Port Alberni will be getting a cancer treatment centre, as Island Health has approved a cancer oncology network at West Coast General Hospital. Site Director Kelli Walsh says the Cameron Bluffs fire s...

Federal fisheries officers have put a stop to roadside crab and fish sales advertised on Facebook. First Nations fishermen have been selling Nitinat Lake crab at Port Alberni's Victoria Quay and Harbo...

Convicted pedophile Shaun Pater is facing a dozen more charges. The 46-year old appeared by video in Port Alberni law courts from the Vancouver Island Correctional Centre on Wednesday, accused of comm...

Port Alberni City Council members attended the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities conference this past weekend. The City wants the Province to provide a framework for how local go...

A community champion is moving on. Salvation Army Major Michael Ramsay is being moved to Burnaby by the church. He said he will forever carry fond memories of his 8 years leading the Alberni ministrie...

The Harbour Quay will be receiving some much-needed upgrades this year. City Councillor Charles Mealey says the community hub and tourist destination is in desperate need of a facelift. "This nee...

The federal government is about to enact legislation demanding ship breaking operations be environmentally and socially responsible, at the request of Courtenay - Alberni MP Gord Johns. With the Comox...

The Nuchatlaht First Nation has a land agreement after decades of fighting. The small First Nation from the remote north side of Nootka Island went through the treaty process, specific claims process,...

Chris Alemany said he was shocked and saddened to see the number of old growth trees topped in Cathedral Grove last week, and turned into tall stumps. "This is all part ecosystem so if we just go...

Courtenay - Alberni MP Gord Johns called the Conservative's push to eliminate fuel taxes short sighted and naive. He said Pierre Pollievre's populist pitch to push prices down will lead to further pai...

Drivers along Franklin River Road could face slight delays over the next few months. Starting Monday, crews from Hazelwood Construction will begin replacing the city's main water pipes from the Bainbr...

A 20-year old Port Alberni man benefitted from catch-and-release policies for 6 months, but has now been sent to jail. From July to December last year, Kyle Hunter got caught committing at least one c...

Thick black smoke rose over the last remaining Somass Mill building yesterday, and could be smelled throughout the city. The fire was on the second floor of the building, where access had been removed...

A new youth centre is being proposed for the former Boy's Project building on Anderson Avenue. Foundry Alberni will be a 6800 square foot drop-in centre for teens and youth to hang out, and access hea...

A young Port Alberni man will spend the next 9 1/2 years in prison after he sexually assaulted four underaged girls. Loki Tchir was accusued of stalking young girls on Snapchat, bribing them with alco...