Year-end real estate reports show stability has returned to the market after wild swings during the pandemic. In Port Alberni, both the number of sales as well as the sale prices increased slightly, a...

While the local Salvation Army was unable to achieve its fundraising goal this year, they were still able to make Christmas brighter for every child and family that requested help, according to Major ...

BC Transit is expanding handyDART Service in Port Alberni starting next week. Saturday bus service will be available from 9 am until 1pm, and two new handyDART buses will be available for extra trips ...

The Pacific Rim School District will have a new Superintendent when classes resume in January. School board chair Pam Craig said they're happy to have been able to promote from within to fill the top ...

The City of Port Alberni's unionized workers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of job action. At their November 4th meeting, CUPE Local 118's 200 members voted 96% in favour of a strike. CUPE local ...

Two men are in hospital suffering serious injuries after a mid-day alley-way fight off 4th Avenue. Police were called shortly after noon on Tuesday and found a 67-year old man with injuries. They were...

BC's Forests Minister Ravi Parmar is in Port Alberni today. The 30-year old MLA from Langford will be hosting a forestry roundtable with local leaders to hear about issues affecting the industry. He s...

A man is in critical condition after being stabbed multiple times on Saturday. Police responded to the stabbing inside a building in the 3000 block of 4th Avenue, and quickly transported the victim to...

The Phillipine Mars has left the valley. The world's largest flying boat cut through the local fog and began its flight south on Sunday, it's second attempt at flying from Sproat Lake to San Francisco...

Tom Verbrugge has been elected to city council, replacing John Douglas who died this past summer. Verbrugge narrowly beat Debra Hamilton with 599 votes to her 551. He did not participate in the recent...

A 30-year old Port Alberni man will serve 3 month in jail then 3 months under house arrest after being found guilty of violence against women. Kasimir Hjelholt hit his girlfriend in February 2023, the...

The Philippine Mars is back. Yesterday, hundreds of people lined the Port Alberni waterfront to wave goodbye to the famed waterbomber, but shortly after the crowds had dissipated and tears dried, the ...

People in Port Alberni will only have two more days to see the famed Philippine Mars flying around the Valley. Crews did a few loops around the Alberni Valley yesterday and will do it again today befo...

A BC Supreme Court Justice has given the SAN Group a week-and-a-half to get their financial affairs in order, and come up with a plan to repay approximately 500 creditors. Company owners Kamal and Suk...

The SAN Group has applied for financial protection after creditors began calling in almost $200 million in loans and unpaid debts. According to documents filed in BC Supreme Court last Friday, SAN Gro...