Local News

Two daytime closures planned for Highway 4 east of Port Alberni

Closures will allow for removal of ‘refrigerator-sized boulders’ from the highway

Aug 15, 2023 10:05 AM Read more >

Port Alberni RCMP shoot dog after attack

Sproat Lake campers hear commotion, gunshot

Aug 14, 2023 2:00 PM Read more >

Minister apologizes to grandmother of boy who died in foster care

An 11-year-old endured horrible abuse in an eastern Fraser Valley community before dying in 2021

Aug 11, 2023 10:30 AM Read more >

City of Port Alberni partners with North Island College to deconstruct Somass Lands

North Island College students will learn about waste reduction in construction through new program

Aug 11, 2023 5:00 AM Read more >

Former bear cub-saving Vancouver Island CO loses appeal to be re-instated

‘I would direct that the parties bear their own costs,’ the judge noted in his decision

Aug 9, 2023 4:30 PM Read more >

Highway 4 east of Port Alberni closed due to rainfall

Province does not anticipate road opening before midnight

Aug 9, 2023 9:45 AM Read more >

Longshore workers get 5, 5, 4 and 4% wage hikes in new 4-year port deal

Terms of new contract that resolved British Columbia port dispute released

Aug 9, 2023 7:30 AM Read more >

City of Port Alberni negotiating with ‘preferred’ developer for future of Somass lands

Demolition continues, remediation will be next step

Aug 9, 2023 5:00 AM Read more >

Bamfield Main Road chip sealing progresses, with new closures

Most traffic will detour around kilometres 49 to 63 as of Tuesday, Aug. 8

Aug 7, 2023 5:00 AM Read more >

ACRD forms committee to look at second road out of Port Alberni

Highway 4 has been closed off and on due to a wildfire

Aug 4, 2023 5:00 AM Read more >