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Doug Diaczuk

Doug Diaczuk

Doug Diaczuk is a reporter and award-winning author from Thunder Bay. He has a master’s degree in English from Lakehead University and has been working as a freelance and full-time reporter for more than seven years. His work has been published in Geist, SubTerrain, and Quill and Quire Magazine. Doug has been a member of the Tbnewswatch team since 2016 and covers stories relating to arts and entertainment, community events, health care, and court.

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Recent Work by Doug

UPDATED: Thunder Bay Police Service under inspection

UPDATED: Thunder Bay Police Service under inspection

Inspector General of Policing Ryan Teschner says he is committed to ensuring residents of Thunder Bay and the Indigenous population receive accountable policing.
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Safe consumption site closure will cause 'a lot more death,’ says harm reduction worker

Safe consumption site closure will cause 'a lot more death,’ says harm reduction worker

'It’s really sad, because instead of seeing needles on the way to schools we are going to start seeing dead bodies . . . We are going to see a lot more overdoses and death and a lot more crime and violence.'
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Local pickleball tournament continues to grow

Local pickleball tournament continues to grow

More than 100 players are participating in the third annual Pickleball Open at the Boulevard Lake courts throughout the weekend.
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Preliminary hearing opens for one of three accused in shooting death

Preliminary hearing opens for one of three accused in shooting death

Javon Myers of Toronto is facing first-degree murder charges in connection with the 2022 shooting death of 24-year-old Michael Park, while charges against co-accused Greg Meshake of Thunder Bay have been withdrawn.
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APS Staff Sgt. pleads guilty for pointing gun at fellow officers

APS Staff Sgt. pleads guilty for pointing gun at fellow officers

Staff Sgt. Tony Hanson pleaded guilty to firearm charges for pointing his police-issued sidearm at fellow officers on the job.
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Gary Lamont sentenced to 5 years for Norval Morrisseau forgeries

Gary Lamont sentenced to 5 years for Norval Morrisseau forgeries

Gary Lamont had pleaded guilty to forgery and defrauding the public above $5,000 for signing artist Norval Morrisseau’s name to fraudulent works of art.
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Two men who helped dispose of Alyssa Turnbull’s body sentenced to time served

Two men who helped dispose of Alyssa Turnbull’s body sentenced to time served

A judge ‘reluctantly’ accepted a joint submission of time served for Nicholas and Brian Soos, who plead guilty to committing an indignity to human remains for helping to dispose of Alyssa Turnbull’s body in 2020, and as part of a plea deal assisted police in locating her body
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Jesse Allen sentenced to 15 years parole ineligibility for murder of brother

Jesse Allen sentenced to 15 years parole ineligibility for murder of brother

A jury found Jesse Allen guilty of second-degree murder for the 2021 stabbing death of his 18-year-old brother, Wayne Allen, in front of their father during an unprovoked attack inside their Manitouwadge home
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Whitesand First Nation man sentenced to six years for 2021 stabbing death

Whitesand First Nation man sentenced to six years for 2021 stabbing death

Stanford Kokokons will serve five years and 90 days in custody after pleading guilty to manslaughter for the stabbing death of 27-year-old Lance Wanakamik in a remote area near Armstrong in April 2021
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Mining minister speaks of ‘passion and optimism’ at Cen-Can Expo

Mining minister speaks of ‘passion and optimism’ at Cen-Can Expo

Ontario Mines Minister George Pirie spoke at the Cen-Can Resources Expo about the future of mining in Northwestern Ontario
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