Author Archives: David Wiwchar

A young Port Alberni man is dead following a single vehicle crash on Stirling Arm Road. Emergency crews responded to the call just after 10 pm Saturday and found the 2006 Ford F250. The truck had been...

Steven Kaspers will remain in jail for almost 2 years after admitting he stabbed a man in the Johnston Road McDonalds restaurant in November 2016. 51-year old Claudio Cartegena was stabbed in the neck...

City Council voted unanimously to push the Arrowview Hotel towards demolition. Building owner Ray Latourneau said he is contracting engineers and architects to help him save the heritage building. May...

With only one week until demolition deadline, Arrowview Hotel owner Raymond Latourneau is once again asking city council for more time. Council passed a motion at their last meeting demanding the buil...

Port Alberni RCMP say they've tracked down the driver of the vehicle they believe struck a woman in front of city hall yesterday afternoon. Corporal Jason Roth says public assistance helped them in th...

A 54-year old woman is in hospital after being struck by a car yesterday afternoon, and police are searching for driver who struck her. The woman was walking across Argyle Street inside the crosswalk ...

A 23-year old Port Alberni man will remain in a psychiatric hospital, almost 2 years after being arrested for assault. Reese Berry was causing a disturbance at the Roger Creek Apartments in August 201...

A wooden balcony is teetering dangerously over a Third Avenue sidewalk, after its supports were taken out by a car yesterday afternoon. Port Alberni RCMP Corporal Amelia Hayden said the 71-year old dr...

A 26-year old has 2 years to repay $14,000 he defrauded from a pair of local banks. Dillon Chester pled guilty to defrauding the Coastal Credit Union and CIBC after he deposited cheques that weren't h...

The BC NDP Government has stepped in to help the Huu-ay-aht First Nation micro-hydro project, after BC Hydro refused support. Scott Fraser, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation and MLA ...