Our favourite stories: Times Colonist reporters share their most memorable works of 2009

 

 
 
 
 
The ramshackle poverty of the First Nations community of Ahousaht was shocking, recalls reporter Judith Lavoie.
 
 

The ramshackle poverty of the First Nations community of Ahousaht was shocking, recalls reporter Judith Lavoie.

Photograph by: Debra Brash, Times Colonist, Times Colonist

The assignment was simple: tell readers about your most memorable story this year.

The results? They are as varied as the reporters who work at the Times Colonist.

Some of our writers wrote about the stories that had the most impact or that affected them most. Others described articles that generated reader response or sparked a change in policy.

 
 
 
 
 
 

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The ramshackle poverty of the First Nations community of Ahousaht was shocking, recalls reporter Judith Lavoie.
 

The ramshackle poverty of the First Nations community of Ahousaht was shocking, recalls reporter Judith Lavoie.

Photograph by: Debra Brash, Times Colonist, Times Colonist

 
The ramshackle poverty of the First Nations community of Ahousaht was shocking, recalls reporter Judith Lavoie.
Times colonist writers look back at 2009 - Reporter Sarah Petrescu says Aaron Williams, who found a flaw in international soccer rules, is as good a communicator as he is a math whiz.
Reporter Carla Wilson spoke with Scott Hannah, president of the non-profit Credit Counselling Society for a story that provided tips on living within our means.
By standing up for himself against the tax man, Hal Neumann stood up for all of us, Louise Dickson writes.
Sometimes stories bring out the generosity of the community, as in the case of Darron Kloster's report on a need to update the Salvation Army's computer lab.
Katherine Dedyna shone a light on the dilemmas of transgendered people, such as Sean Brown.
On the education beat, Jeff Bell tracked an issue that seems to grow exponentially every year -- rabbits.
Readers thanked Richard Watts after he wrote about how Langford Mayor Stew Young berated, bullied and browbeat citizens at a public meeting.
When Michael Jackson died, music writer Mike Devlin discovered there were many sides to the King of Pop.
 
 
 
 
 
 

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