Dawn at the courthouse (1) looking up the hill

Defence lawyers Peter Ritchie and Patrick McGowan arriving

CBC Radio's Rick Cluff hosts his show in a borrowed condo

CBC TV's Allan Waterman (L) and media handler Tom Collins, a former sheriff

The sun comes up: at the courthouse (2) looking down the hill to the Fraser River

Media tents opening for business

A CBC TV crew waits for reporters to arrive

Sheriffs wait for Willie Pickton to come to court

CTV reporter Dave Lefebvre and producer Carrie Stefanson warming up in the cold dawn

 The original courthouse is across the street from the new one; locals believe the tower on the left was once a gallows

Small world: A year before the trial started, Dave Pickton's company was demolishing a building next to the Begbie Square courthouse complex

 The Crown  prosecutors' offices are on the right of the old courthouse; their smoking perch is at the end