North Shore Local is an independent news publication covering the communities of North Vancouver and West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
We report on the local issues that affect everyday life on the North Shore, including municipal government, public safety, development, transportation, business and community affairs. We also look beyond the daily news cycle to tell stories about the people and places that make the North Shore unique.
Editor
Gagandeep Ghuman is the editor and publisher of North Shore Local. He graduated from the School of Journalism at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) in 2008.
He interned at the Toronto Star and Guelph Mercury and worked at the Parksville Qualicum Beach News and Squamish Chief before launching the independent Squamish Reporter.
As a freelance journalist, his bylines have appeared in Pique Newsmagazine, The Tyee, Vancouver Sun and The Globe and Mail.
His investigative reporting on Squamish was shortlisted for Canadian Association of Journalists awards in 2010, 2011 and 2015. In 2013, the Ryerson Journalism Alumni Association named him a Headliner, recognizing 12 notable alumni who had made their mark in journalism.
Contributors
North Shore Local works with local writers, community contributors and freelance journalists covering North Vancouver and West Vancouver.
Rahat Sandhu
Alexis Jacobson
Contact
If you have a news tip, correction or want to write for North Shore Local, email us at contact@thenorthshorelocal.com