Author Archives: David Wiwchar

The chinook run continues with gillnet fisheries concluding this past weekend. More than 125,000 chinook were forcast, allowing for a strong commercial and recreational fishery. 96,000 springs were la...

The Alberni Valley Aquatic Centre Advisory Committee met yesterday to begin planning their next stage of public consultations. Representatives from HCMA Architecture plan to launch an online survey th...

A 40-year old Port Alberni man was sentenced to 3 months time-served in jail after being charged with a series of thefts. Kenneth Receveur admitted to stealing a boat motor after breaking into the Con...

As the third week of Samantha Dittmer's murder trial wraps up, the girlfriend of Jesse McPhee has taken the stand. Brandy Kazakoff is the closest thing to a witness in the case, as she was with the mo...

Regional District directors wrestled over an alternate, emergency road out of the Alberni Valley yesterday. Members of the district's own transportation committee said there's no need to reinvent the ...

The Bamfield Business Community believes they are about to become the next Tofino, and are modelling their local economy after the popular tourist town. With the chip-seal paving of the Bamfield Road,...

Port Alberni Mayor Sharie Minions and many council members have been in Vancouver this week at the annual Union of BC Municipalities convention. Minions said she met with Premier David Eby and talked ...

A woman in her 60's was airlifted to Victoria hospital with significant injuries after being hit by a truck while attempting to cross Johnston Road in a marked crosswalk yesterday morning. Witnesses s...

Chinook fishing is begin to tail off, but not before one lucky angler landed a 34 pounder at the Bamfield Wall. Bait and small spoons are working best for chinook while coho are hitting white hootchie...

  A woman was airlifted to Victoria General Hospital with significant injuries and Port Alberni RCMP are searching for the truck that hit her this morning. Johnson Road was closed at Helen Street...