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Robert Barron

Robert Barron

I have been in the newspaper business on and off since I was hired to be a reporter at a small weekly in northern Newfoundland, called the nor’wester, in 1987. I spent four years working alone in a satellite office in a mining and fishing community for that paper before deciding to throw the dice and head to British Columbia.

I took a break from writing and worked a number of jobs on Vancouver Island before I was hired as a reporter at the Nanaimo Daily News in 2000, where I worked for 16 years. I was then transferred to the Cowichan Valley Citizen in 2016 and have had the pleasure of working with our dedicated staff and community here ever since.

Phone
250-748-2666
Email
robert.barron@cowichanvalleycitizen.com

Recent Work by Robert

Cowichan bus strike leaves many stranded

Cowichan bus strike leaves many stranded

Transit workers in Cowichan Valley began strike on Feb. 8
Dry January has Cowichan Lake half-full and hoping for snowpack recharge

Dry January has Cowichan Lake half-full and hoping for snowpack recharge

Lake only 46 per cent full by end of January
Rejection reversed: Island veteran to get grave plot rate discount

Rejection reversed: Island veteran to get grave plot rate discount

North Cowichan to change bylaw to expand list of those eligible to include former resident veterans
From Cowichan to Quw’utsun: new $86.7M high school opens near Duncan

From Cowichan to Quw’utsun: new $86.7M high school opens near Duncan

Old Cowichan Secondary School will be sold as students settle in across the street
North Cowichan wants speculation and vacancy taxes for affordable-housing initiatives

North Cowichan wants speculation and vacancy taxes for affordable-housing initiatives

Funding currently goes to BC Housing
Tree spiking in Fairy Creek area under investigation

Tree spiking in Fairy Creek area under investigation

Fairy Creek site of numerous protests against old-growth logging
DNA shows First World War soldier's remains not Island woman's great-uncle

DNA shows First World War soldier's remains not Island woman's great-uncle

DNA tests confirm remains not of Private Duncan McLaren
Cowichan transit workers file strike notice, could walk out Feb. 8

Cowichan transit workers file strike notice, could walk out Feb. 8

Strike could begin on Feb. 8
Cowichan Search and Rescue has busiest year yet in 2024

Cowichan Search and Rescue has busiest year yet in 2024

CSAR responded to 79 call-outs last year, amking it one of B.C.'s busiest units
Firefighters called to same site evening before Duncan-area auto-body blaze

Firefighters called to same site evening before Duncan-area auto-body blaze

Isherwood Body & Fender calls being investigated as separate incidents with probe in early stages: fire chief
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