Author Archives: David Wiwchar

B-C's Forestry critic welcomes the province's decision to give special mediators Amanda Rogers and Vince Ready additional powers to help settle a strike at Western Forest Products. Liberal John Rustad...

City Council continues to wrestle with their 5-year financial plan, looking for ways to trim their $30 million municipal budget. City property owners are currently looking at a 5.9% tax increase, whic...

Veteran B.C. mediators Vince Ready and Amanda Rogers have resigned from talks between Western Forest Products and striking United Steelworkers, after concluding that the two sides currently have no ch...

Staff spending was criticised by city council at last night's budget meeting. Mayor Sharie Minions was shocked staff automatically renewed the city's insurance, despite a $218,000 increase, up 83% fro...

A young Port Alberni man was given an absolute discharge after being found guilty of hitting a police officer and resisting arrest. 26-year old Kerry Hlatky intervened in an altercation at the Thunder...

Former Hupacasath Chief Councillor Steven Tatoosh was charged with Break and Enter and three counts of Possession of Stolen Property after being found inside an 8th Avenue garage on Tuesday night. The...

City Council gave a glimpse of their vision for a Third Avenue beautification project. They want to reduce traffic flow to two-lanes between Argyle and Mar, and change angle parking to paralell parkin...

Property crimes skyrocketted in the fourth quarter of last year. Cases of theft, shoplifting, and mischief to property were up significantly, but thefts from vehicles were up a whopping 172%, jumping ...

The Alberni Valley Chamber of Commerce will take over operation of the non-historical zone at McLean Mill. They will be given a budget of $150,000 this year to manage the visitors centre, gift shop, o...

Thunder in the Valley could return to Stamp Avenue for the next two years, as the Alberni Valley Drag Racing Association looks to build a purpose-built racetrack in the future. The set-up will be reco...