My hitchhiker, the Parliament Hill gunman
From 2015: On his way from Vancouver to Calgary, Harry Bekkering decided to pick up a clean-shaven man looking for a lift. His name was Michael.
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Michael Friscolanti
Senior writer Michael Friscolanti spends a lot of time at crime scenes and courthouses. The author of ’Friendly Fire: The Untold Story of the U.S. Bombing That Killed Four Canadian Soldiers in Afghanistan,’ he has won three CAJ Awards for investigative journalism and four National Magazine Awards.
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