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Darron Kloster

Darron Kloster has been an editor, reporter and feature writer for the Times Colonist for 34 years and has worked in the industry for four decades covering everything from sports and business to municipal and provincial politics and breaking news.

Darron covers stories involving climate change and issues involving wildlife, marine ecosystems and the rapid changes to our natural world. He also edits and compiles several of the Times Colonist’s special projects, including Discover Magazine, and writes the On The Street business column.

A Saskatchewan native and a graduate of Mount Royal University journalism program, Darron has a natural curiosity — and a belief that every person has a story to tell.

When he’s not at press conferences, in the field, on the phone or pounding on a keyboard, Darron likes exploring and photographing Vancouver Island’s beautiful terrain, tending his vegetable patch and doing carpentry projects.

Email
dkloster@timescolonist.com

Recent Work by Darron

Driver clocked going nearly 200 km/h on Island highway

Driver clocked going nearly 200 km/h on Island highway

Police said the driver was apprehended under the Mental Health Act and taken to hospital. No specifics about the arrest were revealed.
Time's up for mobile sauna operating at Esquimalt Lagoon

Time's up for mobile sauna operating at Esquimalt Lagoon

While the sauna was seen as a healthy and popular offering that went well with the trend of cold-ocean swimming, council has decided to end a temporary-use permit issued in January to Wildwood Saunas.
B.C. artist uses light and shadow to create giant scenes of nature on Amazon warehouse walls

B.C. artist uses light and shadow to create giant scenes of nature on Amazon warehouse walls

The images of mountains, forest and ocean on the walls of the warehouse are created using sheets of anodized aluminum with thousands of precision-cut holes about the size of a quarter.
Massive industrial drill bit rolls off moving truck on the Malahat

Massive industrial drill bit rolls off moving truck on the Malahat

West Shore RCMP said there were no injuries and no vehicles were damaged in the incident, which happened at about 11:30 a.m. on the Trans-Canada Highway at Aspen Road.
Mass roundup, killing of fallow deer to go ahead on Sidney Island

Mass roundup, killing of fallow deer to go ahead on Sidney Island

Parks Canada to proceed with multi-million-dollar cull after property owners on Sidney Island narrowly approved it
Province injects $500 million into B.C. Ferries in effort to keep annual fare jumps below 3%

Province injects $500 million into B.C. Ferries in effort to keep annual fare jumps below 3%

Report had forecast possible annual fare increases above 10%.
Work-from-home could have 'catastrophic' effect on Victoria economy: business groups

Work-from-home could have 'catastrophic' effect on Victoria economy: business groups

Provincial government is decentralizing its workforce.
Province injects $500 million into B.C. Ferries in effort to keep annual fare jumps below 3%

Province injects $500 million into B.C. Ferries in effort to keep annual fare jumps below 3%

Report had forecast possible annual fare increases above 10%.
Work-from-home could have 'catastrophic' effect on Victoria economy: business groups

Work-from-home could have 'catastrophic' effect on Victoria economy: business groups

Provincial government is decentralizing its workforce.
War veteran, 102, fulfills dream of flying again

War veteran, 102, fulfills dream of flying again

Peter Godwin Chance trained as a pilot during the Second World War, and always wanted to fly again. Last week, he finally got his chance, thanks to the Victoria Flying Club.
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