Chairs

All the free chairs have been given a new home! 

Thank you,

Capernwray Harbour

COVID in Our Region

With the recent uptick in positive cases of Covid-19  in our Regional District and news items describing cases in our close neighbouring communities, this is a good time to remind each other to keep up our health safety practices to lower the risk of contagion.  

Do you have hand sanitizer in your pocket?   

Are you always wearing a mask when coming within 6’ (2 metres) of someone?  

Do you immediately wash your hands with warm water and soap when you take off your mask?  

Are you keeping your “bubble” small?   

The Firehall still has free hand sanitizer to refill your personal containers.  It’s on the “front porch” of the fire hall and always available. 

TIVFD

Boat Theft from Fraser Point

A 2005 Glacier Bay 2690 boat with twin Yamaha 150 outboards was stolen from the dock at Fraser Point over the past weekend.  

The boat is a 26ft white power catamaran with a fiberglass hull, tan canvas over the aft deck and registration number BC 245336.  We believe the boat was towed away from the dock overnight as the boat cabin was locked there were no keys onboard.   

If anyone sees the boat or has any related information, please report it immediately to Ladysmith RCMP and/or contact me at gporter5375@gmail.com or 604 616 5375.   It is sad to think that such a crime can occur on Thetis Island and we would greatly appreciate receiving any information that anyone may have. 

Newcomers...

If you have just moved here - Welcome to Thetis Island! 

For a "Welcome Package", contact tirra@thetisisland.net. A brochure is included with the package, that lists all the various community organizations, with a brief description of what they do.

The Community webpage for Thetis Island includes this note from TIRRA and links to much more TI information at http://www.thetisisland.net/index.htm

Forbes Hall Community Centre Use Survey

Imagine the possibilities...

This is the year our renovated and expanded Forbes Hall Community Centre will reopen, pandemic restrictions will ease, and Thetis Islanders will be able to gather again to enjoy each others company and pursue our favourite activities to engage mind, body, and soul!  To get you thinking about the opportunities ahead the Programming Outreach Committee has created a very brief survey. Please go to the link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NJDDCJJ and take a minute to provide your input.

Are there activities you would be willing to lead? Are there health care services you are qualified to offer?  Do you have questions?   Please contact us at forbeshallprograms@gmail.com

New SPU Support Team

Your Fire Department is constantly seeking committed volunteers to train as frontline fire fighters to replace our valued members who retire or move away.  If you are unable to join the department as an active member, would you be willing to join a support team that could be called upon occasionally during a larger scale emergency to augment the department’s efficiency and effectiveness?

We will be seeking Auxiliary volunteers in the spring to take a one day training course, instructed by the Office of the Fire Commissioner, to learn to deploy Structure Protection sprinklers to safeguard important infrastructure (the dock, the school, the Telus trailer etc.) and residential buildings well ahead of a wildfire front.  This support team will NOT be engaged in fire fighting.  

Through grant funding and donation the TIVFD has acquired 5 structural protection kits and pumps to make up an SPU (Structural Protection Unit) and a pickup truck for transport.  The OFC has agreed to train support volunteers on Thetis Island in its deployment - skills normally only taught to active structural fire fighters for deployment throughout BC during wildfire season.  We are a pilot project. We know that help from Vancouver Island will be very delayed even if available.

Aside from a willingness to commit to the one Saturday in the spring for training, we would ask you to be willing  to respond to a request for assistance if you were available.  We prioritize safety, and all auxiliary members are covered by WorkSafeBC when tasked by the fire commander.   

Please consider applying to become a member of this new SPU TEAM.  Other TIVFD support teams currently operational are the Water Transport Aux Team, the Rest & Rehab Aux Team, and the Emergency Scene Traffic Control Aux Team.  Rarely utilized but always ready, our Auxiliary Teams play a vital role in the safety of our community when needed.  Please contact the Fire Chief or Trustee Graeme Shelford for more information or with an expression of interest in the SPU Team or any of the others.

Thank you 

Fire Chief J. Caldbeck  firechief@thetisislandfire.ca

Graeme Shelford graemeshelford@gmail.com

Thetis LTC Community Information Meeting and Public Hearing

Thetis LTC Community Information Meeting and Public Hearing
February 2, 2021 - 6:30 PM 
Thetis Island Development Permit Area No. 1: Riparian Areas
(Ralston Creek)

The Thetis Island Local Trust Committee will hold an electronic Community Information Meeting and Public Hearing regarding Thetis Island Development Permit Area No. 1: Riparian Areas (Ralston Creek).  More information about proposed Bylaw Nos. 108 (OCP) & 109 (LUB) and the proposed Development Permit Area can be found on the RAPR project page and in the Development Permit Area No. 1 Guide. 

Join electronically or call in to ask questions at the CIM and/or share your views on the proposed bylaws during the Public Hearing.  If you prefer to simply watch, use the live stream link below.

To see the Public Hearing Notice and for complete information on how to watch, participate or provide a submission please go to the Thetis Island LTC meeting calendar and choose February 2nd.  

This meeting will be recorded and posted on the Islands Trust website.  For those who are unable to join the webinar or watch the live stream, a link to the recorded live stream will be available on the Islands Trust website a few days after the meeting.

Meeting Type: Electronic Meeting

Date: February 2, 2021

Time: 6:30 PM - Community Information Meeting
           7:30 PM - Public Hearing

To join the webinar: https://islandstrust.zoom.us/s/67380250794 
To Call into the meeting: 833 955 1088 (Toll Free) or 833 958 1164 (Toll Free)
    (For call in users: *9 to raise your hand and *6 to unmute) 
Live Stream** to watch: https://collaboratevideo.net/islandstrust/C 
Meeting ID:  673 8025 0794
**Please note, if you are using the Live Stream link you will not be able to raise your hand and participate in the Community Information Meeting and Public Hearing.  This link is to watch only.  If you want to participate, please use the "join the webinar" link.

Islands Trust Surveys

We want to make your members aware of some initiatives that may be of interest to them. Islands Trust has launched two different surveys in January. We want the community to have their say!

Islands 2050
Help set directions for Policy Statement changes
Open: January 18th – February 5th
Islandstrust.bc.ca/islands2050
Questions? islands2050@islandstrust.bc.ca

2021/2022 - Budget Consultation
Offer comments on the proposed budget
Open: January 22nd – February 7th
Islandstrust.bc.ca/budget
Questions? budget@islandstrust.bc.ca

We would appreciate it if you could help us by informing your members through email and social media (see links on the second column). 

To stay informed please consider subscribing to the Islands Trust’s Events and Education Programs e-mail distribution list:

http://www.islandstrust.bc.ca/connect/stay-informed/subscribe-or-unsubscribe/

Looking for the LIbrary's Game of Thrones DVD's

Wondering if anyone is holding the library’s DVD set of ‘Game of Thrones’, specifically seasons 3 and up? If you’re done with them please let us know. 

roneleanorv@gmail.com

250 416 0282

Fairy Slipper Trail Interpretive Panels

ThINC is pleased to let you know that three interpretive panels have been installed in the kiosk at the Fairyslipper Forest Nature Reserve trailhead parking area.

The beautiful panels and artwork were designed by Elisabeth Bond with content developed in consultation with ThINC and the Islands Trust Conservancy. A grant from the McLean Foundation funded the panel design and printing. The kiosk and panel frames were constructed by volunteers Geoff Porter, Ron Vandergaag, Rob Welsh and Wayne Loiselle out of locally milled lumber donated by Geoff Porter. Gary Geddes donated the roofing.

Next on the agenda to be installed in the coming months are trail direction signs made and donated by Geoff Porter. ThINC thanks you all for your wonderful community contribution! Questions and comments about the trail or the Nature Reserve can be directed either to ThINC or the Islands Trust Conservancy.

The ThINC Board. 

From Your ESS Team

Although local government has and continues to undertake emergency preparedness measures, it is critical that individuals and families prepare to look after their own needs for a minimum of seven days.

To help you do this, Cowichan Valley Emergency Management published an Emergency Preparedness Workbook available online at

https://www.cvrd.ca/DocumentCenter/View/84184/MIECM-Emergency-Preparedness-Workbook---2017?bidId=

Copies are also available from your LERN captain.

A segment titled “26 Weeks to Emergency Preparedness” in particular, will help you plan and actualize your family's preparations.

Here is this week's entry:

Week 9 

Learn about  hazards. Know the hazards in your community. Check out the section on "Responding Safely During Emergencies" (see pages 35 -60). Do a home hazard hunt to make your home safer. Secure home appliances and heavy furniture. Move heavy overhead  objects away from beds (see pages 15 - 34).

Please refer to the Emergency Preparedness Workbook for much more information, especially page 2 regarding Grab and Go kits and ICE entries on your cell phone for your emergency contacts.

Remember that the Thetis Island Phone Book ( pages 3 through 7) are a ready and thorough aid to Emergency Planning.

During the coming winter weeks and the likelihood of challenging weather, your  ESS team is wishing you warmth and safety at home.

NEWS RELEASE: Islands Trust Wins Riparian Rights Court of Appeal Case

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