Edward J. "Ted" Welch, a veteran journalist and former City Hall columnist for the Toronto Sun in Canada, died on Jan. 21 of liver cancer. He was 61. Welch previously worked for the Owen Sound Sun Times, The Canadian Press and the Windsor Weekly Standard.

Sandra Harvey, an Australian journalist and crime author, died on Jan. 21 of cancer. She was 49. Harvey contributed articles to the ABC, the Australian Associated Press, the Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian. She also wrote a number of highly acclaimed nonfiction books about crime, including "Brothers in Arms," which remained in print for 19 years.