Richard Foot is a freelance writer for the Postmedia News chain, the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, CBC Radio, and MacLean's magazine. He spent many years as a senior staff writer for Postmedia News, Atlantic correspondent for the National Post, and Moncton bureau chief for the Telegraph Journal. He has been nominated for three National Newspaper Awards, a National Magazine Award, and an Atlantic Journalism Award. He lives in Halifax.