Tofino-Ucluelet Westerly News

National Indigenous Peoples Day: Tin Wis, past, present and future

Tin Wis Tofino within Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations territory is a growing hub of economic development

  • Jun 21, 2021

Tofino scores $3.8M for affordable housing project

Tofino Housing Corproation and Catalyst Community Developments secure funding

VIDEO: Tofino stands in solidarity for Fairy Creek Blockades

Over 150 supporters attend rally hosted by Friends of Clayoquot Sound

  • Jun 14, 2021

New gallery promises engaging experience in Tofino

Tofino Gallery of Contemporary Art unveils inaugural exhibit on June 13

Pac Rim Cooperative pitches staff housing project in Ucluelet

"We're looking at it as if it's like a resort for employees"

Tofino moms turn mounds of organic waste into “Black Gold”

Curbside residential and commercial compost pickup to begin in 2022 for West Coasters

  • Jun 13, 2021

Future public input session planned for Ucluelet’s draft OCP

"A couple little changes and some housekeeping items and we'll get to it in September"

  • Jun 11, 2021

Tofino’s pay parking plan breezes through first town hall

District set to charge for parking at local beaches.

Second round of COVID-19 vaccination clinics arrive in Tofino-Ucluelet

Tofino mayor Dan Law says vaccines could ease anxiety as busy tourist season arrives

World Oceans Day: Tofino and Ucluelet businesses commit to sustainable waste management

Surfrider Pacific Rim proudly dishes out 15 new Ocean Friendly Business certificates

  • Jun 8, 2021

Tofino considers electric bike restrictions

Rapidly growing industry raising concerns on trails and beaches

Tofino flights added to COVID-19 exposure list

Anyone who was on either flight should self-monitor for symptoms

Public Hearing for a major Ucluelet development on Lot 16 at Marine Drive coming up June 8

The 112 unit proposal includes a rental apartment and attainable single family lots

  • Jun 4, 2021

Vancouver Island bathtub racers launch West Coast Tub Society

"You can't have fun in a tinny like you would in a tub"

  • Jun 4, 2021

$1M for salmon habitat restoration work in Clayoquot Sound

CWFS partners with Hesquiaht, Ahousaht, and Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations for projects near Tofino

Pacific Rim litter problem unlocked by removing Locks of Love fence

Wally Creek barricade removed due to ongoing pile-up of trash along Highway 4

Solidarity builds for Indigenous claims over Fairy Creek watershed on Vancouver Island

More than 2,000 show up to join push to save old growth forests from harvesting

  • May 31, 2021

Solidarity builds for Indigenous claims over Tree Forest Licence 46

More than 2,000 show up to save the Fairy Creek watershed on southern Vancouver Island

  • May 31, 2021

Tofino surf photographer Marcus Paladino releases first book

Cold Comfort pays tribute to the past 10 years of wave riding on Canada's West Coast

  • May 29, 2021

Police dogs help nab alleged ATM thieves in Tofino

Tofino RCMP and Ucluelet RCMP work together to retrieve stolen merchandise