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Tofino is making significant strides towards its goal of treating raw sewage by late-2024. (District of Tofino photos)

Tofino receives sewage treatment funding

District remains on track to stop pumping raw sewage into ocean by end of 2024

Tofino is making significant strides towards its goal of treating raw sewage by late-2024. (District of Tofino photos)
An unfinished First Nations canoe has fascinated viewers in Ucluelet for the past 10 years and is heading back to Hitaçu. (Andrew Bailey photos)

Ucluelet returning significant artefact to Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ First Nation

Partially carved dugout canoe offers fascinating window into West Coast history

An unfinished First Nations canoe has fascinated viewers in Ucluelet for the past 10 years and is heading back to Hitaçu. (Andrew Bailey photos)
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Judge rejects self-defence claim, convicts B.C. man of killing bear cub

Ryan Owen Millar also guilty of the unlawful killing of cub’s mother in Tofino

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Tofino man charged with killing bear cub and sow as judge rejects self-defence claim

Ryan Owen Millar has been charged with the unlawful killing of two black bears

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Timmy Masso and Hjalmer Wenstob hose down a bridge that caught fire at Kennedy Lake. (Jessie Masso photo)

Tla-o-qui-aht family frustrated by lack of response to fire at Kennedy Lake

Timmy Masso and Hjalmer Wenstob help extinguish flames at bridge between Tofino and Ucluelet

Timmy Masso and Hjalmer Wenstob hose down a bridge that caught fire at Kennedy Lake. (Jessie Masso photo)
The crew of the Shadow II smile aboard their racing yacht parked at Ucluelet’s 52 Steps on Tuesday, June 13. (Andrew Bailey photo)

Van Isle 360 Yacht Race speeds out of Ucluelet after two-day break

Racers heading to Victoria en route to finish line in Nanaimo

The crew of the Shadow II smile aboard their racing yacht parked at Ucluelet’s 52 Steps on Tuesday, June 13. (Andrew Bailey photo)
The District of Tofino has changed course and is now expected to combine its beach and downtown pay parking programs to allow residents to park for free. (Westerly file photo)

Tofino shifts gears on downtown pay parking to free residents from fees

Other ACRD residents, including those in Ucluelet, Macoah and Hitacu, will still be charged

The District of Tofino has changed course and is now expected to combine its beach and downtown pay parking programs to allow residents to park for free. (Westerly file photo)
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Tofino increases water restrictions as rain a no-show in May

Under Stage 2, outdoor watering of lawns, gardens, trees and landscaped areas is prohibited

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Warren Barr and Lily Verney-Downey smile at the bar of their Pluvio Restaurant. (Westerly file photo)

Ucluelet’s Pluvio thrilled to be moving up Canada’s Top 100 restaurants list

Popular West Coast eatery lands at 33 and is the only Vancouver Island restaurant to crack the list

Warren Barr and Lily Verney-Downey smile at the bar of their Pluvio Restaurant. (Westerly file photo)
Recycle BC and the Ucluelet Bottle Depot have partnered to accept materials not accepted curbside. (Andrew Bailey photo)

Partnership brings recycling depot back to Ucluelet after 2-month hiatus

Recycle BC and Ucluelet Bottle Depot launching new service on May 15

Recycle BC and the Ucluelet Bottle Depot have partnered to accept materials not accepted curbside. (Andrew Bailey photo)
IslandLink is expanding its new Nanaimo-Tofino bus route. (Image from <a href="https://www.islandlinkbus.com/" target="_blank">www.islandlinkbus.com</a>)

IslandLink doubles down on Tofino bus routes

Daily services from Nanaimo to Ucluelet and Tofino and Port Alberni to Ucluelet and Tofino

IslandLink is expanding its new Nanaimo-Tofino bus route. (Image from <a href="https://www.islandlinkbus.com/" target="_blank">www.islandlinkbus.com</a>)
A missing stick gifted to Ucluelet’s Mason Midlane, 12, by Seattle Kraken player Daniel Sprong has been located, according to Flair Airlines. (Photo courtesy of Carrie Midlane)

Airline locates lost hockey stick gifted to Ucluelet boy by Seattle Kraken player

Mason Midlane’s missing hockey stick has been found, according to Flair Airlines

A missing stick gifted to Ucluelet’s Mason Midlane, 12, by Seattle Kraken player Daniel Sprong has been located, according to Flair Airlines. (Photo courtesy of Carrie Midlane)
Ucluelet’s Marine Wild development took first place in the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board’s Commercial Building Awards Multi-Family Townhome category. (Photo from www.lefevregroup.com)

Ucluelet ‘pocket neighbourhood’ wins building award

Marine Wild heralded as Island’s best multi-family townhome development north of the Malahat

Ucluelet’s Marine Wild development took first place in the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board’s Commercial Building Awards Multi-Family Townhome category. (Photo from www.lefevregroup.com)
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Bridge repairs to bring nightly closures to Tofino-Ucluelet highway

Closures will allow for repairs to be done to Highway 4’s Lost Shoe #2 Bridge

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Wilson’s Transportation’s Tofino Bus service will return on May 4. (Wilson’s Transportation photo)

Tofino Bus service returning to West Coast

“We’ve got elderly, youth, vulnerable populations that don’t have access to vehicles”

Wilson’s Transportation’s Tofino Bus service will return on May 4. (Wilson’s Transportation photo)
B.C.’s first-ever Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness Bowinn Ma was in Ucluelet on April 15 to join residents on a blustery High Ground Hike as part of the community’s Tsunami Preparedness Week events. (Andrew Bailey photo)

Climate minister joins Ucluelet’s High Ground Hike for Tsunami Preparedness Week

Data collected by researchers from University of Ottawa and Japan’s Waseda University

B.C.’s first-ever Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness Bowinn Ma was in Ucluelet on April 15 to join residents on a blustery High Ground Hike as part of the community’s Tsunami Preparedness Week events. (Andrew Bailey photo)
Surf guards onced looked out over Lovekin Rock from this tower before the program was axed by Parks Canada budget cuts in 2012. (Westerly file photo)

Petition urges return of lifeguards to Pacific Rim National Park Reserve

MP Gord Johns joins push to bring surf guard program back to beach between Tofino and Ucluelet

Surf guards onced looked out over Lovekin Rock from this tower before the program was axed by Parks Canada budget cuts in 2012. (Westerly file photo)
A float plane was significantly damaged after crashing into a water taxi in the Tofino harbour on Oct. 18, 2021. (Transportation Safety Board of Canada photo)

NTC says ‘critical changes’ needed to water taxi and float plane traffic in Tofino

Transportation Safety Board’s report outlines high tourist and residential traffic around Tofino’s harbour

A float plane was significantly damaged after crashing into a water taxi in the Tofino harbour on Oct. 18, 2021. (Transportation Safety Board of Canada photo)
Tofino’s pay parking program is migrating from beaches to downtown. (Westerly file photo)

Parking fees headed to downtown Tofino

Downtown pay parking program expected to be in effect by May 20

Tofino’s pay parking program is migrating from beaches to downtown. (Westerly file photo)
The red area on this map shows where dogs are not allowed during the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve’s temporary dog ban. (Pacific Rim National Park Reserve image)
The red area on this map shows where dogs are not allowed during the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve’s temporary dog ban. (Pacific Rim National Park Reserve image)

Pacific Rim National Park Reserve announces temporary dog ban to protect shorebirds

Combers Beach, near Tofino and Ucluelet, is a dog-free zone for the next six months

The red area on this map shows where dogs are not allowed during the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve’s temporary dog ban. (Pacific Rim National Park Reserve image)
The red area on this map shows where dogs are not allowed during the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve’s temporary dog ban. (Pacific Rim National Park Reserve image)