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Tim Hortons expansion spark traffic concerns with city

Traffic flow tops Alberni council's concerns over plans to open a new Tim Hortons outlet on the corner of 10th Avenue and Redford Street

Argument leads to manslaughter conviction in Alberni

A provincial court judge sentenced a Port Alberni man to 40 months in jail after an argument led to manslaughter last year.

Alberni domestic violence numbers worrying – RCMP

Port Alberni RCMP have responded to 290 relationship violence calls so far this year, 89 of which resulted in criminal charges.

Flames can be seen from part of the mill structure at Alberni Pacific Division Sawmill in Port Alberni, Thursday evening (Nov. 22, 2012).

Western Forest Products mill fire under investigation

WorkSafe BC, the Port Alberni Fire Department and WFP are investigating a fire in the bag house at the APD mill in Alberni on Thursday.

Flames can be seen from part of the mill structure at Alberni Pacific Division Sawmill in Port Alberni, Thursday evening (Nov. 22, 2012).

QF launches food bag drive in Alberni

Quality Foods, RBC Royal Bank and the Alberni Valley News are teaming up for a holiday food drive this week.

Firemen battle blaze at Alberni APD sawmill

A fire broke out at APD sawmill in Port Alberni that required mutual aid from other departments.

Alberni groups protest McLaughlin logging

More than 80 people gathered at Echo Centre Monday for a Watershed-Forest Alliance meeting to protest logging at McLaughlin Ridge.

Judge acquits man of theft and police chase charges

A provincial court judge in Port Alberni has acquitted a man of a string of charges stemming from a break and police chase last spring.

Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council President Cliff Atleo says that the PM Stephen Harper has picked a fight with budget cuts to aboriginal groups country-wide. The NTC will see a 60 per cent cut to it's operating budget starting in 2014.

Feds pick fight with aboriginals over budget cuts — Atleo

The federal government is slashing 60 per cent of the NTC's operating budget in 2014 and that's picking a fight, president Cliff Atleo said.

Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council President Cliff Atleo says that the PM Stephen Harper has picked a fight with budget cuts to aboriginal groups country-wide. The NTC will see a 60 per cent cut to it's operating budget starting in 2014.
The library building at the old ADSS on Burde Street won’t be demolished with the other buildings. Instead, it may be used when the area is developed and be available to community groups afterward.

Old ADSS library to be spared wrecking ball

The old ADSS library will remain standing for now, even though the rest of the buildings at the old school will be demolished.

The library building at the old ADSS on Burde Street won’t be demolished with the other buildings. Instead, it may be used when the area is developed and be available to community groups afterward.
Actors or activists? New cast takes a shot at telling the story of Breadlines, which debuts in Port Alberni on Thursday, Nov. 22 at Char’s Landing.

Play about poverty debuts in Alberni

Breadlines, a thought-provoking play about poverty, debuts in Port Alberni on Thursday, Nov. 22 and Friday, Nov. 23 at Char’s Landing.

Actors or activists? New cast takes a shot at telling the story of Breadlines, which debuts in Port Alberni on Thursday, Nov. 22 at Char’s Landing.
Nanaimo-Alberni MP James Lunney announces funding.

Feds ante up for Tseshaht Keith Island project

The Tseshaht First Nation received $223,000 in federal funding to build tourism amenities on Keith Island in the Broken Group of Islands

Nanaimo-Alberni MP James Lunney announces funding.

BC ‘regrets’ historical hanging of aboriginal man

The BC government is making amends to the Hesquiaht First Nation for the wrongful hanging of one of their ancestors 143 years ago.

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Port Alberni remembers on Nov. 11

Photos from Alberni Remembrance Day services at the Field of Honour, Hupacasath cemetery, and merchant navy monument.

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RCMP arrest Alberni manslaughter suspect

RCMP arrested William Oickle, 28, in Nanaimo on Thursday night. A warrant was issued on Thursday in Alberni for breach of bail conditions.

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Albermni merchant navy veteran James Peterson, 84, gets his blazer ready in preparation for Remembrance Day.

Remembrance Day: Port Alberni merchant navymen remember Second World War

As the Last Post sounds on Nov. 11, Peter Anderosov and James Peterson remember merchant navy comrades who died in the Second World War

Albermni merchant navy veteran James Peterson, 84, gets his blazer ready in preparation for Remembrance Day.
Peter Anderosov, 85, of Port Alberni, shows the Queen’s Jubilee Medal issued to him this year for his service in the merchant navy during the Second World War.

Remembrance Day: Merchant navymen decades long battle for benefits

Merchant navymen battled for more than four decades after Second World War for benefits and recognition afforded to other veterans.

Peter Anderosov, 85, of Port Alberni, shows the Queen’s Jubilee Medal issued to him this year for his service in the merchant navy during the Second World War.
BC Liberal Finance Minister Mike de Jong laced up the skates and broke out the hockey stick at the Multiplex on Monday.

BC finance man a Bulldogs fan

BC Liberal finance minister Mike de Jong played Junior B hockey and admits that his team had their asses kicked by Alberni once.

BC Liberal Finance Minister Mike de Jong laced up the skates and broke out the hockey stick at the Multiplex on Monday.
Former Hupacasath treaty negotiator Shana Manson is taking a run for the Assembly of First Nations BC Regional Chief seat. The election is on Nov. 26-27 in Vancouver.

Former Hupacasath negotiator aims for AFN regional seat

Former Hupacasath treaty negotiator Shana Manson wants to represent B.C. on Canada’s largest aboriginal political organization – the AFN.

Former Hupacasath treaty negotiator Shana Manson is taking a run for the Assembly of First Nations BC Regional Chief seat. The election is on Nov. 26-27 in Vancouver.

Alberni senior rescued after tumble down embankment

A retired Port Alberni man escaped serious injury after falling down a 30-foot embankment near his Johnston Road trailer home.