Author Archives: David Wiwchar

Stage One watering restrictions will come into effect on Monday, 2 weeks ahead of the scheduled July 1st date. City Utilities Superintendant Amar Giri says water is still spilling over the Dam at Chin...

Christmas is still 6 months away, but the School District is already preparing their wish list. From playgrounds to roofs, LED lights to heating systems, the district has asked the province for $2.3 m...

An elderly woman was returned to her family last night, thanks to an observant PEAK listener. Iris Frank was heading back to Tofino when she heard the announcement about an 89-year old woman with deme...

Unionized employees of the Alberni - Clayoquot Regional District are on strike. CUPE local 118 president Stacy Watton says the ACRD should have a system where casual and temporary employees can earn s...

Drug overdose rates have stabilized in Port Alberni, but are decreasing in other island cities. Mid-Island medical health officer Dr. Paul Hasselback says first quarter statistics are encouraging. "So...

Port Alberni mayor Sharie Minions along with council member Helen Poon and city CAO Tim Pley were at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) annual convention in Quebec City last week. Minions...

Nuu-chah-nulth women say the federal report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls released this week, was long overdue. Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council president Judith Sayers said they wil...

Halfway through his 4-year term, Mid-island Pacific Rim MLA Scott Fraser says people in the Alberni Valley have benefitted from his NDP government. Fraser said people throughout the province will bene...

A totem pole celebrating reconciliation has become a symbol of platitudes and empty promises according to organizers. Master carver Tim Paul and other elders and carvers are working on the pole on the...

Picket lines were up on Harbour Road for all of 5 minutes yesterday, as locked-out longshoremen found out a tentative agreement had been reached. International Longshore and Warehouse Union president ...