PORT ALBERNI

RCMP responded to a report of a stabbing in the 3600 block of Roger Street on Tuesday, April 25. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

Stabbing in Port Alberni leaves one dead, one in custody

Port Alberni RCMP says no threat to public after incident

RCMP responded to a report of a stabbing in the 3600 block of Roger Street on Tuesday, April 25. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
Brad DeClercq, owner of Starboard Grill at Harbour Quay, is frustrated at the lack of commercial recycling in Port Alberni. (April 21, 2023) (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)

Restaurateur laments lack of commercial Port Alberni recycling service

Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District says Recycling BC doesn’t offer collection stream for businesses

Brad DeClercq, owner of Starboard Grill at Harbour Quay, is frustrated at the lack of commercial recycling in Port Alberni. (April 21, 2023) (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)
Canadian rock legends Honeymoon Suite will be the headliner for the Funtastic Music Festival in Port Alberni in 2023. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

Rock legends Honeymoon Suite to headline Funtastic music fest in Port Alberni

Music festival and slo-pitch tournament takes place over Canada Day weekend

Canadian rock legends Honeymoon Suite will be the headliner for the Funtastic Music Festival in Port Alberni in 2023. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
Alberni Valley Bulldogs Chase Klassen, left, and Brady McIsaac dig for the puck deep in the Surrey Eagles zone late in the third period of Game 6 of the BC Hockey League Coastal Conference semifinal, Sunday, April 23, 2023. The Bulldogs won 7-1 to force Game 7. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)

BCHL: Alberni Valley Bulldogs force Game 7 in semifinal with 7-1 win over Surrey Eagles

Winner of Game 7 will face Chilliwack Chiefs in Coastal Conference championship

Alberni Valley Bulldogs Chase Klassen, left, and Brady McIsaac dig for the puck deep in the Surrey Eagles zone late in the third period of Game 6 of the BC Hockey League Coastal Conference semifinal, Sunday, April 23, 2023. The Bulldogs won 7-1 to force Game 7. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)
A police incident is unfolding at the Tyee Motel in Port Alberni on Redford Street. (ELENA RARDON / Alberni Valley News)

Man arrested after major road in Port Alberni closed due to police incident

Numerous RCMP members surround motel on Redford Street

A police incident is unfolding at the Tyee Motel in Port Alberni on Redford Street. (ELENA RARDON / Alberni Valley News)
The Port Alberni Fire Department and RCMP respond to a fire at the former Somass sawmill site on Thursday, April 13, 2023. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

Suspicious fire started on former Somass sawmill site

Port Alberni Fire Department extinguishes fire started on rubbish pile

The Port Alberni Fire Department and RCMP respond to a fire at the former Somass sawmill site on Thursday, April 13, 2023. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
Theresa Szymanis shows a garbage pile near Devli’s Den Lake to another member of the AV Nature Club. Volunteers spent a couple of hours on Thursday, April 6, 2023 cleaning up most of the pile and hauling it to the Alberni Valley Landfill. (MIKE YOUDS PHOTO)

Alberni Valley Nature Club hauls 140 Kg of trash out of ecologically sensitive area

Devil’s Den Bluffs under threat from multi-modal overuse, says outdoorsman

Theresa Szymanis shows a garbage pile near Devli’s Den Lake to another member of the AV Nature Club. Volunteers spent a couple of hours on Thursday, April 6, 2023 cleaning up most of the pile and hauling it to the Alberni Valley Landfill. (MIKE YOUDS PHOTO)
William Watts, 49, was arrested in Port Alberni on a B.C.-wide warrant on April 4, 2023. (VIC PD PHOTO)

Man on B.C.-wide warrant arrested in Port Alberni

Victoria Police were searching for William Watts for second time

William Watts, 49, was arrested in Port Alberni on a B.C.-wide warrant on April 4, 2023. (VIC PD PHOTO)
Jonathan Walker from Esprit RC, was first across the finish line for the McLean Mill 10K run on Sunday, April 2, 2023. (TERESA BIRD/ Alberni Valley News)

McLean Mill 10K in Port Alberni sees triumphant return and record runs

Jonathan Walker (Esprit RC) won the race with a time of 33:36

Jonathan Walker from Esprit RC, was first across the finish line for the McLean Mill 10K run on Sunday, April 2, 2023. (TERESA BIRD/ Alberni Valley News)
Pope Francis says vespers in the Roman Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls on the solemnity of the conversion of St. Paul, in Rome on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. An Indigenous delegation is to meet with the Pope at the Vatican in early spring to discuss reconciliation and healing after a visit was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Andrew Medichini

Papal repudiation only the first step, says Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council

NTC president Judith Sayers asks Canada to acknowledge repudiation

Pope Francis says vespers in the Roman Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls on the solemnity of the conversion of St. Paul, in Rome on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. An Indigenous delegation is to meet with the Pope at the Vatican in early spring to discuss reconciliation and healing after a visit was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Andrew Medichini
Firefighters from multiple departments quickly extinguish a fire in a bedroom of a small home on Mann Road in north Port Alberni on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

Resident saved, pet missing after Port Alberni house fire

Crews weren’t able to save contents of home despite knocking flames down quickly: chief

Firefighters from multiple departments quickly extinguish a fire in a bedroom of a small home on Mann Road in north Port Alberni on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
The Port Alberni Fire Department extinguished a grass fire near the train tracks at Stamp Avenue and Roger Street. (PHOTO COURTESY PAFD)

Woman arrested after series of suspicious fires started on Vancouver Island

Port Alberni RCMP hope arrest puts a damper on early fire season

The Port Alberni Fire Department extinguished a grass fire near the train tracks at Stamp Avenue and Roger Street. (PHOTO COURTESY PAFD)
The Port Alberni Fire Department extinguished a grass fire near the train tracks at Stamp Avenue and Roger Street. (PHOTO COURTESY PAFD)

Woman arrested after series of suspicious grass fires in Port Alberni

Grass fires were started near the train tracks at Stamp Avenue

The Port Alberni Fire Department extinguished a grass fire near the train tracks at Stamp Avenue and Roger Street. (PHOTO COURTESY PAFD)
Roman Waitr, left, Dan Goddard, Kevin Berard and Dave Badovinac model the Port Alberni Cubs uniforms for the 2023 season. The Cubs will host the Canadian National Old Timers Baseball Federation championships in August 2023. (PHOTO COURTESY DWAYNE STERN)

Port Alberni primed to welcome Canada for the Old Timers Baseball Nationals

Vancouver Island city will host two ages groups of old timers’ baseball championships Aug. 4–7

Roman Waitr, left, Dan Goddard, Kevin Berard and Dave Badovinac model the Port Alberni Cubs uniforms for the 2023 season. The Cubs will host the Canadian National Old Timers Baseball Federation championships in August 2023. (PHOTO COURTESY DWAYNE STERN)
In 2015, young volunteers Casey Greggain, left, and Rod Gledhill attach the refurbished bell onto its place of pride on the Two Spot locomotive. (DAVID HOOPER PHOTO)

Iconic brass bell stolen from heritage Two Spot locomotive in Port Alberni

Two Spot was the first steam locomotive to work in the forests of the Alberni Valley

In 2015, young volunteers Casey Greggain, left, and Rod Gledhill attach the refurbished bell onto its place of pride on the Two Spot locomotive. (DAVID HOOPER PHOTO)
BC Housing won’t be renewing the Port Alberni Shelter Society’s contract to operate Our Home on Eighth shelter. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)

Port Alberni Friendship Center takes over operation of city shelter

New operators takes over Our Home on Eighth from Port Alberni Shelter Society

BC Housing won’t be renewing the Port Alberni Shelter Society’s contract to operate Our Home on Eighth shelter. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)
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Echo Pool in Port Alberni faces closures due to lack of lifeguards

Sunday closures expected to continue throughout the duration of the year

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Port Alberni city hall. (NEWS FILE PHOTO)

City of Port Alberni shaves proposed 2023 tax increase down to 7 percent

City will be funding a pair of projects under province’s Growing Communities Fund

Port Alberni city hall. (NEWS FILE PHOTO)
Federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre introduces himself to Suki Sanghera, co-owner of the San Group. (ELENA RARDON / Alberni Valley News)

Pierre Poilievre pitches value-added forestry practices during San Group Alberni tour

Conservative leader criticizes Liberal gov’t for not cancelling U.S. softwood lumber tariffs

Federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre introduces himself to Suki Sanghera, co-owner of the San Group. (ELENA RARDON / Alberni Valley News)
BC Housing won’t be renewing the Port Alberni Shelter Society’s contract to operate Our Home on Eighth shelter. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)

Shelter residents worry as BC Housing seeks new operator in Port Alberni

Select tender issued for new service provider at Our Home on Eighth

BC Housing won’t be renewing the Port Alberni Shelter Society’s contract to operate Our Home on Eighth shelter. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)