Susan Quinn

UPDATE: BCHL: Storm forces cancellation of Bulldogs vs. Trail game

Hockey game has been rescheduled to Monday, Dec. 14, 2015 at a special time of 6 p.m. at Weyerhaeuser Arena in Port Alberni.

Port Alberni Black Sheep captain Anthony Selva, top, who had to leave late in the game after smacking heads with an opponent, accepts the TC Cup from Vancouver Island Rugby Union president John Lyle, Saturday in Cowichan.

TC Cup champs!

The Port Alberni Black Sheep blanked Cowichan Piggies 13–0 to win the TC Cup on Saturday.

Port Alberni Black Sheep captain Anthony Selva, top, who had to leave late in the game after smacking heads with an opponent, accepts the TC Cup from Vancouver Island Rugby Union president John Lyle, Saturday in Cowichan.
Wanda Keene and other Alberni Valley knitters are keeping newborns warm and warning parents about the purple period of crying.

Knitting love

Click for Babies an awareness campaign for parents.

Wanda Keene and other Alberni Valley knitters are keeping newborns warm and warning parents about the purple period of crying.

Celebrating RAD art

Six arts organizations have received a total of $6,500 in Rotary Arts District grants for a variety of programs.

Sheep in TC Cup final

The Port Alberni Black Sheep are headed to the TC Cup championship after beating UVic 39–26 on the road last Saturday.

Mike Surrell of Lady Rose Marine Services is challenging other businesses in the Alberni Valley to fill the shelves of the Salvation Army’s food bank this Christmas by launching a food drive.

Challenge is on to fill food bank

Lady Rose Marine owner challenges businesses to fill food bank shelves.

Mike Surrell of Lady Rose Marine Services is challenging other businesses in the Alberni Valley to fill the shelves of the Salvation Army’s food bank this Christmas by launching a food drive.

A new look for a new era at the Alberni Valley News

Welcome to the first regular Tuesday edition of the Alberni Valley News.

The DieMahler Quartet will perform composer Brent Straughan’s homage to a Hesquiaht injustice that occurred in 1869.

New concerto spreads message of healing

NOV. 27: | Music, reconciliation meet onstage.

The DieMahler Quartet will perform composer Brent Straughan’s homage to a Hesquiaht injustice that occurred in 1869.
Students ‘camp’ it up at an NIC orientation event.

Plan 2020: NIC puts students first in latest five-year strategic plan

Student experiences and student successes top North Island College’s five-year strategic plan—dubbed Plan 2020—released this month.

Students ‘camp’ it up at an NIC orientation event.

Enrolment ‘healthy’ at Alberni campus

Things are looking up for North Island College’s Port Alberni Campus, says NIC president John Bowman.

A Port Alberni Black Sheep keeps the ball away from UVic on Saturday at the Argyle Street rugby pitch. The Sheep won 37–17.

Black Sheep best UVic

The Port Alberni Black Sheep will face UVic Norseman on the road in the Vancouver Island Rugby Union’s TC Cup playoffs.

A Port Alberni Black Sheep keeps the ball away from UVic on Saturday at the Argyle Street rugby pitch. The Sheep won 37–17.

Bulldogs road trip ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ affair

Sometimes hockey can be a predictable game. And sometimes results defy explanation.

Members of the RCMP Emergency Disposal Unit investigate an incendiary device that detonated inside a home on Stuart Avenue west of Port Alberni, Friday afternoon (Nov. 20, 2015). Two men were treated at West Coast General Hospital and released, and a woman was airlifted to hospital in Victoria with non life-threatening injuries following the blast. A cause has not been identified.

No motive yet in Port Alberni ‘incendiary device’ blast: RCMP

A Port Alberni woman remains in hospital in Victoria following a blast at her rural Stuart Avenue home.

Members of the RCMP Emergency Disposal Unit investigate an incendiary device that detonated inside a home on Stuart Avenue west of Port Alberni, Friday afternoon (Nov. 20, 2015). Two men were treated at West Coast General Hospital and released, and a woman was airlifted to hospital in Victoria with non life-threatening injuries following the blast. A cause has not been identified.
Alberni Valley Bulldogs forward Quinn Syrydiuk slips the puck past Langley Rivermen goalie Bo Didur during the first period of the Nov. 15 game at the AV Multiplex.

Schutz shoots for six

Alberni Valley Bulldogs’ Chris Schutz continued his scoring streak with six points in two games last week.

Alberni Valley Bulldogs forward Quinn Syrydiuk slips the puck past Langley Rivermen goalie Bo Didur during the first period of the Nov. 15 game at the AV Multiplex.
A James Bay player tackles the Port Alberni Black Sheep ball handler during a wet game Saturday.

Black Sheep best James Bay 46–12

It’s always a big game when James Bay’s Div. 1 men’s rugby team comes to town.

A James Bay player tackles the Port Alberni Black Sheep ball handler during a wet game Saturday.

Go country at ADSS

Arts briefs: what the Alberni arts community is up to this week

Seredick seeks Totem Spirit winners

Jim Seredick is still in search of Totem Spirit winners.

Alberni sports briefs: what your favourite athletes got up to this week

A ladies bonspiel and new owners for Mt. Washinton on the sports beat this week.

Westporte land up for discussion

Westporte land up for discussion

The City of Port Alberni will hold a meeting to discuss the future of Westporte on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015 from 6–8 p.m. at Echo Centre.

Westporte land up for discussion

Public meeting on Westporte development plans slated for Nov. 18

Port Alberni's city council will ask Westporte neighbours what they would like to see developed in a 68-acre parcel of land