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Paul Palango

b. 1950

Canadian writer and retired journalist

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Born 1950. Paul Palango is a journalist, writer and glass artist.

Paul Palango (born 1950) is a Canadian author and investigative journalist. Palango worked as a journalist and editor for The Hamilton Spectator and The Globe and Mail. He has written four non-fiction books about policing in Canada, including 22 Murders.

Early life Palango was born in 1950 in Ontario, Canada.

Career In the 1970s he worked for The Hamilton Spectator before moving to The Globe and Mail in 1977 and remaining there until 1990 when he retired as an editor. Palango is noted for his reporting on authority figures including the Canadian police, Canadian Security Intelligence Service, the Canadian media, and business leaders. In 2000, he opened a glass art business in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

The Georgia Straight editor, Charlie Smith, described Palango as "one of Canada's last remaining investigative reporters." in August 2022.

In June 2025, Palango released a follow-up book to 22 Murders, titled Anatomy of a Cover-Up.

Books Above the Law, 1994, McClelland & Stewart, 22 Murders, 2022, Random House Canada, Anatomy of a Cover-Up: The Truth about the RCMP and the Nova Scotia Massacres, 2025, Random House Canada,

Personal life Palango lives in Nova Scotia.

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Who is Paul Palango?

Canadian writer and retired journalist

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Paul Palango was born in 1950.

What is Paul Palango's occupation?

Paul Palango is a journalist, writer and glass artist.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Paul Palango

· Wikidata: Q112600716

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