Peace Arch News is about to welcome a new publisher.
Former Langley Times publisher Dwayne Weidendorf will take the reins from current publisher Mary Kemmis beginning Monday.
Kemmis – who took over publisher’s duties upon retirement of longtime PAN staffer Rita Walters last November – has been promoted to president of parent company Black Press’s Prairie Newspaper Division, overseeing the publication of the Red Deer Advocate and more than 20 other papers throughout Central Alberta and the East Kootenay region of B.C.
(Coincidentally, Kemmis follows former PAN publisher Fred Gorman, who’s retiring after relocating to Alberta from the Semiahmoo Peninsula in 2000.)
Weidendorf, who now also serves as publisher of Black Press’s recently acquired sister-paper the Surrey Now, had been publisher of the Langley Times since 2006. Prior to that he was publisher of four community papers in Ontario.
“I am thrilled to be joining one of the best community newspaper teams in Canada, and I wish Mary all the success in her new president role,” Weidendorf said.
In addition to serving as publisher of PAN and The Now, Weidendorf oversees on behalf of Black Press the newspaper chain’s press facilities in North Delta and publication of The Yukon News.
PAN is distributed Wednesdays and Fridays to homes across White Rock and South Surrey, north to Cloverdale, Sullivan and south Newton. The Now is distributed Surrey-wide on Thursdays.
