Author Archives: David Wiwchar

Port Alberni RCMP have been putting pressure on drug dealers, which has resulted in a few large scale busts. Local officer in charge, Inspector Eric Rochette says significant quantities of drugs, cash...

City Council will begin working on a code of conduct for future council members, after councillor Helen Poon was forced to apologize for renovating the Kingsway Hotel without municipal permits. Mayor ...

Port Alberni is becoming a hub for coastal clean-up companies. Western Canada Marine Recovery Corporation was the first to announce a new waterfront building and marina, now Tofino's Coastal Restorati...

More than 100 people - mostly women - marched from Victoria Quay yesterday, bringing attention to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls crisis. Organized by the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Cou...

Port Alberni properties continue to leap in price, but are still far below the regional average. House prices were up by 46% last month compared with the previous April, with the average home selling ...

Christopher Yaskow is back in jail after the Nanaimo man was found in Port Alberni two months ago, breaching his probation. The 33-year old was jailed in 2019 after he assaulted two Port Alberni RCMP ...

Literacy Alberni has launched a last-ditch fundraising campaign as they try to climb out of a hole left by their former administrator. Board chairman Paul Thompson said financial and organizational mi...

ANACLA - Forests Minister Katrine Conroy will be in Bamfield today as part of the Old Growth Summit, organized by the Huu-ay-aht First Nation. Along with the Forests Minister there will also be presen...

A 37-year old Port Alberni man is prohibited from returning to the community for 2 years while on probation for multiple assaults and threats. James Rennie assaulted his former spouse after she found ...

A proposed housing project was back before council yesterday after some revision to the plan. The affordable housing proposal expanded to include a greater mix of supportive housing and market-based r...