The Alberni Valley Rescue Squad is searching the Cameron Heights area for a missing 70 year old man. Kim Donovan, who is well-known in the city for his work with Sage Haven and other community groups ...

The Alberni - Clayoquot Regional District presented its 5 year financial plan. Chief Financial Officer Teri Fong says different areas will be seeing differing tax increases. "Our plan is approxim...

The popular Sproat Lake Marine Program is in jeopardy. Alberni - Clayoquot Regional District Director of Finance Terri Fong told a group of Sproat Lake residents this week, that the federal government...

The funding fight between the city and regional district surfaced again yesterday at a meeting of city council. Alberni-Clayoquot representatives were on hand to present their proposed budget, which i...

Clutesi Haven Marina will be a free-for-all this summer. Given the roundabout construction, City Council decided to make the boat launch and parking area free, causing concern from boaters. City Counc...

2025 was another extremely busy year for the Port Alberni Fire Department. Fire Chief Mike Owens said calls were up 2% from 2024 and only slightly less than the record set two years ago. "We did ...

A former Port Alberni woman is one of the many parents grieving the loss of her child in Tumbler Ridge. Desirae Tiffany Pisarski wrote on social media that her 15-year old son Ethan was found safe aft...

A Port Alberni man with an egregious history of assulting women was sentenced yesterday. 39-year old Mark Luke threatened, assaulted and extorted three women last May, adding to his 13 pages of crimin...

A 21-year old Port Alberni man with mental health issues was sentenced to 4 years in jail for stabbing a neighbour five times - coming close to killing him. Lucas Thiebert suffers from a litany of men...

With the City's 2nd Avenue property successfully rezoned, people opposed to the supportive housing plan have turned their attention to the proposed contractor, saying the Lookout Housing and Health So...

More than 100 people gathered at the Capitol Theatre last night to hear about a plan to bring more doctors and healthcare services to the Alberni Valley. Dr. Mark Lambiotte called the current prognosi...

The Huu-ay-aht First Nation is advising their citizens to not travel to the United States, given recent reports of Indigenous people being imprisoned by ICE. Elected Chief Councillor John Jack says me...

Community groups are converging to solve the family doctor shortage in the Alberni Valley, and the latest plan is a "Campus of Care". Community Futures, the Alberni Clayoquot Regional Distri...

Wayne Coulson is furious at City Council after they targetted his building at 3rd and Mar for operating outside of zoning restrictions. When Zellers closed in 2013 the community begged Coulson to take...

A 34-year old Port Alberni woman will spend the next 3 years in prison after pleading guilty to luring and sexually assaulting a minor. Matraca Dodding initially faced 8 separate charges after sending...