The Biker Who Shot Me: Recollections of a Crime Reporter

On September 13, 2000, Michel Auger was walking away from his car in a parking lot across the street from the offices of Le Journal de Montréal when he was shot in the back six times. Miraculously, although at least one bullet lodged in his spine, no vital organs were damaged. Auger was on his feet again within weeks, and able to resume his normal life.

The practice of journalism is dangerous in many parts of the world. But in Canada? The idea that an assassin would attempt to take the life ...