Rick Westhead on the difficult truth about abuse in youth hockey 

Rick Westhead nearly missed one of the most important phone calls of his career.

The investigative journalist was in Europe shooting a documentary for sports broadcaster TSN. As repeated calls came in from an unknown number, he was too busy to answer.

Eventually, he picked up.

The voice on the other end told him he needed to pull a court file in London, Ont. It contained allegations from a woman claiming she was sexually abused. “This will change hockey. It may change our country,” said the whistleblower.