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Killing wolves contrary to province's values - News
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BC Arts and Entertainment. Killing wolves contrary to province's values. Alan Hanna - Tofino-Ucluelet Westerly News. Jan 21, 2015 at. 12:00 AM — updated. Apr 17, 2015 at. Brentwood Bay - I fiercely oppose the B.C. government's wolf-kill program. Wolves are scapegoats that are being targeted for the inadequacy of this and previous provincial governments' ability to effectively protect caribou habitat. Every bullet a wolf takes is taken for one of us. This is an inexcusable act in an attempt to compensate ...
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Ucluelet council supports UHS’ request for temporary foreign workers - News
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BC Arts and Entertainment. Ucluelet council supports UHS’ request for temporary foreign workers. Andrew Bailey - Tofino-Ucluelet Westerly News. Aug 5, 2015 at. 3:00 PM — updated. Aug 7, 2015 at. Ucluelet’s municipal council has lent its support to a Temporary Foreign Workers application submitted by Ucluelet Harbour Seafoods. Yeck wrote a letter to Service Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program in April and Ucluelet’s council reviewed this letter during July 14’s regular meeting. He suggested the temp...
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PQ's Peladeau weds Julie Snyder in Quebec city - News
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BC Arts and Entertainment. PQ's Peladeau weds Julie Snyder in Quebec city. Parti Quebecois Leader Pierre-Karl Peladeau and Julie Snyder kiss after getting married, Saturday, August 15, 2015 in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot. Mdash; image credit:. Canadian Press - BC Local News. Aug 15, 2015 at. 7:07 PM — updated. Aug 17, 2015 at. By Martin Ouellet, The Canadian Press. Several hundred onlookers lined the sidewalks and greeted the popular television host with chants of "Julie! She wasn't...
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Ucluelet switching to LED streetlights - News
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BC Arts and Entertainment. Ucluelet switching to LED streetlights. Ucluelet’s council has chosen to retrofit the district’s existing streetlights with light emitting diode technology. Mdash; image credit: Andrew Bailey. Andrew Bailey - Tofino-Ucluelet Westerly News. Aug 5, 2015 at. 3:00 PM — updated. Aug 7, 2015 at. Let there be light, that’s less expensive, better for the environment, and doesn’t harsh the mellow of Ucluelet’s sky. Towgood estimated that by converting to LED, the district would knock 53...
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Tofino cyclists rolling through stop signs - News
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BC Arts and Entertainment. Tofino cyclists rolling through stop signs. Andrew Bailey - Tofino-Ucluelet Westerly News. Aug 8, 2015 at. Sgt Blaine Mumford of the Tofino is reminding local, and visiting, bicyclists to obey stop signs. We’ve had a few people come in to complain about cyclists not obeying the stop signs in town.I’ve had incidents myself where bicyclists have whizzed by me when I’m waiting at the stop sign, Mumford told the Westerly. Summer’s action a bummer for some. If we have a place that’s...
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Local hero saves tourists from oceanic peril near Ucluelet - News
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BC Arts and Entertainment. Local hero saves tourists from oceanic peril near Ucluelet. Andrew Bailey - Tofino-Ucluelet Westerly News. Aug 13, 2015 at. A group of four tourists recently found themselves in some significant trouble while paddling around Ucluelet. The tourists were exploring Ucluelet’s coastline on Aug. 1 in two kayaks and two small inflatable rafts, according to Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) Marine Controller Dylan Carter. It’s always helpful when people call in, he said. We enco...
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Local asks Tofino to update burning bylaw - News
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BC Arts and Entertainment. Local asks Tofino to update burning bylaw. Andrew Bailey - Tofino-Ucluelet Westerly News. Aug 9, 2015 at. Tofino’s district office is happy with its current campfire bylaw and won’t be amending it, despite being asked to by a local resident. During last week’s regular meeting, Tofino’s municipal council reviewed a letter from Tofino local Judi MacLeod who urged them to extend this distance to 20 metres. If it was changed this would still allow those with acreage, and/or waterfr...
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Ucluelet's top cop transferred to Port Alberni? - News
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BC Arts and Entertainment. Ucluelet's top cop transferred to Port Alberni? Sgt Jeff Swann, pictured here with his sons after the family's annual Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock head shave, is still fighting to keep his family in Ucluelet. Mdash; image credit: Andrew Bailey. Andrew Bailey - Tofino-Ucluelet Westerly News. Aug 11, 2015 at. 9:00 AM — updated. Aug 11, 2015 at. Sgt Jeff Swann is down, but not out, in the fight for his right to stay in Ucluelet and both he and his community plan to keep punching.
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Tofino local searching for stolen bike - News
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BC Arts and Entertainment. Tofino local searching for stolen bike. Warren Rudd sent the Westerly this photo of a bicycle that's similar to the one that was recently stolen from him. Unlike this bicycle, Rudd's may still have its black fenders and black rear rack. Mdash; image credit: Warren Rudd. Andrew Bailey - Tofino-Ucluelet Westerly News. Aug 12, 2015 at. Tofino’s summer has been tainted by a troubling trend of thefts. He immediately reported the theft to the RCMP. If someone ‘borrowed’ it to get hom...
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Tofino RCMP seek public’s help in theft investigations - News
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BC Arts and Entertainment. Tofino RCMP seek public’s help in theft investigations. Andrew Bailey - Tofino-Ucluelet Westerly News. Aug 5, 2015 at. 3:00 PM — updated. Aug 10, 2015 at. Tofino police are asking for the public’s help with several ongoing theft investigations. Tofino’s Trilogy Fish Company reported a break-in on July 2 that is believed to have occurred overnight, according to Cpl. Therese Cochlin who said money was stolen from the business and damage was done to the property. Man faces several...
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