Five 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
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Dead Man Under a Pool Table
There’s a variety of beats for reporters: politics, education, health, aboriginal issues, environment, technology, aging movie stars … you name Continue reading
Lord Stanley’s Mug and a Stranger
It was Saturday, 19 May 1984 — a pleasant, warm spring evening in Edmonton, Alberta. Across the city and clear Continue reading
Crime, Punishment … Salvation?
“I look in the mirror and I see a normal man. But I know I’m not normal.” – Karl Toft. Continue reading
eBeer!!
Countless stories have been written about the world’s most widely consumed alcoholic beverage: BEER! Well, here’s another yarn — with Continue reading
A Native Protest : 1988
Word came on 28 January 2013 that a well-known band of Cree Natives was throwing its support behind Idle No Continue reading
Unlikely Hero
October 19, 2014, marked the 30th anniversary of a fatal plane crash in Northern Alberta, Canada, where a petty criminal Continue reading
Tania and that ‘Family Friend’
In 1983 a young Edmonton girl vanished on her way home from school. The years have flown by … and now the child’s mother, father and brother have all died early — their deaths brought on because of not knowing the child’s fate.
Byron Christopher 