Paul Palango
Paul Palango | |
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| Born | 1950 Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Author, newspaper editor, investigative journalist |
| Notable work | 22 Murders (2022 book) |
Paul Palango (born 1950) is a Canadian author and investigative journalist. Palango worked as a journalist and editor for The Hamilton Spectator and The Globe and Mail. He has written four non-fiction books about policing in Canada, including 22 Murders.
Early life[edit]
Palango was born in 1950 in Ontario, Canada.[1][2]
Career[edit]
In the 1970s he worked for the The Hamilton Spectator before moving to The Globe and Mail in 1977 and remaining there until 1990 when he retired as an editor.[3][4] Palango is noted for his reporting on authority figures including the Canadian police, Canadian Security Intelligence Service, the Canadian media, and business leaders.[5] In 2000, he opened a glass art business in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.[1]
He returned to writing, publishing 22 Murders in 2022, his critical account of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police response to the 2020 Nova Scotia attacks.[6] The book was the second on the Toronto Star’s list of bestselling non-fiction in Canada in April 2022.[6]
The Georgia Straight editor, Charlie Smith, described Palango as "one of Canada's last remaining investigative reporters." in August 2022.[7]
Books[edit]
- Above the Law, 1994, McClelland & Stewart, ISBN 978-0-7710-6905-5[5]
- The Last Guardians: The Crisis in the RCMP - and Canada, 1998, McClelland & Stewart, ISBN 978-0-7710-6906-2[5]
- Dispersing the Fog: Inside the Secret World of Ottawa and the RCMP, 2008, Key Porter Books, ISBN 978-1-55470-042-4[8][9]
- 22 Murders, 2022, Random House Canada, ISBN 978-1-0390-0127-5[3]
Personal life[edit]
Palango lives in Nova Scotia.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Ali, Leena (28 May 2014). "Rural Artists Thinking Big" (PDF). Lunenburg County Progress Bulletin. pp. C1.
- ^ Palango, Paul. Above the law.
- ^ a b Johnston, Douglas J. (2022-05-14). "RCMP's many shortcomings chronicled in account of N.S. massacre". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
- ^ Bing, Hannah. "The duty to investigate". The Signal. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
- ^ a b c McKenna, Paul (2009-02-10). "Author doesn't get the RCMP". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
- ^ a b "The bestselling books in Canada for the week ending April 20, 2022". The Toronto Star. 2022-04-20. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
- ^ "Here's why B.C. residents need to pay attention to the Mass Casualty Commission in Nova Scotia". The Georgia Straight. 2022-08-06. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
- ^ "Dispersing the Fog: Inside the Secret World of Ottawa and the RCMP - Quill and Quire". Quill and Quire - Canada's magazine of book news and reviews. 2008-11-07. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
- ^ "Paul Palango cites training, recruitment as factors in Vancouver police shootings". The Georgia Straight. 2009-04-07. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
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