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The following issues are available for download from the year 2002:

December 2002:

• Meet John Vigna, EAC-BC member and young entrepreneur of the year!
• What happened when the Gordon Group came to Vancouver.
• Get the lowdown on the Surrey International Writers Festival.
• Mark your calendars -- Strategic Connections is coming round again.
• Learn some top tips on making the most of your Web site.

November 2002:

• Get the inside scoop on The Word on the Street
• Find out what it's really like to be an Editorial Intern
• Have you seen these signs?
• Meet our new Membership Chair

October 2002:

• Learn a new onscreen approach to dealing with typos
• The Executive -- who is this mysterious group?
• Sentence length -- how long is too long?

September 2002:

• Find out what really happened in Montreal this summer
• Discover the history of Trek Magazine
• Sharpen your pencils and fish out your calendars -
  lots of What's On details to fill your fall schedule

June 2002:

• Find out what EAC's certification exams are all about
• What makes a good editor?
• Recognizing our volunteers
• Academic editing, abstracts, and end notes

May 2002:

• Explore the ethics of editing
• In defence of "hopefully" as a sentence adverb
• The upcoming Conference 2002 in Toronto

April 2002:

• How to get started as an editor, or switch from in-house to freelance
• Book review: Language and the Internet by David Crystal
• More about Winnifred Assmann
• New and fun resource for people who like words

March 2002:

• Find out what Strategic Connections was all about
• Get the latest news and updates from national
• Learn a bit about the man behind Eight Step Editing, Jim Taylor
• Meet the new West Coast Editor co-editor and the editorial team

February 2002:

• A report on January's town hall meeting
• Overview of Spring 2002 workshops
• Strategic Connections 2002
• BC Book and Magazine Week contest
• 2002 Fairley Award worth $2000
• National conference May 24-26

January 2002:

• Information about the EAC restructuring proposal
• Censorship during Freedom to Read Week
• EAC-BC display in the Vancouver Public Library
• Flashes on the national conference 2002 in Montreal
• A brief preview of EAC-BC spring workshops

The following issues are also available for download from this site:

West Coast Editor 2001

West Coast Editor 2000

West Coast Editor 1999