Wawmeesh G. Hamilton

Bulldogs seal deal with city

Port Alberni city council voted in favour of reducing the Alberni Valley Bulldogs operating expenses by 50 per cent for the next two years

New land-based earthquake sensors slated for Alberni

Enhanced earthquake alert capability is behind an Ocean Networks Canada initiative to install new sensors in Alberni.

Cindy Sjoholm shows off one of the baskets she is distributing as a fundraiser for the Port Alberni Shelter Society.

Sjoholm finds home with Shelter Society

Cindy Sjoholm is fundraising for the city's less fortunate with an initiative with the Port Alberni Shelter Society.

Cindy Sjoholm shows off one of the baskets she is distributing as a fundraiser for the Port Alberni Shelter Society.
PAULINE SIEGFRIED (born Indarpaul Kaur Rattan), looks at a display on the Komagata Maru in the Guru Nanak temple.

Alberni South Asian community seeks Komagata Maru monument

Alberni South Asian community to ask city for Harbour Quay monument honouring Komagata Maru passengers who almost landed here in 1914.

PAULINE SIEGFRIED (born Indarpaul Kaur Rattan), looks at a display on the Komagata Maru in the Guru Nanak temple.
Robin Mark, 18, left, is a young mom taking classes at VAST while her daughter is at Hummingbird Child Care Centre. VAST has provided classes for young parents since the late 1980s or early 1990s, Kama Money said.

Teen moms part two: VAST and daycare give teen moms a chance

The VAST education centre and Hummingbird Child Care Services help Alberni teen moms navigate life as new parents and returning students.

Robin Mark, 18, left, is a young mom taking classes at VAST while her daughter is at Hummingbird Child Care Centre. VAST has provided classes for young parents since the late 1980s or early 1990s, Kama Money said.

BC Coroner releases report on 2010 Tofino paramedic deaths

The driver of an ambulance that plunged 33 metres into Kennedy Lake in 2010 likely fell asleep at the wheel, a BC Coroner's report noted.

Rotating school strikes to hit Alberni May 27

Alberni parents will need to make other plans for their school-age children after BC teachers served one-day strike notice for May 27

SD70 talks amalgamating with other school districts

SD70 trustees called for a meeting with the Vancouver Island School Trustees Association to talk amalgamation with other school districts

SD70 talks amalgamation with other school districts

Amalgamating with another school district and sharing services may be the only thing that stops school closures in the Alberni Valley

SD70 to deplete surplus to balance budget

School District 70 officials want to use the district’s $900,000 surplus to balance its debt and keep existing programs and services.

City’s help on hold for Alberni Valley Bulldogs

The Alberni Bulldogs’ fiscal fate will hinge on a decision from the Alberni-Clayoquot Region District.

Darla Laroque brings her infant son Parker with her to daycare where she drops her daughter off at Hummingbirde Childcare Centre before going to school. Laroque is working to become a counsellor for high risk youth.

Teen moms: Alberni teens talk about life as teen mothers

Alberni has the highest per capita rate of teen moms in BC. But two teens raising kids and going to school say they're more than a statistic

Darla Laroque brings her infant son Parker with her to daycare where she drops her daughter off at Hummingbirde Childcare Centre before going to school. Laroque is working to become a counsellor for high risk youth.
Grade 5 student Morgan Gaudet works on a social studies assignment that combined text, pictures and video using a tablet.

Teaching students by tablet

A special SD70 pilot project combines computer tablets with books as a new way to learn in a Grade 5 class at Alberni Elementary School.

Grade 5 student Morgan Gaudet works on a social studies assignment that combined text, pictures and video using a tablet.

Upnit Power Corp goes to court over damaged cement floor

A lawsuit may be at the centre of why dividends haven’t been paid to the city of Alberni for its stake in the Upnit Power Corporation.

Sydney Chase, wearing black, competes in the 200 metre hurdle event. Chase and other members of the Alberni Valley Track Club competed in the Bob Dailey Memorial track meet on May 3-4. For results log onto www.avtrackclub.com

Making tracks in Alberni

The Alberni Valley Track Club competed in the Bob Dailey Memorial track event on May 3-4.

Sydney Chase, wearing black, competes in the 200 metre hurdle event. Chase and other members of the Alberni Valley Track Club competed in the Bob Dailey Memorial track meet on May 3-4. For results log onto www.avtrackclub.com

Alberni cop facing assault charge after prisoner incident

RCMP have recommended assault charges against one of their own officers following the handling of a prisoner at the Alberni RCMP detachment

Alberni doctors ordered to pay $180,000 in damages for defaming colleague

A trio of Alberni doctors is being forced to pay $180,000 in damages to a colleague after the Supreme Court ruled that they defamed him

Future of Alberni Bulldogs in question

BCHL: Alberni Valley Bulldogs are a year behind in ice rental payments; community ownership model a challenge to work with for society

Business owners (clockwise from left) Gary Connauton, Brad DeClercq, Kevin Wright and Gayle Stephen-Player have assembled ‘graffiti busting’ kits, available to all Alberni Valley businesses, to get rid of graffiti.

Merchants attack graffiti in Alberni

Uptown businesses in Alberni take action against graffiti with new kits.

Business owners (clockwise from left) Gary Connauton, Brad DeClercq, Kevin Wright and Gayle Stephen-Player have assembled ‘graffiti busting’ kits, available to all Alberni Valley businesses, to get rid of graffiti.
The Alberni Valley Bulldogs have asked the city to reduce their ice fees by 50 per cent for two years. The move is necessary to balance the books and cultivate new corporate sponsors, team officials say.

Bulldogs ask city for break on ice rental

The Alberni Valley Bulldogs want the city to reduce their ice rental fee by 50 per cent to help the team balance its budget.

The Alberni Valley Bulldogs have asked the city to reduce their ice fees by 50 per cent for two years. The move is necessary to balance the books and cultivate new corporate sponsors, team officials say.