Sep 2, 2025
The Case On July 22, 1973, while visiting his parents, Brian was unexpectedly arrested by the RCMP. He and his mother assumed it was for an unpaid traffic fine. He had no prior criminal record. He was not told the reason for his arrest until he was taken to Winnipeg’s...
Sep 2, 2025
The Case In 1973, Allan (A.J.) Woodhouse, a 17-year-old youth from the Pinaymootang First Nation, was wrongly convicted of the murder of Ting Fong Chan. Only two months earlier, Allan had moved to Winnipeg from the Fairford Reserve. He was employed, living with his...
Sep 2, 2025
The Case Robert (Bobby) Mailman was a 35-year-old husband and father of two young sons when his life was forever changed. On November 30, 1983, the body of George Leeman was found in Rockwood Park, beaten and partially burned. From the very start, the Saint John...
Mar 13, 2024
The Case Walter (Wally) Gillespie lived a life marked by extraordinary tragedy and injustice. At just 17, he lost his father to a heart attack, and not long after a devastating fire claimed the lives of his mother, brother and four sisters. Their deaths left him with...
Nov 3, 2025
The Case In 1973, Clarence Woodhouse, a then 21-year-old Anishinaabe man from Pinaymootang First Nation, had recently moved from the Fairford Reserve to Winnipeg when he was wrongfully arrested for the murder of Ting Fong Chan. Clarence had no criminal record and...
