Piloted convoys will cease on the Highway 4 detour route effective Friday, July 7, 2023, as travel continues to Vancouver Island’s western communities.

Highway 4 remains closed at Cameron Lake Bluffs with a detour in place for commercial vehicles and people who must travel.

The Highway 4 detour reopened as planned the evening of Friday, June 9, 2023, following the successful extraction of a vehicle from Francis Lake.

The Highway 4 detour will be closed for part of the day on Friday, June 9, 2023, as crews and environmental specialists work to extract a vehicle that rolled into Francis Lake along the detour.

Drivers are advised Highway 4 is closed at Cameron Lake Bluff, near Koen Road, because of wildfire in the area. Travellers are asked to avoid travel in this area.

The Ministry of Forests will conduct aerial-spray treatments in the Port Alberni area in spring 2023 to eradicate spongy moths and minimize the risk they pose to forests, farms, orchards and trees.

BC Housing has selected the Port Alberni Friendship Centre (PAFC) as the new operator of the Our Home at 8th supportive housing and shelter building in Port Alberni.

To minimize the risk invasive spongy moths pose to forests, farms, orchards and urban trees and to prevent the moths from becoming permanently established, the Ministry of Forests plans to carry out a spongy moth treatment program in Port Alberni during the spring.

Construction is underway on 22 safe and secure second-stage homes in Port Alberni for women and their children leaving violence.