Port Alberni Fire

• Unoccupied Port Alberni building goes up in flames, now torn down

  Carol-Anne Zanette, who owns the SteamPunk Cafe, said when she arrived on the scene at 5 a.m., half of the building was already gone and crews were pulling down the second half.

  Fire

  Jan 2
  
• ‘Extremely challenging’ work underway to partially reopen Highway 4 this weekend: Ministry

  "In order to create that space for these safety devices, we've had to take a lane from the highway," a Ministry of Transportation official told Global News.

  Fire

  Jun 21, 2023
  
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• As key highway outage drags on, Port Alberni gets creative to survive

  By land, air and sea, businesses and services in the Vancouver Island city of 25,000 have been forced to get creative to say alive.

  Economy

  Jun 15, 2023
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• Wildfire growing upslope away from Highway 4 on Vancouver Island

  The first B.C. government convoy of supplies and goods has landed in Port Alberni, according to the mayor.

  Fire

  Jun 11, 2023
• Large fire at Western Forest Products mill in Port Alberni

  Multiple fire crews are responding to a fire at the Western Forest Products mill in Port Alberni Tuesday night.

  Mar 3, 2015