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IslandLink has announced that its TofinoExpressBus is back in action and offering $5 trips between Port Alberni, Ucluelet and Tofino. (IslandLink photo)

IslandLink launches $5 daily bus service between Port Alberni, Ucluelet and Tofino

Routes between Nanaimo and West Coast expected to resume when Hwy. 4 reopens at Cameron Lake

  • Jun 19, 2023
IslandLink has announced that its TofinoExpressBus is back in action and offering $5 trips between Port Alberni, Ucluelet and Tofino. (IslandLink photo)
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)
A Columbia Fuels truck winds its way along the detour route between Lake Cowichan and the Bamfield Main logging road as Highway 4 is closed due to a wildfire at Cameron Bluffs. Bringing fuel trucks into Port Alberni and the West Coast remains a challenge, according to the ACRD’s Emergency Operations Centre. (B.C. MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION PHOTO)

Pilot cars to escort convoys of food, fuel trucks around Highway 4 detour

Drivers are asked to limit use of detour from Port Alberni to allow movement of essential goods

A Columbia Fuels truck winds its way along the detour route between Lake Cowichan and the Bamfield Main logging road as Highway 4 is closed due to a wildfire at Cameron Bluffs. Bringing fuel trucks into Port Alberni and the West Coast remains a challenge, according to the ACRD’s Emergency Operations Centre. (B.C. MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION PHOTO)
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)
(Westerly file photo)

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

(Westerly file photo)
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)
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)
Countless charismatic critters have made their debut as the Ucluelet Aquarium opened its doors to a brand new season on March 1. Aquarium staffers Veronica Aguiar (left) and Rachel Baker cheerfully posed in front of a colourful tank that includes strawberry anemones, a Red Irish Lord, roughback sculpins, giant acorn barnacles and heart crabs. The aquarium is open every day from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Andrew Bailey photo)

Touch tanks return as Ucluelet Aquarium unveils new season’s creatures

Touch tank exhibits are back for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic

Countless charismatic critters have made their debut as the Ucluelet Aquarium opened its doors to a brand new season on March 1. Aquarium staffers Veronica Aguiar (left) and Rachel Baker cheerfully posed in front of a colourful tank that includes strawberry anemones, a Red Irish Lord, roughback sculpins, giant acorn barnacles and heart crabs. The aquarium is open every day from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Andrew Bailey photo)
Outlets will be powerless throughout the Tofino-Ucluelet region on April 2 due to scheduled BC Hydro work. (Andrew Bailey photo)

Day-long power outage coming to Tofino-Ucluelet

BC Hydro crews work on the transmission line that energizes the region on April 2

Outlets will be powerless throughout the Tofino-Ucluelet region on April 2 due to scheduled BC Hydro work. (Andrew Bailey photo)
A West Coast kid examines a killer whale vertebrae at a past Build-A-Whale event during Maritime Kids Day. (Pacific Rim Whale Festival photo)

Island’s west coast celebrates return of the Pacific Rim Whale Festival

“It’s going to be wild, crazy, fun!”

A West Coast kid examines a killer whale vertebrae at a past Build-A-Whale event during Maritime Kids Day. (Pacific Rim Whale Festival photo)
The Ucluelet Recycling Depot on Forbes Rd. will be closed as of March 25, 2023. (Nora O’Malley photo)

Ucluelet recycling depot set to close at the end of the month

Recycle BC is working on finding a solution for items not currently accepted curbside

The Ucluelet Recycling Depot on Forbes Rd. will be closed as of March 25, 2023. (Nora O’Malley photo)
The Pacific Rim National Park Reserve’s 25-kilometre ʔapsčiik t̓ašii pathway abruptly ends at the Park Reserve’s southern border. (Westerly file photo)

Path connecting Tofino to Ucluelet should finally be complete by spring 2024

Funding arrives to build path between Ucluelet and Pacific Rim National Park Reserve

The Pacific Rim National Park Reserve’s 25-kilometre ʔapsčiik t̓ašii pathway abruptly ends at the Park Reserve’s southern border. (Westerly file photo)
North Island College Comox Valley campus. File photo

Applications open for North Island College student scholarships and bursaries

Current, future and graduating North island College students can now apply for…

  • Mar 2, 2023
North Island College Comox Valley campus. File photo