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Doug Diaczuk

Doug Diaczuk

Doug Diaczuk is a reporter and award-winning author from Thunder Bay. He has a master’s degree in English from Lakehead University and has been working as a freelance and full-time reporter for more than seven years. His work has been published in Geist, SubTerrain, and Quill and Quire Magazine. Doug has been a member of the Tbnewswatch team since 2016 and covers stories relating to arts and entertainment, community events, health care, and court.

Twitter: @DougDiaczuk

Email
ddiaczuk@dougallmedia.com

Recent Work by Doug

City police officer found guilty of assault

City police officer found guilty of assault

Const. Andrew Frankow of the Thunder Bay Police Service has been found guilty of assault causing bodily harm for striking an intoxicated man inside a bus shelter in April 2022.
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Dear Self Art Project giving students confidence and encouragement

Dear Self Art Project giving students confidence and encouragement

The Dear Self Project is an anti-gang and anti-drug initiative launched by the Thunder Bay Police Service and included a city-wide art contest that is now on display at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery
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Mining minister speaks of ‘passion and optimism’ at Cen-Can Expo

Mining minister speaks of ‘passion and optimism’ at Cen-Can Expo

Ontario Mines Minister George Pirie spoke at the Cen-Can Resources Expo about the future of mining in Northwestern Ontario
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Former Fort Frances nurse Lindsey Coyle to be sentenced early next year

Former Fort Frances nurse Lindsey Coyle to be sentenced early next year

The family of Hermina Fletcher, who died nine years ago after former Fort Frances nurse Lindsey Coyle altered her medication report to steal morphine, said they are angry and frustrated that they must wait another four months to learn Coyle’s sentence
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Cen-Can Resource Expo returns this week

Cen-Can Resource Expo returns this week

The natural resources expo includes more than 300 exhibitors relating to mining, forestry, and energy and will be taking place Wednesday and Thursday at the Fort William Gardens
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Senior charged in long-term care home death found unfit to stand trial

Senior charged in long-term care home death found unfit to stand trial

Harriet Gray was charged with manslaughter in the 2022 death of a 91-year-old resident of Bethammi Long-Term Care Home but she has been found unfit to stand trial
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Brayden Bushby granted day parole

Brayden Bushby granted day parole

The Parole Board of Canada found Brayden Bushby, who was convicted of manslaughter for the 2017 death of Barbara Kentner and serving a seven year and 11-month sentence, to be ‘low risk to reoffend’
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Police conduct traffic blitz for speeding on Whitewater Road

Police conduct traffic blitz for speeding on Whitewater Road

Residents in the area of Whitewater Road have been complaining of motorists driving at excessive speeds, with a traffic survey conducted by the Thunder Bay Police Service Traffic Unit finding 90 vehicles during a six-day period travelling 40 km/h above the posted speed limit
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Family of Hermina Fletcher calls on province to investigate Fort Frances hospital

Family of Hermina Fletcher calls on province to investigate Fort Frances hospital

The family of Hermina Fletcher, who died in La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, are calling on the Ministry of Health to investigate Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc., believing other families may have been victimized by former nurse Lindsey Coyle, who altered Fletcher’s medication record to steal morphine
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Family of Hermina Fletcher want ex-nurse to take responsibility for ‘inexplicably evil’ actions

Family of Hermina Fletcher want ex-nurse to take responsibility for ‘inexplicably evil’ actions

The Crown is seeking a two-year sentence for Lindsey Coyle, the former Fort Frances nurse who pleaded guilty to criminal negligence causing death for altering the medication records of 76-year-old Hermina Fletcher in order to steal morphine for her own personal use, resulting in Fletcher’s death in 2015
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