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New Year’s Fireworks for 2020 as seen from the Penticton Lakeside Resort. (Brennan Phillips - Western News)

POLL QUESTION: Do you make New Year’s resolutions?

What are you hoping to achieve in 2021?

  • Jan 3, 2021
New Year’s Fireworks for 2020 as seen from the Penticton Lakeside Resort. (Brennan Phillips - Western News)
A sign at the West Coast junction notifies commuters that closures are ahead. (Westerly file photo)

POLL QUESTION: Would you like to see a change in the Hwy. 4 construction closure schedule?

Would you like to see a change in the Hwy. 4 construction…

  • Dec 10, 2020
A sign at the West Coast junction notifies commuters that closures are ahead. (Westerly file photo)
A Ucluelet RCMP vessel lit up for the community's holiday sail past parade. (Westerly file photo)

POLL QUESTION: Have you put any Christmas decorations up at your home yet?

Have you put any Christmas decorations up at your home yet? READ…

  • Dec 6, 2020
A Ucluelet RCMP vessel lit up for the community's holiday sail past parade. (Westerly file photo)
Would you support cancelling all ferry traffic?

POLL QUESTION: Do you support a temporary ban on travel from the mainland to Vancouver Island?

Do you support a temporary ban on travel from the mainland to…

  • Nov 29, 2020
Would you support cancelling all ferry traffic?
Santa visits Tofino.

POLL QUESTION: Do you plan to buy more than half your holiday presents locally?

Do you plan to buy more than half your holiday presents locally?…

  • Nov 22, 2020
Santa visits Tofino.
Santa visits Ucluelet in 2018.

POLL QUESTION: Have you started your Christmas shopping yet?

The holidays are coming up.

  • Nov 15, 2020
Santa visits Ucluelet in 2018.
Westerly file photo

POLL QUESTION: Would you like to see more childcare facilities operating in your community?

Would you like to see more childcare facilities operating in your community?…

  • Nov 7, 2020
Westerly file photo
The candidates for the Mid Island-Pacific Rim riding in the 2020 provincial election. Clockwise from top left: Rob Clarke, Graham Hughes, Evan Jolicoeur, Helen Poon and Josie Osborne. Osborne was declared the winner on Saturday night. (Photos submitted )

POLL QUESTION: Are you happy with the results of B.C.’s provincial election?

Josie Osborne of the BC NDP and Tofino’s now-former mayor won the Mid Island - Pacific Rim seat.

  • Oct 28, 2020
The candidates for the Mid Island-Pacific Rim riding in the 2020 provincial election. Clockwise from top left: Rob Clarke, Graham Hughes, Evan Jolicoeur, Helen Poon and Josie Osborne. Osborne was declared the winner on Saturday night. (Photos submitted )
Will you be dressing up this Halloween? (Elena Rardon photo)

POLL QUESTION: Are you planning to wear a costume this Halloween?

Will you be dressing up on Saturday, Oct. 31?

  • Oct 22, 2020
Will you be dressing up this Halloween? (Elena Rardon photo)
Advanced voting is underway at the Ucluelet Community Centre at 500 Matterson Drive and polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 18 and Monday, Oct. 19. (Andrew Bailey photo)

POLL QUESTION: Have you decided who you will be voting for in Oct. 24’s provincial election?

Advance voting took place in Tofino and Ucluelet over the weekend.

  • Oct 18, 2020
Advanced voting is underway at the Ucluelet Community Centre at 500 Matterson Drive and polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 18 and Monday, Oct. 19. (Andrew Bailey photo)
The remains of a beach fire at Mackenzie Beach in Tofino. (Westerly file photo)

POLL QUESTION: Do you support a beach fire ban in Tofino?

Tofino’s municipal council is expected to make a decision on Oct. 13.

  • Oct 11, 2020
The remains of a beach fire at Mackenzie Beach in Tofino. (Westerly file photo)
NANAIMO NEWS BULLETIN file photo

POLL QUESTION: Are you planning to hand out candy this Halloween?

Halloween falls on Saturday, Oct. 31.

  • Oct 4, 2020
NANAIMO NEWS BULLETIN file photo
A voting package for the 2018 electoral reform referendum. Vote-by-mail packages for the 2020 provincial election will look similar, according to information provided by Elections BC. (Katya Slepian/Black Press Media)

POLL QUESTION: Do you agree with the decision to hold a provincial election on Oct. 24?

B.C. Premier John Horgan announced a snap election on Sept. 21.

  • Sep 27, 2020
A voting package for the 2018 electoral reform referendum. Vote-by-mail packages for the 2020 provincial election will look similar, according to information provided by Elections BC. (Katya Slepian/Black Press Media)
POLL QUESTION: Should Island Health announce where COVID-19 has been confirmed?

POLL QUESTION: Should Island Health announce where COVID-19 has been confirmed?

A coalition of B.C. First Nations wants more information about COVID-19 cases to be disclosed.

  • Sep 20, 2020
POLL QUESTION: Should Island Health announce where COVID-19 has been confirmed?
Ucluelet Elementary School principal Jaime Hansen, right, and vice principal Robyn Ross are joyful to open the front door for little learners on Thursday, Sept. 10. (Nora O’Malley photo)

POLL QUESTION: Did you send your children back to school this month?

Schools in Tofino and Ucluelet reopened on Thursday.

Ucluelet Elementary School principal Jaime Hansen, right, and vice principal Robyn Ross are joyful to open the front door for little learners on Thursday, Sept. 10. (Nora O’Malley photo)
Ucluelet Mayor Dianne St. Jacques reviews Tsunami Warning reports alongside the district’s emergency and environmental services manager Karla Robison and local police chief Sgt. Steve Mancini inside Ucluelet Secondary School’s gym early Tuesday morning. West Coast locals were evacuated from their homes around 3 a.m. following a 7.9 earthquake in Alaska that prompted a Tsunami Warning in Tofino and Ucluelet. (Photo - Andrew Bailey)

OPINION POLL: Did you evacuate during Jan. 23’s Tsunami Warning?

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Ucluelet Mayor Dianne St. Jacques reviews Tsunami Warning reports alongside the district’s emergency and environmental services manager Karla Robison and local police chief Sgt. Steve Mancini inside Ucluelet Secondary School’s gym early Tuesday morning. West Coast locals were evacuated from their homes around 3 a.m. following a 7.9 earthquake in Alaska that prompted a Tsunami Warning in Tofino and Ucluelet. (Photo - Andrew Bailey)
Ucluelet RCMP and local volunteers brought in over 450 kilograms of food and over $2,000 in cash and gift cards for the Food Bank on the Edge Society, which is set to dish out over 100 Christmas Hampers to families in need this year. (Photo - Andrew Bailey)

OPINION POLL: Do you give to charity during the holiday season?

Tofino and Ucluelet’s Co-ops were full of good cheer on Saturday as donations poured in.

Ucluelet RCMP and local volunteers brought in over 450 kilograms of food and over $2,000 in cash and gift cards for the Food Bank on the Edge Society, which is set to dish out over 100 Christmas Hampers to families in need this year. (Photo - Andrew Bailey)
OPINION POLL: Do you make an effort to shop local during the holidays?

OPINION POLL: Do you make an effort to shop local during the holidays?

Will the presents you dish out this year be purchased locally?

OPINION POLL: Do you make an effort to shop local during the holidays?
OPINION POLL: Have you filled out the West Coast Multiplex Survey?

OPINION POLL: Have you filled out the West Coast Multiplex Survey?

Deadline is Nov. 24.

OPINION POLL: Have you filled out the West Coast Multiplex Survey?
OPINION POLL: Are you concerned about the future of Tofino’s ‘Poolesland’?

OPINION POLL: Are you concerned about the future of Tofino’s ‘Poolesland’?

The longtime campground has served as valuable accommodation for seasonal travellers.

  • Nov 13, 2017
OPINION POLL: Are you concerned about the future of Tofino’s ‘Poolesland’?