Notable People - Wigmore on Alcohol

Published on: September 18, 2026

The field of forensic anthropology in Canada owes much to one man: Dr. Melbye. He founded one of the...

Published on: September 11, 2026

Some professional relationships transcend borders and decades. As a forensic toxicologist, I have be...

Published on: September 1, 2026

For 50 years, I have worked in the fascinating and challenging field of forensic toxicology. Over th...

Published on: August 7, 2026

This September, the premier forensic toxicology conference of 2026 brings together the world’...

Published on: June 22, 2026

Listen, Understand, Consider, Answer, Shut-up. The Doug Lucas approach to answering questions in cou...

Updated on: May 28, 2026

A cross-Canada road trip. A coffee-stained award copy. A Nobel Prize complaint from a fellow scienti...

Published on: May 13, 2026

No red carpet. No Academy. Just 100 colleagues at the Centre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto. When D...

Published on: April 28, 2026

Only ten forensic scientists have received this honour in 25 years. Four received it posthumously. T...

Updated on: August 11, 2025

On this day one hundred years ago, Robert F. Borkenstein, the inventor of the Breathalyzer and inter...

Updated on: August 11, 2015

One hundred years ago, this past July, while the flames of the First World War were sweeping across ...

Updated on: August 11, 2014

Although I just published a blog on June 11th, today is a special day in the lives of forensic toxic...