Author Archives: David Wiwchar

One person is dead and another injured after a fire on Ian Ave near Johnston early this morning. Port Alberni Fire Chief Mike Owens said a man in his 60's was pulled from the fire by an upstairs tenan...

McLean Mill can once again host weddings and other celebrations after the Agricultural Land Commission initially ruled against it. In a decision released last night, the ALC agreed to exclude most of ...

Literacy Alberni officials say they will survive after being ordered to pay $330,000 in damages. Supreme Court Justice Andrew Mayer upheld the judgement against Literacy after their former Executive D...

After clearing broken glass from his vandalized constituency office in Parksville, Courtenay - Alberni MP Gord Johns hopes tensions will begin to ease with the latest federal and provincial announceme...

City Council further dissected their budget yesterday during a committee of the whole meeting. Finance Director Andrew McGifford said the city has a surplus from 2021, and almost $9 million in reserve...

Rural taxes are set to increase this year The Alberni Clayoquot Regional District held its first budget meeting of the year on Wednesday and outlined plans to increase tax revenue from $24 to $27 mill...

58 people from the Alberni Valley donated more than $7,000 to the convoy protests and illegal blockades through the crowdfunding website GiveSendGo. The website was hacked and data released this week ...

City Council has approved purchasing a new $2 million firetruck. Mayor Sharie Minions said the 100-foot ladder truck is needed for the growing city. "We're at a point that now where we need that truck...

No one was injured in an early morning fire at the notorious RV area on 4th Avenue on Saturday. A passing police patrol spotted the blaze and called it in according to Fire Chief Mike Owen. "We were f...

Mid-island Pacific Rim MLA Josie Osborne says as the government looks to reduce harvesting old growth trees, Port Alberni is well positioned to take advantage of what she says is an inevitable shift. ...