Author Archives: David Wiwchar

The city has mailed out the first nuisance property invoices, for non-emergecy calls received in March and April of this year. Beaufort Hotel owners will be billed for 7 calls within that period, the ...

Further allegations were made against a city councillor for inappropriate use of Social Media. Chris Alemany had admitted to using a fake Facebook account to get into a social media group he had been ...

Moves towards a new swimming pool and aquatic center is continuing. Elected officials from the city and regional district spent two days negotiating their support levels during closed-door, in-camera ...

Firefighters were called to Maquinna Trails this morning after a hiker spotted smoke coming out of a rotted stump. Port Alberni Fire Captain Ed Francoeur said the fire was smoldering deep under the st...

City Council will receive a report that could have repercussions in the upcoming civic election. A consultant brought in to find funding for city projects will appear before council this afternoon to ...

City staff have been asked to write reports on issues that may play a part in October's municipal election. Councillor Chris Alemany asked for a staff report on the hiring of John Van Dyke by the Econ...

Fire crews were at Dry Creek Park twice this morning, extinguishing abandoned campfires. Park neighbours tried to extinguish the fires but didn't have enough water, so they called the fire department....

A 46-year old man and his 22-year old nephew were released on bail to attend a funeral. Jimmy McKay and Edison Thomas were accused of beating a man on June 8th and stealing his mountain bike. McKay, w...

Backwoods road-rage is being blamed for a cyclist receiving minor injuries on the weekend. The cyclist was taking a break on the side of Ash Main above the Sproat Lake petroglyphs when an ATV came aro...

Sockeye returns to Great Central Lake have been very poor this year, but the Tseshaht Fisheries Manager says there's still a lot of fish still to return. With only 350,000 sockeye expected to return t...