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Port Alberni Fire Department, SPCA team up for feline rescue

Cat was stuck in a tree on Fourth Avenue and Burde Street

Jul 25, 2024 5:00 AM Read more >

Port Alberni implements Stage 1 water restrictions

Water restrictions come a little later than usual due to wet spring

Jul 24, 2024 9:00 AM Read more >

Island Health employee files 2nd human rights complaint in 7 years

Internal investigation found Island Health employees actions were racist, man says concerns persist

Jul 24, 2024 5:00 AM Read more >

Hawaii Mars back in the water at Sproat Lake

Farewell event scheduled to take place on July 27, 2024

Jul 20, 2024 5:00 AM Read more >

Engine fire possible in fatal plane crash near B.C.’s Pacific Rim National Park

Witness says he saw smoke trailing from an engine before plane went down outside Tofino

Jul 19, 2024 7:20 AM Read more >

Kackaamin Family Development Centre in Port Alberni celebrates 50 years

Kackaamin is one of only three Indigenous family treatment facilities in Canada

Jul 18, 2024 5:00 AM Read more >

BC Parks provides clearer timeline for Othello Tunnels opening in Hope

BC Parks says the Othello Tunnels will partially reopen in mid-August

Jul 17, 2024 11:07 AM Read more >

Day in the Life of Port Alberni photo contest returns July 17, 2024

Send us your photos taken on Wednesday, July 17

Jul 17, 2024 5:00 AM Read more >

Fire crews tackle house, trailer fire on Josephine Street in Port Alberni

Second fire at same location in a year spreads to trees before fire crews can extinguish it

Jul 16, 2024 11:27 PM Read more >

Federal government officially identifies spotted owl habitat near Hope

400,000 hectares of land in Fraser Canyon recognized as critical habitat for spotted owl

Jul 16, 2024 2:41 PM Read more >