The Spies Who Decked Me

The man I’m writing about lived in my neighbourhood in the West end of Edmonton, Alberta. We were close, geographically Continue reading →

PS … The Suspect is Dead

The prime suspect in the disappearance of a young girl in Edmonton in 1983 is dead.  The suspect — whose Continue reading →

Knocking on Heaven’s Door

It was an unusual meeting between two men — and they were unusual too. One was a lay preacher; the other Continue reading →

Nabbed in Campbellton: 10th Anniversary

Ten years ago, a white cargo van with Ontario plates quietly meandered through the streets of Campbellton, New Brunswick. Behind Continue reading →

Life in the Supermax

Here is a true-life account of life in one of the world’s toughest prisons — Florence ADX, Colorado, USA — Continue reading →

Whitewash??

In 2006, a jury in Edmonton, Alberta found a heavy-duty mechanic guilty of murdering his pregnant wife. People across North Continue reading →

Our Legal System : Proceed With Caution

October 2nd marks a peculiar international commemoration: Wrongful Conviction Day, set aside to remember men and women who were done in by Continue reading →

Four Dead. A Nation Wounded.

March 3, 2015, marked the tenth anniversary of the killing of four Alberta RCMP officers — the deadliest day in the Continue reading →