WRITING STORIES
The best journalism emerges when a reporter can get close enough to smell the action. Peter Kuitenbrouwer likes to stain his notepad -- with salt water, with the blood of seals, with the driving sleet of a nor'easter as it slams into the St. Lawrence Seaway -- as he gathers the description and the emotion that fill his newspaper stories.
My Father and his Firebombs
On Aug. 9, 1969, police arrested Paul Kuitenbrouwer in Sonoma County, Calif., with five children in his car. Peter Kuitenbrouwer, seven years old, was one of them. Here is the five part series, complete with peace, love and molotov cocktails.Click to read the whole story.
Water Rising
In December 2014 the MV Kaministiqua set sail from Thunder Bay, loaded with 25,000 tonnes of wheat and soybeans. This story chronicles a rollicking week-long journey across the Great Lakes and through the St. Lawrence Seaway. Yes, the chef served creampuffs.Click to read the whole story.
A New Start
After an earthquake levelled Port au Prince in 2010, Air Canada sent a jet to the stricken capital of Haiti and returned with a planeload of orphans.Click to read the whole story.
A Dying Living
For over 400 years, the hearty fishing folk of outport Newfoundland have depended on harp seals as a staple of their diet. This story paints a portrait of a resilient and generous people: the seal hunters.Click to read the whole story.
