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Port Alberni fire crews are still battling a brush fire in Shoemaker Bay that has already consumed an area two hectares in size.

Human error is the cause of a brush fire that burned through more than two hectares of land at Shoemaker Bay in Port Alberni.

A couple of different scams are in play in the Alberni Valley and two residents are warning others to be vigilant.

The entire 2011 Tour de Rock team will pedal its way on the Island Highway from Nanaimo to Duncan and back in a dress rehearsal on Sunday, Aug. 14.

Alberni's Jaeger Mah rolled over his competition twice over and he's now set to roll documentary film at Vancouver's YVR.

BC Hydro should reduce its proposed rate increases by half and prune back a corporation that has become overstaffed and micromanaged, according to a review panel appointed by the B.C. government.

A floating wharf project in Alberni is among those being funded with money from federal small craft harbours.

On Wednesday, Aug. 17, a pair of pooches from Port Alberni will contribute to the cause with a walk starting at the government boat launch at Harbour Quay.

More than 1.6 million voters sent in their ballots for B.C.'s referendum on the harmonized sales tax, a participation rate that matches the 51 per cent turnout for the 2009 B.C. election.

The B.C. government's plan to appoint a municipal auditor-general has raised concerns in local government circles, but the minister responsible says it won't mean the province is going to start telling local councils how to tax and spend money.