I have used the same large pine desk for almost half my life now, and for reasons that I am about to share, consider it sacred. As a journalist working in Northern Ontario in the 1980s, I was given the marvelous opportunity to cover a story that was taking place in the bowels of the […]
I have harbored a deep love of the sea and the ships that sail upon her for the best part of my life. My enlistment into the Royal Canadian Navy in the 1960’s was fuelled by this desire alone and the fresh memories of living aboard a yacht on the south coast of England before […]
An unsung hero who was pivotal in bringing Duane Oswald David to justice has agreed to share information about his role in this matter.
In February of 2022, the Parole Board of Canada ultimately decided not to grant full parole to Ronald Glen West.
I had always hoped beyond hope that new information may come forward to clear the Murder Park Cold Case or other existing cold cases but I never considered that I would hear about and from a woman claiming to be West’s first victim.
Since the launch of The Seventh Shot , I have heard from many of my readers, as well as persons I had interviewed for the book, often with updates and sometimes just checking in. I never anticipated that the book would create its own culture. I am often contacted by readers with fascinating stories of […]
On April 19th, 1994, OPP Detective Inspector Don MacNeil received a call regarding a triple homicide in Adjala (now Tosorontio Township, near Tottenham) about thirty miles north east of Toronto.
The following is the first part of a haunting tale of a little girl’s disappearance, the province-wide response that came together to find her and the unimaginable outcome.
The hunt for Tommy would continue for a week after her disappearance. Searchers camped out on the Baker’s farm and were sheltered and fed in the homes of neighbours. They slogged their way through swamps foraging through fields as they looked under bridges and into culverts. They filed along river and creek beds, beat bushes […]
I promised to tell you about the attempted murder at the Highlands Rural Learning Centre in 1992, how it changed my life, and how it played a part in my decision to immerse myself in over three years of interviews, investigation and writing about the Ronald Glen West case. The Highlands Rural Learning Centre was […]