Soraya Roberts was the Online Editor for the Spring 2005 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism. Crime Takes a Bullet
Long-running Quebec tabloid Allô Police bids adieu
On January 23, 1975, Quebec police finally cornered the elusive local gangster Richard Blass. The handsome fugitive was laying low at a cottage in the Laurentians after setting fire to a Montreal nightclub, killing 13 people. Police surrounded the house and demanded that Blass give himself up. He refused. At 4:30 a.m., two officers broke down […]
