One-time reporter with Northern Light dies after illness
Published Tuesday December 23rd, 2008
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By Greg Mulock
Northern Light Editor

A Bathurst native who once worked at The Northern Light has died in Salmon Arm, B.C. after a three-year battle with Lou Gehrig's disease.
Dirk Kiy passed away Dec. 15 from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).

A 1972 graduate of Bathurst High School, Mr. Kiy still had many friends in the Bathurst area with whom he kept in touch. He was back in the city in 2003 to cover the Canada Winter Games for a newspaper in Salmon Arm.

He had worked for The Northern Light as a reporter-photographer from 1981 to 1982, when the late Frank Mersereau was editor.

Born in 1954, Mr. Kiy had been a star volleyball player with the Unviersity of New Brunswick Red Devils, leading them to the AUS (Atlantic University Sports) championship in 1978 and won a CIAU (Canadian Interscholastic Athletic Union) all-star award in the process.

His obituary notice said "Dirk loved and was loved by the community of Salmon Arm. He worked with troubled young people, ran an outdoor adventure centre, coached high school volleyball and wrote and published many stories. He had a passion for all music and nature."

Mr. Kiy leaves behind a wife and two children.

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