Colin Freeze has been reporting on breaking news and crime, justice and security issues for The Globe and Mail for 25 years. He is a document digger who works to uncover hard-to-access government documents and court filings, and who has specialized in covering police and security agencies. Currently, he is reporting on the problem of unproclaimed laws in Canada and a Canadian man who is at the centre of a international probe for allegedly shipping substances used in suicides.
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His coverage has included stories exploring how Calgary police are cracking cold cases with DNA banks, how Hockey Canada used player fees to build a fund for sexual assault claims and other lawsuits, and an investigation into contract policing in communities across Canada.
In 2015, he published a series investigating how Robert E. Lee Goodwin III finagled his way into Stephen Harper’s office.
