Author Archives: David Wiwchar

After successive years of provincial recognition for financial reporting, the City of Port Alberni is now receiving warnings from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs for missing important deadlines. The...

Property crimes have jumped by 45% in the City of Port Alberni as shoplifting and thefts from sheds are the most frequent complaints. Local RCMP Officer in charge Brian Hunter says criminals are getti...

Firefighters across B-C have more wildfire starts to contend with -- mainly due to lightning strikes this past weekend. Coastal Fire Centre Information Officer Donna MacPherson says lightning caused d...

Firefighters are battling a forest fire that broke out this morning at the top of Arbutus Ridge. City of Port Alberni fire crews were able to get to the fire, just south of the cel towers, ahead of pr...

Port Alberni RCMP tracked down a driver who had been spotted flicking cigarette ash out his car window yesterday. The 50 year old Port Alberni resident eventually discarded the cigarette at the inters...

Yesterday's 5-hectare fire in the Beauforts is still smoldering, after more than 24 hours of battling the blaze. Cherry Creek Volunteer firefighters were called in to assist, with a firetruck and a wa...

The province has ordered a review of the circumstances surrounding the arrest of Larry Darling. Darling was accused of killing 28-year old Kristy Morrey in Port Alberni in 2006. According to the Vanco...

PORT ALBERNI - Accused killer Larry Darling is now considering a civil suit after court documents were released on Friday, suggesting cops and crown bungled the case against him. The 54-year old Darli...

45-years today, the West Coast District Council of Indian Chiefs demanded the closure of the Alberni Indian Residential School and ushered in a new, positive era of education for First Nations childre...

Local heroes were celebrated at the Ambulance Base on Roger Street yesterday. A group of Sproat Lake pickleball players were recognized for saving Al Jones' life by using an Automated External Defibri...