Author Archives: David Wiwchar

Mid-island / Pacific Rim MLA Scott Fraser says he's been working non-stop since being named Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation. He said his opposition experience as critic of the port...

West Coast Aquatic continues to chase a $15 million grant for salmon enhancement from the Federal Government. Yesterday, they were able to press their request upon the Parlaimentary Secretary to the M...

West Coast First Nations are very happy about local MLA Scott Fraser's appointment as Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation. Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council Vice-President Ken Watts says F...

Cherry Creek Volunteer Fire Department Chief Lucas Banton said he and Fire Captain Jeff Findlay are about to return home. The pair had been volunteering to help in firefighting efforts in Williams Lak...

A couple escaped safely but lost their house to fire on Friday night. Firefighters from Beaver Creek, Sproat Lake and Port Alberni converged on the Gordon Avenue home and kept the fire from spreading ...

The latest sockeye run forecast has more than doubled the initial estimate and is enough to allow a seine fishery next week. DFO estimates 350,000 sockeye are returning this year, and 226,000 have alr...

The extreme fire hazard in the Alberni Valley has prompted the regional district to close many of its trails, including the Inlet Trail, Log Train Trail, and Mount Arrowsmith Regional Park. In a news ...

A special meeting was called yesterday by Alberni Clayoquot Regional District staff after they realized they were heading towards serious cost overruns on the $6 million airport runway expansion proje...

Hot dry summer winds have made Alberni forests tinder dry and has forced the Coastal Forest Center to post an extreme forest fire hazard rating for our area. Yesterday, contractors extinguished a pair...

After two years of talks, the city is moving ahead on a kitchen and yard waste collection service City Staff were told to order two new garbage trucks with the ability to keep compost separated from g...