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I had an interesting chat with Rob Fai of 730 CKNW Vancouver about the scope of Mexican cartels in Canada. That will be dealt with in my upcoming book, A Ganger’s Life: War and Addiction in the New Underworld, coming out later this spring.

She watched her son Tyler gunned down in the driveway of her family home. That was six years ago. Tyler’s murder remains unsolved and the tow wars continue.

Firing experts, turbo-charging dark web, making guns easy for cartels to access. Donald Trump ushers in gold age for drug traffickers.

As Donald Trump takes aim at his neighbours, Made-in-America guns give power to deadly cartels.

Statistics from the RCMP and CBSA suggest Canada isn’t flooding the U.S. with homegrown fentanyl, despite words of President elect Trump.

It was an interesting experience watching how Jesse Hyde of Rolling Stone dug into the drug trafficking world of Olympic snowboarder, Ryan Wedding. Nice job by Jesse. Odd feeling to be quoted. I’m used to asking the questions. Congratulations to him on a job well done.

We’re asked to write features at Christmas to make up for a large number of staffers being on holidays. It’s a fun assignment to dig into things we’ve wondered about. I chose Casa Loma and it’s link to the war effort of WWII and the James Bond series.

Tow truck drivers have a grim tax from extortionists to ply their trade. If the balk, their trucks – or themselves – could be shot up.

Organized crime experts say acting tough at the border won’t stop drug flow. Also ask why guns allowed to pour into Mexico to support cartels.

Organized car thieves continue to turn up their noses at electric vehicles, and favour SUVs and trucks.