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Saw your mess on the North Chesterman Bulletin board scrawled over the map information. Also saw it on the bike path. Here's a tip - take some graffiti painting lessons and practice. What you're doing is called vandalism, not social action. A $360,000+ Traffic Circle at North Chesterman? We think it's a great idea to spruce up the entrance to The Wick with a handy
dandy traffic circle. There's so much traffic there: how can all those city people
in their fancy cars quickly get to The Wick when they have to stop - it's soooo
confusing...
How Much Did Tourism Tofino
Spend on a Website?
There are some wild numbers floating around. How to get to the facts? We're trying to find out. But some big questions are needing answers: Why is Tourism Tofino and The Tofino Chamber Not Hiring Local Talent? Why are they not spending their/our big bucks locally, which then goes into other businesses in our local economy? Why don't they take some of that money and make the MUP by their highway office safe? See story below.Tourism Tofino Hates Bikes! Yes, it's true, Tourism Tofino or The Tofino Chamber or whatever it's called doesn't want you to bike past them on Tofino's bike path. How do we know this - well, we are bikers (pedal-bikers not the other kind) and when we ride out the MUP to Cox Beach or beyond a funny thing happens at the Tourism Tofino/Tofino Chamber office. At the Tourism Tofino/Tofino
Chamber office grounds,
the MUP bike path ends When you reach the spot where the Tourism Tofino/Tofino Chamber land is you have to dodge cars, motor homes and trucks turning in and out of the gravel lot. Hang on to your handlebars because the paved pathway turns to loose gravel and that's after you negotiate past the two big boulders installed at the end of the pavement. Much better to have bicycles wipe out than to control the Tourism Tofino/Tofino Chamber traffic. If you make it past the boulders onto the gravel and don't get hit by a vehicle, a cyclist then has to go around the stupid grass obstacle, whoops we mean the lovely garden feature the Tourism Tofino/Tofino Chamber has installed right where the MUP should continue! Either you veer into the parking lot traffic area or out by the highway to get past that grassy built-up area. Then make sure you don't get hit again by a vehicle at this end where traffic is coming and going, make your way past the other boulders and you've made it back to the safety of the MUP. Whew! At a time when more people than ever are using the MUP, you'd think that Tourism
Tofino/Tofino Chamber would lose it's arrogance and be respectful to the MUP
and it's users and be a responsible corporate citizen. Why would we use the word
arrogant with respect to Tourism Tofino/Tofino Chamber? Because we know that
years ago this issue was brought up to Tourism Tofino/Tofino
Chamber and they refused to deal with it. But wait you say, staff at Tourism Tofino/Tofino Chamber ride their bikes to work. Yes, but seems they're not interested in having anyone go past their land. The MUP doesn't end at Tourism Tofino/Tofino
Chamber, What's the solution? Well Tourism Tofino/Tofino Chamber, and Live To Surf and Tofino Botanical Gardens for that matter (even though TBG we know you've tried a little bit to make life at your driveway safer for MUP users), check out Clayoquot-Orca Resort. They have gone a long way to making the entrance at their driveway safe for MUP users. No, you don't have to pave your entire lot, just support the MUP and be a good community citizen. Check the Tourism Tofino/Tofino Chamber bike path, MUP photos and see for yourself. Remember this is our opinion and we'd like to hear yours. Feedback about the Bike Path at the Tourism Tofino
Office 2009/04/15 TTN: We would like to say we are happy to see your email and the chance for a dialogue. Our wish is to rectify this siutation and if that's your wish, then let's make it happen. Can money make this happen? You do have a fair chunk of change don't you and wouldn't this be a good place to put some of it? Basically we're not buying it, sounds like a pass the buck to us and we'll elaborate on that in our next post. We like to do things by consensus and so we'll have a chat among ourselves and respond, but there's a lot of big money floating around and that bike path and parking lot is an accident waiting to happen. Hey! How about a roundabout there! And while we're taking another look around this issue, perhaps Mr Tilitzky, you would be so kind as to send us the figures for the new websites for the Chamber and Tourism Tofino - or what we'd really like would be a list of your big ticket items and see how much you are actually supporting our local small businesses. 2009/04/15 TTN: See Mr Tilitzky's email above for some information. Have you seen those boulders? Yes, we admit, we have tried, but they're too big for us.
Check the Tourism Tofino/Tofino Chamber bike path, MUP photos and see for yourself. Copper Mine in Clayoquot Sound Update
Hey Miners! Leave Clayoquot Alone! And how will we fit them on all the eagles, herons, bears, whales, otters, salmon, crabs, sea urchin, star fish, halibut and all the other birds, fish and animals who live here? Stop
Exploratory Drilling for Copper in Clayoquot Sound! What You Can Do! Why You Should Help. If we have to tell
you... but anyway You may alter any of the text below to suit your concerns. The text given is only a guideline. No one but the above politicians receive your message. It is between you and them. True Tofino is making this form available for you: we receive a copy of your email or extract any information from it. Of course, You can always send us your thoughts, we welcome them! ohyeah@truetofinonews.com Mining in Clayoquot - Not a Bad Dream When
Copper Mines used up and abandoned and still pollute - Who Pays For Clean
Up - You Do! British Columbia — Tsolum River (Mount Washington Mine)The Tsolum River on Vancouver Island provided rich runs of coho, pink, chum and cutthroat salmon and steelhead trout for thousands of years. The river was rich in invertebrate life, free from silt. ... In 1964, Mt. Washington Copper moved into the upper watershed and built an open pit mine. It went into receivership in 1966, leaving unreclaimed pits and waste rock piles where pyrite ores lay exposed to water and oxygen. This ore, with a high content of sulfur, quickly formed sulfuric acid by coming in contact with oxygen and water. A copper leachate formed and reached the Tsolum River and from there, the Courtenay Estuary. By 1985, the River was as good as dead. Attempts to deal with the disaster, including piling all the waste rock in one pile and mixing it with lime, have not worked. The copper has destroyed the fishery which used to generate $2 million per year. It has been estimated that the cost to residents and taxpayers so far of this environmental disaster is over $60 million. The solution is to research and monitor water flowing from the mine to determine all the sources of contamination, to pipe the leachate from these sources to a water treatment plant, and to monitor and treat the problem in perpetuity. Despite pressure from citizens groups, this has not yet happened. The estimate to build the treatment plant is $6 million. (from Saving the Tsolum River,by Father Charles A.E. Brandt, and Acid Mine Drainage, by the Environmental Mining Council of British Columbia) Wilderness
Committee predicts massive fight over plans for copper mine in Clayoquot Sound Environmentalists
Vow to Fight Copper Mine in Clayoquot Sound Some
of the World’s Richest Marine Life Threatened by Copper Mining Logging in Clayoquot Sound This information about Clayoquot Sound logging was sent to us by a reader. Thank you very much for keeping us informed about what goes on in the depths of Clayoquot Sound. If devastating logging happens in Clayoquot Sound but no one's there to see it, is it really happening?
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Challenge to All Media
Our challenge to all Tofino and Ucluelet media - it's time that you stepped up to the plate and declared your allegience. If you believe in fish farms, keep on taking their advertising dollars and putting ads front and center on your pages. If you do not believe in fish farms refuse to take their blood money and do not run their ads. And don't talk to us about censorship - media censors advertisers all the time. So, Westcoaster, Tofino Time and The Westerly - what
do you say? Show a Little Respect Respect Tip #1 - Beaches Why should I pick up someone else's garbage? And surfers, if you take your dog to the beach think about it - they may pooh and you sure won't see it, so pick up a dog pooh sometime even if it isn't your dog's. Oh too icky! Well, get over it and do your part. Having a picnic or bonfire - great. Just remember if you carried it in full you can certainly carry it out empty. Please visit our sponsor of this article.
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