A gothic novel plays out in Courtroom 33
Day 17: Donald Bayne airs grave concerns about Gerald Donohue’s health
Nicholas Köhler
Nicholas Köhler is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in Maclean’s, the South China Morning Post and The Christian Science Monitor, among other places. He has reported from around the world, including New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, northeast Japan after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, and more recently from Myanmar as it lurched toward democracy. You can reach him at nick@nicholaskohler.com.
A pox upon this unshakable, inexplicable Senate
Day 16: Donald Bayne takes an aggressive approach to cross-examining the former head of Senate finance
Courtroom 33 isn’t just another Senate committee
Day 15: Don Bayne continues questioning of Senate staffer
The Mike Duffy trial in comic-book form
Week 3: A court reporter, a cartoonist and Yoda
The unfilmable drama: Duffy’s defence takes on a Senate staffer
Day 14: Nick Köhler on Nicole Proulx’s defiant stand in the witness box
Noted in Courtroom 33: Hubris. Wait, never mind, it’s gone ...
Former head of finance at the Senate on the stand as proceedings fly by in a spark of paper
Nicole Proulx muddies #duffytrial with clarity
Day 12: A hint at the Crown’s case against the senator dissolves into Senate rules
The mysterious #duffytrial comes briefly into focus
Day 11: Gerald Donohue’s son takes the stand
Ottawa stitches Canada together. Mike Duffy did his part.
Day 10: Duffy’s first cousin testifies from P.E.I.
Scandal at the ballet
From 2015:Former students of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School say a teacher persuaded them to pose for lurid photos