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Two sent to hospital after car, motorcycle collide near Port Alberni

Incident snarled traffic west of Port Alberni on busy Sunday evening

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Port Alberni RCMP shoot dog after attack

Sproat Lake campers hear commotion, gunshot

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Port Alberni RCMP shoot dog after attack

Sproat Lake campers hear commotion, gunshot

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An excavator works to remove debris from the former Somass sawmill site on Port Alberni’s waterfront. (ELENA RARDON / Alberni Valley News)
An excavator works to remove debris from the former Somass sawmill site on Port Alberni’s waterfront. (ELENA RARDON / Alberni Valley News)
Work continues to stabilize the slope along Highway 4 east of Port Alberni. (PHOTO COURTESY BC MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE)

West Coast officials gearing up to pursue second road out of Port Alberni

Highway 4 closures have accelerated the need for several Vancouver Island West Coast residents

Work continues to stabilize the slope along Highway 4 east of Port Alberni. (PHOTO COURTESY BC MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE)
A land-based airtanker from Conair Aerial Firefighting drops retardant on a wildfire on Arbutus Mountain behind Shoemaker Bay, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)

Airtankers attack wildfire behind old log sort near Port Alberni

Fire is listed as less than one hectare; ground crew works on containment

A land-based airtanker from Conair Aerial Firefighting drops retardant on a wildfire on Arbutus Mountain behind Shoemaker Bay, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)
Alberni Valley Bulldogs captain Chase Klassen helps out with a City of Port Alberni skating program. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

BCHL: Alberni Valley Bulldogs’ Chase Klassen earns Kyle Turris Community Award

Award is given to BCHL players who ‘go above and beyond’ in their community

Alberni Valley Bulldogs captain Chase Klassen helps out with a City of Port Alberni skating program. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
Courtenay-Alberni MP Gord Johns, left, tours with the mobile methadone van in Portugal. The van is part of the mobile low threshold methadone program run by Ares do Pinhal, a non-governmental organization for social inclusion, according to Johns. (PHOTO COURTESY GORD JOHNS)

Island MP visits Portugal in search of solutions to toxic substance crisis

Gord Johns foots the bill for trip, saying he ‘can’t wait’ for gov’t intervention

Courtenay-Alberni MP Gord Johns, left, tours with the mobile methadone van in Portugal. The van is part of the mobile low threshold methadone program run by Ares do Pinhal, a non-governmental organization for social inclusion, according to Johns. (PHOTO COURTESY GORD JOHNS)
Members of the Port Cubs are busy on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 getting the right field foul line lined up with home plate at Rec Park in preparation for a senior men’s baseball game. Baseball hasn’t been played at Rec Park since 1960. (SUSIE QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)

Vancouver Island steps up to the plate to host 55+ baseball nationals

Baseball returns to Port Alberni’s historic Rec Park for national championships Aug. 4–7

Members of the Port Cubs are busy on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 getting the right field foul line lined up with home plate at Rec Park in preparation for a senior men’s baseball game. Baseball hasn’t been played at Rec Park since 1960. (SUSIE QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)
Construction takes place on Bamfield Main in early February 2021. (PHOTO COURTESY CTV NEWS)

Chip seal work begins on Bamfield Main in ‘final phase’ of surfacing project

Huu-ay-aht, province of B.C. partnered on project to upgrade safety after fatal bus crash

Construction takes place on Bamfield Main in early February 2021. (PHOTO COURTESY CTV NEWS)
Naomi Nicholson and her husband Ed have transformed their Chims Guest House property to offer different tourist accommodations. (HEATHER WARREN PHOTO)

Highway 4 closure costs millions in tourism, business challenges

Businesses continue to feel impact of continued closures during rock scaling work

Naomi Nicholson and her husband Ed have transformed their Chims Guest House property to offer different tourist accommodations. (HEATHER WARREN PHOTO)
Flames shoot up from a fire in the bush at the end of Cherry Creek Road beside Alberni Storage on Tuesday, July 28, 2023. (PAFD SCREENSHOT)

Port Alberni Fire Dept. knocks down two bush fires in less than an hour

First blaze ignited in trees near entrance to West Coast General Hospital

Flames shoot up from a fire in the bush at the end of Cherry Creek Road beside Alberni Storage on Tuesday, July 28, 2023. (PAFD SCREENSHOT)
Firefighters inspect the site of a wildfire in Dry Creek gully near 16th Avenue on Monday, July 17, 2023. The fire was nearly a hectare in size, burned in difficult terrain and was still under investigation. (PORT ALBERNI FIRE DEPT. PHOTO)

Firefighters knock down ‘highly visible’ wildfire near Alberni neighbourhood

One-hectare blaze in Dry Creek gully did not threaten structures, but scrambled multiple departments

Firefighters inspect the site of a wildfire in Dry Creek gully near 16th Avenue on Monday, July 17, 2023. The fire was nearly a hectare in size, burned in difficult terrain and was still under investigation. (PORT ALBERNI FIRE DEPT. PHOTO)
Rock scaling has begun on Highway 4 at Cameron Bluffs east of Port Alberni. The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure will start daily closures to advance remediation work at the scene of the Cameron Bluffs wildfire on July 17k, 2023, and continue until sometime in mid-August. (MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION PHOTO)

High winds force closure of Highway 4 east of Port Alberni

Drivers are being asked to check DriveBC for updates on weather conditions

Rock scaling has begun on Highway 4 at Cameron Bluffs east of Port Alberni. The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure will start daily closures to advance remediation work at the scene of the Cameron Bluffs wildfire on July 17k, 2023, and continue until sometime in mid-August. (MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION PHOTO)
Gaiga Square is a garden and greenspace at Third Avenue and Angus Street in Port Alberni. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)

Port Alberni tackles illicit drug use in public places

Bylaw banning use in some areas defeated at council table; staff to seek options

Gaiga Square is a garden and greenspace at Third Avenue and Angus Street in Port Alberni. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)
Dr. Marc Lambiotte speaks at a June 19 committee of the whole meeting about recruitment and retention of medical staff. (SCREENSHOT)

Doctor says Port Alberni must step up during health-care crisis

Council agrees recruitment of new doctors, nurses must be group effort

Dr. Marc Lambiotte speaks at a June 19 committee of the whole meeting about recruitment and retention of medical staff. (SCREENSHOT)
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‘Master plan’ coming for Clutesi Haven Marina in Port Alberni

City partnering with Tseshaht, Hupacasath First Nations on the project

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A lineup of cars travels through the construction work along Highway 4 at Cameron Lake. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

Highway 4 east of Port Alberni facing temporary closures

Highway will be periodically closed for rock scaling and removal of danger trees

A lineup of cars travels through the construction work along Highway 4 at Cameron Lake. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
A photo of Clifton Johnston is placed against a rock in front of the Port Alberni Friendship Center during a candlelight vigil for the young man. (SUSAN QUINN/Alberni Valley News)

Teenager convicted in 2021 Port Alberni murder

The body of 20-year-old Clifton Johnston was found in front of the Port Alberni Friendship Center

A photo of Clifton Johnston is placed against a rock in front of the Port Alberni Friendship Center during a candlelight vigil for the young man. (SUSAN QUINN/Alberni Valley News)
A photo of Clifton Johnston is placed against a rock in front of the Port Alberni Friendship Center during a candlelight vigil for the young man. (SUSAN QUINN/Alberni Valley News)

Teenager convicted in 2021 Port Alberni murder

The body of 20-year-old Clifton Johnston was found in front of the Port Alberni Friendship Center

A photo of Clifton Johnston is placed against a rock in front of the Port Alberni Friendship Center during a candlelight vigil for the young man. (SUSAN QUINN/Alberni Valley News)