Alberni Valley News

Fall exhibit opens at Port Alberni’s DRAW Gallery

Work from the ninth annual Alberni Valley Paint Out will be on display

  • Sep 10, 2021

Supermarket robbers threaten staff with knife and pipe in Nanaimo

Nanaimo RCMP arrest female suspect, looking for male suspect

  • Sep 10, 2021

ELECTION 2021: How to vote in Port Alberni

Election Day is Sept. 20, but there are other ways to cast your vote

Friends, family remember Port Alberni’s Russell Seeber as ‘lost soul,’ ‘helpful man’

Advocates say Seeber's death underlines need for 24-hour crisis response

  • Sep 9, 2021

ALBERNI GOLF: Savard the gross winner in men’s club action

Mac Five Challenge set for Sept. 12

  • Sep 8, 2021

ARTS AROUND: Rollin Art Centre re-opens with new fall exhibit

Gallery accepting applications from artists for October exhibit

  • Sep 8, 2021

City of Port Alberni gets serious about sewage with $65M infrastructure commitment

Untreated sewage released into Alberni Harbour as many as 171 days a year

EDITORIAL: Opportunity awaits for Port Alberni’s 2022 salmon derby

Volunteers need to step up if Salmon Fest is to return

  • Sep 8, 2021

LETTER: Beavers, birds and wetlands are covered by gov’t statutes

Former conservation officer reminds San Group there are rules regarding development

  • Sep 8, 2021

LETTER: New development on Burde Street means more traffic, more noise

There is also an increased danger to the pedestrians, including children, who use the route…

  • Sep 8, 2021

LETTER: Tougher penalties are needed for bad drivers

Our legal system is completely inane when it comes to drivers…

  • Sep 8, 2021

Music conservatory opens in Port Alberni

Sevilya Hendrickx-Rai brings diverse musical background to the Alberni Valley

City of Port Alberni proposes safety improvements for two intersections

10th and Redford, 10th and Dunbar intersections both the sites of cyclist fatalities

Supporters protest conditions at pair of Port Alberni long-term care homes

Staff shortages are compromising care, says Echo Village resident

  • Sep 7, 2021

UPDATE: Pedestrian struck by camper van in Qualicum Beach has died

RCMP investigation continues into Aug. 28 incident

  • Sep 7, 2021

Construction begins on West Coast General Hospital expansion

$6.25M expansion will see larger emergency department at Port Alberni's hospital

  • Sep 6, 2021

Nanaimo fisher nets top prize at Port Alberni Salmon Derby

More than 1,700 tickets sold for Labour Day weekend derby

‘Shovel-ready’ non-profit seniors’ housing coming to Port Alberni

Vancouver Resource Society purchases 2.5-acre lot from District Group

Alberni Valley Rescue Squad rescues injured hiker

BC Search and Rescue Association stresses 'no charge for SAR' with video series

  • Sep 4, 2021

Community Action Team brings Port Alberni’s opioid crisis into the open

Overdose awareness day designed to break stigma of drug toxicity deaths