tofino news: September 2013

Friday, September 27, 2013

Cops for Cancer Breakfast Sunday September 29 at 9am

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Tofino Tourism Has A New Mascot "Sandy"

Sewer System Update

Tofinonews has learned that contrary to previous reports the Stage 3 Liquid Waste Management Plan is not complete.In fact,there is some data missing that is needed to complete the plan.For some time the meters at the First St, outfall were measuring the temperature of the sewage instead of the volume.The District needs a full year of recent sewage discharge data to complete the Stage 3 LWMP.This means we are a year away from completing the plan and hopefully applying for a grant to help finance a Sewage Treatment Plant
How nobody noticed this is incomprehensible......we have highly paid staff and highly paid engineers that should be watching this......If a leak had occurred it wouldn't have been noticed until the shit hit the fan ! If there was groundwater infiltrating into the system it would also have gone unnoticed........
Do the bosses at Public Works not check these meters on a regular basis ?
Do the bosses at Public Works not have the slightest interest in the amount of change in sewer discharge since the Esowista connection ?
Do the engineers not check and analyse the data ? They have been paid hundreds of thousands of dollars
Does the Ministry of the Environment not read the reports from the District ?
Does no one know the difference between units of temperature and volume ?
A year ago the blog spoke about the sad state of our sewer system and nothing has changed......
There is absolutely no accountability....

http://tofinonews.blogspot.ca/2012/09/sewer-update.html

http://tofinonews.blogspot.ca/2012/04/is-sewer-treatment-really-necessary.html

Westerly Editorial :
http://www.westerlynews.ca/opinion/editorial/tofino-needs-help-focus-for-sewer-treatment-plans-1.574779

Saturday, September 21, 2013

Tax Exemption Notice

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A reader submitted the following link
http://blog.conservancy.bc.ca/ecotourism/monks-point-cottage/

Monday, September 9, 2013

Winnipeg Police

To: Tofino and Area Residents and Agencies

From: The Tofino RCMP

Monday, Sept. 9, 2013

Re: Winnipeg Police Service “Cops for Kids”

Cycling from Winnipeg, MB, to Tofino, BC

Sept. 9 through 13, 2013

Starting today, 16 Winnipeg Police Services (WPS) police officers will be cycling continuously (24 hrs per day!) from Winnipeg (MB) to Tofino (BC). The officers will be cycling in teams of 4 bicyclists. Each team will complete 50 kms per shift, and collectively bicycle a whopping 2,579 kms before arriving in Tofino.

The WPS Cops for Kids bicycle ride raises monies for the Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada. These funds are used to provide Wishes to children suffering from life threatening illnesses such as cancer, congenital heart defects, Cystic Fibrosis, organ failure and Muscular Dystrophy.

The WPS Cops for Kids team will be arriving in Tofino on Friday, Sept. 13, 2013, at an estimated 5:30 PM. They will end their ride on 1^st Street Dock, Tofino, where they will assemble for a team photograph. Tofino RCMP are looking in to the possibility of leading the cyclists in to Tofino and having them officially met at 1^st Street Dock. More details will be released as they develop.

The community is invited to attend to 1^stStreet dock upon the arrival of the WPS bicyclists to congratulate them for their hard work.

Note: Cpl Waddell, Tofino’s Cops for Cancer 2013 rider, will be absent with a Cops for Cancer tour event at when the WPS cycle in to Tofino. Cpl Waddell appreciates how important Wishes are as part of the critical illness therapy process. In 2008 The Children’s Wish Foundation granted his son his wish to surf in Hawaii.