Author Archives: David Wiwchar

The Industrial Heritage Society is committed to restoring steam train service to the waterfront this summer, if only for a shortened run. Spokesman Ken Rutherford told city council last night, that th...

Leaders from Western Forest Products and the United Steelworkers union will return to negotiations tomorrow in Nanaimo. Local union president Brian Butler said he's hopeful something can get done for ...

City budget presentations continue today, with outside contractors presenting their financial plans. BC Transit, the SPCA and Industrial Heritage Society will explain to council how they use taxpayers...

Members of city council are turning their attention towards nuisance properties once again, after 33 people signed a petition complaining about the front of the squash club on 3rd Avenue. Councillor R...

One of Vancouver Island's most prolific car thiefs is back behind bars after pleading guilty to stealing a van on Beaver Creek Road in July. 30-year old Jessie Savidant broke away from his normal targ...

Courtenay - Alberni MP Gord Johns is back in Ottawa, and attended the delivery of the throne speech in the new Senate chambers. Johns, who was appointed Fisheries critics in the NDP shadow cabinet, sa...

Drug overdose deaths are trending downward in Port Alberni and across BC. The BC Coroners Service says there were 69 suspected overdoses deaths in the province in October, a 42 per cent decrease from ...

City departmental budget presentations continued last night, and first up was the RCMP. Policing takes the largest percentage of the municipal budget, providing the majority of funding for 34 officers...

City Council held their first departmental budget meeting last night, hearing from administration and parks and recreation about the roles they play. City CAO Tim Pley said the municipality has more t...

Port Alberni Mayor Sharie Minions was in Victoria on Monday to meet with provincial forests minister Doug Donaldson. She said with the continued strike of Western Forest Products workers, and now the ...