I am a journalist based in Toronto; I have worked in newspapers, magazines and television and now spend most of my time on books.

Until now my books have been about politics and corruption in government; this time I've moved from white-collar criminals to the world of violent crime as I tell the story of Vancouver's Missing Women and the man accused of killing many of them, Robert William (Willie) Pickton.

Pickton, a Port Coquitlam pig farmer, is now on trial in New Westminster, British Columbia for murdering six women and is facing a second trial on another twenty counts of first-degree murder.

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My old stories about Brian Mulroney and Karlheinz Schreiber are coming back to haunt us all. To see the website designed for the launch of THE LAST AMIGO: KARLHEINZ SCHREIBER AND THE ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL, the book I published, with Harvey Cashore in 2001 about Schreiber and the Airbus scandal, click here:

AND FOR POSTINGS ON  THE UNFOLDING MULRONEY-SCHREIBER FIASCO, SEE MY BLOG:  

http://steviecameronblog.blogspot.com

Angela Fama for Vancouver Magazine

 

 

 

 

Meanwhile, my latest book, THE PICKTON FILE,  available from Knopf Canada in your local bookstores, is a personal story of what it's been like to work on the Missing Women/Pickton story for the last five and a half years. It's also a guide to the case and introduces a large cast of characters including Pickton, his family and some of his friends - as well as prosecutors, defence lawyers and judges, victims' family members, support workers and the reporters and investigators who have become such an important part of this story.

And it's full of pictures. I took most of them myself over the years; they introduce you to many of the people involved in the case, show you the infamous farm during different stages of the police search and show some of the other sites that have become part of this story. And there are several maps to guide you through the communities and the farm itself.

...Excerpt from THE PICKTON FILE

"We had no idea [in 2002] how massive the investigation would be. We had no notion that the police would sift every inch of dirt on the Pickton farm, a process that lasted from the spring of 2002 to late 2004. We did not foresee the broad publication ban that would prevent any word printed or broadcast of what was being said in court in case it influenced a potential juror. We couldn't know that there would be, by 2006, 27 charges of first-degree murder against Pickton and that the police would continue to investigate him on suspicion of many other deaths. And we didn't know that the police and other personnel involved in the case, under threat of ruined careers, were forbidden to talk to reporters. In blissful ignorance, all I could do was begin…"  

PICTURES: And if you'd like to see some pictures of the opening days of the trial just click here. 

 For pictures of investigators working on Pickton farm, click here.