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Two of Alberni's civic bodies are all but acclaimed and officials don't know why more candidates didn't run for office.

An $8 billion federal contract for Coast Guard and navy ships could mean the end of ferries built in foreign shipyards, B.C. government officials say.

Alberni's Navy League and sea cadets are going to sea together aboard the MV Frances Barkley later this month.

The Seniors’ Health Network is conducting a survey on seniors’ needs in the Alberni Valley.

Seventeen months after moving from the Vancouver Olympics to CEO of BC Hydro, Dave Cobb is leaving the utility at the end of November.

Alberni could see 20 new jobs as a result the $8-billion federal ship-building contract awarded to Seaspan Marine Corp.

As the opposition kept up the political pressure on the B.C. Liberal government to halt the closure of group homes for developmentally disabled people, the interim CEO of the agency responsible held a rare news conference at the B.C. legislature Wednesday.

Glacier Media has bought a number of Island newspapers, including the Alberni Valley Times and Pennyworth.

A B.C. Liberal MLA has joined opposition calls for an overhaul of services to developmentally disabled people.

The new $1 million 7,400 square foot dryland log sort in Alberni will create jobs and retain more wood in the Valley, Mayor Ken McRae said.