Author Archives: David Wiwchar

Landowners along Grandview Road were surprised to learn the city is about to take away part of their properties for a gravel sidewalk. The $100,000 project was listed as a priority at Monday's city bu...

Budget discussions began last night, with city council receiving a $1.1 million 'wish-list' of projects. Mayor Mike Ruttan says safety and infrastructure are council's top priorities for their $800,00...

Members of the Maa-nulth Treaty Group successfully negotiated an update to their agreement with the new provincial government. Local MLA and Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Scott F...

A notorious panhandler has been told to stay away from upper 3rd Avenue for the next 6 months. Neil Crossman suffers from schizophrenia and can become quite aggressive if not on his medication. That w...

City Council voted unanimously to line city streets with salmon They voted to support local artist Shayne Lloyd's vision of having 25 6-foot tall painted fibreglass salmon spread around town, mounted ...

Despite less interest from BC Hydro on buying excess green energy, the city is looking to line their rooftops with solar cells. City Council agreed to issue a request for proposals for solar power com...

Building on our reputation as the Salmon Capital of the World and Canada's Ultimate Fishing Town, local artist Shayne Lloyd wants to fill the city with fish. He'll be in front of city council on Monda...

An uptown business is railing against city council's view of it being a nuisance property The Port Alberni Squash and Billiards Club recently drew the attention of councillor Jack McLeman, but manager...

(real After quite a few lean years, 2017 was a good year to be in real estate according to Chris Fenton of Royal LePage. Single family home sales broke the record for the highest average sale price la...

More than a hundred people in Port Alberni were greeted with sunshine and cool temperatures of two degrees as they ran into the Inlet for the annual PEAK polar bear swim. The Kinsmen won the best team...