Author Archives: David Wiwchar

Cherry Creek volunteer firefighters are back in the interior battling blazes for the next two weeks. Chief Lucas Banton and Fire Captain Patrick Edwards have been sent to the Kelowna area along with t...

Courtenay - Alberni MP Gord Johns is preparing to Ride the Riding later this month. The 12 day ride will take him to 7 cities and towns, 4 regional districts and 10 First Nations in the constituency, ...

While Western Forest Products is shutting down the Somass Mill citing lack of logs, the San Brothers have increased staffing levels at the former Coulson mill - raising questions about Cedar supply an...

Dylan Hamilton-George was sentenced to a year in jail for threatening to stab a man if he didn't hand over a cel phone. The 24-year old Hamilton-George and a second man threatened and bear-sprayed the...

A 29-year old Port Alberni man is back in the community after serving less than a year in jail on child pornography charges. Jason Zoet was caught breaking into a home in 2014, and when police arrived...

Port Alberni Mayor Mike Ruttan said he's shocked but not surprised that Western Forest Products is closing their Somass cedar mill. He said the mill has been a shadow of its former self for a long tim...

Western Forest Products' Somass sawmill is shutting down indefinitely. The mill, which handles western red cedar, has been sputtering for some time -- operations have been curtailed since February and...

As the Somass sockeye season begins to wind down, Fisheries and Oceans researchers are standing pat on their reforecast of 375,000 fish - more than 200,000 above their pre-season forecast. 260,000 hav...

Calls to Port Alberni RCMP were up in the last quarter, and many areas of crime increased as well. Staff Sergeant Dave Paddock told ACRD Directors that the increase could be seen as a positive rather ...

The Port Alberni Port Authority has received support from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce for their transhipment hub proposal, which would significantly ease traffic problems through the lower mainla...