Author Archives: David Wiwchar

Following a trend throughout the mid-island region, Port Alberni's crime rate continues to increase. Violent crimes are up by 16% and property crimes increased 14% this past quarter, compared with the...

Desludging the city's old sewage ponds will take twice as long and could cost twice as much as budgetted for. City staff recommended a budget of $450,000 to clean the former sewage ponds, but the lone...

Mid-Island Pacific Rim MLA Josie Osborne toured Provincial NDP leadership hopeful David Eby around Port Alberni on Saturday. Osborne, who was seen as possible leadership contender, says she is happy t...

Fire crews were called to the hog pile behind Catalyst Paper on Sunday after flames were spotted. Port Alberni Fire Department Deputy Chief Wes Patterson said firefighters quickly got the blaze under ...

Vandalism has caused property crime numbers to increase by 37% from 53 to 73 cases in the rural areas. Port Alberni RCMP Inspector Eric Rochette said 29 of those cases were mischief to property or van...

The Island Coastal Economic Trust approved more than two-million dollars in funding this year, much of it coming to Port Alberni and area First Nations. They put $84,000 in matching funds to the City ...

Alberni Valley Search and Rescue crews worked through the night to rescue a pair of hikers who had rapelled into a gulley on Mt. Arrowsmith and couldn't get out. Search Manager Mike Riddalls said a he...

DFO has raised the Somass Sockeye run size again, now estimated to be 850,000 fish, more than double the preseason forecast. 486,000 fish have made it back to Sproat and Great Central Lakes, and 479,0...

It's been a week since 40-year-old Amber Manthorne was last seen, and yesterday her former boyfriend Justin Hall, came forward to confront public suspicions. Manthorne told a friend she was going to s...

Specialized ground-penetrating radar systems will be at work today at the former Alberni Indian Residential School site. The work follows the discovery of unmarked graves at other residential school s...