Michael Friscolanti is a senior writer with ''

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'' magazine, and the author of the book ''Friendly Fire: The Untold Story of the U.S. Bombing that Killed Four Canadian Soldiers in Afghanistan''. Previously he was a reporter for the ''

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''. Friscolanti is a graduate of

Lakehead University Lakehead University is a public research university with campuses in Thunder Bay and Orillia, Ontario, Canada. Lakehead University, shortened to 'Lakehead U', is non-denominational and provincially supported. It has undergraduate programs, gradua ...

and the

Ryerson University Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU or Toronto Met) is a public research university located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The university's core campus is situated within the Garden District, although it also operates facilities elsewhere in Tor ...

School of Journalism's graduate program. He grew up in Hamilton,

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and attended high school at Bishop Ryan Catholic High School, where he was

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of his graduating class in 1994. He was an editor at Ryerson's student newspaper ''

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'', where he won a

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award for student journalism.

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