Did you know Port Alberni owns some of its own forest land? Check it out at http://www.communityforest.ca These lands are public lands, outside of the Dunsmuir/Private lands owned by Island Timberlands and Timberwest. The line runs right through Sproat Lake, you can see it forming the right boundary of the Sproat tenure in the image …
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Update: May 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SI9v3sAkjc The Beach cleanup and appreciation is at 10AM Saturday. As is often the case with hot-button topics, this topic just got hotter. The Peak is reporting that the City, Port Authority and a local business have signed an agreement to use the remaining (northern) parts of the city owned property for …
Amongst other big announcements yesterday ( 😉 ) there was one from the company that has been proposing to ship coal through Port Alberni for a good chunk of the last decade. Compliance Energy Corporation, parent company of Compliance Coal Corporation, and chief proponent of the proposed Raven Underground Coal Mine near Buckley Bay released …
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