Profile of Gary Kean

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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.

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• Justin Mahoney hopes to lasso some of his ECMA momentum
  Like the mysterious characters who emerge from the shadows, dust and gunsmoke in the songs on his outlaw country album, Justin Mahoney intends to ...
• Marine Atlantic rate hikes will affect more than users
  Peter Antle figures the four per cent rate hikes announced by Marine Atlantic will have a bigger affect on the average Newfoundlander than it ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• Corner Brook comic lands national radio gig
  Trent McLellan likes to look at the world around him, soak up the circumstances of his life and then try to squeeze out whatever he finds funny. ...
• Mill shutting one paper machine for 15 days
  Corner Brook Pulp and Paper will shut down one of its two machines for two weeks, starting Dec. 23.Kruger Inc., the mill’s Montreal-based parent ...
• Archivist wants every soldier’s story told
  At first glance, it can look as though Arthur Francis Jesseau was the only man from the Bay of Islands region among the so-called “First Five ...
• Format of oil sessions questioned
  CORNER BROOK — Marilyn Clark pulls out a copy of the strategic environmental assessment report done on the western Newfoundland offshore oil ...
• Mill pensioners want to be kept in the loop
  Retired workers at Corner Brook Pulp and Paper may have approved an extension for their former employer to cover its pension fund liabilities, ...
• Local sculptor finishes project on his own
  Luben Boykov believes the story of Capt. James Cook’s time in Newfoundland is an important one that people need to know more about. He hopes the ...
• Corner Brook mill still has hurdles to clear: mayor
  There is still a lot of work to be done to shore up the future of Corner Brook Pulp and Paper, but Mayor Neville Greeley is glad progress has ...
• Skilled workers reject Kruger’s offer
  Kruger may want its employees to accept a labour contract modelled after the company’s main competitor, but the first union to cast votes seems ...
• Updated: Kruger withdraws from negotiations
  Premier Kathy Dunderdale issued the following statement today regarding the ongoing situation at Corner Brook Pulp and Paper: "I remain extremely ...
• Former mill manager hopes ‘cool heads prevail’
  A retired mill manager says Corner Brook Pulp and Paper can continue operating, but employees and the company must first be on the same page with ...
• Corner Brook mill unions stage protest
  Corner Brook — Work being contracted out at Corner Brook Pulp and Paper is not a new thing. But when it’s done at the expense of permanent ...
• Ice preventing Apollo from making crossings
  CORNER BROOK — It will be load and go when it happens, but it’s still touch and go for the Strait of Belle Isle ferry run. The MV Apollo has been ...
• Information sessions draw crowds
  It was standing room only inside the hall and some pensioners were left standing outside, having to wait for another information session to learn ...
• Minister tackles Muskrat Falls critics
  "I don't want to spend my nights wondering if I'm going to be the new Joey Smallwood." That was how Natural Resources Minister Jerome Kennedy ...
• National union will host job fair for mill workers
  The union representing the majority of employees at Corner Brook Pulp and Paper says it will host a job fair in the city for workers displaced by ...
• Cuts unnecessary: union
  A dozen of the 50 members from Local 1567 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers were called into the human ...
• Job cuts a mistake: union
  Corner Brook Pulp and Paper is making a mistake says the president of the union that had nearly a quarter of its members told their jobs have ...
• Unions concerned over job cuts
  Unions at Corner Brook Pulp and Paper met Wednesday with the same company officials who last week informed them a plan was being implemented to ...
• Researcher seeking photos, stories about mill baskets
  When Nicole Penney started doing research on paper mill lunch baskets, she had no idea how many cultural nuances they could have.Penney is ...
• Update: No subsidy for mill, but government open to...
  Natural Resources Minister Jerome Kennedy says that if a restructuring plan at the paper mill in Corner Brook calls for provincial government ...
• Mill union president hasn’t been told of...
  Corner Brook Pulp and Paper and its parent company, Kruger, are remaining mum on whether or not job cuts at the paper mill are imminent.Union ...
• Ferry users will have indoor waiting area in Corner...
  The Corner Brook Port Corporation and CAI Nunatsiavut Marine Inc., the new operators of the winter ferry service between western ...
• Report shows need for government investment: ASF
  CORNER BROOK A report on the economic value of wild Atlantic salmon shows that the Department of Fisheries and Oceans should be investing ...
• Corner Brook hotel reopening after spring fire
  Nearly six months after a fire shut the place down, the Greenwood Inn and Suites in Corner Brook will begin welcoming guests back Monday.The ...
• High hopes for west coast projects
  As the major oil-producing projects continue to pump up black gold from offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, the minister responsible for the ...
• ‘Forgiveness is not there’
  Tameron Rose would have started kindergarten two weeks from now.Instead, his mother, Maria Rose, and grandmother, Evelyn Rose, are left to spend ...