Port Alberni News

Port Alberni city council has approved a rezoning that will pave the way for a new liquor store on lower Third Avenue.

There have been great films made with untrained actors, amateur scripts and little money.

The B.C. Supreme Court has declared the taxation bylaws of three Island towns valid and Catalyst Paper should pay its outstanding 2008 property taxes.

Judith Slobbe has been denied bail while she faces multiple fraud, theft and forgery charges.

The hard work of drafting a proposal to be the sole operator of an Island-wide crisis line is over.

The suspects in the robbery of the Beaufort Beer and Wine store made their first court appearance.

Lucky lady. Port Alberni resident Susan Purewal won $500,000 won on Nov. 28. Lotto 6/49 draw after matching all four extra numbers.

Chief Nick, a well-known local artist and community character - " a Chris MacClure portrait of him carving on White Rock beach hangs at city hall - " has died.

" The body of a missing man has been recovered from his submerged truck near the Port Alice pulp mill, RCMP reported Wednesday morning.

B.C. rejects plea to aid municipalities in tax dispute It's up to local politicians to ensure property taxes don't scare away businesses and kill jobs, Finance Minister says Patrick Brethour Vancouver - Published on Sunday, Dec.

Two B.C. pulp mills say their municipal taxes are too high and they plan to fight them in court.

Difficult choices will have to be made by councillors to curb spending plans in next year's municipal budget, Courtenay Mayor Greg Phelps warned last night.

Port Alberni jeweller Dennis Galloway is taking a public stand in support of increased gun rights after he shot an alleged robber in his store.

Dr. Michael Mockovak, co-founder of Clearly Lasik, which operates a clinic in Victoria, has pleaded not guilty to plotting to murder his business partner.

BRENNAN CLARKE Published on Friday, Dec. 04, 2009 12:00AM EST Last updated on Friday, Dec.

When a water pipe bursts these days in a British Columbia pulp and paper town, residents better dig out their rain boots.

The CEO of a company looking to build an engineered wood plant in B.C. was up in Terrace last Friday speaking to city council, city officials and stakeholders about the proposed project.

The spinal cord unit at GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre in Vancouver is stark. The ward has a sterile scent to it.

When it comes to the economy, money talks. And words were certainly flying Wednesday when the Vancouver Island Economic Alliance's annual State of the Island Economic Summit got underway.

B.C.a s New Democrats appealed to the government Friday to put aside partisan interests and include opposition members in a yet-to-be-announced committee examining gaping holes in municipal-election legislation.