Alberni Valley News
4918 Napier St V9Y 3H5 Port Alberni, BC, Canada

Are you ready for the next storm system coming on Thursday?

Who else caught the double rainbow during a quick sunny shower this afternoon? We’d love to see your photos! ( SUSIE QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)

The Alberni Valley Bulldogs will play a "home" and "away" game this Saturday, Oct. 23 vs. West Kelowna and Sunday, Oct. 24 vs. Vernon as part of the annual BCHL Showcase in Chilliwack. Games will be streamed on BCHL TV, or catch the action with play-by-play announcer Evan Hammond on 93.3 the PEAK. (*An advertisement in the Oct. 20 AV News print edition mistakenly gave the location for Saturday's game as Port Alberni)

The Port Alberni Black Sheep will host two of B.C.’s top rugby teams in a special feature game in Port Alberni this coming weekend.

Forward Ethan Bono and defenceman Emanuelson Charbonneau both cracked the list, which is used as a guide by NHL teams when scouting players eligible for the 2022 draft.

What we see with children, thankfully, is that they don’t have severe illness for the most part with COVID, said Dr. Bonnie Henry.

The province will remove capacity limits at venues requiring vaccine cards starting on Oct. 25.

COVID-19 infections in B.C. children aged five to 11 that started spiking up in September have begun falling.

An official groundbreaking for the $6.2-million emergency room expansion took place Oct. 8, 2021.

The U13 Alberni Valley Bulldogs won gold in their first home tournament since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared.

It was the second floatplane to crash in the harbour in recent months.

Longtime diver Justin Gross wanted to share the underwater vision and recorded a couple days worth of stunning snorkelling dives in August and September.

A U.S. Navy destroyer may be designed to be radar stealthy, but its unusual appearance attracted attention when it sailed the waters off north Nanaimo on Monday, Oct. 18.

When the officer explained the reason for the road checks, [the driver] demanded to know where all future road checks would be so she could avoid them.

The federal government is injecting $10.9 million into 13 B.C. projects trying to protect and rebuild populations of aquatic species at risk.

Six positive tests and six negative tests were linked to the wrong names on the North Island.

Our newest web poll is up online. Has COVID-19 affected your holiday plans this year?

In data released Wednesday (Nov. 25), the BC Coroners Service said 162 people died in October, making it the fifth month where this year where overdose deaths topped 160.

Ucluelet’s Black Rock Resort has closed its restaurant, lounge and spa for the next two weeks after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19.

B.C. and Washington state have both passed legislation to eliminate seasonal clock changes, but residents on both sides of the border will still have to fall back by an hour this year at 2 a.m. Nov. 1.

Anyone who spots this man is asked to call 911 or contact local police. Police warn not to engage with him, as he is considered violent.

There’s a new virtual shopping mall for those wanting to reduce contacts during COVID-19 restrictions and still support local businesses.

The Nanaimo RCMP is asking for the public’s assistance to locate a woman who was reported missing earlier this week.

Members of the Fleet Diving Unit from CFB Esquimalt saved the day for crabs in Chemainus Bay and the environment as a whole with the removal of four large industrial tires from sunken barges.

The conference will kick off Friday, Jan. 8.

A Port Alberni mother fears her son will die on the street before he will find safe housing.

New Bulldogs forwards Oak MacLeod and Ryan Tverberg have already been making an impact on the ice.

A ceremony was held in Tofino last week to honour Jo-Ann Fuller and Ivan Polivka, the beloved West Coast paramedics who died in a tragic ambulance crash on Hwy. 4 ten years ago.

An SUV went off the road, crashed through a wall and window and ended up entirely inside a store in downtown Nanaimo.

After two years of silence, Port Alberni’s No. 7 steam train fired up and passed a boiler inspection at the end of October.

Art-lovers can feast their eyes on a never-before-seen Emily Carr creation, recently donated to the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.

A new literary event will take place on the third Friday of every month.

The Alberni Valley Disc Golf Club is planning to install a new 18-hole disc golf course in Dry Creek Park.

Our newest web poll is up online. Do you think it’s time for a mask mandate in B.C.?

Port Alberni artists Cynthia Bonesky and Jan Vriesen will have their florals and landscapes on display at the Rollin Art Centre.

RCMP say the accused has a history of violence, is known to carry knives and various homemade weapons and should be considered dangerous.

John Horgan acknowledged that his election promise of $1,000-per-family pandemic payments may not happen before Christmas.

There are three new cases in Island Health as of Wednesday, Oct. 28.

The Vancouver Island Marmot population has been recovering since the species nearly went extinct in the early 2000s. 106 pups have been born within the past two years.

PanAmour presents a (virtual) evening of jazz fused with rock, flamenco, blues, and more on Friday, Oct. 30.

Pat Lauder's family thought a year ago that his 79th birthday would be his last. Last Thursday, Lauder was treated to a socially-distanced parade for his 80th birthday.