Author Archives: David Wiwchar

Port Alberni city council member Helen Poon will be running for the Liberals in the next provincial election. In a press release from the BC Liberals, leader Andrew Wilkinson said "stellar candidates ...

A nervous weekend for Adam Dombrowski. He hauled in a 33.4 lb. chinook on the opening day of the Port Alberni Ultimate Fishing Derby and waited through the long weekend to win the prize for top fish. ...

The Tseshaht First Nation is celebrating after concluding a new chinook salmon fishing agreement with Fisheries and Oceans Canada. After a week of protests and media coverage, the two sides signed a t...

Island anglers are schooling in the Alberni Inlet this weekend for the Ultimate Fishing Derby. Organized by local business people after the Port Alberni Salmon Festival was cancelled because of COVID ...

UPDATE: Tseshaht First Nation fisheries negotiators are hoping to reach resolution with Fisheries and Oceans Canada today. They had accused DFO of stalling acceptance of a chinook economic opportunity...

A conflict between the Tseshaht First Nation and Fisheries and Oceans Canada could spill over into this weekend's Labour Day Salmon Derby. Tseshaht councillor and fisheries negotiator Hugh Braker said...

A 72-year old Port Alberni man was sentenced to 10 months in jail yesterday after pleading guilty to possesssing child pornography. Brian Francis took his laptop into a local computer repair shop, and...

Alberni Valley kids will be back to school in ten days, and school district administrators are planning for their return in these uncertain times. School District Superintendent Greg Smyth says he und...

New data from the BC CDC reveals the number of local COVID-19 cases. There were 7 confirmed cases in the Alberni Clayoquot region, which includes Tofino, Ucluelet, and the more remote communities of A...

Regional District politicians say they're tired of impersonal online Zoom sessions and long for the return to in-person meetings and the comaraderie of human interaction between elected officials and ...