Author Archives: David Wiwchar

The ADSS lands on Burde Street have been sold. Local realtor Darren Deluca said the as-yet-to-be-named group has purchased the 23 acre lot for $1.8 million Deluca said the developer is out of Vancouve...

Crashes involving five vehicles over the weekend sent three people to hospital and have police searching for a man who ran away. A brown nissan pickup hit a blue cadillac on Saturday night at the Beav...

City council has decided to let the Community Forest board reinvest profits into acquiring more forest land, instead of putting that money towards a new aquatic center. Mayor Mike Ruttan says the aqua...

Nanaimo's Jeff Addison held out through the weekend to win the 46nd Annual Port Alberni Salmon Derby. Addison said after landing his lunker early Saturday, it was a tense two day wait to the final bel...

The 46th annual Port Alberni Salmon Festival starts tonight, and ticket sales for the derby have already been brisk. Festival president Dan Washington says there's plenty of action at their new Tyee L...

School's back from summer break on Tuesday, and school district superintendent Greg Smyth says they expect similar student enrollment numbers as last year. Smyth says they expect to have around 3,750 ...

Jason Zoet is back in jail, only a month after being released after serving 12 months of an 18 month sentence for child pornography charges. The 29-year old was charged yesterday with break and enter,...

Alberni Valley Chamber of Commerce manager Bill Collette says tourist numbers are up this year, thanks to Tofino and Ucluelet, but not in the usual sense. He says tourists are figuring out it's a lot ...

Courtenay - Alberni MP Gord Johns arrived in Port Alberni last night on board the Frances Barkley. Johns is Riding the riding on his bicycle, talking to constituents about their issues, and promoting ...

City workers are keeping a close watch on water levels Utilities Superintendant Brian Mousely said there is no more water coming into the China Creek Reservoir, so they've opened the line from Lizard ...