By Nora O\u2019Malley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Ty-Histanis, BC \u2013 Tla-o-qui-aht Chief Councillor Elmer Frank (Hyou-sin-up-shilth) is asking community members to be diligent about locking doors, especially at night, after a \u201cscary situation\u201d unfolded on Sept. 29 involving an attempted child abduction. That evening a seven-year-old boy was taken from his home and carried through Ty-Histanis and left at the basketball court in Esowista, reads a memorandum released by Tla-o-qui-aht on Sept. 30. Ty-Histanis and Esowista are Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations communities located about 15-minutes from downtown Tofino. The basketball court in Esowista is roughly 10-minutes walking distance from Ty-Histanis. The boy was returned home to his parents, unharmed, read the memorandum. \u201cRCMP are investigating. There have been conflicting reports. We don\u2019t think there is any further risk,\u201d said Chief Frank…. <\/p>\n
By Nora O\u2019Malley Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Ty-Histanis, BC \u2013 Tla-o-qui-aht Chief Councillor Elmer Frank (Hyou-sin-up-shilth) is asking community members to be diligent about locking doors, especially at night, after a \u201cscary situation\u201d unfolded on Sept. 29 involving an attempted child abduction. That evening a seven-year-old boy was taken from his home and carried through Ty-Histanis and left at the basketball court in Esowista, reads a memorandum released by Tla-o-qui-aht on Sept. 30. Ty-Histanis and Esowista are Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations communities located about 15-minutes from downtown Tofino. The basketball court in Esowista is roughly 10-minutes walking distance from Ty-Histanis. The boy was returned home to his parents, unharmed, read the memorandum. \u201cRCMP are investigating. There have been conflicting reports. We don\u2019t think there is any further risk,\u201d said Chief Frank.... <\/p>\n