Author Archives: David Wiwchar

An air quality advisory remains in effect for Alberni today, but South Port is mostly unaffected. With the cold weather, fireplaces and woodstoves are being used by many homeowners, which is the sourc...

Port Alberni is about to become a frequent cruise ship stop, thanks in large part to the Steam Train and McLean Mill When passengers arrived at Nanaimo's $24-million cruise ship dock, their most popul...

A plan to move the community policing office from the Harbour Quay back to 3rd Avenue has hit a budgetary brick wall. RCMP officials allegedly told council it would cost more than a million dollars to...

We'll see cruise ships in the harbour once again, but not until next summer. Ships from the Holland America line will visit three times in 2019 Dave McCormick from the Port Authority said they've been...

City Council is sticking to a 3% tax increase. After a planning meeting earlier this month disintegrated, council agreed to a new list of projects for 2018 that eliminates some proposals, and moves ot...

Years of work on an alternate truck route has come to a grinding halt. Despite stacks of studies and reports, and purchase of a right of way through the Catalyst property, council voted yesterday to d...

Despite two years of speeches about reconciliation and the recognition of First Nations rights, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Government has not changed course on fighting Nuu-chah-nulth Fis...

18 people died in the Alberni Valley from drug overdoses in the past two years, giving Port Alberni one of the highest per capita drug death rates in the province. Central Island Medical Health Office...

City Council is moving forward on bylaws surrounding nuisance and dangerous properties. Mayor Mike Ruttan says there are many houses and buildings in need of major renovation or demolition in the city...

The Alberni Valley Emergency Planning Liaison Group met yesterday - their first since the January 23rd tsunami warning. It was a chance for the City of Port Alberni and the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional ...