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The more things change, the more they stay the same It almost seems surreal that this is our tenth New Year’s celebration and greeting here at that little newspaper that everybody loves. When we started the paper in 2002, no one had any idea what an impact giving people good and refreshing news would have. The good news newspaper was born out of a passion for the community and an idea that people would want to share their lives and get to know their neighbours. The concept was one that instantly Echo News Peddlers was one of 108 registered teams at Bike To Work Week 2012. caught on and ten plains Wenda Noonan who has Echo and it has published nearyears later, a few bumps, changes published the Downtown Echo SPH - Fr Earlug Mar 22.indd 1 since 2002. (It has ly every week and minor shifts later people still since its inception. “When we missed the odd week due to the want to read good news, learn started all we wanted to do placement of Christmas holiabout their neighbours and laugh was have a vehicle to be able days) The paper has witnessed at funny, funny jokes. to share all the great ideas and almost everything good, heart“We always knew that Kam- experiences that the people of warming and awe inspiring that loops was a great place and we our communities are involved has happened in the Downtown try to promote that every week in everyday.” core since then and its archive is in the pages of the Echo,” exThat vehicle is the Downtown used by more than one body as
a journal and time capsule. You can even find all the back copies at the local library! In the past ten years many things have changed Downtown. For one, Downtown is far more modern and beautiful. Twinkling tree lights, new paved streets and re-done brickwork, a fresh faced Lansdowne Village, the 100 block Victoria developments, the Old Courthouse Cultural Centre, the many building facade changes and upgrades, Hotel 540 and the new Lorne Street upgrades have all been part changing the face and putting Downtown on the map. “The cool thing about Downtown is as much as it has changed, it has stayed the same,” continues Wenda. “When we started, one of the things we loved about the – continued on page 2