Author Archives: David Wiwchar

Tools topped the shopping lists of thieves over the Christmas holidays On Christmas Eve, someone broke into a building on Shoemaker Bay Road belonging to Kurtis Leroy Trucking; J & L Auto; and Don...

Canadian Blood Services is hopeful that more residents will donate blood by January 6th.. BC Director David Patterson says there are two types of blood that are especially in need of in the province, ...

The sudden snowfall on Christmas Eve is being blamed for a rash of car crashes around the city. Police report there were 5 MVI's that day, including one at Steed and Maitland that took out a fire hydr...

A group of pickle ball players knows the value of having Automated External Defibrullators nearby, after one of their members died on the courts earlier this month. Bob Cole who was playing pickle-bal...

A Port Alberni businessman is fighting back against crime by offering ascending rewards for their being charged Wil Puford who owns Van Isle Ford and Pacific Chev says there have been petty thefts at ...

Police have completed their investigation into the collision which killed a 17 year old girl at the intersection of Redford Street and 10th Avenue on Wednesday. Officer in Charge of the Port Alberni R...

A 17-year old girl was struck and killed at Tenth and Redford. Emergency crews were called to the busy intersection at 3:15 yesterday afternoon for a report of an incident between a cyclist and a vehi...

City Council chambers were overflowing last night for a special meeting dealing with crime. Uptown business owners said the problem has become critical over the past few months as customers are stayin...

City Councillor Jack McLeman says he's never known a time when people were afraid to walk in parts of Port Alberni. He says criminal activity and drug use in the uptown area is keeping shoppers away a...

The Huu-ay-aht First Nation and partner company Steelhead LNG gave Alberni Clayoquot Regional District Directors an update on their proposed Liquefied Natural Gas export terminal at Sarita Bay near Ba...