Roy MacGregor was born in the small village of Whitney, Ontario, and was raised in the town of Huntsville, both on the boundaries of Ontario's Algonquin Park. Prior to joining The Globe and Mail in 2002, MacGregor worked for the National Post (1998-2002) and the Ottawa Citizen (1986-1998). In more than 30 years of journalism, MacGregor has won most of the writing awards available in that profession including the National Newspaper Award (1995).
