A Learning Community

A newspaper and online resource that has been helping learners improve their English skills since 1982.

Newspapers

Features

A print and online newspaper

Each month we adapt news stories for people who want to improve their English language skills.


Three levels represented by 1 book (level 1), 2 books (level 2), or 3 books (level 3).

3 reading levels

The articles in The Westcoast Reader are labelled with Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3 book icons. The levels are comparable to Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) 2 to 6.

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Friends of the WCR

Canada Post Strike in Effect. We are unable to deliver the print edition of The Westcoast Reader in time for December. We will send the newspaper when the strike is over. As a token of our appreciation, download the digital edition free of charge.

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