Author Archives: David Wiwchar

More than 200 people gathered last night on the Tseshaht Reserve to be together and support each other in the wake of the discovery of 215 children buried outside a Residential School in Kamloops. Org...

Longtime Nuu-chah-nulth leader and Residential School survivor Cliff Atleo says he's not surprised by the discovery of the remains in Kamloops, which has reopened wounds of thousands of survivors and ...

A 29-year old Port Alberni man is under house arrest for the next 5 months after secretly recording women in washrooms. Jonathan McCabe Watson pled guilty to six counts of secretly recording nudity in...

The BC government announced 176 new childcare spaces in Port Alberni yesterday. The City of Port Alberni will receive funding for 66 spaces, while the Huu-ay-aht First Nation will get 24 spaces, and S...

A 75-year old Port Alberni man was sent to jail yesterday, for an indecent assault committed in the late-1970's. Gordon Benner was 31 when he sexually touched a 7 year old girl in his Cameron Drive ho...

A small rally was held yesterday for Terry Mack, who friends identified as the man found dead in a Third Avenue apartment last week. They were demanding police charge a woman they believe is connected...

A 49-year old Port Alberni man was sentenced to 9 months jail after pleading guilty to trafficking in cocaine. Ward Fertuck was under surveillance when he sold drugs from his car to two men who were a...

Port Alberni's building boom continues, with an important piece of future community development announced yesterday. A new 5-storey, 102 unit, seniors housing development will be the next big project ...

Another Island Summer Festival has been cancelled. The annual Okee Dokey Slo-Pitch tournament and Funtastic Music Festival scheduled for the Canada Day long weekend has been cancelled again this year ...

On May 4th 2021 the Port Alberni RCMP were contacted for a possible sudden death at an apartment in the 3200 block of 3rd Ave, Port Alberni. Upon arrival front line members located a deceased body in ...