Author Archives: David Wiwchar

Fake US greenbacks have been crossing the counters of some Port Alberni businesses this summer. On Saturday, a couple purchased clothes using counterfeit American $100 bills. On Sunday a man passed a ...

A small forest fire that broke out on the north side of Great Central Lake on Friday afternoon is now out. The blaze near the base of Thunder Mountain was a third of a hectare, and was quickly contain...

A 2-car crash on Highway 4 sent 3 people to hospital yesterday The crash happened shortly after noon, 3 km west of the Taylor River viewpoint. A Dodge pickup truck driven by a 74-year old man from Tof...

Fentanyl deaths continue to mount, exceeding all previous years. 89 people have died in the Island Health district in the first 5 months of this year - only 34 fewer than for all of 2016. 20 people ha...

The Regional District has started enforcing a rule that landfill loads must be transported responsibly Alberni Clayoquot Regional District manager Andrew McGifford says they now require all loads be t...

The city has been asked to forgive development charges for the West Coast Native Health Care Society as they build an expansion on Tsawaayuus Rainbow Gardens. Mayor Mike Ruttan said the council will m...

Despite bringing in 75% more donations, local BC Liberal candidate Darren Deluca still garnered only 52% of the vote, according to reports released yesterday by Elections BC. Deluca brought in $90,000...

People who walk the track at Bob Dailey say the $700,000 surface is peeling away, less than 5 years after it was last replaced. Neil Anderson brought a handful of sheets of rubber to city council yest...

Costs keep mounting to get the steam train back on the tracks. City Council expressed shock that repairing bridges and trestles will cost $300,000 next year, and putting a $100,000 annual minimum main...

After a poorly-timed forecast for rain, the storm clouds stayed away from the Thunder in the Valley weekend. The first rains in almost two months hit during the night, and Alberni Valley Drag Race Ass...