Author Archives: David Wiwchar

City Council passed their 2021 budget and 5-year financial plan yesterday, reducing taxes for homeowners. According to Mayor Sharie Minions, the current building boom and last year's overpayment of li...

House prices continue to soar in Port Alberni and across Vancouver Island. The average sale price shot up 43% from March of last year to this March, going from $363 to $520-thousand dollars. Only Camp...

For the second time in a week, a man was stabbed in the lower 4th Avenue neighbourhood. The stabbing happened early Sunday morning at the Phoenix House sobering centre. Police say the man was stabbed ...

A 20-year old man is dead, and Port Alberni RCMP are saying they believe the suspect and victim knew each other, and there is no ongoing risk to the public. The man who was from the Port Alberni and A...

The Alberni Clayoquot Regional District released their first-ever strategic plan this week. The plan lists five main focus areas, with strategies and objectives ACRD board chair John Jack says post-pa...

Days before David Bird's expected release from prison, lawyers were back in a Port Alberni courtroom yesterday, discussing his terms of release. One of Port Alberni's most violent offenders, Bird was ...

A road rage incident has put a 51-year old Port Alberni man on probation for the next year. Dwayne Walker was ordered to undergo counselling after threatening to cut the head off of a driver he felt h...

It's full steam ahead towards restoring the historic train station. Early estimates put the price tag at $590,000, so the city submitted a grant request to the province to cover the cost. BC replied w...

City Council passed third reading of the 5-year financial plan but still doesn't have a final dollar figure for taxpayers. The tax increase for residential properties remains at 3.9%, or an average in...

The long-awaited Port Alberni Shelter Society review has been released, with 10 recommendations for supervisors and staff. The review was initiated after a high-profile protest camp was erected outsid...