‘Our Community wants a peaceful ending to this terrible tragedy,’ says Mayor Minions.
PORT ALBERNI, British Columbia, Canada – In response to numerous media enquiries and questions from local residents, Mayor Sharie Minions provides the following statement:
PORT ALBERNI, British Columbia, Canada – Effective June 17, 2019, the City of Port Alberni is implementing Stage 1 Water Restrictions to ensure the continued supply of safe, high-quality drinking water throughout the hot, dry summer months.
Come Monday, even-numbered addresses can water on even-numbered calendar days, and odd-numbered addresses can water on odd-numbered calendar days from 6 to 9 a.m. and 6 to 9 p.m.
Residents can continue with drip/micro irrigation and hand watering using a spring-loaded nozzle or watering pail/bucket any day to a maximum of two hours.
PORT ALBERNI, British Columbia, Canada – On Thursday, June 6, 2019, the City of Port Alberni awarded the position of Manager of Recreation Services in the Parks, Recreation and Heritage Department to Mr. Jeff Toews.
Mr. Toews joins the City of Port Alberni following a 20-year career working in a variety of capacities with the City of Calgary Recreation Department, and more recently as Manager of Aquatics, Administration and Fitness at Strathcona Gardens in Campbell River.
The City of Port Alberni and their unionized workers, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 118, have reached a five-year collective bargaining agreement.
The agreement was ratified by Local 118 members on Monday, April 15, 2019, and by City of Port Alberni Council on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. The new contract covers the period beginning January 1, 2019, and will expire on December 31, 2023.
Council for the City of Port Alberni is inviting applications from interested parties to sit as Directors on the McLean Mill Society for the remainder of 2019.
The McLean Mill Society was incorporated on December 8, 2016 with the purpose of undertaking operation and management of the McLean Mill National Historic Site as outlined in the Society’s Constitution and in keeping with its Bylaws.
PORT ALBERNI, British Columbia, Canada – The University of British Columbia’s (UBC) School of Community and Regional Planning has released their final findings on the public and official perceptions of the January 2018 tsunami warning evacuation in the Alberni Valley.
The City of Port Alberni and the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District (ACRD) have been working with Dr. Ryan Reynolds, Post Doctoral Research Fellow with the School of Community and Regional Planning, to gain a better understanding of people’s experiences during the January 23rd event.
Background
As you may know, on September 19, 2018, the Alberni Valley Enhancement Association undertook the decommissioning of an aging sluice gate (a valve that controls water flows through a dam) in the McLean Mill Log Pond. Indications of poor water quality in the log pond became apparent during a planned discharge which resulted in the isolation of the pond.
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