Port Alberni will receive $100,000 in BikeBC funding for the Stamp Avenue Multi-Use Path, announced Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Todd Stone.

It has taken over 20 years, but Josephine Mark is close to achieving a childhood dream, thanks to the Single Parent Employment Initiative (SPEI).

The Province, in partnership with the BC Lung Association, is improving air quality throughout B.C. by providing $15,600 to the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District as part of the Provincial Wood Stove Exchange Program.

The B.C. government has distributed $49,292 in compensation for municipal property taxes to the City of Port Alberni.

Students, teachers and staff at Wood Elementary school in the Alberni school district will benefit from $350,000 in provincial School Enhancement Program funding.

Members of the public are advised that Maggie Lake Forest Service Road, 10 kilometres northwest of Ucluelet, will remain closed due to a rockfall at kilometre 9.

Members of the public are advised that Maggie Lake Forest Service Road, 10 kilometres northwest of Ucluelet, has been closed due to a rockfall at kilometre nine. The road will remain closed until weather conditions permit crews to safely remove debris.

Members of the public can expect delays on the Canal Main Forest Service Road from Sept. 7-12, 2016, to allow the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations to replace an aging culvert.

The Huu-ay-aht First Nations have the support of British Columbia’s First Nations Clean Energy Business Fund to explore a potential hydroelectric facility along the Sarita River, part of its territory on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

Young people considering what skills they will need for tomorrow’s in-demand occupations will have an interactive, hands-on experience at WorkBC’s Find Your Fit tour stop at the Alberni District Secondary school in Port Alberni Jan. 15-16.