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They’re Still Missing

An insider’s account of the bungled hunt for Robert Pickton

The Grey Plateau

When the world stopped five years ago

Ira Basen

Ira Basen is a long-time CBC Radio producer and documentary maker.

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Stop the Presses!

When no news is good news December 2025
How big a role does the news play in your life? Is being well-informed an important part of how you think of yourself? It was for Edward McCann, a Canadian lawyer and university professor, who died in April at the age of eighty-four. “He found joy in watching and coaching sports,” his obituary read, “spending time with his wife and…