Port Alberni | Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker being refitted in Port Alberni
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It's official: Port Alberni hosting Sir Wilfrid Laurier Canadian Coast Guard ship for her refit over the next few months.
Canadian Maritime Engineering is doing the work.
It’ll be fun to see her get all spified up! My wife and her family attended the christening and launch of the ship in the 1990s in Collingwood, ON. It was the final ship to be launched from that yard.
https://albernivalleynews.com/2026/03/30/canadian-coast-guard-icebreaker-being-refitted-in-port-alberni/
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Port Alberni | Vancouver Island seismologist reflects on anniversary of 1964 Alaska earthquake that shook Port Alberni community

A Victoria-based seismologist with Earthquakes Canada says this week's anniversary of the 1964 Alaska earthquake and tsunami that damaged Vancouver Island communities is an important reminder though rare, subduction earthquakes are the largest kind, and certain to happen again.