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Daniel Otis

Daniel Otis is a freelance journalist and feature writer.

CTV News

UFOs OVER CANADA

Pilots are spotting UFOs and the Canadian military knows...

VICE

MEDIA APPEARANCES

Talking about UFOs on TV, radio and podcasts...

CTV News

MARIJUANA & MEDICINE

Covering cannabis for CTV News...

CTV News

IN THE NEWSROOM

Covering politics, pop culture and (almost) everything in-between...

SUNSET

INTO THE MOUNTAINS

Exploring the Canadian Rockies on an autumn road trip...

TORONTO STAR

THE WARDEN & ME

Paddling into Algonquin with a veteran backcountry warden...

TORONTO STAR

PACIFIC PARADISE

A peep at French Polynesian life...

TORONTO STAR

DORMANT AND DEADLY

Clearing cluster munitions in Laos...

VICE

THE GRIMMEST GIG

On the job with a professional crime scene cleaner...

TORONTO STAR

ARIZONA’S OASIS

Trekking to waterfalls on the verdant Havasupai Trail...

VICE

NICE JOB!

A new VICE column looks at weird and wacky work...

TORONTO STAR

RADIATION READY?

Why Ontario is in desperate need of a new nuclear emergency response plan...

TORONTO STAR

BEHIND THE WHEEL

I spent the day learning how to drive an ambulance. So many crushed pylons...

TORONTO STAR

THE MAKEUNDER MOVEMENT

Armed with nail polish remover and paints, parents are giving provocative dolls wholesome new identities...

TORONTO STAR

THE COURT ARTIST

Violence is his muse. The courtroom is his studio...

TORONTO STAR

RADIO SILENCE

Riding along with one of the city's last nightcrawlers...

TORONTO STAR

AHEAD OF THE PACK

Emma-Jayne Wilson is beating the boys at the Woodbine Racetrack...

TORONTO STAR

THE BONE DIGGER

Prospecting for dinosaur fossils with Canada's premier paleontologist...

VICE

GOLD BUCKLES DON’T LIE

Sex, drugs and rodeo – the untold story of a veteran African American cowboy...

VICE

THE (COW)BOYS IN BLUE

Reining in Stampede stupidity with the Calgary Police…

SOUTHEAST ASIA GLOBE

THE SECRET GARDEN

Deep in the Cambodian jungle, makeshift factories are feeding the mysterious 'yellow vine' trade...

NEXT CITY

BUILDING & BREAKING

Stories from the streets (and rivers) of Phnom Penh...

AL JAZEERA

DANCING WITH THE SHAN STATE ARMY

Getting down with one of Burma's largest armed ethnic groups...

THE MONTHLY

BULLETS & BALLOTS

The Cambodian opposition's fight to end Prime Minister Hun Sen's 29-year rule...

THE DIPLOMAT

THE DEVIL’S ADVOCATES

Defending Pol Pot's right-hand man at the troubled Khmer Rouge Tribunal...

ROADS & KINGDOMS

DINING WITH DEAR LEADER

Dishing up cold noodles and North Korean rock in Cambodia's capital...

THE GLOBE AND MAIL

LASERS AND A “LOST” CITY

Scanning for civilization in the Cambodian jungle...

TORONTO STAR

IN THE ABODE OF KINGS

Sacred white elephants and the monarchical trappings of Burma's political elite...

TORONTO STAR

A FLOOD OF HATE

Buddhist extremism and the ethnic cleansing of Burma's Rohingya Muslims...

THE GLOBE AND MAIL

CLEARING GROUND

Decades after war, landmines and UXO still litter the Cambodian countryside...

SOUTHEAST ASIA GLOBE

THE SUMMIT SCRUM

Jostling for truth (and a glimpse of Obama) at the 21st ASEAN summit...

SOUTHEAST ASIA GLOBE

HUNTERS & HUNTED

Prowling for poachers deep in the Cambodian jungle...