The Long Beach Radio Web Log Tofino and Ucluelet's Local Radio

Ucluelet Aquarium Grand Opening on Friday

2012-05-29T21:47:00.002-07:00

Click HERE or if you prefer you awesomeness via Facebook click HERE or, if you've clicked enough already today read on right here because we're gonna talk about an aquarium...

THE UCLUELET AQUARIUM
After years of hard work it's finally happening, This Friday June 1st at 2pm the grand opening takes place at the new location (right beside the old location) by The Whiskey Dock in Ucluelet. So you may need this;

Just download, print, fill it out and present it to the necessary authority;

Remember the old aquarium?

Have a look at this?

There's a lot more to see inside the new Ucluelet aquarium, come check it out at the grand opening on Friday afternoon. If you can't make it tune in to Long Beach Radio Friday afternoon for a little coverage of the event.

While the new facility is amazing I have to point out that the thing that made the old, small aquarium so inviting was the passionate people who spent time there, excitedly informing us about the mating and feeding habits of all sorts of marine beasties, answering the same questions 100 times a day and doing it all with infectious enthusiasm. It's those same people that will make this new aquarium incredible. It's the hard work and vision of those individuals and the many volunteers, donors and others that will make a big room full of glass and brine a place of wonder. Congratulation to those who have worked on this project so hard for so long and thank you from a guy who had no part in making it happen but hopes to enjoy it for years to come.

See you all on Friday.

Thanks for listening to long Beach Radio. -Geoff

It's A Beautiful Day!! (or The Day I Had Salmon Caviar For Breakfast)

2012-05-25T17:11:00.001-07:00

First, to set the mood;

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or even

Now that you get the idea, it's a lovely sunny day in Long Beach Radio-land and my morning started with fresh baked goodies, salmon caviar and oysters for breakfast... That's right, my life's tough. Chef Liam from The Long Beach Lodge covered for Bobby Lax on this morning's Friday Funky Food Hour, here's the audio;

Friday Funky Food Hour - May 25, 2012 Special Guest Co-Host Chef Liam from Long Beach Lodge by Longbeachradio on Mixcloud

Catch Liam and a ton of other talented chefs at Tofino's 4th street dock on Saturday May 26th for the prawn week Feast Tofino Dock Party. Long Beach Radio will be there broadcasting live as well so tune in if you can't make it.

Next Friday is the official grand opening on the new Ucluelet aquarium. This week there's a bit of a soft opening going on so if the curiosity is killing you get down there and have a look.

I'm gonna shut down the laptop and get out into the sun now.

Thanks for listening to Long Beach Radio. -Geoff

Just In Time For Feast! You Gotta Eat Here, Comes Here

2012-05-23T15:58:00.001-07:00

We all know that the west coast has great food, in fact we're right in the middle of a big festival celebrating that. Well, Food Network's You Gotta Eat Here knows that too. Have a listen to this chat between Me and TV funnyman John Catucci at The Wildside Grill;

John Catucci from You Gotta Eat Here on Long Beach Radio by Longbeachradio on Mixcloud

It's true, I spent the day at The Wildside Grill moonlighting as "guy with pork tacos"... in fact I found this "behind the scenes" shot in a tweet from Tourism Tofino;

So for the loyal listeners out there; when I get shipped off to TV stardom I'll think of you.... as I bathe in a solid gold bathtub full of champagne while eating hard boiled bald eagle eggs served out of crystal wine glasses stolen from little old ladies by my army of bloodthirsty ninja-assassins....

Just kidding, warm champagne is gross.

Thanks to the You Gotta Eat Here production crew for being so professional and respectful toward the people around the shoot, it means a lot.

Just a reminder, if you like food talk on the radio this week's Friday Funky Food Hour guest host is Chef Liam from The Long Beach Lodge (Friday morning 9am)

Thanks for listening to Long Beach Radio - Geoff

May Long Weekend, Feast and Rock in Tofino and Ucluelet

2012-05-15T18:06:00.000-07:00

In the words of Penny Lane in Almost Famous; "It's all happening". This weekend is May Long Weekend and the beginning of FEAST!! If that's not enough reason enough to party there's a lot of great live music to check out, let's have a look.
First off, FEAST! This weekend as part of the Feast Culinary Festival there will be a free, public dock party on Saturday afternoon from 1-3. Here's the description as it appears on the Feast website;

Location: 4th Street Dock, Tofino
Time: 1:00pm-3:00pm
Tickets: FREE public event
Event Description:
Saturday Dock Festival- Salmon Week

Come on down to Tofino’s beautiful working inner harbor and enjoy an afternoon of free tasting!

Visiting acclaimed Chefs Nico Schuermans, Joel Watanabe, JC Poirier and Andrew Springett will be along side our own local talented chefs to bring you the freshest samplings from our own coastal waters!

Experience the freshest of seafood tasting, educational tours of sustainable seafood processing and preparation demonstrations on Tofino’s working 4^th Street Dock! Musical talent for this weeks festival will be Smalltown Empire featuring Ron and Anne Weeks! This is a "car free" event!

Long Beach Radio will be broadcasting live on the scene thanks to our partners at The Long Beach Lodge. So come check it out and say "Hi". Long Beach Lodge has a great Epicurean Showcase event coming up at the end of the month you should probably look into as part of Feast, it was a blast last year...
Check out www.feasttofino.com for a list of events.

May Long weekend is extra special in Tofino because the owners of Clayoquot Island open their beautiful space to the public on Saturday and Sunday and you don't even have to swim there!! Head town to the 1st street dock in Tofino and some nice people will happily bring you over for free, bring a snack and plan for a fun day outside exploring some amazing beaches, lovely manicured gardens and open fields to run and play. The boats run between noon and 6 with the last boat leaving Tofino at 4pm, no pets.

Other fun this weekend comes in the form of Rock and Roll. We open with a little charitable rock and roll at Ucluelet's Army, Navy, Airforce Club. Recently an electrical fire destroyed The Driftwood in Ucluelet so a bunch of folks have gotten together to help those affected, here's the poster for the event;

Also in Ucluelet this weekend, Fish and Bird are playing at Wild Heather Books Saturday night;

In other rock and roll news, long time friends of Long Beach Radio, The Ross Neilsen Band are in Tofino this Sunday at The Weigh West. You might remember them as Ross Neilsen and The Sufferin' Bastards from their previous visits to the coast over the years. Well, Shawn Bastard, once their bass player ran off with our one time afternoon host Carrie Anne and left Ross and Karl to searcg for a new person (or inanimate object) to fill in the bottom end. Here's the gripping tale;

Clearly they've spent too much time rocking to develop quality film making skills... If you want to watch them do something they're good at be at the Weigh West in Tofino Sunday night (no cover, 19+)

The Tofino Legion is getting a little country this Saturday with Tim Hus and Ball Gag and Chain Gang

Finally Thursday Night at The Black Rock in Ucluelet and Friday, Saturday at The Weigh West in Tofino Mark Crissinger will be getting his one man blues-rock show on, here's an old studio visit with Mark;

I'm sure there is a lot more going on this May Long Weekend on the coast (fishing, hiking, whale watching, surfing to name a few) but this should get you started with a few ideas. If you have a May Long Weekend event you'd like me to share here send it along geoff@longbeachradio.ca

Thanks for listening to Long Beach Radio. -Geoff

Fun, Sunny Weekend

2012-05-14T09:13:00.000-07:00

I got a bit of a sunburn yesterday. That's something to be thoroughly proud of out here in the rain forest. There was other fun over the weekend too;

First we had a fun, sort of Mother's Day themed Friday Funky Food Hour, here's the audio

The Friday Funky Food Hour on Long Beach Radio - May 11, 2012 by Longbeachradio on Mixcloud

Also, very awesomely, we were visited by The Poor Young Things on Friday before they rocked the Tofino Legion with The Dudes. They joked and played a few songs, check it out here;

The Poor Young Things on Long Beach Radio - May 11, 2012 by Longbeachradio on Mixcloud

With May Long Weekend AND Feast Tofino right around the corner we'll have lots going on here on the blog and on air so check back and tune in often.

Thanks for listening to Long Beach Radio. -Geoff

Happy (almost) Mother's Day

2012-05-10T15:04:00.001-07:00

It's Mother's Day on Sunday!! So call, cook for, hug or otherwise love your mom this weekend (though you should probably be doing those things more frequently than once a year).
To make Mother's Day a little sweeter this year we got together with Black Rock Oceanfront Resort to give away The Mother of All Breakfasts for 2 adults and 3 kids on Sunday. Tell us you favourite childhood comfort food and you're entered to win, winners will be announced during tomorrow's Firday Funky Food Hour. You can share by commenting below this post, emailing geoff@longbeachradio.ca, finding us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/longbeachradio of on Twitter @LongBeachRadio.

Speaking of Friday Funky Food Hour, here's last week's episode

Friday Funky Food Hour - May 4, 2012 by Longbeachradio on Mixcloud

I'll have another update soon, we have a lot to talk about. May Long Weekend is just around the corner, also Feast! and Long Beach Radio's new llama Chewbacca!!

Thanks for listening to Long Beach Radio. -Geoff

Communication SNAFUs

2012-05-07T09:29:00.000-07:00

If you've been trying to reach us the last little while it may have been tough. We're migrating our email server so the usual geoff@longbeachradio.ca address isn't operational. You can, however email me at longbeachradio@gmail.com. Alternately, give me a call at 250 266 2400. Thanks, sorry for the trouble

Wanna Go To A Bunch Of Music Festivals For Free?

2012-05-02T17:55:00.002-07:00

That's right, we're giving away a pile of music festival tickets again this year!!! If you click on the "Your Ticket" link above you'll be whisked off to a wonderful page that looks a lot like this one (but hopefully with more up-to-date info about our summer music festival giveaways;

This summer Long Beach Radio is once again your ticket to great music festivals on Vancouver Island and beyond!! We're still sorting out all the festival we'll be sending listeners to but here are some we've already confirmed (in not particular order)!!

The Chemainus Bluegrass Festival
July 14,15 in Chamainus

Featuring
Runaway Train

The June Bugs (and More)

Vancouver Folk Music Festival
July 13-15 in Vancouver

Featuring
Dan Mangan

Canailles (and more)

Victoria Ska Fest
July 10-14 in Victoria

Featuring
Toots and The Maytals (and tons more)

Here's a teaser video from the Victoria Ska Festival Website

Tall Trees Music Festival
July 21-23 in Port Renfrew

Featuring;
LONGWALKSHORTDOCK

Vince Vaccaro

Steph MacPherson (and a lot more)

The Kluth Music Festival
July 20-22 in Coombs

Featuring
The Boom Booms

Wil

Quoia (and more)

We're still waiting to hear back from a ton of other festivals so stay tuned!!

Thanks for listening to Long Beach Radio. -Geoff

BC Hyrdo Smart Meter Interview

2012-05-01T10:20:00.001-07:00

This morning I talked with Peter Boulton, he's concerned about the possible health, financial and privacy effects of the BC Hydro Smart Meters that are being installed across the province. Here's the interview;

Peter Boulton shares his concerns about BC Hydro Smart Meters on Long Beach Radio - May 2, 2012 by Longbeachradio on Mixcloud

As mentioned in the interview Peter is hosting presentations on the meters tonight (May 1,2012) at The Wickaninnish Community School in Tofino and tomorrow at The Ucluelet Community Center, both events start at 7pm.

BC Hydro's page about the meters can be found here; http://www.bchydro.com/energy_in_bc/projects/smart_metering_infrastructure_program.html

On another note, it's International Worker's Day so don't work too hard.

Thanks for listening to Long Beach Radio. - Geoff

The Friday Rock-Funk Vegan Llama Black Metal Hour

2012-04-27T19:54:00.000-07:00

It was a fun morning hanging out with Paul Jarvis while Bobby Lax is out of town, here's the Friday Funky Food Hour for this week;

Friday Funky Food Hour - April 27, 2012 with guest host Paul Jarvis by Longbeachradio on Mixcloud

Here are some videos and other things we referred to during the show;

Starman the Llama eating strawberries

Vegan Black Metal Chef

Yeah Lamb

Thanks for listening to Long Beach Radio. -Geoff

Tourism Ucluelet Board Has Resigned, Contract Staff Layed Off?

2012-04-25T11:28:00.002-07:00

Long Beach Radio recieved the following letter this morning from an email address associated with Jeff Mathieson, we do not know if the other names agreed to be undersigned;

(since we originally posted the letter below Westerly News has published a story on the situation HERE, Canada.com links tend to disappear so if the link doesn't work the story has probably been taken down)
Clarity

The Hotel Tax, collected by large accommodation providers in Ucluelet comes back to Ucluelet for tourism for the benefit of ALL tourism-related businesses and has been collected for approximately 4 years now. This tax came in to being by referendum – to vote yes or no, one had to be a FRAP (Fixed Roof Accommodation Provider – 4 units or more). Tourism Ucluelet (TU) was set up with a mandate to market Ucluelet externally and while under the umbrella of the Ucluelet Chamber of Commerce (UCofC), the elected TU Board had to consist of 6 FRAP members and 2 other businesses. TU has a contract with the Province outlining terms of reference to spend these marketing dollars for the benefit of all. Approximate dollars received to spend on showcasing Ucluelet’s charms comes in at about $130,000 per year.

Using these funds, TU has effectively marketed Ucluelet through web, print, film, consumer shows and the Ucluelet App.; providing maps and booklets for businesses to guide tourists in town. Seed money was provided for the start of the Ucluelet Salmon Derby. Marketing support has been provided to the Wild Pacific Trail and the Ucluelet Aquarium. Tourism Ucluelet’s constitution was drawn up to represent all business in Ucluelet not just Ucluelet Chamber of Commerce Members or FRAP members. B&B’s, vacation rentals, restaurants, tour operators – those funds are for the benefit of all. These funds are separate from the UCofC’s funding, which comes from a share of business licences. Most accommodation providers this year are now reporting a significant increase over last years advance booking at this time. In some cases it is over 60%.

Gardener Thornton Report best business practice recommends after a threshold of $100 k in income is achieved, it is advisable to become a separate entity. This would enable Tourism Ucluelet to apply for grants, have Pay Pal on the site on the Ucluelet.Travel.com website, take ownership of web domains, and have direct billing through TU (currently telephone bills are the name of a board member who is then reimbursed), simplify accounting practices, PST,GST,HST.

TU then approached the District of Ucluelet (DofU) to separate from the UCofC as a separate entity. A list of requirements was drawn up by the District of Ucluelet, in writing and signed by the mayor of the time, Eric Russcher. A time was agreed to by TU and DofU. Although 4 months beyond the timeline mutually agreed to by TU and DofU . TU met with the District of Ucluelet,who changed the original terms in the written agreement and tried to implement processes for marketing Ucluelet. District staff were now to be involved and constraints implemented that do not lend itself to effective marketing. Marketing must be flexible and reactive to opportunities that arise. It should be noted that an election had been held during this process, and although the previous Mayor Russcher and Council was supportive, the new Mayor and Council did not want to adhere to the previous agreement outlining separation of TU from UCofC,

Tourism Ucluelet then decided to continue as it previously had for 4 years under the UCofC. The UCofC replied with requirements that fell outside of the Terms of Reference/Contract with the Province that were agreed to at inception of Tourism Ucluelet.

Criticism of lack of financial reporting has been made and a letter was received from UCofC to TU outlining a brand new set of terms of reference that has not been approved by the Finance Minister. The letter, signed by Marilyn MacEwan, President of UCofC on April 18 2012 implied that TU members could be seen as embezzling funds. Some TU board members resigned immediately and others resigned after seeking legal advice. It should be noted that Tourism Ucluelet were required to share bookkeepers with the UCOC for the sake of full transparency. Tourism Ucluelet has been commended by an Administrator in the Minister of Finance for its reporting. The District of Ucluelet has had copies of all financials.

Tourism Ucluelet has been critical of the UCOC recent $10,000 expenditure for marketing the Edge to Edge Marathon. This expense could have been paid for with marketing dollars from TU, not the limited funds from the struggling UCofC. Reasons given from UCofC for not willing to approach TU, were the refusal to work with an elected board member of the TU board. In doing so the UCOC also failed to utilize grants that were available to TU. This same reason was given for not attending TU’s monthly meetings where they would have been fully entwined of Tourism Ucluelet's activities. The UCOC recently applied to the District of Ucluelet for a larger portion of business license fees, yet is not utilizing TU funds.

Marketing has been halted in Ucluelet. TU contracted staff member has been layed off. The District of Ucluelet has failed to reimburse $25,000 in tax dollars to TU. The UCOC has put an “all stop” on further expenditures. The TU board has resigned.

This is a matter of the control of marketing funds; criticisms and controls aside, the intention of the Province of BC was to have a separate marketing board, TU, support of the FRAPS and a large representation of FRAPS, who collect this money on the TU board.

We would like to thank all the past members of our board; Former Mayor Russcher, Keith Morrison of Parks Canada; Kathy and John DeVries who many times went beyond the call of duty in the promotion of Ucluelet. We would like to convey our gratitude the hard work of all associated with the Aquarium, The Wild Pacific Trail,

The Ucluelet Salmon Derby. Finally to all the dedicated business people of Ucluelet who enhance and make our product.

Lorne Preistley

Brian Clarkson

Jeff Mathieson

Cathie Oliwa

The accuracy of the claim herein and what this means for tourism marketing and initiatives already in motion I cannot say. Hopefully a more complete story will be generated soon.

Thanks for listening to Long Beach Radio

Long Beach Wild on Long Beach Radio

2012-04-24T20:18:00.001-07:00

Local author Adrienne Mason has written a great book call Long Beach Wild. She has some local book lauch events coming up and I was able to chat with her about them, here's the interview.

Adrienne Mason, author of Long Beach Wild - April 24, 2012 by Longbeachradio on Mixcloud

If you are interested in attending the lauch event it's at The Clayoquot Sound Community Theatre on Wednesday April 24, 2012 starting at 8. There is a Ucluelet event planned for the following Wednesday as well.

On a side note, if you missed last week's episode of The Friday Funky Food Hour you can listen to it now.

The Friday Funky Food Hour - April 20, 2012 by Longbeachradio on Mixcloud

That's it for now. Thanks for listening to Long Beach Radio. -Geoff

Missing Person in Tofino FOUND!! April 22, 2012

2012-04-22T16:25:00.000-07:00

We've had reports that Mr. Jeffery has been found safe. Great work SAR folks!!

At 14:30 today the Tofino RCMP received a report of an overdue 82 year old male. Reported by the family, the male had not been heard from for 3 hours after advising he was going for a walk on the beach, possibly Chesterman Beach. He had previously suffered from a stroke so the family was concerned. His name is John JEFFERY

Eating Awesome

2012-04-18T10:45:00.001-07:00

This morning we were visited by Tofino's Paul Jarvis. Paul recently put together a vegan cook ebook called Eat Awesome. We talked a bit about why one might choose a vegan diet and what you would eat if you did. Sadly I forgot to ask him how to cook a vegan but he was kind enough to tell me via Twitter afterwards;

Here's the audio from our chat;

Paul Jarvis, Tofino resident and author of Eat Awesome - April 18, 2012 by Longbeachradio on Mixcloud

Paul has been in the studio before with his life/ band-mate Lisa as Mojave. Here's some bits from those visits;

Thanks for coming in Paul and thanks to all of you for listening to Long Beach Radio. -Geoff

Follow The Groms in Panama

2012-04-16T13:02:00.002-07:00

Over the last few month a handful of local youth have been raising money to get their surf on in Panama! We talked with them about it a while back

Canadian Youth Surf Team on Long Beach Radio - March 10, 2012 by Longbeachradio on Mixcloud

I also found this video on their website

Canadian junior surf team 2012 from GotSurf.ca on Vimeo.

Well, They're there now and you can watch the competition LIVE at the following link;
http://dakineisawjsc.com/live/

And it seems the most up-do-date info about the boys at the comp is on Facebook, HERE
There's also more info about what their up to and order some merch on their blog HERE

Good luck guys!!

Fire, Friday the 13th and Funky Food

2012-04-13T17:29:00.000-07:00

First off, our thoughts are with the folks affected by the fire at Driftwood in Ucluelet. Glad to hear that no-one was hurt in the blaze that destroyed the fun, local restaurant. The Westerly has a great story about it here if you want more info. We had some fun with a couple of the girls from The Black Pearls, our newly named west coast roller derby squad. Here's the audio;

West Coast Roller Derby Team Naming on Long Beach Radio - April 11, 2012 by Longbeachradio on Mixcloud

Finally here's this week's episode of The Friday Funky Food Hour including an interview with Jesse Blake from The Wildside Grill;

Friday Funky Food Hour - April 13, 2012 by Longbeachradio on Mixcloud

Thanks for listening to Long Beach Radio. -Geoff

April is Poet Tree Month

2012-04-12T15:27:00.001-07:00

We had a couple of local poets drop in today to point out that April is poetry month in Canada. Here are the results;

Chris Lowther and Grag Blanchette on Long Beach Radio for Poetry Month - April 12, 2012 by Longbeachradio on Mixcloud

Thanks to Greg and Chis for coming in. Also, here's last week's episode of The Friday Funky Food hour. Tune un tomorrow for a fresh serving;

The Friday Funky Food Hour - April 6th, 2012 by Longbeachradio on Mixcloud

Thanks for listening to Long Beach Radio. -Geoff

Attention British Columbia Broadcasting Students

2012-04-10T11:49:00.002-07:00

Well, it's spring for sure now. Life in Tofino and Ucluelet is always sweet. This time of year it's difficult to remember the winter storms, lengthy power outages and endless strings of grey days that the storm season holds. It's not always blue sky an sunshine, even in the peak of summer but there are moments of amazing beauty every day. Here's a sunset from just outside the studio a week or so back.

Around this time last year we were joined on-air by Carrie Ann. In her summer with us Carrie Ann hosted our weekday afternoons, helped us broadcast live coverage of festivals, organized a great charity fundraising lemonade stand on a sand-bar, interviewed The Sheepdogs, Tim Hus, Kim Churchill, USS, Daniel Wesley, Rebel Emergency, The East Vamps, Miss Quincy, Roy Henry Vickers and did a bunch more. She had a hand in the music directing, wrote and produced a few of our ads and generally had a good time... Here are a few memories of her time here;

Preparing for the Charity Lemonade Stand

Presenting donations from the Lemonade Stand

Her impromptu interview with Ewan Currie The Sheepdogs (after a concert, and a few beers I suspect)

On our team trip to The West Coast Wild Zipline;

Demonstrating our game show sensation, "What's in the Crab Trap"

So, if you are a BC broadcasting student you may be wondering, "What does this have to do with me?" Well, friends we're looking for folks who might be interested in spending part of their summer on an internship with Long Beach Radio.

An internship quite unlike what you'll get elsewhere. We are a small, independent station in a unique and remote market. We have a small staff so you will be part of every aspect of our operation out here. You will have a chance to spend about half of your clocked time on-air with the other half spent working mostly on creative pursuits like programming, ad productions and branding (I might stick you with some boring database stuff once in a while too, sorry). You'll likely even have occasional access to our company car, Elby

While we are a 100% commercial radio station we're probably quite different from other stations you may have worked in, visited or known throughout your life and education. If you are looking for an internship that will prepare you for a life in radio with one of the big national brand we're not the answer. We won't connect you to industry big-wigs, send you to The Junos or polish your production skills to those of a jedi. We will expose you to how simple and organic commercial radio can be, and show you how it can thrive and be a valuable part of the community in a market many would overlook.

So if you are creative, self motivated, embrace new things, friendly, and looking for a unique intership this summer email me; geoff@longbeachradio.ca and send some basic info and a link to something you've created... a YouTube video, mixcloud broadcast, podcast, live 365 channel, U-stream program, whatever. It can be video, audio, musical or now.... Just so I can get a look inside your head a little bit.

Thanks for Listening to Long Beach Radio. -Geoff

Kim Churchill's New Video Has Some Familiar People and Places

2012-04-06T09:56:00.000-07:00

Lots of folks from are neck of the woods appear in Kim Churchill's new video for "Season's Grind"! The most handsome guy in the video is around the 2:05 mark, check it out!

The interview and live performance that was underway when those few seconds of footage were shot is right here;

Kim Churchill on Long Beach Radio - March 10, 2012 by Longbeachradio on Mixcloud

You can listen to more of his stuff in this player

Kim will be back in Canada later in the summer for a tour, don't miss it!!

Thanks for listening to Long Beach Radio. -Geoff

Two Wolves Killed and Dumped in a Dumpster in Tofino

2012-04-05T09:26:00.003-07:00

Disturbing photos have been circulating in local social media circles since last night. They show two dead wolves resting on top of a dumpster full of household garbage. I've spoken with the local woman, Ocean Giesbrecht who took the pictures and she says the were taken in Tofino and she did not stage or otherwise alter the content of the dumpster. You can view one of the pictures HERE. (I choose not to post them for the sake of more sensitive readers. Ocean has given permission to Long Beach Radio and other media to reproduce the images for broadcast if she is credited.)

Wolf activity in the region has been especially high this spring with a number of pets being reported killed over the past month. This has led some to speculate that the wolf killing may have been an act of revenge or vigilante conservation. RCMP have confirmed the wolves being found in a Tofino dumpster but have not confirmed cause of death. Conservation officers will likely lead the investigation. A Parks Canada employee says they likely won't be involved since the animals were discovered outside of The Pacific Rim National Park Reserve

The local reaction is mostly outrage with concerns being raised about whether the killings may be legal if the hunters had the appropriate hunting and firearms licenses.

If you spot wolf activity outside of The Pacific Rim National Park Reserve you should call The BC Conservation Officer Service at;
1-888-952-7277

Inside the park call Parks Canada at;
1-877-852-3100

Westerly News has a great story about it here
CHEK News' report can be viewed here
Thanks for listening to Long Beach Radio. - Geoff

What's Happening in Tofino and Ucluelet over Easter Weekend

2012-04-04T11:09:00.002-07:00

Well folks, our second "sneak peak" of summer-like tourist madness is this weekend. There are a lot of things to do this weekend in Tofino and Ucluelet on a long weekend when the weather looks decent; kayaking, surfing, hiking, whale watching, fishing, bocci ball, and a ton more.... Here's a look at some of the night life options this weekend;

Friday night there is a fundraising event at the ANAF in Uclulelet featuring a few local bands including those below

Here is a visit from Left At The Junction a few months back

And Prestor John's Gone from a bit ago;

Tofino's own Prester John's Gone and Dirt Country on Long Beach Radio Feb 25, 2012 by Longbeachradio on Mixcloud

Saturday night Five Alarm Funk rolls into The Tofino Legion, always a great party;

The Weigh West in Tofino has live music over the weekend featuring Vancouver Island's own Mark Crissinger, Here's an older interview with in-studio performance;

And finally some house keeping;
We had Keith "Gibby" Gibson and Gord Johns in to talk about the West Coast Multiplex this morning, here's the resulting interview;

West Coast Multiplex Interview on Long Beach Radio - April 4, 2012 by Longbeachradio on Mixcloud

Find out more about the multiplex movement at www.westcostmultiplex.org And of course, last week's Friday Funky Food Hour with Bobby Lax;

Friday Funky Food Hour - March 30, 2012 by Longbeachradio on Mixcloud

Well, there's a lot of media for you to digest when you're not digging the sun and good times this Easter weekend ;)

Thanks for listening to Long Beach Radio. -Geoff

The Storm Before The Calm

2012-04-02T15:52:00.001-07:00

It's another stormy day on the west coast.... but fear not because it looks like Easter Weekend is gonna be great!! Expecting sunshine starting Wednesday all through the weekend. Also, lots of fun events including 5 Alarm Funk at the Legion and long time friend of Long Beach Radio, Mark Crissinger at The Weigh West. We'll talk about that all later in the week. For now, thanks for listening to Long Beach Radio. -Geoff

Search and Rescue Back On The Job in Tofino

2012-03-30T10:59:00.002-07:00

The following is a media release from the Tofino RCMP this morning, since its release the active search as ended since no further witnesses or evidence was found after the overnight search
:
The Tofino RCMP are seeking the public's assistance with an event that happened on Thursday March 29th, 2012 at about 7:00pm at Cox Bay near Tofino. The Tofino RCMP received a report shortly after from a concerned citizen who stated she witnessed two individuals being swept off the rocks on Sunset Point by a large wave crashing on top of them. Sunset point is located on the North end of Cox Bay Beach in the District of Tofino.

An extensive search is still currently underway and has been since the call was received last night. The Tofino RCMP, West Coast Search and Rescue, Ucluelet RCMP,442 Squadron CFB Comox, and the Canadian Coast Guard are involved.

"We have yet to confirm that anyone was swept away nor have we received any reports of a Missing couple or person. The hotels in the area are conducting a guest count and we urge anyone who has information to step forward." states Cst. Sascha Banks.

The Tofino RCMP are asking for the public's assistance for any witnesses or anyone who was involved in this incident to please contact the detachment at 250-725-3242 or your attend to your closest RCMP detachment.

Released by

Cst. Sascha BANKS
General Duty Constable/Media Relation Officer
Tofino RCMP
400 Campbell Street, P.O. Box 280, Tofino, BC V0R 2Z0
Office: (250) 725-3242
Cell: (250) 726-8220
Fax: (250) 725-2469

Email: Sascha.Banks@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

Good luck and godspeed to the SAR crews. -Geoff

The Ucluelet Salmon Ladder Derby Returns

2012-03-29T14:35:00.002-07:00

At Long Beach Radio we love fishing. We know a lot of the commercial fishing crews and folks working on the fish farms tune in for our Canucks broadcasts. The sports fishing crews are always good sports when we need interviews for the derbies we cover and, if you didn't know, fishing in fun as hell.

Well, The Ucluelet Salmon Ladder Derby is getting underway for its third season and you can still get early bird tickets for a day or two. Check out www.uclueletsalmonladderderby.com for details on the derby and how you can get involved. We're planning to return as sponsors and you'll be able to tune in for derby updates on Long Beach Radio as the fishing season rolls on.

Speaking of fishing here are a few old videos of fun fishing related adventures Long Beach Radio has been a part of;

And finally, it's not the same kind of fishing but I imagine our "What's in The Crad Trap" game show will return soon;

Go get your derby ticket and have a blast out there.

Thanks for listening to Long Beach Radio. - Geoff

A Big Thank You to Tofino Tech

2012-03-27T11:39:00.001-07:00

I often share my great west coast experiences here on the blog; sea kayaking, fishing, whale watching, great meal and all other sorts of adventures. The west coast had a different sort of adventure in mind for me this weekend. Thanks to some power line shenanigans, one of our computers suffered some sort of work place injury. This particular computer isn't that valuable in terms of hardware but the very specialized software on it and it's integration into our broadcast system are essential. I dropped it off at Tofino Tech over the weekend and held my breath. It was sort of like dropping a loved one off for an operation, the potential scenarios running through my head were overwhelming.
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A short while later I got the call I was hoping for; our little old computer had made it through, with all it's specialized software intact. So, thank you Tofino Tech for saving me sleepless nights, a lot of time and a bunch of money trying to integrate a different system into our equipment down here at LBR. Sometimes you think you can save a couple bucks by dealing with the big box operations out of town but in the end what you save by dealing with quality, honest, local people will outweigh those small cost differences every time. Thanks Kevin and Naomi, I'm typing this update on that tired old work-horse your brought back to life right now.

Give them a call if you have computer issues or you need a thing-a-ma-bob, doo-hickey or other piece of technical equipment. http://www.tofinotech.com/

On an unrelated note, Happy Birthday Jack O'Neill

Not THAT Jack O'Neill, THIS one (it was last week, sorry for being late);

Thanks for listening to Long Beach Radio. -Geoff