Author Archives: David Wiwchar

The list of mayoral candidates is filling up, more than 4 months before the municipal election. Former mayor John Douglas and current mayor Mike Ruttan will now be joined on the ballot by Shari Minion...

Port Alberni RCMP are encouraging block watch groups after a series of break & enter cases on the weekend. On Friday night, chainsaws and logging equipment were taken from an unlocked, white GMC p...

Repeat offenders continue to plague Port Alberni RCMP and some blame is being put on the courts. On Friday morning police were called as a man stole a car at 4th and Burde. A witness followed the vehi...

A recent report from the UBC School of Community Planning has given local emergency planners much to think about. The report found that 94% of households in the inundation zone evacuated during the Ts...

A Port Alberni couple finally had their day in court, more than 3 years after being charged with trafficking in cocaine. Terrence and Linda Hemmingsen were arrested in April 2015 after police watched ...

Port Alberni's top cop says the city's crime reduction unit is working hard to collar the community's chronic offenders. Inspector Brian Hunter says his officers made a major arrest every day last wee...

Another Uptown building owned by Randy Brown has been slapped with a 'Do Not Occupy' order. Last month it was the former CJAV building on upper 3rd across from the RBC. This month it's a house directl...

A study on public perceptions and those of emergency officials during the January Tsunami Warning and Evacuation show the two views are closely aligned. Dr. Ryan Reynolds of UBC's School of Community ...

The CanTimber Biotech project on the waterfront is no more. The Port Alberni Port Authority announced yesterday it has cancelled their licence of occupation with the Chinese company that was attemptin...

The Hupacasath First Nation is now in the sand & gravel business. The First Nation that has launched upwards of a dozen businesses over the past few years, recently signed an agreement with the Re...