About Us

Welcome to The Goldstream News Gazette on the Net, your Web site source for news and events on the West Shore of Greater Victoria, on beautiful Vancouver Island. Established in 1976, The Gazette is an award-winning community newspaper, publishing local news and features on Wednesdays and Fridays. Look within our pages and our Web site for a weekly digest of news and entertainment in the fast-growing communities of Langford, Colwood, Metchosin, View Royal, the Highlands and the Malahat. The Gazette, both in print and cyberspace, is also your forum for discussing the issues affecting your community. Let us know what you woud like to see in our pages and on-line.

Your Community News Team

	Editorial Director Kevin Laird 381-3484	Kevin Laird has been editorial director for Black Press-Greater Victoria and editor of the Victoria News since September 2007. Previous to that he was editor of the Nanaimo News Bulletin and worked at community and daily newspapers in Alberta and B.C. Kevin and the newsroom staff he has led have won numerous national, provincial and regional awards. He's been in the newspaper business since 1981 and has a degree in journalism.
	Sales Manager Jody Epp 250-381-3633 ext. 236	Jody Epp is a true Victoria resident. Born and raised in the heart of Metchosin, he has been a Victoria resident all his life. He has been with Black Press since 2000 as a sales rep, and moved into the role of sales manager in the summer of 2006. He is married, lives in the West Shore and enjoys golfing, fishing, curling and spending time with family.
	Director of Circulation Bruce Hogarth 250-360-0817	Bruce Hogarth has spent 25 years in the newspaper business and has extensive community newspaper experience. Most recently he worked for six years for the Vancouver Sun and Province before relocating to take the position as director of circulation for Black Press Greater Victoria. The native of Vancouver enjoys photography and tennis in his spare time.
	Publisher Penny Sakamoto 250-478-9552	Penny Sakamoto is group publisher for Black Press-Greater Victoria, leading a team of about 65 staff and approximately 1,200 newspaper carriers. She graduated from journalism school in Winnipeg and has spent her career in the newspaper business in Canada and the U.S. She served as president of the B.C. and Yukon Community Newspaper Association and on the board of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association. In 2008, Sakamoto was awarded the Silver Quill Award for more than 25 years of distinguished service to the industry. Sakamoto works out of the Broughton Street office in downtown Victoria.
	Editor Edward Hill 250-478-9552	Edward Hill has been the editor of the Goldstream News Gazette since September 2007. He's worked as a reporter at Black Press newspapers in Duncan and Ladysmith, was a reporter at the Gazette in 2006 and earned a few awards along the way. Edward went to Langara College in Vancouver for journalism. Prior to that, he earned a science degree from the University of Victoria.