News Briefs – Tuesday, February 16th By AlberniPortal staff
Money Held Back One year and counting - $30 million given the federal government in exchange for a 10 year moratorium fishing salmon commercially off the West Coast of Vancouver Island. Several hundred trollers were banned last year and they'll be denied access to the salmon again this year under Canada's agreement with the Americans. Tony Bennett is the regional director for the Long Beach area where most of the fishers live.
News Briefs – Monday, February 15th By AlberniPortal staff
Legions Vote On Merge Royal Canadian Legions, branches 55 and 169 are talking merger. Bill Groenveldt is president of Branch 55. He said a lot of people are still interested in the legions - membership is more than 800 between the 2 branches - but not so many people come out any more. They'll meet in March to see where they are. Each branch has clear title to their property, But Greoneveldt says everything is suffering and things are not going well.
Alberni Gamer Busts Texas Youth By David Wiwchar
PORT ALBERNI – RCMP and American police are heaping praise on an unidentified Alberni man whose concerns about an online game player led to the arrest of a Texas man.
City Hall Thief Discharged By AlberniPortal.ca staff
PORT ALBERNI - A 55 year old grandmother with no criminal record was a candidate for a discharge despite taking about 2 thousand dollars in petty cash out of a city hall float. Catherine Stephen has to live with the crime, provincial court judge Brian Klaver said, in a small town where the incident has been well publicized. But Port Alberni is a compassionate town, he added, and she is not likely going to steal again.
News Briefs – Friday, February 12th By AlberniPortal.ca staff
$30 million Withheld Word is the federal government is holding the 30 million dollars paid by the Americans to tie up the BC salmon fleet. The fishermen were paid nothing last year and are facing the same this year. It appears to be complicated by overlapping federal agencies.
Chamber Prepares Business Awards By Mike Carter, Executive Director Alberni Valley Chamber of Commerce
As Vancouver and Whistler start handing out the hardware for the 2010 Winter Olympics, we are preparing for the annual Chamber of Commerce Community Excellence Awards Dinner. All these awards are important – ours are on a slightly lesser scale.
New Athletic Hall To Open Soon By David Wiwchar
PORT ALBERNI – The Alberni Athletic Hall took a giant step towards reopening after a million dollar gift from the federal government was announced Monday.
News Briefs – Thursday, February 11th By AlberniPortal.ca staff
City Prices Clinic City Hall has fixed the price of the Elizabeth Street Clinic at $400,000 - $160,000 from the rural areas of the Alberni Valley. Rural directors for Cherry Creek and Sproat Lake have meetings scheduled with property owners with March 2nd now set as the date when they will likely return to vote on the spending package - including a list of grants - on the table.
News Briefs – Wednesday, February 10th By AlberniPortal.ca staff
Computer Report Scathing Students are coming to school with better technology than what they're finding. In fact, consultants say the school district's high tech may be slowing down the multi-tasking students. A scathing report on the half million dollar a year high tech spending surprised at least one school trustee. Trustee Glenn Wong said he thought the district was operating with a plan. It is not.
Google Streetview Of Alberni Online By David Wiwchar
PORT ALBERNI – Smile! You’re on Google Camera! As reported on AlberniPortal.ca this past June, a strange vehicle was spotted traveling the roads and sidestreets of Port Alberni, capturing images for Google Streetview. The small blue car driving around Port Alberni with a 2-metre droid on top was one of 4 Google Cars exploring Vancouver Island this past summer.
Marathon Meeting Frustrates Mayor By Alberniportal.ca staff
Final budget talks stretched city council's meeting into two parts - day and then night. There will be at least a 23 per cent hike on the average home - assessed at $200,000 - commercial taxes are frozen, industrial taxes to be reduced - in the $19 million property tax load adopted.
News Briefs – Tuesday, February 9th By AlberniPortal.ca staff
Doctors Announced Official announcement from the Pacific Rim Health Cooperative on the 2 family doctors who will be working out of the Elizabeth Street building. The Alberni Family Medical Clinic welcomes Alberni born and raised, Dr Pardeep Rai who will finish residency at the University of Manitoba and join them in July. He is married with an infant son.
Wiwchar Reaches New Peak PORT ALBERNI – Well-known local reporter and media personality David Wiwchar has taken the helm at 93.3 The PEAK.
News Briefs – Monday February 8th By AlberniPortal.ca staff
Kuu-us Loses Contract The Kuus Crisis Line is looking at as many as a dozen layoffs after losing the bid to offer the island regional service. The contract was awarded to an agency in Nanaimo. The Port Alberni society is now reviewing its options. They still have a teen crisis line, and they also operate a couple of social programs for the homeless.
Kuu-us Loses Bid For Crisis Line Service By Wawmeesh G. Hamilton Alberni Valley News
PORT ALBERNI — Nanaimo’s Central Vancouver Island Crisis Society has edged out the Kuu-us Crisis Line to provide Island-wide crisis line services for the Vancouver Island Health Authority, VIHA spokesperson Anya Nimmon said.
News Briefs – Thursday, February 4th By AlberniPortal staff
Class Sizes Issue Alberni's small high schools match up well with provincial averages for class sizes in the provincial report. The average is 21 students to a class, compared to 25 provincially. Separately ADSS had 22 students average per class, while Ucluelet Secondary, just 17.3. The middle schools a bit higher than the provincial average at 27 students per class on the average.
News Briefs – Wednesday, February 3rd By AlberniPortal staff
City Hall Wants More City hall in Port Alberni has asked the region for more money to support its economic development office. This is not off the wall, because the rural areas and even Tofino shared $18,000 last year in a grant for the office. This year, thought, city hall wants double, because Catalyst Paper didn't pay its taxes last year and this year who knows.
Popular Corporal Retires By David Wiwchar
PORT ALBERNI – “One of the Good Guys” has retired. Port Alberni RCMP Corporal Rob Foster was celebrated Saturday night by his RCMP family, and people from the many communities he has touched through his 33 ½ year career.
Health Co-op News By AlberniPortal staff
Health Care Building City Hall has come up with still another price on the Elizabeth Street building. This one is replacement cost of the building according to a local assessor and is almost $600,000. City Hall initially offered it to the regional district for $400,000. The City has had one offer on the building and it came nowhere near the asking price.
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PORT ALBERNI – Well-known local reporter and media personality David Wiwchar has taken the helm at 93.3 The PEAK.