PORT ALBERNI

Crew members aboard the HMCS Ottawa frigate ready the Canadian Naval ship as it departs Port Alberni down the Alberni Inlet on March 9, 2023. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)

Navy ships visit Port Alberni waterfront

HMCS Ottawa and HMCS Winnipeg make a ‘maintenance’ stop in Port Alberni

Crew members aboard the HMCS Ottawa frigate ready the Canadian Naval ship as it departs Port Alberni down the Alberni Inlet on March 9, 2023. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)
Workers direct a crane operator from Coastal Bridge and Construction Ltd. on where to lower a pipe during a watermain repair, Thursday, March 9, 2023. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)

City will begin review after truck crash cuts off main water supply to Port Alberni

Watermain was repaired and restrictions lifted within 30 hours of incident

Workers direct a crane operator from Coastal Bridge and Construction Ltd. on where to lower a pipe during a watermain repair, Thursday, March 9, 2023. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)
Raylene Watts, left, and Alex Tuele, both from Fanny Bay, visit the Port Alberni waterfront looking for treasure on Wednesday, March 9, 2023. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)

Treasure seekers scour Port Alberni waterfront for pot of ‘gold’

B.C.-based scavenger hunt offered $1,000 if someone could solve five riddles

Raylene Watts, left, and Alex Tuele, both from Fanny Bay, visit the Port Alberni waterfront looking for treasure on Wednesday, March 9, 2023. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)
City of Port Alberni workers and contractors replace a section of the city’s main water supply pipe the morning of March 10, 2023. A logging truck left Franklin River Road the previous afternoon and crashed on top of the pipe, severing it and damaging approximately 10 metres of the waterpipe. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)

City crews work through the night to repair break in Port Alberni’s main water supply

Watermain has been repaired; all restrictions lifted with exception of some Franklin River homes

City of Port Alberni workers and contractors replace a section of the city’s main water supply pipe the morning of March 10, 2023. A logging truck left Franklin River Road the previous afternoon and crashed on top of the pipe, severing it and damaging approximately 10 metres of the waterpipe. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)
A logging truck crash on Franklin River Road on the outskirts of Port Alberni has damaged the city’s main water line. (SUSAN QUINN / ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS)

Port Alberni under emergency water restrictions after logging truck crash

Incident severed city’s main water supply line; restrictions in place ‘until further notice’

A logging truck crash on Franklin River Road on the outskirts of Port Alberni has damaged the city’s main water line. (SUSAN QUINN / ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS)
Emergency crews respond to a logging truck crash on Franklin River Road on March 9, 2023. (SUSAN QUINN / ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS)

Port Alberni under water restrictions after logging truck crash

City under Stage 3 water restrictions ‘until further notice’

Emergency crews respond to a logging truck crash on Franklin River Road on March 9, 2023. (SUSAN QUINN / ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS)
Tseshaht First Nation elected Chief Councillor Wahmeesh (Ken Watts) speaks during the Doing it for our Ancestors announcement on Feb. 21, 2023. (ELENA RARDON / Alberni Valley News)

Tseshaht First Nation in Port Alberni releases 26 calls to action

At least 67 children died while attending Alberni Indian Residential School

Tseshaht First Nation elected Chief Councillor Wahmeesh (Ken Watts) speaks during the Doing it for our Ancestors announcement on Feb. 21, 2023. (ELENA RARDON / Alberni Valley News)
The Lavallee family: Shilo, Kristie and their daughters Desiree and Kailee. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

Life-changing medical diagnosis hits Port Alberni family hard

Parents forced to change jobs to stay closer to home for five-year-old daughter

The Lavallee family: Shilo, Kristie and their daughters Desiree and Kailee. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
Gloria Krivicich of Port Alberni had no idea when she bought a Lotto 6/49 ticket on a whim last fall that it would change her life. (BCLC PHOTO)

Island woman hopes to make Croatian connection after $1M Lotto 6/49 jackpot

Gloria Krivicich says win is all about family—from her special numbers to her plans

Gloria Krivicich of Port Alberni had no idea when she bought a Lotto 6/49 ticket on a whim last fall that it would change her life. (BCLC PHOTO)
A young parade goer waves a Canadian flag at the floats passing by on Third Avenue in Port Alberni on July 1, 2022. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)

Port Alberni in danger of losing its Canada Day parade

No volunteers have stepped forward so Folkfest Society will dissolve

A young parade goer waves a Canadian flag at the floats passing by on Third Avenue in Port Alberni on July 1, 2022. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)
Canada Post carrier Gary Savard delivers mail in Chilliwack on Jan. 13, 2020. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)

Heavy snow in Parksville halts mail service to Port Alberni

Canada Post issues regional ’red’ alert for Feb. 23

Canada Post carrier Gary Savard delivers mail in Chilliwack on Jan. 13, 2020. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)
Tseshaht First Nation dancers perform during the Doing it for our Ancestors announcement on Feb. 21, 2023. (ELENA RARDON / Alberni Valley News)

Probe into former Alberni residential school resets the death toll at 67

Roughly 10 percent of the 100 hectares of Tseshaht territory to be surveyed has been scanned

Tseshaht First Nation dancers perform during the Doing it for our Ancestors announcement on Feb. 21, 2023. (ELENA RARDON / Alberni Valley News)
Minnie Paterson’s gold medal is on display at the Alberni Valley Museum for Heritage Week. (ELENA RARDON / Alberni Valley News)

Display salutes woman whose heroism launched the West Coast Trail

Alberni Valley Museum presents new exhibit on West Coast heroine Minnie Paterson

Minnie Paterson’s gold medal is on display at the Alberni Valley Museum for Heritage Week. (ELENA RARDON / Alberni Valley News)
Grant Coulthart (in red) grapples with an opponent during the Vancouver Island Secondary School Wrestling Championships. Coulthart ended up winning gold in the 110-kg category. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

Alberni boys win 23rd consecutive Island Wrestling Championships

Alberni District Secondary School girls finished third

Grant Coulthart (in red) grapples with an opponent during the Vancouver Island Secondary School Wrestling Championships. Coulthart ended up winning gold in the 110-kg category. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
‘Strength from Within’ is a sculpture by artist Connie Watts that stands next to the Tseshaht Longhouse, on the site of the former Alberni Indian Residential School (AIRS). It commemorates survivors and those who did not make it home. (NEWS FILE PHOTO)

Tseshaht First Nation to release ground scanning results for former residential school

Former Alberni Indian Residential School (AIRS) was located on Tseshaht First Nation territory

‘Strength from Within’ is a sculpture by artist Connie Watts that stands next to the Tseshaht Longhouse, on the site of the former Alberni Indian Residential School (AIRS). It commemorates survivors and those who did not make it home. (NEWS FILE PHOTO)
‘Strength from Within’ is a sculpture by artist Connie Watts that stands next to the Tseshaht Longhouse, on the site of the former Alberni Indian Residential School (AIRS). It commemorates survivors and those who did not make it home. (NEWS FILE PHOTO)

Vancouver Island First Nation to release ground scanning results for former residential school

Former Alberni Indian Residential School (AIRS) was located on Tseshaht First Nation territory

‘Strength from Within’ is a sculpture by artist Connie Watts that stands next to the Tseshaht Longhouse, on the site of the former Alberni Indian Residential School (AIRS). It commemorates survivors and those who did not make it home. (NEWS FILE PHOTO)
Search and rescue volunteers from Alberni Valley Rescue Squad and Comox Valley Search and Rescue participate in an Organized Avalanche Response Training course in January 2023. (PHOTO COURTESY AVRS)

Alberni Valley Rescue Squad volunteers training for avalanche rescue

Half of squad specializing for backcountry emergencies

Search and rescue volunteers from Alberni Valley Rescue Squad and Comox Valley Search and Rescue participate in an Organized Avalanche Response Training course in January 2023. (PHOTO COURTESY AVRS)
Lauren Falls of Port Alberni has been nominated for a Juno award. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

Port Alberni’s Lauren Falls nominated for Juno Award

Falls nominated for Solo Jazz Album of the Year

Lauren Falls of Port Alberni has been nominated for a Juno award. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
A photo of Coulson Aviation’s Boeing 737 Tanker 139, now named “Phoenix.” (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

Pilots survive Coulson Aviation plane crash in Australia

One of the company’s 737 FireLiners involved in accident while responding to a fire

A photo of Coulson Aviation’s Boeing 737 Tanker 139, now named “Phoenix.” (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
A photo of Coulson Aviation’s Boeing 737 Tanker 139, now named “Phoenix.” (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

Pilots survive Coulson Aviation plane crash in Australia

One of the company’s 737 FireLiners involved in accident while responding to a fire

A photo of Coulson Aviation’s Boeing 737 Tanker 139, now named “Phoenix.” (SUBMITTED PHOTO)