Profile of Gary Kean

Biography

Gary has 20 years of experience covering Corner Brook and western Newfoundland for The Western Star. You can follow Gary on Twitter at @WS_GaryKean.

All articles of Gary Kean

• Every week is volunteer week
  The long-time community volunteer’s answer as to why she gives so freely of her time and energy is simple.“I feel that, if there is a need, then ...
• New Irishtown-Summerside town hall shaping up
  The former hall burned to the ground in an electrical fire last fall.The building was insured, so it didn’t take long before the work to rebuild ...
• Who must go without?
  HAMPDEN For Fred Osmond, the math is quite simple.If Corner Brook Pulp and Paper closes, it would be all but impossible to continue ...
• Composting session wins over new Steady Brook resident
  STEADY BROOK Karen Dawe is new to Steady Brook, and now she’s new to composting too.The Corner Brook native only moved to Steady Brook from ...
• Mill money may help union negotiations
  CORNER BROOK The three unions under the umbrella of Corner Brook Pulp and Paper that are still without new collective agreements continue ...
• Plan to help mill is right decision for the...
  In fact, he said the $90 million government confirmed Wednesday that it is considering giving to the struggling newsprint mill in Corner Brook is ...
• Former Corner Brook resident part of group art...
  The Corner Brook native, who now lives in Toronto, had been asked to be a part of the Life Blanket Campaign to help spread awareness for the ...
• Smart cash?
  CORNER BROOK It may have been a poorly-kept secret what the money was for, but those keeping a close eye on how the provincial government ...
• Police asks city crew to cease cleanup work
  The work was stopped but the city says it is possible the crew could be back doing the same thing again today.According to Sgt. Brad Saint, a ...
• Program helps new and expecting fathers with...
  The Corner Brook man has two girls and has a third child expected to be born in July. While he would like a boy this time around, it doesn’t ...
• Proof needed
  The Department of Veterans Affairs office in Corner Brook, which provides service to veterans throughout western Newfoundland from Port aux ...
• City resident wants to know why emails were blocked
  CORNER BROOK Peter McBreairty thought it was odd he had not received a reply from an email he had sent to the Office of the Information and ...
• Big headaches after small claims court decision
  Denise Crocker of Trout River, who sold the truck to the Corner Brook woman, also feels like she’s at war dealing with Loder’s relentlessness in ...
• Parent meets with school about Easter assembly
  The Corner Brook parent is still not happy, though, that her son attended an Easter assembly at the non-denominational school on March 28, during ...
• Deputy mayor outlines process for tax relief request
  The Cormiers have asked the City of Corner Brook to essentially slash their tax bill in half because they feel the value of their property at 3 ...
• Cormier wants tax break because of cat house issue
  Keith and Doris Cormier live directly across from the property where Chris Green once lived with an estimated 200 cats.The public’s attention was ...
• NDP hosting town halls to discuss budget
  On Friday, the NDP announced that it will be hosting a series of three town hall-style meetings to get feedback on the budget from residents.Two ...
• Grech pleads guilty to three charges, goes to trial...
  CORNER BROOK A Grand Falls-Windsor man with outstanding charges before the courts in central Newfoundland has entered guilty pleas to three ...
• Religious school assembly concerns parent
  The Corner Brook resident thought it was odd when her son Noah, who is in Grade 2, came home on March 28 and was talking about that day’s ...
• Couple still enjoys The Western Star after 54 years
  And there was usually a copy of the newspaper around Beulah’s father’s home every day while the newly married couple lived there for two years ...
• Always there for each other
  Now that they seem to have the upper hand in the battle for Rita’s life, they are still finding time to give back to the cause. It was February ...
• Roddickton native in Top 8 of music contest
  CORNER BROOK Sgt. Elton Adams says his music is not about him.The Roddickton native who left home at age 17 to join the Canadian Forces has ...
• Rights of the unborn a just cause for protestors
  CORNER BROOK Bart Anderson joined the Knights of Columbus about three years ago, but he never changed the way he spends Good Friday until ...
• Impaired trial of youth snowmobiler will continue
  The young man was charged after the RCMP responded to a complaint of young people partying in the Lantern Bog area near Baie Verte on March 4, ...
• Salmon advocate worried about budget cuts
  Don Ivany said the 12 positions cut at the wildlife division office in Corner Brook prior to the hundreds of jobs slashed from virtually every ...
• School board chair would have liked district system...
  In the provincial budget that came down Tuesday, however, it was announced that the province will be collapsing all of the boards into two ...
• Former wildlife manager questions layoffs
  So, although he retired more than three years ago after a career that spanned nearly 30 years in the wildlife division, he feels a responsibility ...
• Young people learn more about career choices at fair
  The Level 2 student from Corner Brook Regional High School was among a steady flow of high schoolers and youth groups to visit the day-long fair ...
• Fracking information session draws big crowd
  The issue of gathering baseline data to better analyze any future concerns with the controversial drilling method, also known as “fracking,” was ...
• Justin Mahoney hopes to lasso some of his ECMA momentum
  Hopefully, that something will be continued success for “Murder Ballads and Other Love Songs,” the CD that the Steady Brook native released under ...