Alberni Valley News has published an article with bios for all 6 (!!) candidates running so far in the Courtenay-Alberni riding. (including the Fediverse-connected @chrismarkevich!)

We have a candidate for the Animal Protection Party of Canada!?
That's new to me!
All other major parties are accounted for.

Oh, and... love our local journalists keeping the community informed!!
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Elxn45 #PortAlberni #Courtenay #Parksville #Oceanside #Lantzville #Nanaimo

https://www.albernivalleynews.com/local-news/canada-votes-2025-six-candidates-step-forward-in-courtenay-alberni-7916657

Just after the sun went behind Arbutus ridge, but before sunset... a rainbow in the sky!
#PortAlberni #BCStorm #cloud #rainbow

#PortAlberni - City of Port Alberni plans to draft alcohol policy https://www.albernivalleynews.com/local-news/city-of-port-alberni-plans-to-draft-alcohol-policy-7904110

Over wintered super-parsnip!!
#portalberni #garden #gardening #veggies

Spring is in full bloom.
#portalberni #bloomscrolling #SilentSunday

#PortAlberni - City of Port Alberni 'making progress' on Official Community Plan https://www.albernivalleynews.com/local-news/city-of-port-alberni-making-progress-on-official-community-plan-7901553

Hey! Interesting new #BCFerries announcement with a #PortAlberni connection!

This summer the oldest ship in the fleet, Queen of Alberni, which currently serves the Tsawwassen - Duke Point route, will be shifted to a special, one way, once a day 4:30PM Tsawwassen to Departure Bay sailing!

This could be a very interesting experiment!

I wonder when the last time was that the Queen of Alberni did a trip to Dep Bay (outside Pandemic times).

#Travel #Transportation #BCPoli
https://cheknews.ca/nanaimo-bound-passengers-have-new-option-of-tsawwassen-departure-bay-sailing-for-summer-1246072/

Finally!! We’ve been talking about a roundabout at this spot in #portAlberni on #bchwy4 for almost 10 years.

Looks like it is finally happening! My only worry is that without changes to the traffic light setup nearby at Johnston and Victoria Quay, there could be a bottleneck that happens.

We'll see how they engineer it!
https://www.albernivalleynews.com/local-news/province-seeks-feedback-on-new-roundabout-coming-to-port-alberni-7900957

At the local community watering hole, Char's Landing, listening to the local jazz combo headed by my former high school band teacher (at the piano) Barry Miller.

We have a wonderful tradition of all kinds of music in #portalberni

Jazz, Blues, Rock and Country (most famously, Lauren Spencer-Smith)
#music #jazz #local

Rainfall warning issued for the West Coast. Up to 130mm and freezing levels will be rising so chance for high water in rivers and streams.
#bcstorm #portalberni

#PortAlberni - Port Alberni Visitor Centre closes until summer, after loss of city funding https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/port-alberni-visitor-centre-closes-until-summer-after-loss-of-city-funding-10406784

GETTING READY FOR AN ELECTION!!

Went to the opening of the NDP campaign HQ in #PortAlberni for the incredible Gord Johns. The hardest working MP in Parliament!

#gordJohns #canPoli #cdnpoli
#ndp #canElxn

I am so over our local politicians bickering and passing the buck!

It is a travesty that our Visitor Centre is closed over Spring Break because the City decided it was going to pick this moment to try to get the Regional District to take on the cost.

#PortAlberni #Municipality #Unity #bcmuni #bcpoli #SproatLake #BeaverCreek #CherryCreek

@chrisblog

https://chrisalemany.ca/2025/03/20/2026-municipal-referendum-on-uniting-port-alberni/

Spring is here! The official start was 2:01AM. ️
#PortAlberni

I made a short video this morning to mark the anniversary of AW Neill’s first speech in the Parliament of Canada. March 16, 1922. Neill was a white supremacist and especially hated Japanese immigrants. He was a cheerleader not only for exclusion of Asian immigration, but their forced deportation including after internment in WWII.
Sound familiar?

https://www.youtube.com/live/8BQhMdYRQUY

This morning I found an exchange between him and Prime Minister Mackenzie King. It was on a trade treaty with Belgium, but Neill turned it into a debate about immigration.
Sound familiar?

I mark this day because we still honour this white supremacist with the name of a street in #PortAlberni

The school board removed his name from a school a few years ago — he was also an Indian Agent in charge of Indian Residential Schools in our area — but multiple city councils have not had the courage to do the same with the street.

Here is his original speech : https://www.lipad.ca/full/permalink/620136/

And here is his debate with Mackenzie King : https://www.lipad.ca/full/1924/07/11/13/

#immigration #whitesupremacy #racism
cc: @dustindame

so
much
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#PortAlberni #bcstorm

Removing some parts from the 1976 Fiat Spider before it is sent to the scrapper on Friday.

this car, wanted to restore it and electrify it, but it is just too far gone and restoration these days is ridiculously expensive. Better for the brain and wallet to buy one of many used versions available around for under $10,000 if I want to do that one day.

But in the meantime this one can be recycled and we can keep some bits to keep the memory of fun times over the past 45 years in our hearts. .

The cargo rack should make a nice towel rack for the bathroom. :)

(Picture of the car in the snow is from a few years ago when we got a big snowfall that destroyed the shelter for the car… truly the end of the end for it. It was either build a small greenhouse/garage for it to restore it, or not.)