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July 15, 2015 Wednesday

INSIDETHIS WEEK:

CONSERVING OUR WATER:Tofino is hoping a new campaign will have locals turning off the tap. PAGE 4

CELEBRATING SCHOLARSHIPS:

This week’s West-erly Life is all about education, including the USS scholarship announcements.PAGE 9

SAFE PASSAGE:

The CWFS will replace three cul-verts this summer to help fish swim around the Coast. PAGE 6

ANDREW BAILEYWesterly NewsThat’s too much booze for one

cruise. Ucluelet RCMP seized over 120

bottles of liquor from a vessel last week.

Local police serve as border offi-cers on the West Coast clearing ves-sels coming into Canada through customs.

One such vessel arrived from Portland, Oregon, carrying five people and way too much hooch, according to Ucluelet’s detachment commander Sgt. Jeff Swann.

Swann said the vessel’s skip-per initially told police there was one case of beer and two bottles of alcohol onboard, but a search turned up significantly more than that.

“In every cubby, every little hole, every little spot you could find on that large vessel there was alcohol,” Swann said. “In total, over 120 bot-tles of liquor...Not 120 cans of beer; I’m talking 120 full 750-millilitre bottles of alcohol.”

The alcohol was seized and the vessel’s skipper faces charges under the Customs and Excise Acts for smuggling alcohol into Canada, according to Swann who added three tasers were also seized from the vessel.

“They’re prohibited weapons, you’re not allowed to have them,”he said of the tasers.

“They are extremely dangerous tools that should only be in the hands of people who are trained on how it’s used and when it’s used and where and why it’s used.”

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ANDREW BAILEYWesterly NewsThe Ucluelet Volunteer

Fire Brigade’s fast response and creative thinking stopped a potentially dis-astrous wildland fire from spreading last week.

The July 8 fire started on private property in an isolated area between Little

Beach and Terrace Beach and was reported by an aware and alert local.

“Big kudos to Alexander McNaughton for reporting the fire and assisting the fire brigade with the initial fire response,” Ucluelet’s manager of environmental and emergency services Karla Robison told the

Westerly News. “He was really great to

report the fire right away and then be on scene to help out.”

Robison said McNaugh-ton’s call came in at 11:58 a.m. and local firefighters responded in about four minutes.

“The brigade responded

really well,” she said. “With the rapid response,

outstanding skills and communications and remarkable teamwork they were able to safeguard the community of Ucluelet...had this fire spread quickly, some homes may have been threatened.”

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A tourist who recently shot and killed a cougar at Salmon Beach was justified in doing so, according to BC’s Conservation Offi-cer Service.

As was reported in last week’s Westerly News, Victoria local Shawn Hanson shot the cougar after it attempted to run off with his dog, Bailey, on July 2.

Bailey escaped the incident with no life-threatening injuries

and Hanson immedi-ately reported the shooting to local police as well as the Conserv-ation Officer Service (CO).

Conservation offi-cers arrived on July 3 to retrieve the cougar and investigate the incident.

“If there’s an emer-gency situation where there’s an imminent threat to public safety or property and some-body has reported kill-ing or wounding any wildlife for the protec-tion of life we always go and make sure that that’s exactly what had happened,” conserva-tion officer Brittany Mueller told the West-erly News.

“In this case, yes, (Hanson) was defending his property and safety. That cougar was failing to retreat.”

Mueller suggested the cougar was the same animal that had been spotted underneath a trailer at the Mussel Beach Campground on

June 28. “That resulted in

conservation officers attending with hounds based on the behaviour that was reported but, due to the extreme heat and the tide conditions that day, they were unsuccessful in locat-ing the cougar then,” she said.

“On July 2, that cou-gar did return and attempted to prey upon that small dog at Sal-mon Beach...the cougar actually came out of the bush and grabbed the dog very quickly.”

Mueller said the cougar appeared to be malnourished.

“The cougar was a juvenile female in very poor body condition,” she said. “It was emaci-ated. This cougar was extremely small in size and just had very little fat content on it. It was skin-and-bones...defin-itely starving.”

The cougar’s body has been sent to a provin-cial wildlife veterinar-

ian for a necropsy. “We try to get the

most information we can from the animals,” Mueller said. “There’s a lot of information we can gain.”

The CO has not received any reports of dangerous cougar activity on the West Coast since the July 2 shooting.

“No other aggres-sive or threatening behaviours have been reported but if that does happen we need to know right away,” Mueller said.

She urges anyone who spots a cougar, or any predator, to immediate-ly report the sighting to the CO at 1-877-952-7277 (RAPP).

“It just gives us that awareness so if we need to be proactive—whether it be a bear accessing garbage and we can get there and secure an attractant or issue a violation (ticket) to ensure that that bear doesn’t become food

conditioned—It gives us a lot more options,” she said.

“When we don’t get the call until it’s too late, there’s usually only one option left and that’s removal of the animal.”

She said cougar sight-ings have been coming in at a higher clip than usual this year.

“It’s been a very busy cougar season. In sum-mertime we tend to see a spike and increase in cougar reports through the RAPP line...There’s been sightings throughout the Central Island and definitely an increase in them,” she said.

“We’ve got lots of cougars moving in and around the Central Island-West Coast zone. A lot of them are just sightings; the cats are doing their thing. It’s very hot out, they’ve changed their travel patterns a little bit, but as for the Sal-mon Beach and Mussel

Beach area we haven’t had a sight-ing since thatcougar’s beenremoved.”

She said anyone who encounters a cougar should maintain eye contact and try to look as large and threatening as possible.

“With cou-gars specific-ally, always maintain eye contact and back away slowly; try to deter the animal from approach-ing,” she said. “Pick up anything to arm yourself, whether it be a backpack or a bike; you want to create a distance.”

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The District of Ucluelet, Ucluelet Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Ucluelet are happy to announce that they are moving ahead with a more streamlined and functional system of operations.

This new system will see Tourism Ucluelet establish itself as an independent body, which will allow them to forge ahead on a number of tourism-focused initiatives more effi ciently and eff ectively.

The Chamber of Commerce will equally benefi t through saved resources, in that it will no longer administer Tourism Ucluelet operations; this will allow the organization to give more focus to membership needs.

The District of Ucluelet also appreciates having a closer connection with Tourism Ucluelet, insofar as meeting provincial reporting requirements, and having the ability to work more closely with Resort Municipality Infrastructure grants and Tourism Ucluelet goals and initiatives.

All three parties have agreed that the new structure will give each entity autonomy to move forward on individual goals while maintaining strong connections to each other. The following statements outline each group’s continuing commitment to communication, transparency and action.

“This is great news! Working together, we have a united front that looks to a bright future for our community. Both the Chamber and Tourism Ucluelet organizations are made up of committed volunteers from our community, and we look forward to improved communications and building on our strengths and successes.”

- Dianne St Jacques, District of Ucluelet Mayor

“This is an exciting time for Ucluelet. For the Chamber, Tourism and the District to have the opportunity to work together like a well-oiled machine will accomplish an effi cient and positive working relationship for the benefi t of our communities.”

- Cathy Whitcomb, Ucluelet Chamber of Commerce Vice President

“I am pleased to accept the Chair position. Tourism Ucluelet plays a vital role in our economic development. Ucluelet’s time has arrived. We’ve all worked hard. The Board looks forward to building upon our strengths and working tirelessly with the District of Ucluelet and the Ucluelet Chamber of Commerce to market our community to the World!”

- Tracy Eeftink, Tourism Ucluelet Chair

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With great scenery comes great distraction.

Summer has packed the West Coast’s roads and highways with slow-moving RV’s, and wildlife look-ie-loos, so it comes as no surprise that Ucluelet police received about seven driving complaints last week.

“We’re getting a lot of driving com-plaints from the traveling public...That is typical of busy summer traf-fic,” said Sgt. Jeff Swan of the Uclue-let RCMP.

“There’s a lot of tourists and a lot of locals mixing on the highways and a lot of cyclists and a lot of people walking on the highways so we’re getting a lot of traffic complaints.”

Slow highway drivers are urged to use pullouts to let the vehicles behind them pass and quick moving commuters are urged to pass slower traffic only when it’s safe to do so.

All drivers must pull over to view wildlife.

Swann said complaints are com-ing in from Highway 4, the Pacific Rim Highway and in town and he encourages locals and visitors to continue reporting unsafe drivers by calling the RCMP detachment at 250-726-7773.

“We really appreciate the public calling in,” he said. “The number one thing that we really need from people is a license plate (number).”

He added that some vehicles are speeding through Ucluelet’s play-

ground zone despite the posted dawn-to-dusk 30 km speed limit.

The playground zone is located around Ucluelet’s two schools and is in effect 365 days-a-year but Swann suggested some drivers mistakenly think the posted speed limit can be ignored now that school is out for the summer.

“We still get tourists and locals alike going through there at signifi-cant speeds thinking school’s not in, but it’s a playground zone,” he said.

Dirt bike stolen

A dirt bike was recently stolen from outside a Ucluelet home.

The theft was reported on the afternoon of July 8 and is believed to have occurred on July 7, according to Sgt. Swann.

Swann said police had no suspects at press time but an investigation is ongoing and he urges anyone with information about the theft to con-tact the detachment 250-726-7773.

Stay safe from social

media shade; secure your garbage

Photos of unsecured garbage that had been trashed by wildlife spread across social media last week prompting Ucluelet police to remind locals about the district’s garbage bylaw.

Sgt. Swann said several bear sight-ings have been reported in the past week and he suggested bears are in town because garbage is being left

out. Ucluelet’s garbage collection

bylaw— No. 960, 2004—lays out the steps locals must take to pre-vent their garbage from attracting wildlife.

“All domestic garbage and food waste or other edible waste that could attract domestic animals or dangerous wildlife shall be stored indoors in an enclosed building, shed or storage facility and shall not be left in or on any area access-ible to domestic animals or wildlife, including on any patio, balcony or deck,” the bylaw states.

The bylaw also stipulates that all garbage bins must be placed curbside “no earlier than 5:00 a.m....on the regularly scheduled day for collection.”

The fine for improperly storing garbage is $50 for the first offence and $100 for any subsequent offences.

Swann said full garbage bins that are left out overnight habituate bears into thinking Ucluelet’s streets are rich with viable food sources.

“You cannot put your garbage out early,” Swann said. “We need the public’s help in ensuring garbage cans are put out when they’re sup-posed to be put out.”

Joint vessel patrol educates boaters

Local police joined a joint-vessel patrol of the West Coast’s waters last

week. The patrol was comprised of Tofino

and Ucluelet RCMP as well as per-sonnel from the Pacific Rim NationalPark, Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Environment, Canadian Coast Guard, Department of Fish-eries and Oceans Canada, Transport Canada and the Canadian Border Services Agency.

They focused on Ucluelet’s wat-ers from Monday to Wednesday and Tofino’s from Thursday to Friday, according to Sgt. Swann.

“It was a great experience. There was lots of great stops, lots of great checks, and lots of great education,” Swann said adding many reminders were dished out to boaters.

“We found boats that had just come back from fishing 40 kilo-metres offshore and they didn’t have a life jacket onboard...We had commercial boats and whale watching boats that didn’t have fire extinguishers on hand (and) char-ter boats that didn’t have proper documentation.”

Swann urges local and visiting boaters to ensure they have gone through a checklist of what they need and have all their proper docu-mentation and gear onboard before embarking on any voyage.

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The West Coast’s wet weekend did not make up for the preceding slew of dry months.

Ucluelet remains under the Stage 1 water restrictions that took effect on July 1.

Ucluetians with even numbered addresses may water their lawns

and gardens on even numbered days and those with odd num-bered addresses may water on odd numbered days.

Watering may only take place between 6-10 a.m. and 6-10 p.m. and each residence is restricted to two hours of watering on their designated days.

Neighbouring Tofino graduated to Stage 2 water restrictions on July 9 prohibiting all watering of non-food gardens, the filling of any hot tubs or pools, and any outdoor wash-ing of articles or

vehicles. Tofitians can water their food

gardens by hand but are restrict-ed to permitted times.

Locals with odd numbered addresses may hand water their food gardens on Mondays and Thursdays and those with odd numbered addresses may water on Tuesdays and Fridays.

All watering must take place between 6-9 a.m. or 7-10 p.m.

Mayor Josie Osborne told the Westerly that she does not expect the restrictions to be met with pushback from community members.

“I think most residents and busi-nesses understand the need to

reduce water consumption, respect the fact that communities all over Vancouver Island are being mindful about water, and will abide by the restrictions,” she said.

“I don’t anticipate any pushback from community members or businesses...I think it’s important to everyone that we all take part in conservation measures and that everyone and every sector does their part.”

Tofino coupled its Stage 2 announcement with the launch of a new campaign aimed at lowering the district’s water consumption by 20 per cent from last summer.

“Tourism Tofino had already taken the step of a pro-active ‘Every drop counts’ campaign with the accom-modation sector, and the District is building on that to reach out to the entire community,” Osborne said.

“We’ve launched the 20% Chal-lenge, a campaign to motivate all sectors in Tofino to conserve water. That comes with a social media hashtag, #TofinoH2O so people can share photos and tips. As well, the District has greatly increased the amount of signage, public information bulletins, and posted our community’s water consumption on the municipal website.”

Osborne said the idea for a community-wide conservation campaign was struck by herself and district CAO Bob MacPherson

simultaneously. “My background in environ-

mental education taught me that a proactive, positive campaign was critical to launching conserv-ation measures,” she said.

“I was doodling in my note-book about all the conservation measures we need to take as a community and I walked into the CAO’s office to talk to him about it, glanced at his whiteboard, and he had written up nearly the exactsame list of ideas as I had.”

She hopes Tof-itians will rise to the challenge.

“We’ve part-nered with Tour-ism Tofino to produce posters and rack cards for the accom-modation sector, and we have met with many of

Tofino’s larger water users. All the responses have been very posi-tive,” she said.

“I think people see value not only in conserving water so we have a successful summer, but they’re also thinking about the value of our drinking water and how a conservation mind-set should really be the ‘new normal.’”

Anyone wanting to follow along with the 20 per cent challenge can find weekly water consumption reports on the district’s website.

The district has posted weekly water consumption data from 2014 to compare to 2015’s num-bers and has also included num-bers from 2006—the year Tofino’s low water levels reached a critical

stage. Osborne acknow-

ledged the dry weather has likely put Tofino’s 2006 water shortage “on the back of everyone’s minds,” but she noted two key changes have been put in place since then.

“First, we have a greatly increased treatment and storage capacity with the Ahkmahksis reservoir and treatment plant, and the Stump Dump reser-voir,” she said.

“Second, we have begun a communica-tive and proactive campaign to educate everyone about the need for conservation due to drought-like conditions on Vancouver Island and the dry weather fore-casts for Tofino.”

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IMPORTANT NOTICE STAGE 2 - WATER RESTRICTIONS

Due to continuing record low precipitation, all residents and businesses of the District of Tofino are advised that effective July 9, 2015, Stage 2 water restrictions are in effect until further notice.

During Stage 2 Water Restrictions, all outdoor water use is prohibited:

No outdoor watering (except by hand, for food gardens) No use of potable water for outdoor washing of any article or vehicle No filling of hot tubs or pools

Watering of food gardens by hand (i.e. by watering can or hose by hand) will be permitted only as follows:

Odd numbered civic addresses may water on Monday and Thursday between the hours of 6:00 am to 9:00 am and 7:00 pm and 10:00 pm; and Even numbered civic addresses may water on Tuesday and Friday between the hours of 6:00 am and 9:00 am and 7:00 pm and 10:00 pm;

Take the 20% challenge and do your part to reduce Tofino’s water consumption by 20% compared to last summer.

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In the Westerly News July 8 front page story: “Wildfire felt on West Coast, in US; still air keeps flames at bay on Sproat Lake”, the article incorrectly stated that dry conditions prompted the Dis-trict of Tofino to ban campfires as of Wednesday for the District of Tofino.

This is a ban put in place by the provincial Coastal Fire Centre, not the District of Tofino.

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What do YOU think? Go online to www.westerlynews.ca to answer this week’s poll question:

Has the recent string of dry weather motivated you to con-serve water?

a) Yes, every drop counts. b) No, my water usage has not changed. c) Not yet, but I’ll pay more attention to my water usage if the dry weather continues.

Read The Westerly News next week for results of the online vote. On June 3 we asked: “Do you feel bicy-clists should face fines for not wearing a helmet?” 52% said yes, 37% said no, and 11 % said whether they do or not does not concern them.

LETTERS

DEAR EDITOR, After opening and

reading my recent copy of Westerly News to “Victoria Man Shoots Cougar” I had to pause and take Shawn Han-son’s account with a grain of salt. Not being there, we cannot chal-lenge his exciting nar-rative of this encounter, but I would not brand him a hero for his debatable actions.

All commonly avail-

able practical advice from is that pets or small animals (includ-ing children) should not be allowed to roam free-ly as cougars or wolves see them as fair game and you are inviting an encounter that usually ends in an unnecessary death. Hanson let his dog run freely in a wild area where encounters often occur. The hungry Cougar cub likely saw a lone small wiener-shaped dog as aban-

doned fair game in the forest and possibly Mr Hanson wanted this food. There could be more danger in Hanson fetching and blasting his shotgun than from the now summarily exe-cuted young cougar that seemed unafraid of him.

Visitors should read the pamphlets and advice available every-where on interacting with such wild animals, that clearly advises pets be leashed and how to

interact if a cougar is sighted or near. If Mr Hanson would have taken a few minutes to do this, he would likely now had a dog without holes and a young cou-gar would still be hunt-ing for the birds and small rodents that make up their main diet.

Roy AlexanderParksville

Tourist’s dog should have been leashed

Things appear quiet at the Thornton Creek Hatchery right now. Chum fry were released during rainfall events in March

and April and the last of our Chinook salmon

fry were released into Thornton Creek at the end of May.

Once released, these Chinook fry spend several days to a few weeks acclimatizing to their new salt water environment in Ucluelet Inlet before embarking on their epic swim into the North Pacific.

There are, however, a few spe-cies of salmonids that spend more than a few months in their natal streams. Unlike Chum and Chi-

nook salmon, Coho and Steelhead spend one to two years in fresh water before migrating to sea.

Anyone who’s driven past the Kennedy or Taylor River in the last few weeks has probably noticed how low the water levels are.

They’re not just unseasonably low but many rivers and streams on Vancouver Island are already at record lows and summer is just beginning. When the water level drops quickly and persistently during a dry spell, some Coho and Steelhead fry get cut off from the main flow of their stream.

During such low water condi-tions, pool-bound fry are exposed to the threats of increased preda-tion and potentially lethal water

temperatures. Our unusually tropical weather has these Coho and Steelhead fry yearning for a strong and wet southeaster.

Hatchery staff has been con-ducting inspections of some of our local streams recently.

We identified numerous loca-tions where Coho fry were trapped in small pools and puddles well away from the main watercourse.

Mature Cutthroat trout, Steel-head and Sockeye fry, stickle-backs, brook lampreys and cray-fish were observed in some of these tiny aquariums.

Many of the shaded pools are at high but reasonable temperatures capable of supporting salmon life but pools in the sunshine are just

too warm.To collect the fry we deploy

baited minnow traps in the deeper pockets of water and use pie-plate shaped nets and small colanders to scoop fry from shal-low puddles.

These fry are placed in buckets of water and are carried across the dry stream bed to the main flow. Seeing these Coho fry sur-viving in such unfavourable con-ditions stirs one to consider the tenacity of salmon.

As we hope for rain, work at the hatchery and afield continues.

Maintenance is ongoing at our facility, what with boats, build-ings and running water.

Our directors are at task with a new project in the works for

visitors while staff organizes gear for fall brood stock collection and egg takes.

Things at the hatchery aren’t as quiet as they appear and there are times when we could use some help.

If you are inspired by salmon and would like to volunteer or donate to the Thornton Creek Enhancement Society, please contact me at [email protected] or leave a message at the hatchery @ 250-726-7566.

Dave Hurwitz is manager of the Thornton Creek Hatchery.

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The Central Westcoast Forest Society will reunite local fish with long lost rearing and spawning habitats by replacing three cul-verts this summer.

Two culverts will be replaced under Hwy 4 in the Conference Creek Watershed near the Ken-nedy Lake boat launch and the third will be replaced under the Pacific Rim Highway in the Eng-lish Cove Watershed near Tofino.

“Hopefully, once these culverts are replaced and the connectivity of these streams are restored the fish will have access to increased spawning and rearing habitat upstream that has not been accessible since the road was constructed in the 1950’s,” said CWFS executive director Jessica Hutchinson.

“This should really be a boost to local wild salmon populations...We hope that this year is just the start of a bigger project to come next year where we’re address-

ing even more culverts in a single season.”

Culverts are tunnels placed under roadways to allow streams to flow through but the West Coast’s cul-verts weren’t installed with fish in mind, according to Hutchinson.

“Unfortunately, when the highways and the roads out here were constructed, they didn’t really pay much atten-tion to fish habitat or main-taining stream connectivity. Basically the roads were con-structed without a thought for fish,” she said.

“What we have is a net-work of roads and highways that create barriers to fish migration.”

She said some local cul-verts are too narrow for wide channels to feed into and others are too high for fish to travel through.

“Sometimes the culvert will be so small and the water so fast that it’s basically like a

fire hose and the fish can’t make it through because...it doesn’t have the physical capacity to swim through a culvert that’s push-ing water at that fast of a flow,” Hut-chinson said.

She said the three new culverts CWFS is set to install would be wide enough to maintain natural channel flows.

“The culvert will be so big that the creek will flow through it as if it never even entered the culvert; it will just be a continual natural habitat...as

opposed to being constricted or funneled or segmented by a cul-vert,” she said.

The CWFS has identified about 12 culverts in the English Cove Watershed that must be replaced and about 14 more in the Confer-ence Creek watershed.

“Central Westcoast has identi-fied a whole series of fish bar-riers that exist on Highway 4 and we’re working with the ministry of transportation to address these culverts one by one replacing them with fish friendly culverts,” Hutchinson said.

“Basically that means tearing up the road, excavating out the old culvert, and putting in a new giant culvert that will allow for not only fish passage but also amphibian and small mammal passage as well.”

Work to replace two culverts under Hwy 4 will kick off around

Aug. 5 and drivers can expect delays for about three weeks. Pacific Rim Highway com-muters can expect delays near Maltby Road for about two weeks between late August and early September while the third culvert is being installed.

The work is expected to run up an estimated $800,000 tab and will be paid for by about $500,000 from BC’s ministry of transpor-tation and about $290,000 from funds the CWFS raised through the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the Alberni Clayo-quot Regional District and the Pacific Salmon Foundation.

Hutchinson was stoked to find such significant support for the project.

“We’re really excited that the ministry has come on board and that we’re partnering with all these different groups to bring

this to fruition and we hope to see some really posi-tive results in our monitor-ing efforts in terms of increased fish

populations,” she said. “Reconnecting fish habitat is

one of the most effective restora-tion practices for boosting wild salmon populations.”

She added that degraded cul-verts under highways are hazard-ous to human safety and noted the culvert collapse under Grice Bay Road that caused a sink-hole-like hazard earlier this year.

She suggested a culvert collapse under Hwy 4 or the Pacific Rim Hwy could cut off communities.

“These culverts are all starting to go because that highway was constructed that long ago so we’re going to see a continued number of culverts collapse in the coming years,” she said.

“It’s really important from a safety perspective to address them and replace them before we have a collapsed culvert that cuts off access 100 per cent and this becomes more of an emergency situation.”

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This culvert in the Conference Creek Watershed is exhibiting a large outlet drop, also known as a “hung culvert,” and is a barrier to fish passage as it is impossible for both resident and anadromous fish to travel through. The CWFS will be replacing this culvert this summer to reunite fish and wildlife with lost habitats. Photo submitted.

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CAMPFIRE BAN IN EFFECT IN UCLUELETEff ective at noon on Wednesday, July 8, 2015, the existing campfi re ban in the Coastal Fire Centre was expanded to cover all areas within the fi re centres jurisdiction, including the Fog Zone. The District of Ucluelet currently prohibits campfi res within the boundary of the District of Ucluelet. The District of Ucluelet would also ask that visitors and residents take precautionary steps while smoking, operating motorized vehicles and machinery, using cooking stoves, etc. in Ucluelet’s municipal boundary and surrounding areas.The campfi re ban is in eff ect to help prevent human-caused wildfi res and protect public safety. For the latest information on current wildfi re activity, burning restrictions, road closures and air quality advisories, go to :http://www.bcwildfi re.ca or visit the District of Ucluelet website: http://ucluelet.ca/.

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It’s no secret that the Wild Pacif-ic Trail, alive with thunderous energy from the Pacific Northwest and enchanting as an elfin rain-forest, is one of Ucluelet’s richest attractions.

Trip Advisor lists the cedar-scented trail among the Top 10 Things To Do in Canada and the New York Times placed it on the 31 Places to Go in 2010 list, along-side global destinations like Pata-gonia Wine Country and the Costa Rican Bird Route.

“What makes our trail unique is that we really don’t treat it as just a trail, it’s almost an art form,” said Barbara Schramm, president of the Wild Pacific Trail Society.

“Oyster Jim is an artist and he’s built the trail to present the fea-tures of the coastline, the features

of the forest. He doesn’t just do a path from A to B. As you walk, a tree is presented and framed for you to notice. It’s very artistically done,” Schramm said.

Trail pioneer and recipient of Ucluelet’s Citizen of the Year Award, Oyster Jim Martin, first

envisioned a free public use trail back in the 19 80s. After 16 persis-tent years, the Wild Pacific Trail Society (WPTS) was established in 1999.

Oyster Jim and his team have successfully carved a network trails that are both awe-inspiring

and tailored to promote outdoor education.

Every summer, the WPTS invites visitors and residents to partici-pate in free interpreta-tive walks hosted by pro-gram experts from: Parks Canada, the Ucluelet Aquarium, and the Cen-tral West Coast Forest Society. Oyster Jim will also host two tours in July, delivering the per-sonal history of the trail and highlighting featuresof the coastline.

“I encourage locals to go. You don’t have to be a tourist. There’s a lot content in the history and in the ecology that the average local doesn’t know. I think they would be surprised to attend a program,” Schramm said.

Guest speakers cover topics such as First Nations culture, inter-tidal exploration, forest ecology, and the sinking of the Pass of Melfort, the tragic shipwreck that inspired the building of the lighthouse.

Last year, WPTS wel-comed 732+ people on free Lighthouse Loop interpretative walks. And with this being the 100th anniversary of the Amphitrite Lighthouse, Schramm hopes to see the number of partici-pants swell to over 1,000.

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The scholarship list for the Class of 2015 of Ucluelet Secondary School has been announced. Reid APPENHEIMER received an award from ADTU.Sarah BRITTAIN received awards from Clayoquot Biosphere Trust and Cermaq Canada. Kimberly CASTILLO received awards from District of Tofino and LUND. Sam CLARKSON received awards from Manoah Masonic Lodge, Public Service Alliance of Canada Local 29266 and Tofino Long Beach Chamber of Commerce.Sylvanna CORLAZZOLI received awards from LUND and Ucluelet Chamber of Commerce. Katlyn CORTES received awards from District of Ucluelet, LUND, The Place TV and Tofino Business

Association.Alistair DRAKE received an award from LUND. Patrice HANSEN received awards from District of Tofino, Public Service Alliance Local 29266 and Tofino

Co-op.Chloe HEATH-NOEL received awards from Dolphin Motel and LUND.Isla HELMUS received awards from Tofino Business Association and Ucluelet Co-op.Cray KRUEGER received awards from LUND and Tofino Hospital Employees’ Union.Aubry LUDLOW received awards from Black Rock Oceanfront Resort, LUND and the Social Justice

Scholarship from Scott Fraser, MLA.Marlowe MATHIESON received awards from LUND and the Sandy Henry Jr. Memorial from Ucluelet

Vol. Fire Brigade.Kathleen McCARTHY received the CIBC Dave

Hemstock Memorial award and an award from LUND.

Hunter OLIWA received awards from LUND, Pacif-ic Rim Fish and Game and Ucluelet Co-op.

Aliasha PENNIE received awards from Manoah Masonic Lodge and Tofino Co-op’s Bob Michaud Memorial.

Vicky SHANNON received awards from LUND and Ukee Cable.

Chenoah SHINE received awards from Creative Salmon, the Glenn Wong Bursary and the Norman Brooks Scholarship.

Rachel STEWART-DZIAMA received the “Mrs. J.” Award, the Norman Brooks Scholarship, an award from the Pacific Rim Nat. Park Social Club and the Social Justice Scholarship from Scott Fraser, MLA.

Soleille TEMPLE received an award from the Tofino Co-op.

Leif TIMMERMANS received an award from Manoah Masonic Lodge.

Adrianna TODESCO received awards from Far West Foods Group (the Zack Jakabowsky Award), LUND and Royal Canadian Legion Ladies Aux, Branch 65.

Keya TROTTIER-PORTEOUS received awards from LUND, Manoah Masonic Lodge and Pacific Rim Nat. Park Social Club.

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Dear West Coast Communities; The French Students from USS,

and teacher Rina Vigneault would like to thank you all for making

our Qué-bec Trip a reality. This won-

derful experience would not have been possible without your gener-ous support.

During this nine day trip, the students have enjoyed visiting the Old Montreal, the Biodôme, the Olympic Tower, Mount Royal, Notre-Dame Basilica, the Tam Tam, experiencing the subway train, and enjoying lots of deli-cious food such as Shwartz Mont-real smoke meat, French crêpes, and meat fondue. Then, we took the train to Québec city where the students enjoyed a historical tour of the Old Québec, a ghost tour with a street theatre group,

an archeological tour, visiting the Château Frontenac, the Québec Parliament, the Montmorency Falls, the sugar shack attending a workshop with the International Circus School, visiting a cop-per museum where they created their own piece of copper art, going extreme go-karting, enjoy-ing a three hour tour on the St-Lawrence River on board of the

Louis Joliette ship which included a disco on the cruise. During the trip, we stayed in the Inter-national Youth Hos-tel which is situated within the fortress of Québec city. Our students were good ambassadors for the West Coast and represented us really well.

Special thanks go to: Ucluelet District, Clayoquot Biosphere Trust , Ucluelet Secondary School, Parks Canada, USS P.A.C., Tofino & Ucluelet Community Centres, Ucluelet Chamber of Commerce, District of Tofino, Black Rock Resort, Terrace Beach Resort, Pacific Sand Resort, Tofino Gen-eral Hospital, Tofino and Ucluelet Co-op, Ukee Scoop, Tofino and

Ucluelet Bottle Depots, Westland Insurance, Ukee Days, Wickan-ninish Elementary School, Tofino and Ucluelet Recycling Depot, CIBC Bank, Westerly Newspaper, Ucluelet Food Bank, Far West, Majestic Kayaking, Ucluelet Medical Clinic, Abby and Marc Fortune as bus drivers, chap-eron Lawrence Charnell, T-shirt designers Patrice Hansen, Marion Syme and Sara Timberlake, and all of the parents of the Quebec trip students who have worked so hard with the fundrais-ing activities.

Many members of Tofino and Ucluelet communities have sup-ported and assisted us, should we have missed

your name in our list, it was not our intention. Merci beaucoup!

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The Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of British Columbia, and former minister of Ucluelet’s for-mer St. Aidan’s on the Hill Church, recently visited the West Coast.

Bishop Logan McMenamie over-sees 46 parishes across Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands and the mainland.

“My role is to visit and have pas-toral oversight over all those con-

gregations,” he told the Westerly News. “The reason I’m here is to visit the ministry that’s in Tofino and to visit the ministry that’s in Ucluelet and get to know what’s happening.”

McMenamie was a minister at St. Aidan’s in the 1980’s and said the West Coast carries an import-ant significance in his life.

“Before I was consecrated Bish-op last year, I came on my retreat here because it was that import-ant to me. This was a place that I wanted to come before I went on

this new journey in my life,” he said adding that during his time as the local minister he found inspiration at Long Beach.

“It used to be a place I would go every Saturday morning and sit there by myself and write my ser-mons for the weekend.”

St. Aidan’s was deconsecrated by the church in 2010 and sold to a developer in 2011. It has since become embroiled in a zoning dis-pute between its owner and the district.

McMenamie said he felt “sad-ness” to see the current state of the building he used to minister in but he was excited to see West Coast Reverend Will Ferrey working to reunite the congregation.

“St. Aidan’s congregation continues in a different shape and in a different form and I’m really grateful to Will for the work he’s done here to reestablish and draw people together, through bible study and through worship servi-ces, the ministry in Ucluelet because I think it’s really important for the community,” McMenamie said.

“All that stuff fits into our diocese’s vision that we’re working through at the moment of renewed spirits, renewed heart and renewed people. It’s a whole renewal of what church means for this generation and our day in age.”

Ferrey has brought Sunday ser-vices and Thursday bible studies to Ucluelet’s community centre for the local Anglican and United congregations.

McMenamie attended a Thurs-day bible study and said the small group has room to grow but is rich in leadership potential.

“What I saw today was strong lay leadership,” he said.

“Another part of our vision as a diocese is a new understanding of lay ministry and lay leadership within our churches...and I think there is strong lay leadership so there’s a good potential here.”

While in Tofino, McMenamie visited with St. Columba’s parish council and was impressed.

“St. Columba’s building is important to the town of Tofino as an iconic loca-tion. It’s an iconic build-ing for that community but there’s also a piece of work that’s

really important which is to reach out into the community, beyond the walls of the building, and to minister to the population,” he said.

“The work that’s been done is very, very, good.”

McMenamie offered a ringing endorsement for Rev. Ferry, who arrived on the West Coast in 2013.

“If I had a vision for a priest in the West Coast here, and a vision for what a priest needed to do in the West Coast: the person’s con-nection with the community, the person’s knowledge of the com-munity, the engagement of the community on a whole bunch of levels outside of Sunday morning, outside of church, Will is that,” he said.

“He also does a very good piece of work in the church and his leadership as a priest and also thework that I see him doing here in Ucluelet is a very important piece of work.”

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Ucluelet’s Anglican and United congregations have moved on from the deconsecrated St. Aidan’s on the Hill Church and are now celebrating weekly Sunday services and Thursday bible studies at Ucluelet’s community centre. Photo Andrew Bailey

Ucluelet’s former St. Aidan’s on the Hill was deconsecrated in 2010. Photo Andrew Bailey

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When the brigade arrived at the scene they did not immediately find a path to the blaze, which was spreading down a steep cliff, so Fire Chief Ted Eeftink called for addi-tional support.

“At first there was difficulty get-ting the hose lay in; the crew was trying to stop the spread of the fire so they were using buckets,” Robison said.

“The fire had gone over that really steep slope and, at the time, the chief didn’t know that there was a trail down there; we weren’t wast-ing any time, he just said, ‘Get a boat here. We can transport some people to that bottom area and have them bring buckets and potentially put out the fire that way.’”

Robison got a hold of the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre and a Coast Guard support vessel was dispatched to help transport crews to the bottom of the cliff and the Coastal Fire Centre sent a helicopter en route.

“The helicopter couldn’t make it to the scene because of fog in the area so it was turned around,” Robison said.

“The plan was for that machine to pour a few buckets of water onto the steeper terrain to ensure that it was completely extinguished, however due to fog the helicopter had to turn back.”

The helicopter ultimately wasn’t needed as the brigade turned to quick thinking and athleticism to kill the blaze.

A trail was located and crewmem-bers Dave Ennis and Paul Galloway hauled a fire hose to the bottom of the cliff while Shaun Mills rappelled down from the top to chop away vegetation and expose hidden hot spots.

“The crew was able to establish an approximate 600-700 foot hose lay...from a hydrant that connected to the pumper truck down a long trail to the tip of the peninsula,” Robison said.

“With their rappelling gear, they were able to have a member go over the side of the bank with a pulaski and break apart the duff area and get into some of the other hot spot locations.”

The crew doused the area and made sure no hot spots were left before officially ruling the fire extin-guished around 3 p.m.

A cause for the fire was unknown at press time and Robison is reminding locals and visitors to abide by the recently implemented fire bans.

“We’re asking people to take extreme precautions as the fire risk hazard is extreme,” she said.

“All campfires are now banned throughout the province of British Columbia and that includes the fog zone. It’s a precautionary step to prevent human caused wildfires and to protect public safety.”

Robison is also urging West Coast-ers to be wary of the extra-dry conditions.

“It is extremely dry which creates that higher risk hazard and, I think, because most of us live on the Coast, or we’ve got visitors from around the world that want that camping experience, we may tend to be a little bit complacent or forgetful,” she said.

“It’s extremely important to be conscious of, not just not having campfires, but if you’re smoking to watch where you’re dropping your ash and extinguish your cigarette butt appropriately...All it takes is one little ember; if that one little ember is left, it can burn deep into the ground and get into root systems and spread underground.”

In light of the increased risk, locals are reminded to be prepared and keep their 72-hour grab-and-go kits ready in case a fire forces them to evacuate.

Anyone wanting to learn more about wildfires is encouraged to visit the BC Wildfire Service website and Robison said Ucluelet’s district website and Facebook page will be updated frequently as new informa-tion comes in.

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Shaun Mills rappelled down a cliff with a pulaski—an axe-like device used to chop away brush—that he used to expose hot spots during the Ucluelet Volunteer Fire Brigade’s successful extinguishing of a wildland fire last week. All fire photos submitted by Karla Robison.

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Kristi Dobson Alberni Valley Times

It was what the community was waiting to hear.

By Saturday, the Coastal Fire Centre’s fire informa-tion officer Marg Drysdale confirmed the Dog Mountain Fire 100 per cent contained.

Although the Mars water bomber was not used on this wildfire, the plane gave Port Alberni a hero’s welcome by flying over the city and performing a test run over Harbour Quay on Friday. Heads turned to the sky and

people rushed outside to have a look.

Over the weekend, 11 people remained on site to check for hot spots. There were also two boats for transport and to patrol the area.

Drysdale said her most important message was to remind the public to keep away from the area.

“I want to warn every-one that the slopes are not stable,” Drysdale said.

“There is debris coming off and with this rain, it might loosen it more.”

She said there have been people taking photos daily, but warns the area is still dangerous. There is 24-hour patrols on site, as well as the RCMP to keep a watch on the cabins.

“We have experts on site and we really need people to stay back,” Drysdale said.

The second staged ignition on Thursday was the key to containing the fire, Drysdale said.

“It did really well,” she said. “The understory was burned out and it was almost textbook.”

There is still risk of hot spots occurring and patrols will continue to monitor the situation. In total, the fire grew to an estimated 450 hectares. Despite its size, Drysdale said it will not look like an eyesore on Sproat Lake.

“People have the idea that it is a blackened doom but we want them to know that most trees remain and there is still a lot of green.

Residents also noticed a change for the better in air quality on Friday. The Wild-fire Smoke Advisory was

lifted and air quality levels returned to normal.

The rain on the weekend helped to dampen the Valley but residents are reminded to wait until further notice from City officials regard-ing water restrictions and the ACRD for parks and trail closures.

[email protected] 250-723-8171 ext. 238

Dog Mountain fire 100% containedCrews put out blaze but experts warn public to stay clear of the area

PARKSVILLE - Effective at noon on Wed-

nesday, July 8, 2015, the existing campfire ban in the Coastal Fire Centre will be expanded to cover all areas within the fire centre’s juris-diction, including the “Fog Zone.”

The Coastal Fire Centre is prohibiting all campfires due to continued hot and dry conditions and the dry-ness of forest fuels. The pub-lic’s assistance is requested to help reduce the number of human-caused fires and enable crews to respond to naturally occurring wildfires.

This prohibition does

not apply to CSA-rated or ULC-rated cooking stoves that use gas, propane or briquettes, or to a portable campfire apparatus that uses briquettes, liquid fuel or gaseous fuel, so long as the height of the flame is less than 15 centimetres.

The Coastal Fire Centre previously allowed the use of briquettes in established campfire rings in camp-grounds, but as of noon on Wednesday July 8, 2015, briquettes may only be used in ULC-approved or CSA-approved devices, due to the extreme fire danger.

Category 2 and 3 open fires are also prohibited

throughout the Coastal Fire

Centre’s jurisdiction. The use of burning barrels, burning cages, fireworks, firecrack-ers, sky lanterns, tiki torches and binary exploding tar-gets is also prohibited. A map of the affected areas is available online at: http://bit.ly/1LV5fue.

This prohibition covers all BC Parks, provincial Crown lands and private lands, but does not apply within the boundaries of a local government that has forest fire prevention bylaws and is serviced by a fire depart-ment. Please check with local government authorities for any other restrictions before lighting any fire.

Anyone found in contra-vention of an open burning prohibition may be issued a ticket for $345, required to pay an administrative penalty of $10,000 or, if convicted in court, fined up to $100,000 and/or sen-tenced to one year in jail. If the contravention causes or contributes to a wildfire, the person responsible may be ordered to pay all firefight-ing and associated costs.

The Coastal Fire Centre covers all of the area west of the height of land on the Coast Mountain Range north of the U.S.-Canada border at Manning

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in the north, the Sunshine Coast, the Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands and Haida Gwaii.

To report a wildfire or open burning violation, call 1 800 663-5555 toll-free or dial *5555 on a cell-phone. For the latest infor-mation on current wildfire activity, burning restric-tions, road closures and air quality advisories, visit the BC Wildfire Service website: www.bcwildfire.ca

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Eric Plummer Alberni Valley Times

A mechanical failure fac-tored into Saturday’s boat-ing fatality on Sproat Lake, according to findings from the B.C. Coroners Service.

Michael David Douglas died on the lake Saturday afternoon after the engine suddenly cut out on a speed boat he was riding, causing the high-powered vehicle to temporarily lift in the air before crashing into the water, reported the coroner Monday afternoon. The 39-year-old Langford resident was discovered by RCMP divers the following morning, after the boat’s driver, who has not been identified, was air-lifted to the Victoria General Hospital

on Saturday with serious injuries.

Emergency personnel were called to the scene after 4:30 p.m. Saturday to discover pieces of the boat scattered on the lake.

“There was a debris field that was a bit downwind from the actual incident location,” said Dave Poulsen, president of Alberni Valley Search and Rescue, who were among the crews dis-patched to the scene. “There was a couple pieces of a boat, there was seat cush-ions, the odd life jacket and unfortunately some sandals, stuff like that were all float-ing around.”

The boat’s driver is still in hospital with severe injuries. He was removed from the

water by witnesses on the lake and taken to an ambu-lance on the shore.

“There was a number of people out in the area that had already started to pro-vide assistance, were mark-ing the location of where the debris was,” said Insp. Mac Richards of the Port Alberni RCMP. The deceased was missing until Sunday mor-ning, when RCMP

divers followed markers placed by search and res-cue over the location of the speed boat’s engine block.

“We sat on the area where air bubbles and oil was com-ing out, most likely out of the engine block, for quite some time and then we dropped dive markers on top of them,” Poulson said.

Although the victim has been identified and an aut-opsy is forthcoming, police are reaching out to the public for more informa-tion about the death. They have not ruled out crim-inal activity, and request photographs, videos or any accounts from those who saw the boat or the victims before the crash.

“We’re trying to piece together what led to where we are on Saturday,” Rich-ards said. “We’re still pursu-ing all avenues until we’re led to believe otherwise. We always start with that potential that there is a criminal involvement and then we work backwards.”

Police and search and res-cue encourage the public

to use lifejackets and take all necessary precautions before motoring out on Sproat Lake.

“Boats on the lake, they’re getting faster and faster and it’s my understanding that this boat had somewhere in the neighbourhood of 465 horsepower,” said Poulsen. “Some people consider them fun, but they also need to be very aware that there is an inherent risk and danger that goes along with that fun.”

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Engine stoppage led to boat deathCoroner reports that boat lifted into air before hitting water, police continue investigation by seeking eyewitness accounts


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