davidstaplesedmonton
davidstaplesedmonton
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Bio
Son of the North, herald of our city.
Lucky to write about and converse with the wisest, most dynamic and devoted Edmontonians from the left, right and centre for 35 years now.
Fortunate to have met and interviewed and written major profiles or columns about the greats of our province and the West: Peter Lougheed, Ralph Klein, Daphne Odjig, Laurence Decore, Stu Hart, Hugh Campbell, Glenn Anderson, Kevin Lowe, Pam Barrett, Jason Kenney, Danielle Smith, Eddie Keen, Douglas Cardinal, Barry Fraser, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Alex Janvier, Sylvain Voyer, ManWoman, Donna Clare, Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Barb Tarbox, Craig MacTavish, Pierre Cochard, Kim Krushell, Clare Drake, Billy Moores, Hugh Bolton, Noel O'Sullivan of Giant Mine, Jari Kurri, Vern White, Pierre Berton, Stephen Mandel, 'Badger' Bob Johnson, John Muckler, Daryl Katz, Cal Nichols, Norval Morrisseau and others.
Edmonton Journal writer since 1985; reporter on major crimes for 20 years, including writing extensively on the Wiebo Ludwig and James Roszko cases; current business columnist and hockey blogger, The Cult of Hockey; master of scoring chance research on Edmonton Oilers; best-selling author of The Third Suspect on the Giant Mine murders and of Barb's Miracle on anti-smoking activist Barb Tarbox; article on convicted businessman Bernie Ebbers published in Best Business Crime Writing of the Year 2002, edited by James Surowiecki; winner of two National Newspaper Awards (1992 and 2005, for coverage of Giant Mine and Mayerthorpe mass murders); with three National Newspaper Awards certificates of merit (Grant Fuhr cocaine scandal 1990, Katrina Effert infanticide case 2006), columns on educational issues in Alberta (2012); two National Magazine Awards (silver, 1997, story on Giant Mine and on Valery's Kharlamov's son Sasha, Anatoli Tarasov and Viktor Tikhonov); Blog of the Year finalist for Canadian On-Line Publishing Awards (2010). Sports Blog of the Year finalist for Editor & Publisher (2011 & 2013).
Blessed to have learned from and/or worked with outstanding journalists like Bob Rupert, Joe Scanlon, Phyllis Wilson, Roger Bird, Mario Bartel, John Geiger, Paula Simons, Shawn Ohler, Corinna Schuler, Ken Whyte, Mark Stevenson, Dianna Symonds. Murdoch Davis, Greg Owens, Bob Bell, Brian Tucker, Wendy Koenig, Greg Southam, Sarah O'Donnell, Lucinda Chodan, Wayne Moriarty, Michael Cooke, Linda Hughes, Jim Matheson, Allan Mayer, Jim Matheson, Bruce McCurdy, Jonathan Willis, Kurt Leavins, Tom Barrett, Jim Farrell, Cam Cole and others.
Devoted minor hockey coach of championship teams. Terrible beer league player.
Master persuader. Careful listener.
Luckiest of all in friendship and in love.
Husband of one, father of five.
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