By Charmead Schella. Port Alberni will advance to the next round in the Kraft Hockeyville competition. Wednesday night, Port Alberni beat out three other Pacific coast communities, despite being included in what Hockeyville judge Hayley Wickenheiser called “the weakest region.” “Despite its industry struggling, Port Alberni made its hockey arena in hard times by raising $2.7 million,” said Catriona Le May Doan, Canadian Olympic medalist and a Hockeyville judge who voted for Port Alberni.
By Keven Drews
The Regional District of Alberni-Clayoquot is asking the federal government for $4.1 million to upgrade Tofino Airport’s runway.
Bob Harper, ACRD administrator, said the region submitted the application to Transport Canada's Air Transport Assistance Program this week.
If successful, the money will be used to fix two problems on one of the airport's three, 5,000-foot runways...
A Tofino resident has earned the title of Vancouver Island’s Woman of the Year....
By Judi McLeod
CFP – The Gomery Inquiry is dealing an ace in the hole to the Prime Minister Paul Martin scandal-ridden Liberal Government of Canada....
By Keven Drews
Tofino’s drug problem has been an “embarrassing secret” that needs to be dealt with, says the New Democratic MLA for Alberni-Qualicum.
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By Keven Drews
He’s built a deck upon a three-storey tower at the back of his house.
But Ron Shaul won’t be allowed to install a railing.
Citing fire-fighting and privacy issues, Tofino council defeated Shaul’s request for a height-variance permit Monday night....
By Keven Drews
Mike White’s fed up – fed up with the drugs, the dealers and their impact on Tofino.
Monday night, the life-long resident vented his frustrations before a representative of the RCMP and Tofino council, pleading for action on an issue he says is nearing “epidemic proportions.”...
By Chris Rothe
Recently, in an issue of Maclean’s magazine, there was a cover story about the Canadian Tire guy....
By Donald Gutstein
The evening after the British Columbia government introduced legislation imposing a contract on the province's teachers, Michael Smyth interviewed British Columbia Teachers' Federation president Jinny Sims and Labour Minister Mike de Jong on his CKNW Nightline BC radio show....
By Judi McLeod
CFP — Is there a connection between the Moslem-led youth riots in France, and the ones taking place at the same time in Denmark?...
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