I'm speaking to you at a moment of grave crisis.

I'm Jeff Turner and this is Recall.

It's a series about history, not the ancient past, but history that's still hot to the touch.

In this first season, I explore a revolutionary political movement that brought a modern democracy to the brink.

You can find Recall how to start a revolution on the CBC Listen app or wherever you get your podcasts.

This is a CBC Podcast.

The following episode contains difficult subject matter and accounts of sexual assault. Please take care.

I started the free press in 1986 to 2016, so actually I think it was 85 to 2016.

Yeah.

Catherine Mitchell spent years as a reporter at the Winnipeg Free Press, the city's largest daily newspaper.

I met her when I first started working on this story, looking into Peter and I guard.

Decades earlier, her groundbreaking reporting had begun to reveal early hints of the allegations' nighguard faces today.

But there was always some mystery surrounding her work.

A rumor I'd heard about how her investigation had somehow been cut short.

You asked me in terms of regret and I guess the one regret that I had was that story deserved to be told.

A story buried by wealth and power.

I think that's why I'm here because this woman was hurt and was abused.

I don't think that she ever had appropriate justice for what happened.

I just wanted to support what she is saying still to this day.

I'm Timothy Sawa and this is Evil by Design.

Episode 5.

It's always been known in Winnipeg.

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