Author Archives: David Wiwchar

A 23-year old Port Alberni man with mental and physical health problems was sent to jail on Friday after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a child. Connor Meredith-Frain is autistic and suffer...

Courtenay - Alberni MP Gord Johns said he will be demanding the federal government assist the Tseshaht First Nation in conducting further research of child deaths at the Alberni Indian Residential Sch...

More than 67 children are confirmed to have died at the Alberni Indian Residential School according to reserachers, and 17 possible burial sites were found by ground-penetrating radar. That according ...

Representatives from the West Coast Native Healthcare Society (Rainbow Gardens) said they have no plans for a previously promised replacement park in the Westporte neighbourhood. They were invited to ...

The woman who slashed the throat of a liquor store employee last summer, will spend the next 3 years in prison. 31-year old Melinda Martin went into the King Edward Liquor Store on 3rd Avenue on Augus...

Raw log shipments were down considerably last year according to statistics from the Port Alberni Port Authority. 14 freighters were loaded last year compared with 24 the year before. Mike Carter, the ...

The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District announced its taxation starting point of 14%. ACRD Chairman John Jack says yesterday's announcement is just the beginning of an extensive process that will take...

Mayor Sharie Minions is warning that tax increases are coming. At the first presentation of the 5-year financial plan last night, Director of Finance Andrew McGifford pegged this year's tax increase a...

A 45 year old Ucluelet man received a 5-month community sentence order after pleading guilty to secretly recording nudity. Douglas Goodwin will be on probation for a year, and not allowed to possess a...

Twenty-six people died of drug overdoses last year in Alberni - Clayoquot. Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe said both the Central Island and Alberni set new records for drug toxicity related deaths last ye...