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

• Test run; Millwrights make wheelchair-accessible...
  CORNER BROOK — First they built him a contraption so he could remove snow from his driveway. Now millwright students have constructed a special ...
• Nicol says avalanche warning should extend to province
  CORNER BROOK — Keith Nicol says a snow avalanche hazard alert issued for the Maritime provinces earlier this week should have warned everyone in ...
• Rate hikes will affect more than just ferry users
  CORNER BROOK — Peter Antle figures the four per cent rate hikes announced by Marine Atlantic will have a bigger impact on the average ...
• Medical professionals recount experiences...
  Tuesday evening, a panel of medical professionals from the Corner Brook area who have had that experience came together to discuss their ...
• Education, empathy, action needed to stop...
  But she says it’s up to each and every person to advance the cause of preventing gender-based violence wherever it occurs.The tourism studies ...
• Council rejects modular home plant again
  City businessman Danieal Griffin had three versions of his plan to build the plant on the Massey Drive access road denied in late 2011.On Monday, ...
• Local Catholics understand Pope Benedict's historic...
  The unexpected development came when the 85-year-old pontiff told the world Monday that he feels his age and health prevent him from carrying out ...
• Fighting cancer
  CORNER BROOK It wasn’t the illness of a close relative or friend that inspired Pam Keeping to volunteer for the first Canadian Cancer ...
• Ambassador duo ready for busy carnival schedule
  CORNER BROOK They know a hectic schedule and more grub than they will ever be able to eat awaits them, but this year’s Corner Brook Winter ...
• Court decision favours Round Harbour fish harvesters
  CORNER BROOK — The provincial government will have to take another look at whether Lorne and Violet Fudge can have a say in the relocation of ...
• Man facing at least one year in prison
  CORNER BROOK — Robert Greening says he never imported illegal weapons from China for nefarious reasons.Still, his poor judgement to do so while ...
• Woman wins fight over traffic ticket
  CORNER BROOK — A woman ticketed for allegedly going through a red light at the busy intersection of O’Connell Drive and University Drive has had ...
• Louvelle guilty of having sex with pre-teen
  CORNER BROOK — Stephen Andrew Louvelle may have been found not guilty of jumping on and punching a 12-year-old girl’s stomach in an attempt to ...
• Judge gives Kelly higher sentence for trail attack
  CORNER BROOK — The young girl attacked by Jonathan Kelly on the Corner Brook Stream Trail last July says she “can only hope” the right people in ...
• Weather wreaks havoc
  CORNER BROOK — It was a day when it seemed the weather couldn’t make up its mind. Despite the odd sunny break, though, most of Tuesday was ...
• Man accidentally kills coyote
  CORNER BROOK — Stephen Caravan holds a licence to kill coyotes, but the one he bagged Tuesday morning was quite unexpected. Caravan was on his ...
• Ferry must contend with winds and ice
  CORNER BROOK — When the winds die down, the MV Sir Robert Bond will still have ice conditions to keep an eye out for as it resumes service ...
• Crown seeking federal time for stream trail attack
  Kelly was on probation when he grabbed the girl from behind moments after passing her on the popular walking trail in the heart of Corner Brook ...
• Air ambulance application in judge’s hands
  Lawyer Jim Bennett, who has since become the Liberal legislature member for St. Barbe, continues to represent the Town of St. Anthony, the St. ...
• Woman gets jail time for selling cocaine
  CORNER BROOK — A woman’s past history of failing to comply with court orders has landed her a prison term of six months for her latest run-in ...
• Mother upset with early parole for son’s killer
  CORNER BROOK — Donna Elms knew Morgan John Taylor’s release from prison would eventually come. She even saw documentation that said his “earliest ...
• Smith’s victims file applications with court
  CORNER BROOK — Roman Catholic priest George Ansel Smith won’t be sentenced until later this winter, but the civil action being taken by his ...
• RNC wants to find stolen guns, ammo
  CORNER BROOK — Not knowing who is now in possession of three firearms stolen in Corner Brook is disconcerting for local police, to say the least. ...
• Roots of genealogical society firmly planted at...
  CORNER BROOK — Derek Biggin looks at the past history of his family as a massive game of hide and seek.“It’s like, ‘we were here and left ...
• Grenfell hosts its own Relay for Life
  CORNER BROOK — Joao Neto comes from a small town in Brazil.They don’t have anything like a Relay for Life event there, so he was surprised to see ...
• First responders get drug lab lesson
  Anyone who inhales that nasty chemical does not get the chance to exhale. They would essentially drop to the ground, never to take another breath ...
• Forestry funding
  CORNER BROOK — The Liberal Opposition party is hoping the provincial government has learned some lessons from how it spent its Forest Industry ...
• Western Health addressing issues raised in AG report
  CORNER BROOK —The chief executive officer of Western Health says the organization is confident in the way it manages its money, human resources ...
• Opposition wants update on talks with mill
  CORNER BROOK — Liberal Leader Dwight Ball says his party wasn’t breaking its commitment to not play politics with Corner Brook Pulp and Paper ...
• Accused sex offender has west coast connection
  With files from TC Media MOUNT MORIAH The former city councillor in Saint John, N.B., accused of numerous sex offences, once spent a year ...