Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District

Linden Zoet, 7, and Dallas Fraser, 9, have fun at the Sproat Lake Water Sports Association on July 19, 2023. Sproat Lake has been named B.C.’s best lake in a CBC competition. (SONJA DRINKWATER / Special to the AV News)

‘Vote Sproat!’: Vancouver Island lake basking in vote declaring it best in B.C.

Sproat Lake, west of Port Alberni, edges Shuswap Lake in CBC competition

 

Paraglider Jack Pincus, centre, from the Comox Valley and rescuers Dave Potter from Totem Tree Service, right, and a member of Alberni Valley Rescue Society are flown away from Mount Irwin by Ascent Helicopters after Pincus was rescued from the top of a 35-metre Douglas fir. (PHOTO COURTESY DAVE POTTER)

B.C. paraglider recalls his Canada Day spent stuck in a tree

Jack Pincus ‘unlucky’ but unhurt on long weekend launch, rescuers free him after about 2 hours

 

A food truck belonging to Quality Foods drives ailong the detour route between Lake Cowichan and Port Alberni to deliver goods on Friday, June 9, 2023. (B.C. MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION PHOTO)

Cameron Bluffs fire near Port Alberni grows to 208 hectares; Highway 4 remains closed

B.C. Premier Eby faces criticism over not opening Horne Lake route as fire cuts off communities

 

Poppy the puppy sits in the Alberni-Clayoquot SPCA branch in Port Alberni after being left outdoors overnight at the centre. (BC SPCA PHOTO)

Puppy dumped in planter box at Port Alberni branch of BC SPCA

Three-month-old ‘Poppy’ is recovering from mange, infections with foster family

Poppy the puppy sits in the Alberni-Clayoquot SPCA branch in Port Alberni after being left outdoors overnight at the centre. (BC SPCA PHOTO)