Atlantic women in law enforcment

Nov 52 min read

Give the Gift of Reading this Christmas

Every 24 December, Icelanders give each other books. Then unwrap them with a tasty cup of hot chocolate. The tradition is known as ...

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Helen C. Escott’s Operation Series optioned for film and TV

Helen Escott

May 102 min read

Helen C. Escott’s Operation Series optioned for film and TV

Helen C Escott’s five-book Operation Series published by Flanker Press has been optioned by Rink Rat Productions for film & TV

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Helen Escott

Oct 3, 20232 min read

Time to cozy up to fall fiction

Exciting things are happening in October! Operation Masonic Walking Tour Go back to the scene of the murder! Sun, Oct 15, 2023 3:00 PM -...

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Local Author Finalist for Best Book in Atlantic Canada

Helen Escott

Apr 13, 20232 min read

Local Author Finalist for Best Book in Atlantic Canada

Award-winning author Helen C. Escott has been announced as a finalist for the 2023 Best Atlantic-Published book award by the Atlantic...

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Helen Escott

Nov 18, 20221 min read

Out of the Fog

Host Don-E-Coady invites Crime Author Helen Escott. Eye Physician & Surgeon Dr. Christopher Jackman. Michael Wahl, Host of the WAHL Show....

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I'm in the jailhouse now: Memories from the front line

Helen Escott

Oct 25, 20223 min read

I'm in the jailhouse now: Memories from the front line

When Gerald Leahy joined the RCMP in his home province of New Brunswick in 1956 he was thrilled when first posted to Newfoundland. "I was...

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Remembering the good old days of policing

Helen Escott

Oct 19, 20224 min read

Remembering the good old days of policing

Chief/ Supt. George Powell: Remembering the good times When reminiscing about his policing career with family, friends and fellow...

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From being shot to meeting Joey Smallwood, it was a great 36 years!

Helen Escott

Oct 12, 20224 min read

From being shot to meeting Joey Smallwood, it was a great 36 years!

When Murray Evans joined the RCMP 56 years ago, recruiters were as interested in his physique as they were his intelligence. The boy from...

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Constable Ken Ellis: From the historic Badger Riot to the night that changed his life

Helen Escott

Oct 3, 20225 min read

Constable Ken Ellis: From the historic Badger Riot to the night that changed his life

As a young man, the only thing Ken Ellis wanted to be was an RCMP officer. That dream came true on May 05th, 1958 when he went to...

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Helen Escott

Aug 5, 20224 min read

RCMP Second Man Award

On Dec 21, 2013 the RCMP in Newfoundland and Labrador honoured twenty-two women in recognition of their support and unpaid services while...

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Operation Trafficked -Human trafficking stops when men stop buying women and children for sex

Helen Escott

Aug 3, 20212 min read

Operation Trafficked -Human trafficking stops when men stop buying women and children for sex

It is possible to get away with murder if you kill people whose lives are already devalued by society. Operation Trafficked takes you...

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Crash and burn - But he always walked away. The Staff Sgt. Bob MacKinnon story

Helen Escott

Jul 21, 20214 min read

Crash and burn - But he always walked away. The Staff Sgt. Bob MacKinnon story

September 21, 1971 was a beautiful day. Twenty-five-year-old Cst. Bob MacKinnon had almost six years in the Force when he was called into...

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Rose Marie Russell-Coffey: Rose Marie of the Mounties

Helen Escott

Feb 23, 20214 min read

Rose Marie Russell-Coffey: Rose Marie of the Mounties

Constable Rose Marie Russell-Coffey made history in 1975 when she became the first female RCMP police officer in Newfoundland and...

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Anne James: Telecoms Operator – Always the calm in the storm

Helen Escott

Feb 23, 20216 min read

Anne James: Telecoms Operator – Always the calm in the storm

When Anne James was living in her hometown of Bishop’s Falls, her brother was friends with an RCMP member. At the time she was working...

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Inspector Trudy Murray: The longest serving female RCMP police officer in Canada

Helen Escott

Feb 23, 20216 min read

Inspector Trudy Murray: The longest serving female RCMP police officer in Canada

Trudy Murray waited patiently for the announcement that came on May 23, 1974. RCMP Commissioner Maurice Nadon told the country that the...

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S/Sgt. Gail Courtney – Still Blazing Trails in Retirement

Helen Escott

Jan 28, 20214 min read

S/Sgt. Gail Courtney – Still Blazing Trails in Retirement

The women joining the Royal Canadian Mounted Police today can’t even begin to imagine what the first women experienced: The fun, the...

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Cst. Cheryle LaFosse: The first Sworn RCMP Female

Helen Escott

Jan 28, 20214 min read

Cst. Cheryle LaFosse: The first Sworn RCMP Female

Constable Cheryl LaFosse grew up in a policing family. Her father was RCMP Supt. Jack LaFosse who joined the Newfoundland Ranger Force in...

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Helen C. Escott to launch memoir from Engen Books!

Helen Escott

Nov 11, 20201 min read

Helen C. Escott to launch memoir from Engen Books!

Helen C. Escott, the bestselling, award-winning author behind Operation Wormwood, The Reckoning, Operation Vanished, and, In Search of...

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Are UFO’s Observing RCMP Officers in NL?

Helen Escott

Oct 20, 20205 min read

Are UFO’s Observing RCMP Officers in NL?

UFO’s are no strangers to Newfoundland and Labrador. As a matter of fact, the UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) are quite frequent CFAs...

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We must be vigilant when it comes to stopping the sexual abuse of children

Helen Escott

Sep 28, 20203 min read

We must be vigilant when it comes to stopping the sexual abuse of children

I find it disturbing that celebrities who know nothing about the culture of Newfoundland and Labrador, will come here to sit on an ice...

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