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Kim Bolan, longtime crime reporter with The Vancouver Sun, will be recognized with a lifetime achievement award later this year at the Jack Webster Awards.

Bolan, who has covered crime for more than three decades at The Sun, will be honoured with the 2017 Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achieve Award, which recognizes a journalist’s body of work and their contribution to B.C. news throughout their career, in honour of news legend Bruce Hutchison.

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Hutchison had also worked at The Vancouver Sun from 1963 until his death in 1992.

“It is a huge honour to get this recognition from the Webster Foundation in the name of such a renowned journalist and following in the footsteps of so many talented people in the media,” said Bolan.

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Bolan has developed a large following through her crime blog Real Scoop and her reporting for The Vancouver Sun. She has covered the Air India terrorist bombing, organized crime in B.C., and ongoing gang violence.