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Port Alberni's Stephen McIntosh will be Canada’s joinery chief expert at the WorldSkills International Competition in London, England, in October.

Staples in Port Alberni kicked off its fourth annual Stock the Lockers event last weekend with a silent auction inside the store at Pacific Rim Shopping Centre.

A 10 per cent harmonized sales tax will cost an average B.C. family $255 a year less than returning to the former provincial sales tax, according to a new study.

BC Ferries is offering refunds for assured-loading passes that have expired.

Port Alberni's Jaeger Mah is a finalist in a contest where the winner live at Vancouver International Airport for 80 days chronicling life there.

Five new provincial court judges will help B.C.'s backlogged court system, but the system is still falling behind, says NDP justice critic Leonard Krog.

Federal NDP leader Jack Layton has announced he is taking an indefinite medical leave from the leadership of the party, after being diagnosed with a second type of cancer.

No one was hurt after an accident involving a car from Delta, pick-up truck from Comox and boat on the Pacific Rim Highway outside of Port Alberni on Friday night.

Fresh produce and meat will be available to Alberni Walmart customers in four months.

Young families moving into Alberni's Weaver Park area would use the park if it had a better playground, and a mom is determined to make it happen.