Author Archives: David Wiwchar

Port Alberni is about to have a new industry, as a seaweed processing centre. Cascadia Seafoods and the Nuu-chah-nulth Seafood partnership are working with the City and Port Alberni Port Authority to ...

A Port Alberni woman remains in jail after allegedly trying to rob an 85-year old man in a wheelchair a week ago. Police have just released details of the incident, which happened last Thursday at 4th...

Some community groups are up in arms after city council pulled their permissive tax exemptions. The city forgives taxes on churches, emergency rescue services, and various arts, cultural, or education...

Alberni - Clayoquot Regional District Directors continue to wrestle with commercial cannabis production projects, and how they fit into rural communities. After Sproat Lake residents protested against...

Port Alberni's first retail cannabis stores opened yesterday. The BC Cannabis store owned by the provincial government opened at Pacific Rim Mall is the third retail cannabis store on the island. Kevi...

After almost a year since cannabis was legalized in Canada, two Cannabis stores will be opening in the Alberni Valley. The BC Cannabis store owned and operated by the provincial government will open t...

City Bylaw Officers were out late last Sunday, ticketting garbage cans illegally put out the night before collection. Many people who received those tickets were at city hall on Tuesday, complaining t...

City Council has pressed pause on the McLean Mill log pond dam remediation project after receiving just one bid, and it being in excess of what the city engineer budgetted for. Mayor Sharie Minions sa...

A commercial fisherman died in the Alberni Harbour last night after falling off his boat into a gillnet and drowning. The unidentified fisherman was part of the 'Area D' gillnet fleet fishing for chin...

City Council reluctantly agreed to a 30-day stay of demolition against the old Arrowview Hotel, but the owner says he needs more. Port Alberni Mayor Sharie Minions said while council would have prefer...