The Vancouver Sun's Victoria correspondent Miro Cernetig will be "returning to the Sun newsroom to write a regular column on Urban Policies and the Lower Mainland." This, according to an email distributed to the broadsheet's staffers. "The column will examine how the people and the decision-making at all levels of government affect our cities and lives," the email continues. "It will touch on cultural and economic influences and provide insight into how we are viewed by those on the Pacific Rim and in other parts of Canada." Mr. Cernetig, who will assume his new responsibilities in the fall, has been covering provincial politics for the Sun since 2005. The following is a copy of the aforementioned email.

We are pleased to announce that Miro Cernetig will be returning to the Sun newsroom to write a regular column on Urban Policies and the Lower Mainland.

The column will examine how the people and the decision-making at all levels of government affect our cities and lives. It will touch on cultural and economic influences and provide insight into how we are viewed by those on the Pacific Rim and in other parts of Canada.

Fresh from Victoria and with a strong background in national and international reporting, Miro has the unique perspective to make this column a success. He also has a great ability to work his sources to gain insightful, contextual understanding of issues, scoop the competition and consistently land big stories.

Born in Glasgow, Miro went to The Globe and Mail early in his career and continued on to head its bureaus in Alberta, B.C., China and New York. He has been nominated for three national newspaper awards, winning the NNA for international reporting in 2001.

After serving as The Toronto Star's Quebec bureau chief he returned to The Vancouver Sun in 2005, where he had worked as an intern way back in 1986 to 1988, to become the Sun's correspondent in Victoria. Along with the Sun's Lori Culbert, he was nominated for both a Webster award and a Michener last year for a series on the death, while in government care, of foster child Savannah Hall.

Miro will take up his new responsibilities early in the fall.