Alberni's Tseshaht council elected lawyer Hugh Braker to be the tribe’s chief councillor at swearing in ceremony on Wednesday night.
READTwo Port Alberni men are facing drug charges after a police bust netted cash and cocaine in Alberni’s South Port.
READFighter jets and a civilian-looking aircraft will be flying over the west coast in a training exercise with NORAD.
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The coast guard cuts to its communication station in Ucluelet may be felt in Alberni, but not the auxiliary unit, chief Ian Arklie said.
READIf city land is being sold or donated then more public discussion needs to take place, Port Alberni City Councillor Jack McLeman said.
READAn aboriginal high school initiative sponsored by former Canadian prime minister Paul Martin is a go in Port Alberni.
READCatalyst Paper’s restructuring plan has been voted down by the company’s unsecured creditors at a meeting in Richmond.
READThe Alberni fisherman who was beaten up and had his leg broken by three men has a long rehabilitation road ahead of him.
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Two employees escaped injury when a car drove through the window of Flandangles Kitchen and Gifts on Third Avenue in Port Alberni.
READNorth Island College (NIC) and VIHA have signed a Health Education Partnership and Program Funding Agreement.
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Prospective college students can tour North Island College programs with a new video series launched this week.
READThree Port Alberni men are facing criminal charges in connection with an assault on an aboriginal fisherman last weekend.
READTwo men have been arrested in connections with the assault on an Alberni aboriginal fisherman that left him with a severely broken leg.
READA 23-year-old man has been flown to hospital in Victoria after an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) accident at Elsie Lake on Friday.
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Alberni artist Patti Dance’s work hits national stage at the Canadian National Juried Quilt Show in Halifax at the end of the month.
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Port Alberni Mayor John Douglas was in Penticton this week along with 79 other B.C. mayors for a meeting of the municipal minds.
READPort Alberni RCMP has confirmed that Mackenzie Schafers, 26, of Nanaimo was the kayaker who was killed on the Cameron River on Tuesday.
READA 26-year-old Nanaimo man is dead after a kayaking mishap on the Cameron River outside of Alberni on Tuesday night.
READA mood of change permeated the weeks leading up to the election, Tseshaht member Valentine Gomez, whose bid for council fell short, said.
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Poking a tool in a power meter base may have sparked an electrical fire during a smart meter swap-out at a Port Alberni residence.
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