Author Archives: David Wiwchar

A possible firebug kept Port Alberni fire crews busy yesterday. 6 small fires were doused, that could have easily become much bigger bush fires. The first was a brush fire in Dry Creek Park near Ander...

Port Alberni broke its all time high temperature record yesterday, with the mercury topping out at 42.2 degrees Celcius at the airport weather station, beating the previous record of 41.7C set July 10...

Local fire crews were busy over the weekend, responding to medical calls and motor vehicle incidents. Yesterday, crews responded to a fire in a stairwell at the Beaufort Hotel which was extinguished q...

Nuu-chah-nulth fishermen are relieved after news the federal government will finally stop appealing the BC Supreme Court decision allowing the commercial sale of their catches. Five Nuu-chah-nulth Nat...

Two new flagpoles were installed in front of city hall, and will fly the flags of the Tseshaht and Hupacasath First Nations. The flags were raised simultaneously yesterday as part of National Indigeno...

Steps away from the flag raising ceremony, the coroners inquest into the death of a Indigenous woman began at the Capitol Theatre. 18-year old Jocelyn George died after being held in police cells in P...

Two men were taken to hospital with significant injuries yesterday after another stabbing incident on lower 4th Avenue. Police and paramedics were called to the controversial trailer park between Bute...

Competing protests in front of MLA Josie Osborne's office yesterday. Environmentalists and Green Party supporters were holding signs demanding an end to old growth logging, while a few forestry worker...

The local Board of Education has chosen a new name for A.W. Neill School. The board voted to change the name two years ago, after community reaction to Neill's racist decisions while serving as Albern...

Another Nuu-chah-nulth Nation is investing in Port Alberni. Ahousaht has been approved to build a 35-unit apartment building on the site of the former Cedarwood School on the edge of the Fall Fair gro...