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

• Man with respiratory illnesses acquitted of...
  The Crown had withdrawn an impaired driving charge against James Thomas Compton because there was no reasonable expectation that a conviction ...
• Corner Brook man raves about service at Daffodil Place
  “They should make it bigger,” said the Corner Brook man who spent seven nearly weeks there last fall while he was being treated for prostate ...
• Broomfield staying behind bars
  CORNER BROOK Stanley Lee Broomfield’s statutory release from prison was supposed to be July 30, after he had served two-thirds of his ...
• Suspended sentence for man who crashed into...
  Mason Raymond Davis, 21, pleaded guilty to the charge that arose from him taking his uncle’s vehicle without consent on May 2, 2012.Davis and ...
• 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 ...
• Byrne won’t run to lead provincial Liberals,...
  Gerry Byrne has ended any speculation over whether he’ll be running for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador.The ...
• Convicted sex offender has new charges from...
  Gary Gerard Hoskins was a 29-year-old Roman Catholic priest in Stephenville when he invited a 17-year-old boy back to his home after mass on the ...
• Goodyear guilty of aggravated assault
  CORNER BROOK — Shandi Joy Goodyear plunged a knife into Clifford Payne’s left biceps so deeply that it stood straight out of his arm until it was ...
• Couple loses pet dog in house fire
  CORNER BROOK — No one was home when a residence on Happy Valley Road caught fire Friday morning, but a pet dog in the house at the time did not ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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. ...
• Homeowner fined after teens get drunk at party
  CORNER BROOK — A man who hosted a party at which two teenage girls became intoxicated has been fined $450.Timothy Brake, 27, didn’t specifically ...
• Reid back in custody
  Jeremy Shannon Reid was believed to have been living in a halfway house in the Stephenville area since he was granted day parole in November ...
• Former bank manager stole money to pay gambling debt
  CORNER BROOK — A former bank manager in Corner Brook has been given 21 months of house arrest and ordered to repay almost $52,000 he ...
• There was no plan to operate teen club business:...
  CORNER BROOK — Devon Reid says he was just trying to come up with an idea that would give him and some friends to a warm place to hang out and ...
• Thomas Resources looking to conduct core drilling in...
  CORNER BROOK Thomas Resources Inc. is hoping to move on to the next phase of its mineral exploration activity in the Corner Brook Lake ...
• Child porn sentencing on hold until February
  HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY — The sentencing of a former Happy Valley-Goose Bay teacher and librarian who is from Corner Brook and is charged with sex ...
• N.L. flag flies proudly at Kentucky memorial
  HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. — The Newfoundland and Labrador flag may have been flying atop the flagpole, but there’s no doubt Jimmy Buckle was soaring even ...
• Outfitters want big game hunting age lowered
  CORNER BROOK — While there are concerns about the dwindling big game population in the province, the Newfoundland and Labrador Outfitter’s ...
• Privacy commissioner, college headed to court
  CORNER BROOK — The province’s privacy commissioner is taking the College of the North Atlantic to court to have a request made by Peter ...
• Mill's leaked memo verifies reports of cuts
  The goal to ensure long-term viability of the mill, and the company's plan to start implementing a workforce rationalization plan. The memo was ...
• Murphy warns against ‘nullification’ of history
  The heart and soul of Newfoundland and Labrador is the result of no mere short-term experiment, but an amazing product that has been centuries in ...