Tofino in the Media

The following links are a collection of recent articles about Tofino in the internet accessible media.

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Turning on the Tap: Tofino keeps its head above water
Victoria Times Colonist - Victoria, BC, Canada

George Hubert, foreman of public works in Tofino, opens a fire hydrant valve Friday to accommodate a shipment of water from Ucluelet. ...

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Tofino Plans Town Hall Meeting
Westcoaster - Port Alberni, BC, Canada

Tofino residents will get a chance to ask city councillors questions about the current water crisis during a town hall meeting Thursday evening on the Village ...

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Our Choice: Four Days Of Inaction In Tofino
Westcoaster - Port Alberni, BC, Canada

... critical; Essential water use only is permitted.”. This one was circulated around Tofino early Aug. 24 – more than four full days ...

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Tofino stays open with limited water
ChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

TOFINO, BC (CP) — The mayor of Tofino, BC, gave the official go-ahead for businesses to stay open Friday as long as they monitor their own water use. ...

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Dry Tofino will stop tapping Ucluelet for extra water
Vancouver Sun (subscription) - British Columbia, Canada

The drought-stricken town of Tofino announced Sunday it would cease taking water from neighbouring Ucluelet to augment its dwindling municipal supply. ...

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With water trucks rolling, Tofino likely to stay open
Canada.com - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Tanker trucks filled with much-needed water rumbled along the scenic highway between Ucluelet and Tofino on the west coast of Vancouver Island Thursday night ...

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Tofino mayor gives OK for businesses to stay open
CTV.ca - Canada

The mayor of Tofino, BC, says businesses in his small drought-stricken town will be open for the Labour Day long weekend, and is trusting citizens to conserve ...

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Water transfer to Tofino successful, say Lower Mainland truckers
Canada.com - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

... a businessman with several tourist properties in the area, speaks to media about his $50,000 donation to buy water at a press conference in Tofino, BC on ...

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Tofino No Longer Trucking In Water From Ucluelet
CKNW - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Tofino is no longer trucking in water from Ucluelet with simple measures like washing dishes by hand, helping cut the island community's consumption by up to ...

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Tofino may see respite with trucked-in water
CTV.ca - Canada

Tofino tourist businesses are hopeful that a plan to truck in fresh water to the West Coast community will bring respite to the drought-stricken town. ...

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Tofino Businesses Take Water-Conservation Steps
Westcoaster - Port Alberni, BC, Canada

Members of Tofino’s business community have agreed to develop short- and long-term plans that will help reduce their water consumption. ...

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Water transfer to Tofino successful
Canada.com - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

TOFINO, BC (CP) — Truckers say a plan to pump water into the water system in Tofino, BC, is working perfectly so far. Water from ...

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Tofino open for business as neighbour comes to water rescue
Canada.com - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

TOFINO, BC - The drought-stricken town of Tofino will remain open for business today - and, if all goes well, throughout September after mayor and council ...

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Tofino merchant donates $50,000 to truck in water
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada

TOFINO, BC (CP) — The Tofino water crisis is over, says a local businessman who contributed $50,000 to start trucking fresh water to the West Coast community ...

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Breaking News: Tofino's Water Consumption Hits 248,000 Gallons
Westcoaster - Port Alberni, BC, Canada

By Westcoaster Staff. The District of Tofino will begin weaning itself off trucked-in water and try to replenish local storage tanks instead from two Meares Island reservoirs, says the mayor...

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Breaking News: Tofino Businesses Granted Conditional Opening
Westcoaster - Port Alberni, BC, Canada

By Keven Drews. Friday morning, Mayor John Fraser said local businesses can open immediately on a limited basis as long as the community ...

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Laying the blame in Tofino CKNW
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada )

While Tofino is struggling to deal with a severe water shortage, a local business owner says everyone must take responsibility for the ...

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Mayor of Tofino give OK for businesses to remain open with limited ...
Canada.com - Canada

George Hubert, the foreman of Tofino Public Works, opens up the valve on a fire hydrant while water from Ucluelet, BC flows into a Tofino fire hydrant on Friday ...

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Tofino Developer Tackles Tofino's Water Woes
The Westcoaster, Canada, British Columbia

One of Tofino's biggest developers and resort owners will spend $50,000 to get the municipality's water system functioning so private business can continue to operate.

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British Columbia government offers parched Tofino ...
Victoria (CP)

The BC government is offering to help the parched Vancouver Island community of Tofino battle its severe water shortage. ...

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Visitors scramble as water shortage shuts Tofino businesses
CBC News, Canada , British Columbia

An extreme water shortage has prompted the Vancouver Island community of Tofino to order all local businesses closed by Friday, leaving tourists and wedding ...

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CKNW News Talk 980 - CKNWAM - 3
Vancouver/CKNW (AM980)

A severe water shortage in Tofino has forced ... Tofino has switched its water feed to a backup source but the water is only for ...

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MLA Fraser Demands Province Assist Tofino
Westcoaster, Canada

By Keven Drews. The provincial government must help the District of Tofino find some short- and long-term solutions to its current ...

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Tofino grappling with extreme water shortage
Victoria Times Colonist - Victoria, BC, Canada

Businesses in the tourism-reliant community of Tofino on Vancouver Island’s west coast may be shut down by Friday due to an extreme water shortage. ...

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Water shortage forces hotels in Tofino to turn ...
Canada.com - Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

TOFINO, BC (CP) - Hotels, resorts and other commercial businesses in the Vancouver Island tourist town of Tofino are being told to shut down because of an ...

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Tofino Leak Sinks Adrenaline Junkie’s Dream
Westcoaster - Port Alberni, BC, Canada

Kristofer J. “Harley” Harlson stands inside Sea Biscuit, an eight-foot long boat docked in Tofino Harbour. Harlson plans on ...

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Bear shot at Vancouver Island campsite
CBC British Columbia - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

A conservation officer shot a marauding black bear at a campsite on the outskirts of Tofino on the west coast of Vancouver Island. ...

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Tofino To Truck In water
Westcoaster - Port Alberni, BC, Canada

By Keven Drews. The District of Tofino will start trucking in water from Ucluelet as soon as possible, according to municipal officials. ...

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Sounding the alarm over logging
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada

... Nations aboriginal groups in the area and delegates appointed by the provincial government, as well as community representatives from Tofino, Ucluelet, and the ...

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Living with whale watching
Campbell River Mirror - British Columbia, Canada

... Since the couple first started their business, whale watching has grown significantly on Vancouver Island, particularly around Victoria and Tofino. ...

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Ucluelet Council Buoys Pool Proposal
Westcoaster - Port Alberni, BC, Canada

... petition around the community. There are only two private pools on the West Coast: one at a Tofino resort and one in an Ucluelet hotel.

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Colleen Brown
Mote MGZN - Calgary, Alberta, Canada

"A Peculiar Thing" starts off on a high note with "Hitching a Ride" a song about traveling to Tofino, British Columbia and being taken in by the surf town's ...

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Island Timberlands To Harvest Private Clayoquot Lands
Westcoaster - Port Alberni, BC, Canada

A Vancouver Island-based timber company will harvest as much as 100,000 cubic metres of wood from its private lands in the Tofino-Ucluelet area next year. ...

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PROPERTY DEED TRANSFERS
Daily Hampshire Gazette (subscription) - Northhampton, MA, USA

... Agnes T. Moriarty, Mary Moriarty Moynahan, Mary Moriarty Moynihan Attorney in Fact to Tofino Associates Inc., 8 View Ave., $350,000. ...

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You CAN fight city hall, just ask Herb
Sooke News Mirror - B.C., Canada

... when sports fisherpersons lie to each other about how many fish they catch, here are a couple of beauties: A local realtor was driving between Tofino and Port ...

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Town of Golden welcomes new manager ...
Golden Star - Canada

... community. Following graduation, Corbett started a planning consulting company and worked for the district of Tofino for two years. ...

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Sooke Man Strikes At Long Beach Open
Westcoaster - Port Alberni, BC, Canada

Adam Nice, Tofino’s top golfer during the 2006 Long Beach Open, lines up a putt Sunday evening. (Keven Drews Photo). By Keven Drews. ...

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RCMP Nab Hit-And-Run Suspects
Westcoaster - Port Alberni, BC, Canada

By Westcoaster.ca Staff. A 35-year-old Tofino man was admitted to hospital following a hit-and-run early Saturday morning. Tofino RCMP Const. ...

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No easy turns on this road
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada

... to the Netherlands, France, Austria, Newfoundland, Mont Tremblant, Japan, Spain, Atlanta, South Africa, Maui, Arizona, Key Largo, Kelowna, Tofino, Tokyo, Boston ...

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Band forced to close doors after hosting huge dinner
Globe and Mail - Canada

TOFINO -- A Vancouver Island first nation has been forced to temporarily close its band office and lay off most of its staff because of a $60,000 dinner it ...

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A classroom for Clayoquot 101
Globe and Mail - Canada

Tofino, BC — "Our mission is to inspire conservation of the world's temperate rain forest," says Gordon Patterson, an American expat who in 1999 turned his ...

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Ravens raving about navy
Victoria News - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

... Growing up just off Flores Island near Tofino, she's lived close to the ocean all her life. The navy, she figures, would be a good fit. ...

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$60,000 dinner tab forces layoffs at native community
Globe and Mail - Canada

Tofino, BC — A Vancouver Island native community has been forced to close its band office and lay off most of its staff because of a $60,000 dinner it hosted ...

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Meet the producers
Georgia Straight - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

... An owner of a food store in Tofino wants to see what products are out there. Quite the mixed group, in fact, which promotes interesting en route discussion. ...

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Windh-powered guide suits all Tofino tourists
Georgia Straight - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

By carolyn ali. There’s no shortage of information on how to hike Vancouver Island’s West Coast trail or where to camp and kayak near Tofino. ...

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Cadillac Escalade makes a big impression
Mississauga News - Ontario, Canada

... on gas and as powerful as the multi-valvers while still running on regular gas and with replacement parts you can find in any corner garage from Tofino to Truro ...

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Visitors to Tofino face $5 parking fee
Vancouver Sun (subscription) - British Columbia, Canada

Town officials hope a plan to charge tourists $5 a day to park in Tofino's town centre will ease the community's summer congestion and tourist-fuelled costs. ...

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Must Pay to Park in Tofino
News1130 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Tofino (NEWS1130) - Tofino is taking a page out of Vancouver's book and money out of your pocket. If your summer travels see you ...

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Ex-Hawaii mayor paid own way
Victoria News - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

... she added. Monday Magazine previously reported that Harris owns property in Tofino and is looking for an apartment in Victoria.

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Party Circuit: baby boomers are treating their friends ...
Canadian Business - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

... acre seaside estate on BC's Salt Spring Island; a "gourmet safari" of wine and food tasting across Salt Spring; and a charter seaplane ride to Tofino, on the ...

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It turns out our beds aren't buring
100 Mile House Free Press - Cariboo, BC, Canada

... Nuu-Chah-Nulth leaders, along with elected Tofino, Ucluelet and regional representatives, determine not just logging but mineral, aquaculture and other ...

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Mobile Metzner returns to Victoria
Victoria News - Victoria, BC, Canada

... for many benefits supporting such issues, including the 2003 musical and environmental drive to California sponsored by the Friends of Clayoquot Sound in Tofino ...

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Chiefs, Enviros Explore Alternatives to Logging
Environment News Service - USA

... did not bring any new protected areas or environmental regulations, says the environmental group, which is based near Clayoqout Sound in Tofino on Vancouver ...

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Warship spices up Victoria with salts
Globe and Mail - Canada

... 3,200. That's like packing on board the entire population of Tofino or Ucluelet, plus the villages of Alert Bay and Zeballos. And ...

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It's not what you do, it's the way that you do it
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada - August 6, 2006

... land of his birth. It's summertime. Blue skies, birdsong, ocean breezes. Oh Canada. We hear Tofino is wonderful this time of year.

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Sordid tales from the left coast
Nanaimo News Bulletin - BC, Canada

Oh, boy, I’m in over my head, I thought, as our borrowed truck zigzagged west to Tofino with the Campbell Zoo’s resident teenager in the passenger seat. ...

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Mammoth heritage canoe finds a home
Cowichan Valley News Leader - Duncan, BC, Canada

... The Kaatza Chief, as it was named by one-time owner Harvey Carnell of Lake Cowichan, was built in Tofino in 1906 by the Ahousat First Nation. ...

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Outrage over Clayoquot Sound
Williams Lake Tribune - B.C., Canada

... The eight new plans are for Tofino-Tranquil, Sydney-Pretty Girl, Bedwell-Ursus-Bulson, Hesquiaht, Kennedy Lake, Upper Kennedy River, Clayoquot River and ...

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Pay parking on the way for popular BC destination
CBC British Columbia - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The District of Tofino is setting up 10 meters in the downtown area in a couple of weeks, and hopes to have many more in place by next summer. ...

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Canadian Travel Newsbites 125 from the Canadian Tourism Commission
e-Travel Blackboard (press release) - Sydney, NSW, Australia

... Tlaook operates a full program of canoe, cultural and exploration tours, one of which features a Wild Salmon Barbeque! All tours leave from Tofino Harbour. ...

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Clayoquot Sound condemned to bleed
Scoop.co.nz (press release) - New Zealand

... Edward Abbey, entered Clayoquot Sound to launch what would become known as the 'War in the Woods.' As the Edward Abbey approached the dock at Tofino, dozens of ...

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Rotten logging priorities
Edmonton Journal (subscription) - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Anyone who has ever visited the area around Tofino will attest that the magnificent curtain of forest along Canada's westernmost coastline is both unique and ...

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Nuisance bears in Tofino may be shot
Vancouver Sun (subscription) - British Columbia, Canada

BEARS I Provincial authorities may be forced to kill nuisance bears caught stealing food from Tofino area campsites, according to a bear advocate. ...

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Tofino bears' picnic visits may get them killed
Vancouver Sun (subscription) - British Columbia, Canada

Provincial authorities my be forced to kill brazen bears caught stealing food from Tofino-area campsites. ... No such regulations are yet in place in Tofino. ...

 

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