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Louise Dickson

Louise Dickson

Louise Dickson graduated from Queen’s University with an honours degree in history, then worked on Parliament Hill as a researcher for three years. In 1985, she joined the Ottawa Citizen, where she was a feature writer and fitness columnist.

Louise joined the Times Colonist in 1997, specializing in crime and the courts. She has been honoured with three National Newspaper Award nominations.

Louise and her colleagues were awarded the 2010 Justicia Award for Excellence in Legal Journalism for a series on access to information in the B.C. court system. The series also won the 2010 Jack Webster Award for Legal Journalism.

Louise has been nominated for numerous Webster awards, including one for her investigation into B.C.’s Name Act in 2001. The government vowed quick legislative change after Louise revealed there were loopholes that allowed offenders to change their names and leave their criminal records behind.

Louise is the author of six children’s books, including The Kids Guide to Fortune Telling, published by Kids Can Press. She is also co-author of Straight Talk About Kids and Sport, published by the Coaching Association of Canada.

Email
ldickson@timescolonist.com

Recent Work by Louise

Child services failed boy killed by his mother and stepdad, father says

Child services failed boy killed by his mother and stepdad, father says

“My boy shouldn’t have been there. They had alcohol and drugs going on in the home,” says the father of six-year-old Don-Tay Patrick Lucas.
Port Alberni mother who shot son to be sentenced in February

Port Alberni mother who shot son to be sentenced in February

In October, Samantha Dittmer was convicted of manslaughter in the shooting death of her son, Jesse McPhee.
Mother, stepfather plead guilty to manslaughter in death of Port Alberni boy, 6

Mother, stepfather plead guilty to manslaughter in death of Port Alberni boy, 6

An agreed statement of fact revealed in horrifying detail how Dontay Patrick Lucas was brutalized by his mother and stepfather for a period of four months.
‘Sometimes a fine is not enough,’ says judge who sent guide to jail for bear killings

‘Sometimes a fine is not enough,’ says judge who sent guide to jail for bear killings

Paying money may not always be a deterrent, Judge Alexander Wolf said at the sentencing of a man who "executed" a mother bear and cub in a tree outside his Tofino home.
Only conservation officers equipped with tranquillizer guns, police say after cougar killed

Only conservation officers equipped with tranquillizer guns, police say after cougar killed

The question about tranquillizer guns was raised after Victoria police shot and killed a full-grown cougar that had been prowling the Gorge-Selkirk Waterfront area on Tuesday
Sugar shortage hits Greater Victoria grocery stores, bakers amid labour dispute at refinery

Sugar shortage hits Greater Victoria grocery stores, bakers amid labour dispute at refinery

Sugar supplies are running low on grocery-store shelves and in bakeries amid a strike at Rogers Sugar in Vancouver
Defence seeks community sentence for stabbing at Paul's Motor Inn

Defence seeks community sentence for stabbing at Paul's Motor Inn

The Crown is seeking a seven-year prison sentence for Christopher Parker, who stabbed Ronald Oster on Nov. 13, 2020
Crown seeks seven-year sentence for man who stabbed his friend in the neck

Crown seeks seven-year sentence for man who stabbed his friend in the neck

Christopher John Parker, 40, was convicted in May of the aggravated assault of Ronald Oster on Nov. 13, 2020, at Paul’s Motor Inn, which was bought by the province three years ago and turned into a housing facility.
Jury finds fatal police shooting of Nanaimo man a homicide

Jury finds fatal police shooting of Nanaimo man a homicide

A coroner’s jury recommends annual crisis-intervention and de-escalation training for RCMP officers and the increased use of non-lethal Tasers.
Nanaimo man killed by police had five bullets in his body, says pathologist

Nanaimo man killed by police had five bullets in his body, says pathologist

Aaron Lee Prince died of multiple gunshot wounds and had a potentially toxic level of cocaine in his system, Dr. Jason Doyle told a coroner’s inquest
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