Deb Doerr
Mother of Tara McDonald and workplace safety advocate who campaigned for Alberta's 'Working Alone' legislation after her daughter's 2000 murder while working a night shift at a Calgary Subway.
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Jul 28, 2026
Nancy HixtHOST
It has multiple security checkpoints, and Deb went through each of them to face her daughter's killer.
Deb DoerrGUEST
'Cause I was raised that prisons are country club settings, and that they can get their education, and you know, you- I'd never had anything to do with the justice system.
Deb DoerrGUEST
So to go in and go through the doors that slam automatically behind you, and the security clearance, and then it was in a room half this size, just across a table.
Deb DoerrGUEST
And I think that might have given me s- the strength to, I wasn't gonna buckle in front of him.
Deb DoerrGUEST
He was crying, and he apologized prophetically, and, um, he kept asking me if I forgave him.