[Paddlewise] B.C. coastal weather forecasts

I'm going to be paddling down the outside from Bella Bella to Port Hardy in 
June. It's has been years since I paddled in Canada, but I recall Canada has 
VHF weather channels similar to the U.S.

Will a VHF radio get me weather forecasts on this part of the coast? I also 
have a "mini-world" short wave radio that's useful in Baja (by extrapolation 
from the weather forecasts in San Diego), but if I know I can rely on VHF 
forecasts, I won't bother taking it.

I know the Bella Bella/ Calvert Island area is pretty remote. Paddling in 
Prince William Sound some years back, I couldn't receive any forecast by VHF, but 
had a cheap weather radio that worked fine.

Thanks,

douglas in sf
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