Tofino-Ucluelet Westerly News

The Westerly News is a subscription-based weekly newspaper that focuses on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. It caters to the local areas of Tofino, Long Beach, and Ucluelet.

Local

English

Newspaper

Outlet metrics

Domain Authority

Ranking

Global

#2394386

Canada

#137095

News and Media

#4448

Traffic sources

Monthly visitors

Articles

B.C. forestry needs to do more to reduce wildfire risk: Report

1 week ago | westerlynews.ca | Mark Page

A new Forest Practices Board report says the province needs to do more to ensure logging activity protects B.C. communities from wildfires. Results of a two-year investigation by the board were released Thursday (June 19), finding the government needs to alter regulations to make cutblock clean-up easier, be stricter in holding forestry companies accountable, and encourage local communities to make wildfire risk reduction plans available to logging companies.
Film highlighting Mount Prevost's mountain biking trails to be released

1 week ago | westerlynews.ca | Robert Barron

A film of a world-renowned mountain biker who took on one of Mount Prevost’s most difficult downhill trails is expected to be released by early June.
Province gusts $1M into Tofino-Ucluelet biosphere centre’s sails

1 week ago | westerlynews.ca | Andrew Bailey

The Clayoquot Biosphere Trust is celebrating a massive gust into its sails as it navigates towards building the West Coast’s first-ever biosphere centre. The provincial government has propelled the project forward with a $1 million infusion from its Rural Economic Diversification and Infrastructure Program.
Advanced voting day arrives in Ucluelet byelection

1 week ago | westerlynews.ca | Andrew Bailey

Advanced Voting Day has arrived in Ucluelet as the town will soon pick a new municipal councillor. Advanced voting is scheduled for June 18 with polls are open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Ucluelet Community Centre—500 Matterson Drive. General Election Day is scheduled for Saturday, June 28. Back in February, the district announced Coun. Ian Kennington was resigning from his council seat and planned to move away from the community and the town is now set to replace him.
RV fire at Kennedy Lake sparks wildfire concerns in Tofino-Ucluelet

1 week ago | westerlynews.ca | Andrew Bailey

An RV that caught fire near Kennedy Lake is fuelling already sparked concerns around wildfire risks in the region. Ucluelet Fire Rescue responded to the engulfed RV near the Kennedy Lake boat launch around midnight on June 10, taking roughly five hours to extinguish the flames and clean up the area, according to Deputy Fire Chief Markus McRurie. He added the driver of the RV escaped the blaze.
‘Suspicious’ fire chars historic shipwreck in Ucluelet

1 week ago | westerlynews.ca | Andrew Bailey

Smoke bellowed out over Ucluelet’s Big Beach in the early morning hours of June 10 as flames engulfed a historic shipwreck site. A guest staying at nearby Black Rock Oceanfront Resort noticed the smoke and reported it, suggesting a bonfire was smouldering at the beach. Ucluelet Fire Rescue’s Deputy Chief Markus McRurie responded to the call thinking he would find a leftover bonfire smouldering, but instead found significant flames.
Nahmint wildfire southwest of Sproat Lake shrinks, still 'held'

1 week ago | westerlynews.ca | Susie Peterson Quinn

A wildfire burning at the base of Nahmint Mountain southwest of Sproat Lake has shrunk to 19 hectares and is still being held by B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) personnel. The fire was initially estimated to be 10 hectares after it was discovered Sunday, June 8, 2025 and reported by a pilot with Vancouver Island Soaring Centre.
Yeehaw Half Marathon set to get up and running in Tofino

2 weeks ago | westerlynews.ca | Andrew Bailey

High-fives will abound as a new uplifting annual experience gets up and running in Tofino. About 100 participants have been training for the past 12 weeks to take on ByNaturalFreedom’s Coastal Yeehaw Half Marathon on June 14.
Animal rescue group reports six-foot boa constrictor lost on Tofino beach

2 weeks ago | westerlynews.ca | Andrew Bailey

Be on the look out for a slithery beachgoer. The Coastal Animal Rescue and Education Network is asking for the public's assistance in finding a six-foot snake lost on Mid-Chesterman Beach in Tofino. "Apparently a 6-foot Boa (the snake kind) slithered away from some folks who were at mid-Chesterman. Any sightings? Please let us know so we can let the now snakeless guardian know," the Network announced in a Facebook post around 11:30 a.m. Monday morning.
Alberni Valley Makerspace builds a future with plastic

3 weeks ago | westerlynews.ca | Susie Peterson Quinn

The Alberni Valley Makerspace has received nearly $700,000 in government grants for education programs in plastic recycling and the equipment it takes to run them.