Our Team

My journey in the newspaper industry on Vancouver Island spans over 40 years.

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I’ve been involved with journalism on Vancouver Island for more than 30 years, beginning as a teenage holiday fill-in at the old Cowichan News Leader.

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I'm Don Barbeau, and I've been fortunate to be a part of Black Press Media for nearly 30 years now.

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I rejoined the PQB News team in April 2017 from the Comox Valley Echo, having previously covered sports for The NEWS in 1997.

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I joined Black Press Media in 2022 after completing a diploma in digital journalism at Lethbridge College. Parksville city council, the arts and education are among my news beats.

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My family and I have been residents of the Parksville Qualicum Beach area for quite a while now.

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I joined the national team with Black Press Media in 2023 from the Peninsula News Review, where I had reported on Vancouver Island's Saanich Peninsula since 2019.

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I have been a Black Press Media journalist for more than 30 years and today coordinate digital news content across our network.

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I'm a provincial reporter for Black Press Media's provincial team, after my journalism career took me around B.C. since I was 19 years old.

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