Journalist's work 'uncovered buried truths'

Author known for reportage on Mulroney Airbus scandal, B.C. serial killer

- ROB DRINKWATER

Investigative journalist, author and Order of Canada recipient Stevie Cameron, shown in 2008, died Saturday in Toronto from Parkinson's at age 80.

An investigative journalist who authored books that tackled topics ranging from a prime minister’s involvement in jet purchases to the murders of women on a British Columbia pig farm has died.

Stevie Cameron died Saturday at home in Toronto from Parkinson’s, her daughter Amy Cameron said, noting her mother also had dementia. She was 80.

Among Cameron’s best-known works is an investigation she did into then-prime minister Brian Mulroney’s involvement in the purchase of new Airbus jets.

Cameron was accused of being an informant for the RCMP when they launched their own investigation — a characterization which was later called into question and which she strongly denied.