Category: General

  • City of Port Alberni Water Restrictions start today.

    City of Port Alberni Water Restrictions start today.

    Full announcement from the city website. Here are the details: – Odd addresses may only water on Saturday/Monday/Thursday – Even addresses may only water on Sunday/Tuesday/Friday – No watering on Wednesdays – On your day, you can only water between 6AM and 10AM or 6PM and 10PM. – this Stage 1 watering restriction will be…

  • Campfire Ban returns at Noon today – Forest Fire Rating back to Extreme

    We are back to an Extreme fire rating for the Alberni Valley.  Campfires will be banned in all coastal areas (except the “fog zone” on the west coast) as of Noon today. We will be having our hottest day of the week tomorrow with highs up to 34ºC forecast.  Be safe in the woods folks.  Most…

  • Heat is here to stay

    It will be in the low thirties or high twenties all week. In fact, the models has the heat intensifying next weekend. The BC Wildfire service predicts an extreme fire danger rating for our forests starting on the 30th so expect to be under a campfire ban around that time. That’s it! Enjoy the sun!

  • Port Alberni gets a little rain – hot weather returns tomorrow

    Short and sweet post today… Still a little bleary eyed from the journey yesterday. 🙂 We are setting up for a beautiful weekend and a great week next week! It’s going to clear out today and Saturday and then from Sunday on it will be perfect hot and sunny weather. We only got 14mm of…

  • UPDATE: Campfire Ban lifted, temporarily. Rain this afternoon and tomorrow morning – Then warm weather returns

    UPDATE 3PM: Sorry little late on this, but the campfire ban has been lifted in our area (Coastal BC) thanks to the rain today and expected overnight.  You should still be very careful in the woods as the rain may be somewhat localized and expect the ban to return probably within a week as we get back…