ND EP: 21 - The Killing of Tim McLean: The Greyhound Bus Attack

Tonight on Northern Dark: We examine the killing of Tim McLean, a 22-year-old man murdered aboard Greyhound Bus 1170 near Portage la Prairie, Manitoba — one of the most shocking and unsettling crimes in modern Canadian history.

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Show Notes

• CBC News – Initial reporting on the Greyhound bus attack https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/bus-beheading-shocks-nation-1.734949
• CBC News – Eyewitness accounts https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/greyhound-bus-beheading-witnesses-recount-horror-1.734995
• Globe and Mail – Detailed eyewitness breakdown https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/a-quiet-ride---then-carnage/article4280621/
• Winnipeg Free Press – NCR ruling coverage https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2009/03/05/li-found-not-criminally-responsible
• Global News / Canadian Press – Vince Li / Will Baker NCR timeline https://globalnews.ca/news/1855998/timeline-of-decisions-in-the-case-of-vince-li/
• CTV News – Name change & expanded privileges https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/vince-li-changes-name-to-will-baker-wins-more-freedom-1.2782363
• Manitoba Government – Tim McLean Memorial Bursary https://residents.gov.mb.ca/reference.html?d=details&program_id=5400
• APTN – Interview with Tim’s mother, Carol deDelley https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/mother-of-tim-mclean-talks-about-his-murder-and-use-of-not-criminally-responsible-defence-in-court/
• OurCommons.ca – Federal committee testimony from Carol deDelley https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/41-1/JUST/meeting-77/evidence