departure Bay-Horseshoe Bay route will add 11:40 p.m. sailings from West Vancouver to Nanaimo, and three ships will provide service, up to 24 sailings per day. The Duke Point-Tsawwassen route will also increase service, moving to 16 sailings a day between 5:15 a.m. and 10:45 p.m., seven days a week until Sept. 10. BC Ferries says summer service on the Horseshoe Bay-Langdale route will see a second dedicated vessel
providing extra sailings throughout the season, and extra sailings are also coming on the Tsawwassen-Southern Gulf Islands route. “The end of travel restrictions marks a key milestone in tackling COVID-19 and we are thrilled it means we can welcome everyone back on board,” Mark Collins, BC Ferries president and CEO, said earlier this month. The ferry corporation reminds customers that Thursday and Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings are the most popular travel times from the Mainland, while Sunday afternoon is the busiest time for travellers returning from the Island to the Mainland. BC Ferries recommends customers make reservations or travel outside peak travel times to avoid sailing waits. For schedules and more information, visit bcferries.com. -www.westcoasttraveller.com
Fire in stairwell forces evacuation of residential hotel in Port Alberni A small fire in the stairwell of a building in uptown Port Alberni forced the evacuation of more than a dozen people on Sunday morning (June 27, 2021). Crews from Port Alberni, Cherry Creek, Beaver Creek and Sproat Lake responded to a call of a structure fire at the Beaufort Hotel on Angus Street and Fourth Avenue shortly before 9 a.m. “There was nothing showing outside the building,” deputy fire chief Wes Patterson said. “There was heavy smoke coming from the base of a stairwell, so crews made entry, contained the fire and extinguished it.” The two-storey building was evacuated and crews searched both floors and the basement to make sure all 21
of the occupants were out and safe. “I was just waking up and smelled smoke,” said one young woman, who didn’t want to give her name. She and several other residents from the building were sitting in the shade in front of the Port Alberni Courthouse while fire crews dealt with remaining smoke in the building. “I figured someone’s bed was on fire. My uncle is the manager here and he was banging on the door saying ‘niece, there’s a fire, you’ve got to get out.’” Patterson said there didn’t appear to be any damage to any of the units, and crews were busy ventilating the building to get rid of the smoke. “Everybody should be able to get back into their units.” One person was treated for minor smoke inhalation, but no other injuries were reported. Patterson said the cause of the fire had yet to be determined. -www.albernivalleynews.com
Quatsino First Nation buys land from WFP to establish waterfront community After years of being separated from the sea, the Quatsino First Nation will finally be able to return to a waterfront community to call their own. Western Forest Products Inc. (Western) and Quatsino announced in a news release on June 21 they have completed an agreement for a wholly-owned limited partnership of Quatsino to purchase a parcel of Western’s private land near Coal Harbour. The purchase of the 172-hectare property, which is located on the east side of Stephen’s Bay at Coal Harbour and near Quatsino’s Subdivision 18, supports the First Nation’s longstanding goal to return its 595-member nation to their own waterfront community. “Our children will finally have a beach to play on again; it’s been many years since we have had that opportunity,” said Chief James Nelson. “I’m thankful to be here to see this happen, as we all lived by the ocean for many years.” Shannon Janzen, Western’s Vice President, Partnerships and Sustainability and Chief Forester, said that re-establishing a waterfront community is important for Quatsino, and the company is “pleased to support turning this aspiration into reality.” She added that reconciliation is “a journey and we are committed to working together to find ways to meet the Nation’s interests while supporting a long-term vibrant and renewable forest sector on the North Island. We know we will be stronger together and this is just one step towards a long-term working relationship built on trust and respect for each other’s interests.” -www.northislandgazette.com
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GRADE 7 GRADUATION: Congratulations to Ucluelet Elementary School Grade 7s as they bid adieu to familiar faces and hallways and make the leap to high school in the fall. There was no public ceremony due to COVID-19 restrictions, but parents had a small gathering at Little Beach last week and a small ceremony was held at the school garden to commemorate the milestone. (Jennifer Rhodes photo)
Park Reserve path celebrates partial opening Official opening of the entire path currently scheduled for the spring of 2022 NORA O’MALLEY nora.omalley@westerlynews.ca
On June 21, National Indigenous Peoples Day, Parks Canada officially opened a portion of the new 25-km multi-use pathway (pronounced ups-cheek ta-shee). Ups-cheek ta-shee lies in the traditional territories of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation and Ucluelet First Nation, and was built in the Long Beach Unit of Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. The name ups-cheek ta-shee means “going the right way on the path”. Parks Canada says working with local First Nations and communities in the region has been a priority in building the estimated $51 million multi-use trail. Elders from both First Nations provided a set of guiding principles to ensure building was completed appropriately: hishukish ts’awalk (everything is one); uu-a-thluk (taking care of); and, iisaak (respect). Together with environmental and archaeological experts, Parks Canada says they used these principles in building the pathway. “Now, as you begin to venture onto (upscheek ta-shee), be mindful of these teachings and of the First Nations communities who live near the pathway. Stay on the pathway and respect the privacy of the communities of Esowista and Ty-Histanis,” reads a media release from Parks Canada. Ups-cheek ta-shee remains a construction zone until the official opening of the entire path in spring 2022.
This stretch of pathway in front of Long Beach heading northward in the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve on Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations territory is now officially open for visitor use. (Parks Canada photo) A full closure by order of the superintendent is in place between Green Point Campground and Long Beach parking lots due to construction of the final portion of the pathway. The Parks Canada media release went on to note that only class 1 pedal-assist e-bikes are permitted on completed portions of upscheek ta-shee and that throttle e-bikes are not allowed.
In Feb. 2021, Tofino celebrated a 2.8-km Multi-Path Use extension at Cox Bay to the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve’s northern border. The $3.9 million project was paid for with support from the provincial and federal governments, Island Coastal Economic Trust and Resort Municipality Initiative funding. Ucluelet’s $870,000 grant application to build a path connecting its current Multi-Use Path to
the Park Reserve was denied in March, 2021, and that portion of the multi-use path that sits in Alberni Clayoquot Regional District (ACRD) lands remains the missing gap to connecting the West Coast. The ACRD plans to pursue a variety of smaller grants to help fund the estimated $1 million portion of remaining trail. - With files from Andrew Bailey
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Local band Downtown Brown and the Hitch Mark Lagace, David James Brown, Andy Keeling, and Gareth Hochachka are scheduled to play at the ANAF on July 2. (Submitted photo)
ANAF opens for locals only Free Store looking for new venue after ‘blowout sale’ NORA O’MALLEY nora.omalley@westerlynews.ca
The Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans Club (ANAF) is hosting its first live gig in over a year this weekend, and to get in on the party, you’ll have to be a West Coaster. Entrance to the Friday, July 2 premiere event featuring Downtown Brown and the Hitch with Glass Half Full is for ANAF members only. An annual membership to the ANAF is $40, which supports Canada’s veterans and club operations. Contact Bronwyn Kelleher via Facebook messenger or call (250) 726-4217
– Bronwyn Kelleher to purchase a membership. “You can’t mooch off your partners membership either. You have to have your own,” she says. “The ANAF is going to be like a private clubhouse
this summer where locals can escape the crowds of visitors.” The Free Store at the ANAF, which occupied the clubhouse during its hiatus from hosting shows, had its final “blowout sale” last week and is currently looking for a new venue. Volunteers are committed to keeping the valuable community service going and have founded the Free Store Society. According to Kelleher, as many as 70 people per day made use of the Free Store while it was up and running. A Free Store fundraiser with musicians, food, and prizes is scheduled for July 15 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
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“The ANAF is going to be like a private clubhouse this summer where locals can escape the crowds of visitors.”
There will be no red and white Canada Day cake served at the Village Greens on July 1. All Canada Day festivities in Tofino and Ucluelet are cancelled again this year due to ongoing Provincial Health Orders. For the children, Ucluelet’s Parks and Recreation department is offering a
virtual Community Historical Treasure Hunt with sidewalk chalk goody bags at the Ucluelet Community Centre to help beautify community sidewalks and driveways. Parents can stop by the community centre 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. up until June 30 for goody bags. “Clues will take people on an adventure throughout Ucluelet. We will be offering free cookies at the Gray Whale Deli as a Canada Day treat,
but first you must successfully answer a trivia question about Canada,” notes the Ukee Rec department. Both towns have lowered National flags to half-mast at municipal buildings until further notice to honour the thousands of children who were sent to residential schools, for those who never returned, and the families whose lives were forever changed by the Indian residential school system.
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TOFINO CO-OP UPCOMING MEMBER SHOPPING UPDATES The Food Store is now open from 8:30am – 8pm to all patrons! Starting July 1st Food Store hours will be 8:30am to 9pm. Please note, we are no longer having select shoppers from 8:30-10 for Seniors, First Responders.
Nelly Heyduck and CBT’s Rebecca Hurwitz are cheering a new art collaboration. (@heyduckphoto photo)
Artist joins CBT to celebrate Coast CLAYOQUOT BIOSPHERE TRUST Special to the Westerly
West Coasters and visitors frequenting shops and markets this summer can keep their eyes peeled for an exciting new local art collaboration between Ucluelet artist Nelly Heyduck and the Clayoquot Biosphere Trust (CBT), our region’s community foundation and UNESCO Biosphere organization. Heyduck, a Ucluelet resident of 12 years, is well-known for her beautiful post-card inspired prints celebrating more than fifteen special places around the region: the Wild Pacific Trail, Ucluelet Harbour, Long Beach, Cox Bay, and many more. “The series has been a success, and I was looking for a common denominator that connected multiple places,” says Heyduck. That’s when Rebecca Hurwitz, Executive Director of the Clayoquot Biosphere Trust, approached her about the idea of creating an art piece in recognition of the 20th anniversary of the Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere designation. “It was great timing,” says Heyduck. “The Biosphere designation connects all the special and unique places I’ve tried to highlight through this series of art prints.” The collaboration with CBT recognizes the big picture of the west coast, weaving together the territories,
habitats, and activities that collectively create a sense of home for residents. The prints are also an opportunity for Heyduck to give back to the region she loves, as proceeds from the sale of each print will support CBT sustainable community development programming. Through collaborating with CBT, Heyduck learned that the organization does so much more than just environmental research and conservation. With representation from the five Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations and two municipalities on their board of directors, the CBT is a place where the concerns of each community in the region are shared and addressed. “I’ve enjoyed learning about this umbrella organization and how they connect the dots for environmental and social justice in our region,” says Heyduck. Hurwitz adds, “it was lovely to see the Biosphere through Nelly’s eyes. We’re thankful to her for helping us celebrate the 20th anniversary of the UNESCO designation in such a creative and connected way.” The art will be available as a 5”x7” eco-friendly greeting card and as an 11”x14” giclee print with archival inks. To learn more about the print or purchase a copy, you can reach out to info@clayoquotbiosphere. org or nelly@heyduckart.ca. You can also find Nelly and all her prints at markets in Ucluelet and Tofino this summer.
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