Author Archives: David Wiwchar

A Port Alberni man managed to fight off a cougar that attacked his small dog Wednesday night, outside his Timberlane Road home. Mark Payne said he let his dog outside around 8:30 pm when a cougar poun...

A 30-year old Port Alberni man was sentenced to 14-months jail for assaulting his spouse in April 2021. Judge Alexander Wolf told Patrick Lucas he was very close to being sent to a federal penitentiar...

As the people of Lytton struggle to rebuild their homes and community, fire officials are stepping up efforts to reduce the danger forest interface wildfires here. Retired City of Port Alberni fire ca...

The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District Board has been asked to consider renaming Sproat Lake to the Hupacasath name Klehkoot. Joshua Dahling recently moved here from the lower mainland, and told the ...

Fisheries and Oceans Canada is predicting a banner year for chinook salmon returns to the Stamp / Somass system this summer. In a chinook forecast report released yesterday, researchers predict 135,00...

Two fire crews were called out to douse a fire in a train car alongside harbour road last night. With no obvious heat source in the former crew car, the fire is considered suspicious, as the area show...

Hotel and Airbnb guests will be paying a 2% municipal regional district tax after local hoteliers agreed to restore the levy. The tax was scrapped more than a decade ago after some hotel owners object...

More than 100 people crowded into the upstairs meeting area at the Athletic Hall last night, concerned about a housing development at the top of Burde Street, and its possible effects on two beaver po...

The desperate hunt for housing in Port Alberni has led to a sharp increase in rental scams. House pictures and details are copied from real estate sites and posted online as rentals, often at a lower-...

Local service providers met with the BC Coroners Service yesterday, trying to develop strategies in battling the opioid crisis. Ron Merk, Port Alberni Community Action Team co-chair, says people are d...