Wiretapping Mr. Big
- May 10, 2017
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
It was after hours at Our Place Pub in Calgary, Alberta, on November 27, 2010, and bartender Dexter Bain was hanging out with regular David Nowak and friends when masked intruders came through the back door. Bain was shot in…
Don’t Charge WikiLeaks
- April 22, 2017
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
On April 20, 2017, CNN reported that US authorities “have prepared charges” to seek the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The Department of Justice investigation dates back to 2010 when WikiLeaks posted files stolen by former US Army intelligence…
In the Public Interest
- April 12, 2017
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
On July 7, 2011, prominent businessman Richard Oland was found bludgeoned to death in his office at the investment firm Far End Corp. in uptown Saint John, New Brunswick. On November 12, 2013, over two years later, Dennis Oland, his…
Three Roaches
- March 24, 2017
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
On November 30, 2007, the RCMP in Langley, British Columbia, received a 911 call from a woman who was crying and apparently injured. Three officers went to Brendan Paterson’s apartment and knocked on the door. When Paterson opened the door…
Hunch or Intuition
- March 10, 2017
- Clayton Rice, K.C.
On April 11, 2011, Steven Quilop attracted the curiosity of the Calgary police based on an anonymous tip that he was a cocaine trafficker. There was no evidence about the informant’s credibility or reliability. Nor was there any evidence that…