PORT ALBERNI

Canadian Tire in Port Alberni was open as of Monday, Nov. 27, although the regular exit is blocked off. (ELENA RARDON / Alberni Valley News)

Port Alberni RCMP issue warning about impaired driving after multiple crashes

Car crashes into the front of Canadian Tire store in north end of city

 

RCMP (File photo)

Pedestrian struck in Port Alberni crosswalk airlifted to hospital

Collision happened in deadly area of Redford Street where another pedestrian died last spring

 

Ellen Frood, third from right, and Chris Alemany, second from right, of Sage Haven Society, are joined by community leaders to officially open Wiiksahiqu?il, Sage Haven’s new second stage housing complex. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)

Second-stage housing opens in Port Alberni

Housing provides a place for women and children leaving domestic violence

 

All but one camper has been removed from an illegal trailer park in the 3600-block of Fourth Avenue in Port Alberni. Randy Brown and others were busy Monday, Nov. 20, 2023 cleaning up garbage on the site. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)

Owner removes trailers from illegal Vancouver Island trailer park

Property has been subject of bylaw infractions, court orders since 2020

All but one camper has been removed from an illegal trailer park in the 3600-block of Fourth Avenue in Port Alberni. Randy Brown and others were busy Monday, Nov. 20, 2023 cleaning up garbage on the site. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)
Brent Fedirchuk, right, receives the 2016 Wayne Demoskoff Volunteer of the Year award from sponsor Peter Mugleston of the Best Western Barclay Plus Hotel at the Funtastic Alberni/ Okee Dokee Slopitch tournament. (PHOTO COURTESY FUNTASTIC ALBERNI)

Manufacturing defect led to fatal helicopter crash near Port McNeill, says TSB

Pilot from Port Alberni was fatally injured in the crash

Brent Fedirchuk, right, receives the 2016 Wayne Demoskoff Volunteer of the Year award from sponsor Peter Mugleston of the Best Western Barclay Plus Hotel at the Funtastic Alberni/ Okee Dokee Slopitch tournament. (PHOTO COURTESY FUNTASTIC ALBERNI)
West Coast General Hospital Foundation president Robbie O’Dwyer cuts a piece of ceremonial cedar ribbon at the official opening of the new emergency department, Nov. 10, 2023. Mid Island-Pacific Rim MLA Josie Osborne, right, waits her turn. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)

West Coast General Hospital officially opens new emergency department

Community contributed $2.4M of total $6.95M cost for expanded ER

West Coast General Hospital Foundation president Robbie O’Dwyer cuts a piece of ceremonial cedar ribbon at the official opening of the new emergency department, Nov. 10, 2023. Mid Island-Pacific Rim MLA Josie Osborne, right, waits her turn. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)
The renovated Port Pub as of Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. (ELENA RARDON / ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS)

Man charged after fatal October stabbing in Port Alberni apartment

Suspect arrested Nov. 13 after being at large for nearly a month

The renovated Port Pub as of Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. (ELENA RARDON / ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS)
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Teenager drowns after canoe flips during weekend trip on Sproat Lake

Two teens were saved by boaters, 17-year-old’s body recovered Monday after extensive search

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A closure gate has been erected on the west side of Chalet Road where it intersects with Highway 4 at one end of Cameron Lake. There is another at the Alberni Summit (the ‘Hump’). (Oct. 21, 2023) (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)

Transportation committee wants more than just ‘emergency’ route out of Alberni Valley

Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District hosts inaugural Transportation Advisory Committee

A closure gate has been erected on the west side of Chalet Road where it intersects with Highway 4 at one end of Cameron Lake. There is another at the Alberni Summit (the ‘Hump’). (Oct. 21, 2023) (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)
Annabelle Price from Port Alberni Gymnastics Academy has been named B.C. Female Gymnast of the Year by Gymnastics B.C. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)

Port Alberni trampoline athlete named B.C.’s female gymnast of the year

Annabelle Price from Port Alberni Gymnastics Academy earns top points

Annabelle Price from Port Alberni Gymnastics Academy has been named B.C. Female Gymnast of the Year by Gymnastics B.C. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)
Flames shoot from two storage sheds behind Westcoast Home Hardware around 3 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. (JERRY FEVENS PHOTO)

Fire damages storage sheds behind Home Hardware in Port Alberni

There was no damage inside the store, which opened as usual, says owner

Flames shoot from two storage sheds behind Westcoast Home Hardware around 3 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. (JERRY FEVENS PHOTO)
Mark Braunagel sits on the tailgate of a pickup truck full of clothing donations his sister Lynn Nelson raised in honour of Braunagel’s 50th birthday in 2020. Braunagel and Nelson were able to distribute two truckloads of clothing to Port Alberni’s vulnerable citizens. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

Vancouver Island man and boat still missing after Oct. 16 mayday call

Disappearance is linked to a body that washed up on Gabriola Island Oct. 22

Mark Braunagel sits on the tailgate of a pickup truck full of clothing donations his sister Lynn Nelson raised in honour of Braunagel’s 50th birthday in 2020. Braunagel and Nelson were able to distribute two truckloads of clothing to Port Alberni’s vulnerable citizens. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
Cyndi Stevens from Port Alberni Friendship Center stands in front of one of 20 housing pods that open to their first residents on Oct. 27, 2023 at Walyaqil Tiny Home Village in Port Alberni. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)

Walyaqil Tiny Home Village opens in Port Alberni

Temporary housing ‘pods’ give shelter to first 20 residents

Cyndi Stevens from Port Alberni Friendship Center stands in front of one of 20 housing pods that open to their first residents on Oct. 27, 2023 at Walyaqil Tiny Home Village in Port Alberni. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)
The Twin City Brewing team celebrates their BC Beer Awards wins, including Brewery of the Year. (PHOTO COURTESY BC BEER AWARDS)

Port Alberni’s Twin City Brewing wins BC Brewery of the Year

Brewery picked up four prizes in total at BC Beer Awards

The Twin City Brewing team celebrates their BC Beer Awards wins, including Brewery of the Year. (PHOTO COURTESY BC BEER AWARDS)
Tanya Gaw of the Canadian Coalition for Responsible Government (centre). Black Press photo

Vancouver Island First Nation bans controversial speaker for anti-Indigenous comments

City of Port Alberni says ‘no’ to hosting Action4Canada event

Tanya Gaw of the Canadian Coalition for Responsible Government (centre). Black Press photo
The B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has installed closure gates such as this one at the Alberni Summit (top of the ‘Hump’) on Highway 4 around Cameron Lake. Another gate in the westbound lane was installed at Chalet Road. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)

New closure gates installed on Highway 4 near Cameron Lake

Transportation ministry says no increased risk after Cameron Bluffs wildfire

The B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has installed closure gates such as this one at the Alberni Summit (top of the ‘Hump’) on Highway 4 around Cameron Lake. Another gate in the westbound lane was installed at Chalet Road. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)
The No. 7 steam train went through some internal rebuilding after the boiler broke, halting operations in 2018. (PHOTO COURTESY WVI INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE SOCIETY))

Port Alberni’s iconic No. 7 steam train could ride again in 2024

Industrial Heritage Society brings business plan, request for $130,000 to city council

The No. 7 steam train went through some internal rebuilding after the boiler broke, halting operations in 2018. (PHOTO COURTESY WVI INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE SOCIETY))
Bruce Hornidge with his memoir, Logger Heads. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

Ex-logger recalls Vancouver Island’s War in the Woods in new memoir

Author Bruce Hornidge shares behind-the-lines view in ‘Loggerheads’

Bruce Hornidge with his memoir, Logger Heads. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
Port Alberni RCMP are investigating a fatal stabbing in an apartment in the 5100 block of Argyle Street. (AV NEWS FILE PHOTO)

RCMP investigate fatal stabbing at Port Alberni apartment

Port Alberni RCMP say this was an ‘isolated incident’ and there is no danger to the public

Port Alberni RCMP are investigating a fatal stabbing in an apartment in the 5100 block of Argyle Street. (AV NEWS FILE PHOTO)
Smoke billows from a former mill building at Somass Sawmill on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. (PHOTO COURTESY PAFD)

‘Suspicious’ fire erupts in former Somass Sawmill building in Port Alberni

Multiple departments responded to Oct. 14 blaze; RCMP is investigating cause

Smoke billows from a former mill building at Somass Sawmill on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. (PHOTO COURTESY PAFD)