#portalberni — Public Fediverse posts

So proud of our local brewery Twin City Brewing for their success! You can *only get* their beers in #portalberni. They don’t distribute them. So next time you are headed to or from the west coast — or visiting our fair city itself, make sure you stop by for some of the best ale in Canada with Twin Cities’ Tickity Boo - Canada Beer Cup Best in Show 2026!

#beer #craft #paleale #vancouverIsland #local

https://albernivalleynews.com/2026/10/19/twin-city-brewing-in-port-alberni-wins-best-beer-in-2026/

Port Alberni | Charles Mealey defeats incumbent Sharie Minions in Port Alberni mayoral race

https://cheknews.ca/charles-mealey-defeats-incumbent-sharie-minions-in-port-alberni-mayoral-race-1354278/

#PortAlberni #PortAlberniBC

It makes my heart sing when students and teachers take on learning about elections by actually engaging with an actual election!

"Tsuma-as students open classroom for mayoral candidates”

#PortAlberni :portalberni:

https://albernivalleynews.com/2026/10/08/tsuma-as-students-open-classroom-for-mayoral-candidates/

Hey BC! Today is the first advance poll for municipal elections!! Who’s voting today!? Reply and boost with your community!

#PortAlberni :portalberni: is having their polls at Echo Community Centre from 8AM-8PM.

GO VOTE but if you’re not ready to vote yet, don’t worry!

You still have two more voting days, the 2nd advance on the 14th and final voting day on Saturday October 17th.

YAY DEMOCRACY! :+)

#BCPoli #BCMuni #Vote #Democracy #SocialBC

Silent Sunday in #portalberni

This fine fellow was crossing the street headed toward Alberni Brewing this morning. Maybe he (she?) wanted a pint before sauntering over to the JPII Catholic Church across the street for Sunday morning service? The ladies likely have tasty baked goods he’d enjoy!😂
🐻
#wildlife #bear #blackbear #neighbourhood

Writing this as people set off from Maht Mahs gymnasium, where the Alberni Indian Residential School was on the Tseshaht reserve in #portalberni for the annual walk from the reserve into town.

Yesterday I felt like I would want to speak about how the world really has improved. The fact this walk is happening in my town on the traditional and unceded territories of the Tseshaht and Hupacasath peoples is absolute proof of that.

Today though, I just want to be quiet.

#reconciliation #trc #canada #tseshaht #firstnations #everychildmatters

Letter to the Editor: Afternoon meeting times are undemocratic

(Sent to the AV News on September 28 2026)

Dear Editor, The 2PM city council meetings are not only supremely inconvenient for the general public who have a job, they also, according to at least one potential council candidate this election, limit who we have running to represent us on City Council…

https://chrisalemany.ca/2026/09/28/afternoon-meeting-times-are-undemocratic/

#democracy #local #portAlberni #canpoli #BCmuni

Afternoon meeting times are undemocratic

https://chrisalemany.ca/2026/09/28/afternoon-meeting-times-are-undemocratic/

Hometown boy wins the 2026 Port Alberni Salmon Derby on the very last day!

Only a 24lbs Spring... gone are the days of 50 and 60lbs winners!

#PortAlberni #home #Salmon #SportFishing
https://albernivalleynews.com/2026/09/07/derek-little-was-the-big-winner-at-the-2026-port-alberni-salmon-derby/

Fall is coming… in the form of rain on the West Coast and Alberni Valley!

https://www.alberniweather.ca/fall-is-coming-in-the-form-of-rain-on-the-west-coast-and-alberni-valley/

GUYS I GOT HAIR AT THE BEACH!
#bullkelp

#portalberni #tofino #westcoastBestCoast

YES #portalberni #tofino #westcoastBestCoast

Yes! 🙌

Might just win the west coast weather lottery today on our only trip to Pacific Rim NP this summer.

Only 14°C tho, maybe 18°C by the time we get there if we’re lucky? Bah. The water is like 8°C so the sun will feel warm regardless! 😆

(Contrary to what may be popular belief, beaches on the Pacific Northwest coast of the US and Canada are very often NOT sunny, especially when it is hot elsewhere, the normal mode is fog. It can be 32°C here in Port and 15 with fog on the beach. Best chance for sun is actually on a more temperate day! Like today!)

#portalberni #tofino #westcoastBestCoast

I am very worried that with Domtar shutting the Crofton mill in the spring, and then the Squamish mill just last week, that the Port Alberni mill could be next.

It is the last paper mill on Vancouver Island (in the 1980s there were nearly a dozen pulp and/or paper mills)

https://cheknews.ca/concerns-increase-as-albernis-largest-employer-faces-u-s-tariffs-1343813/

#BCpoli :portalberni: #PortAlberni #TradeWar #CanPoli

Port Alberni is growing and could be even better together.

https://chrisalemany.ca/2026/08/19/port-alberni-is-growing-and-could-be-even-better-together/

At least I’m not bald like this guy.

Pic taken this morning at #portalberni harbour
#birds

Just got back from the local “dark sky” viewing spot with the fam. This is the second or third time we have piled into the car and done this.

Saw a good sampling of meteors! Big and small! Saw a ton of satellites but they actually became less noticeable as my eyes adjusted and the rest of the stars came out.

It’s always cool to really get a good look at the Milky Way.

As we were leaving someone said it is weird that it seems like we’re the only people that go to that spot. It’s literally just a few hundred metres from the actual “end of the road” in #portalberni. But it is not hard to find at all. It seems like an obvious thing.

But then again… part of what makes it nice is it’s always been just us, and a barking dog in the distance.

Stars are cool.
#Perseus #perseids #meteor