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MacGregor’s success is more than ‘luck’

Roy MacGregor was a small-town kid from Ontario's backwoods who made it big in Canada's media world. In Paper Trails, he tells the story about his own colourful life with the same detail and high-calibre soul that he gave to his 50 years in the newspaper business. His engaging and entertaining book is worth reading.

Roy MacGregor: 'There have, over that half-century of journalism, been blown jet engines, threatening weapons at Oka, a snowstorm on James Bay that forced us to take shelter for three days on a barren island, physical threats from unhappy athletes—and more fun than I ever should have imagined.'Photograph courtesy of Random House Canada/Fred Lum

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BY KATE MALLOY

September 18, 2023

In his new book, Paper Trails: From the Backwoods to the Front Page, a Life in Stories, Roy MacGregor writes about his own life in short, colourful stories, and it's a robust and entertaining read. He mentions a few times a former editor who used to call his success...

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