Port Alberni

• B.C. inquest to examine teen’s in-custody death

  An inquest into the police-custody death of an 18-year-old Vancouver Island woman will be held in Port Alberni next week, nearly five years after she died.

  News

  Jun 14
• Man arrested after racist incident on B.C. first nation

  Port Alberni RCMP say Qualicum, B.C., man walked into their detachment June 3 and was arrested in connection with an act of racism on the Tseshaht First Nation reserve.

  Crime

  Jun 5, 2020
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• Indigenous woman from B.C. dead after police shooting in Edmundston, N.B.

  An autopsy has been scheduled and the investigation is ongoing.

  Crime

  Jun 4, 2020
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• ‘Shocking’ racist video condemned by B.C. mayor, first nation

  “We stand shoulder to shoulder with Tseshaht and all First Nations people," Mayor Sharie Minions said.

  Crime

  Jun 3, 2020
• School smudging demonstration didn’t violate Christian family’s Charter rights: B.C. Supreme Court

  Thompson said Servatius failed to establish that the demonstrations at her children's school interfered with her family's ability to practice their Christian faith,.

  Jan 8, 2020
• 3 more charges for Vancouver Island man accused of sexually assaulting sex workers

  Stephen Bradley Ewing was charged on Dec. 17 with two counts of sexual assault and one count of attempting to choke to overcome resistance. 

  Crime

  Dec 22, 2019
• B.C. board launches public effort to rename school named after ‘racist’ federal MP

  Alan Webster Neill, the namesake of a Port Alberni school, for his efforts in the House of Commons to deny voting rights to Asian immigrants and other now-controversial positions.

  Dec 18, 2019
• Port Alberni Mounties cleared in case of naked, bloodied man who ran into river and died

  It remains unclear how the man became covered in blood.

  Dec 2, 2019
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• Police watchdog called to Port Alberni after man, covered in blood, drowns while fleeing RCMP

  The drowning death of a man who fled Port Alberni RCMP while covered in blood Thursday morning is now being investigated by B.C.'s police watchdog.

  Crime

  Nov 28, 2019
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• ‘Cold-stunned,’ rare tropical sea turtle rescued off B.C. coast

  The Olive Ridley Sea Turtle, which was suffering a form of hypothermia, is just the fourth to ever be recorded in B.C.

  Environment

  Oct 3, 2019