While the 2025 budget and 5-year financial plan has now been set, city staff have been tasked with finding additional savings or increasing revenues through service charges and fees. Mayor Sharie Mini...

The size of Dock Plus is multiplying after the provincial government has contributed almost $3 million to the seafood-focussed food hub. Port Alberni Port Authority CEO Zoran Knezevich said Dock Plus ...

The Alberni Valley Tourist Information Centre will remain closed as local governments continue to wrestle over who should pay the bill. The city had been giving the Chamber of Commerce $89,000 a year ...

The Alberni Valley Tourist Information Centre could be open by summer if regional district directors vote to fund it. City Council is refusing to pay the $90,000 annual cost as they look to trim the m...

The Alberni Valley Tourist Information Centre is the latest victim in a battle between City Council and the Regional District. Last week, Alberni Valley Chamber of Commerce executive director Jolleen ...

Local seafood producers are facing tough times as U.S. tariffs hit their industry. Victoria Lake from Effingham Oysters said they send 350,000 Barclay Sound oysters south of the border each year, repr...

Port Alberni has a new welcome sign. After years of discussion and debate, contractors lifted the large steel sign in to place at the intersection of Johnston Road and John Street near Walmart. The ba...

PORT ALBERNI - With security at land borders under increased scrutiny, coastal ports are also being looked at as possible paths of illegal immigration and drugs. At Monday's city council meeting, Coun...

City Councillor Deb Haggard was forced to fight for the robo toilets she received for free from the City of Calgary. City staff recomended not accepting the toilets, even though they're on trailers wa...

Port Alberni Mayor Sharie Minions says she's extremely frustrated by the continued increase in the city's RCMP budget. Policing already consumes 37% of the city's total budget and is going up a furthe...

Port Alberni City Council spent much of their Committee of the Whole meeting last night discussing Seniors issues. Councillor Charles Mealey says a proposed 137% increase to seniors passes is dispropo...

After decades of discussions, the city and local First Nations say they have developed a shared vision for the Clutesi Haven Marina lands. The property is owned by the City of Port Alberni but leased ...

Six months after SAN Group financing and operations started to unravel, two company owners are speaking out and trying to combat the many rumours swirling around the mills. Suki Sanghera says he and h...

The new owners of the APD property say the site will slowly be transformed into a maintainance facility for their fleet of tugs and barges. Amix Marine Group owner Tony Mara said they've been leasing ...

New data has been released in the ongoing toxic drug battle in BC. A 13% drop in deaths provincewide is reported last year with 2253 fatalities according to BC Coroner Service data. In the Alberni-Cla...