Alert Bay Visitor Centre

Good Day Everyone:

 Please note that the Alert Bay Visitor Centre will be Closed from November 27, 2020 to January 3, 2021.  For immediate assistance please contact the Village of Alert Bay Phone: 250-974-5213 email: officeclerk@alertbay.ca  Open: Monday to Friday 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. There will be Alert Bay brochures in the hallway of the Village of Alert Bay/Post Office building (less then half a city block from Visitor Centre) at 15 Maple Road, door is unlocked Monday to Saturday 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM.  Attached is a map showing you directions from Visitor Centre to the Village of Alert Bay Office.

 Wishing you all a great day.

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Street Lights

Now that it is getting dark earlier, please advise the Village Office 250-974-5213 if you have a street light that is out in your area. Monday to Friday 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM.

We would need the nearest address OR the cross streets to Advise BC Hydro.

We want to keep everyone safe out there.

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November 25, 2020

Shannon Alfred Cormorant Island Emergency Preparedness

November 25th, 2020

Hello Cormorant Island Residents

Last week was quite something, I had never witnessed a windstorm that strong before in all my life of windstorms. Winds gusting to what I feel were at 115 if not more.

In a small community we do our best to provide information to community members to be prepared at home for a number of emergency events that could impact our community.

Every winter our community experiences severe wind storms and a number of power outages. Such as the 1996 mini blizzard when our community was with out power for 4 days and people were going over to Port McNeill. I at the time was living on social assistance and could not do that and my household survived pretty much on cereal for the 4 days, and under bundles of blankets.

Another winter storm occurred a year or two later, left us without power for 3 days. This time I went over to Port McNeill and they were without power as well so it was back home to my cold dark place and living on cereal again.

10 years later, as the Emergency Program Coordinator since 2005 is working and providing information to all community members to be prepared as much as possible at home for at least 72 hours.

The emergency management program does it best to prepare, and will respond once it is confirmed from BC Hydro that our community will be without power for more than 2 days. There will be a debriefing meeting next week with the Emergency Management Committee to discuss;

  1. What worked

2. What were some the challenges to respond

3. What are recommendation moving forward to be better prepared

Please feel free to email me at Shannon.Alfred@namgis.bc.ca if you would like to comment or provide your experience of the Wind Storm / Power Outage. Your input would greatly be appreciated, you input will provide the Emergency Program with information we may not have been aware of or have knowledge of before.

I have also, enclosed a link to BC Hydro's webpage for you of things that can be done to prepare your home for an outage. Let's hope and pray our community doesn't get hit hard like that again, but if it does lets work together to be better prepared in our home and for our community.

https://www.bchydro.com/.../prepar.../prepare-your-home.html

U'mista Cultural Centre Closure November 23, 2020

U’mista is closing again for the next two weeks (starting today November 23, 2020), when we will reassess the COVID19 spread of cases and the next update from Dr. Bonnie Henry regarding whether the new restrictions will be lifted or not?

 We are updating all of our social media and google, etc., but will leave it as “until further notice” so that we don’t have to keep changing everything. I will, however, update our voicemail to say that we will update the message on December 7th.  

Gilakas’la,

 Juanita Johnston,

Interim Executive Director

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November 6, 2020

Good Day Everyone:

 

Happy to report that the Boil Advisory is now OVER for the Village of Alert Bay.   Feel free to share the attached poster with anyone you feel would be interested.

 

Wishing you a safe and great weekend.

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Alert Bay Visitor Centre

Good Day Everyone:

Friendly reminder that the Alert Bay Visitor Centre will be Closed October 27, 28, 29, 2020 for immediate assistance on these days please contact the Village of Alert Bay Phone: 250 974 5213 between 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM.  Local brochure available in the hallway of the Village of Alert Bay/Post Office building at 15 Maple Road (orange building less then half a city block away from the Visitor Centre).  The doors are unlocked between the hours of 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM Monday to Saturday.  See attached map for directions.

Wishing you a great day.

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