It’s been less than 24 hours since Highway 4 closed on June 6 and motorists are reporting that a Tofino-based service station is rationing fuel purchases to 30 liters per customer.

A spokesperson for Tofino Consumer Co-op Gas Bar confirmed that the limit is being implemented until they can get a fuel delivery. But nobody knows when that can be since the fuel truck is stranded on the other side of the fire zone at Cameron Lake east of Port Alberni. As of 11 a.m. today, the Cameron Bluffs wildfire has grown to 140 hectares since it was discovered on Saturday.

The forest fire burning on the mountain side above Highway 4 at Cameron Lake has been upgraded to Wildfire of Note according to the BC Wildfire Services. This means that the fire is highly visible or poses a threat to public safety.

In addition, the fire is deemed out of control. It is continuing to spread and is not responding to suppression efforts. The fire had grown to 80 hectares according to BC Wildfire Services latest update, which was Tuesday, June 6, at 5:04 p.m.

The RCMP and School District 70 are reminding parents to prepare their children for potential approaches from strangers, after reports of a man questioning children in Tofino on Monday.

On the morning of June 5 accounts surfaced of an adult “who was acting strangely, asking questions about kids” near the intersection of Arnet Road and First Street in Tofino, according to RCMP media relations.

With the faint scent of wood smoke in the air and the views of Mount Arrowsmith obscured by smoke, people continue on with their daily lives, taking comfort in the knowledge that an out-of-control forest fire is far enough away to be concerned.

What appear to be human skeletal remains have been recently uncovered at Yuquot, but it remains to be seen how old the bones are and who they belonged to.

Sanford Williams grew up in Yuquot, the ancestral home of Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation, and returns to the ancient village site on the southern edge of Nootka Island each summer to engage in his practice as a carver. On Thursday, June 1 he was digging into the side of a hill with his brother Darrell, who lives in Yuquot year-round, to build a back deck for his carving shed, when a discovery halted their operation.

In an attempt to combat stigmas and barriers associated with substance-use, the province has set out on a three-year project to decriminalize the personal use of drugs, allowing the small possession of certain illicit substances.

But with a death toll that has now amassed over 11,000 in the last seven years - with one thousand of those deaths reported as First Nations - some experts say decriminalization alone is not enough.

Lisa Glowacki and officials from the Ehattesaht First Nation find themselves in a state of limbo.

Glowacki, a lawyer for Vancouver-based Ratcliff LLP, an Indigenous and community law firm, is representing the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nation in its ongoing legal battles concerning mineral rights claims on its land.

Ehattesaht reps are keen to bring an immediate stop to individuals and companies who are making claims on their land without consultation.

Provincial government officials are allowing claims to continue, in their opinions, rightfully so.

For years, the unhoused community have been setting up tents in various locations throughout municipalities in B.C., with the city, bylaw, and police enforcing street and traffic regulations displacing the homeless with a lack of sustainable housing options available.

According to Nikki Otteson, founder of the Backpack Project, Victoria’s Princess Avenue, in front of Rock Bay shelter, and Pandora Avenue are places that are swept regularly.