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Tofino firefighters respond to two cigarette-caused fires

Dry conditions have axed campfires and led to two separate cigarette-caused fires in Tofino.

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Donna Brooks is getting set to take on the BC Cancer Foundation’s Tour de Cure bicycle ride on August 27. (Andrew Bailey photo)

Ucluelet cyclist gearing up for Tour de Cure

Donna Brooks raising funds for BC Cancer Foundation in Tofino-Ucluelet

Donna Brooks is getting set to take on the BC Cancer Foundation’s Tour de Cure bicycle ride on August 27. (Andrew Bailey photo)
Brittney St. Amant was named one of three winners of Ocean Wise’s Innovator Labs competition and will produce a documentary on ocean plastics to motivate change. (Photo submitted)

Tofino ocean scientist inspiring change through Ocean Wise Innovator Lab

Brittney St. Amant working on plastics documentary dubbed Along the Mountains and the Sea

Brittney St. Amant was named one of three winners of Ocean Wise’s Innovator Labs competition and will produce a documentary on ocean plastics to motivate change. (Photo submitted)
Tofino has been named one of the world’s most extraordinary destinations by TIME Magazine. (Westerly file photo)
Tofino has been named one of the world’s most extraordinary destinations by TIME Magazine. (Westerly file photo)
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Emergency preparedness funding coming to Tofino-Ucluelet

Alberni Clayoquot Regional District, Tofino and Ucluelet to split $65K

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This former phone booth at Ucluelet’s 52 Steps Dock is now empty as TELUS is removing 19 payphones from the West Coast. (Andrew Bailey photo)

TELUS dials up Tofino-Ucluelet payphone exodus

Tofino and Ucluelet set to lose 19 payphones

This former phone booth at Ucluelet’s 52 Steps Dock is now empty as TELUS is removing 19 payphones from the West Coast. (Andrew Bailey photo)
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Fishing vessel sinks in Alberni Inlet

34ft gillnetter with roughly 500 litres of diesel onboard sank near Hocking Point on Monday morning

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Tourism Ucluelet has a little more control over its own destiny after a council vote that will have the community’s MRDT funding going directly to the destination marketing organization. (Westerly file photo)

District hands MRDT budget keys over to Tourism Ucluelet

Tourism Ucluelet is now clear to live by its slogan and pursue its wildest dreams more freely

Tourism Ucluelet has a little more control over its own destiny after a council vote that will have the community’s MRDT funding going directly to the destination marketing organization. (Westerly file photo)
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Tofino reaches ‘tentative agreement’ with municipal staff

CUPE 118 workers voted in favour of a strike action on June 9

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MLA Josie Osborne is being accused of a conflict of interest by the BC Liberal Caucus. (File photo)

MLA Josie Osborne refutes conflict of interest allegation

BC Liberal Caucus asks for investigation into Minister of Land Water and Resource Stewardship

MLA Josie Osborne is being accused of a conflict of interest by the BC Liberal Caucus. (File photo)
West Coast clocks displayed incorrect times for about a week last October and are set to do the same thing again next week as BC Hydro works to complete upgrades to its Great Central Lake Substation from June 27-30. (Westerly file photo)

Hydro work set to disrupt clocks in Tofino and Ucluelet

BC Hydro is warning West Coasters not to trust their clocks next week

West Coast clocks displayed incorrect times for about a week last October and are set to do the same thing again next week as BC Hydro works to complete upgrades to its Great Central Lake Substation from June 27-30. (Westerly file photo)
Generosity rained down on the Coastal Animal Rescue and Education Network as an emergency water supply came together after fears the water supply to CARE’s animal shelter was about to be cut off. (CARE photo)

Support pours in as Tofino-Ucluelet animal shelter faces water crisis

“It was an unbelievable answer to the call to action”

Generosity rained down on the Coastal Animal Rescue and Education Network as an emergency water supply came together after fears the water supply to CARE’s animal shelter was about to be cut off. (CARE photo)
From left, Ucluelet Secondary School Class of 2022 members Keanna Hasz, Serena Porter, Pani Ayoubizadeh and Orion Lefevre are excited to embark on new adventures after wrapping up their West Coast high school experience. (Andrew Bailey photo)

Tofino-Ucluelet graduates ready for new adventures

The West Coast’s Class of 2022 is ready to make their marks on the world

From left, Ucluelet Secondary School Class of 2022 members Keanna Hasz, Serena Porter, Pani Ayoubizadeh and Orion Lefevre are excited to embark on new adventures after wrapping up their West Coast high school experience. (Andrew Bailey photo)
Adam Buskard’s Tofino Retreat has earned a spot among Canada’s top ten vacation rentals. (www.vrbo.com)

Tofino vacation rental named one of Canada’s best

VRBO has announced its first-ever Vacation Homes of the Year list

Adam Buskard’s Tofino Retreat has earned a spot among Canada’s top ten vacation rentals. (www.vrbo.com)
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District of Tofino responds to staff strike vote

The statement confirms that both sides plan to meet with a mediator appointed by the Labour Relations Board

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District of Tofino workers vote to strike

A mediation with the BC Labour Relations Board is scheduled for June 27

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The provincial government and Alliance of Modern Treaty Nations agreed to a first of its kind Shared Priorities Framework last month. (Photo courtesy of the provincial government)
The provincial government and Alliance of Modern Treaty Nations agreed to a first of its kind Shared Priorities Framework last month. (Photo courtesy of the provincial government)
Trim, a longtime Ucluetian vessel went down in flames near Qualicum on May 23. Both men aboard the vessel escaped safely thanks to the RCM-SAR Station 59 Deep Bay crew. (Photo courtesy of Patricia Garland)

Historic Ucluelet vessel goes down in flames near Qualicum

Her two-man crew escaped safely, but a legendary Ucluetian vessel is resting on the ocean floor

Trim, a longtime Ucluetian vessel went down in flames near Qualicum on May 23. Both men aboard the vessel escaped safely thanks to the RCM-SAR Station 59 Deep Bay crew. (Photo courtesy of Patricia Garland)
Sea lions were spotted trapped inside Cermaq Canada’s Rant Point salmon farm site in April. (Jeremy Mathieu / Clayoquot Action Photo)

DFO monitoring sea lion activity around salmon farms near Tofino

“DFO staff have witnessed reduced sea lion activity at these sites in recent weeks”

Sea lions were spotted trapped inside Cermaq Canada’s Rant Point salmon farm site in April. (Jeremy Mathieu / Clayoquot Action Photo)
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