Author Archives: David Wiwchar

A banner year for Robertson Creek chinook salmon returns. 130,000 chinook are expected to return this year, and First Nations and recreational anglers have started landing the large salmon. 113 chinoo...

The theft of a large banner has sparked online battles, as people continue to argue about the cancellation of the Thunder in the Valley drag races. Earlier this week, members of the Alberni Valley Dra...

Port Alberni RCMP are advising the public of an investigation into multiple sexual assaults involving a local resident and are appealing for other possible victims to come forward. In March of 2019 th...

Campers at China Creek are being told to boil their water if they're drawing it from the campground's deep-well system. Recent tests submitted to Island Health revealed e-coli, and Port Authority Mari...

Water samples taken last week at Canal Waterfront Park showed a return to clean water, but according to Island Health's Heather Hutton, the beach remains closed to swimming until another round of test...

A former Port Alberni crown prosecutor has been accused of misconduct in the Kristy Morrey murder case. David Kidd was the deputy regional Crown prosecutor during the trial of Morrey's ex-boyfriend La...

Canada-wide warrants have been issued for two Port Alberni teenagers who have sparked a manhunt, now that they've been charged in the death of a man near Dease Lake. The R-C-M-P says 18-year-old Bryer...

A battle between neighbours has spilled into city hall, and forced council to strengthen bylaws about hedges. A 30-foot cedar hedge is blocking sunlight at a Steede Avenue home, and the owners came lo...

RCMP officers were on all-night patrols in northern Manitoba as the search intensified for two Port Alberni teenagers wanted in connection to three deaths in northern B.C. 19-year old Kam McLeod and 1...

RCMP in Dease Lake are actively searching for Port Alberni teens Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky. Carol Starkey, Schmegelsky's grandmother, said the two left Port Alberni on July 12 to find work in W...