Blair Crawford
@getbac.bsky.social
Retired journalist with the ottawacitizen.com. Proud Canadian. If I’m not home I’m probably in a kayak. 🇨🇦
Of the many Remembrance Day stories i wrote, this was my favourite ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...
Known unto God: How Canadians embraced their Unknown Soldier
The tomb has become so central to Canadians' remembrance, it has in many ways surpassed the National War Memorial.
ottawacitizen.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Of the many Remembrance Day stories i wrote, this was my favourite ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
A well deserved honour for my friend and former colleague @egpayne.bsky.social ottawacitizen.com/news/citizen...
Citizen's Elizabeth Payne wins award for medical journalism
Elizabeth Payne is being recognized by the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians for her coverage of emergency care in Ottawa.
ottawacitizen.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
A well deserved honour for my friend and former colleague @egpayne.bsky.social ottawacitizen.com/news/citizen...
Crazy story!
He’s Been Charged With Dozens of Crimes. Nobody Knows His Name. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
He’s Been Charged With Dozens of Crimes. Nobody Knows His Name. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
He’s Been Charged With Dozens of Crimes. Nobody Knows His Name.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Crazy story!
He’s Been Charged With Dozens of Crimes. Nobody Knows His Name. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
He’s Been Charged With Dozens of Crimes. Nobody Knows His Name. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
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Count me as very skeptical that we’ll be better off by “consolidating” conservation authorities in Ontario. These are agencies with significant local knowledge and experience that are tasked with making sure our communities don’t flood.
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Ford government amalgamating Ontario’s conservation authorities | Globalnews.ca
The minister of the environment, conservation and parks announced the changes Friday morning, along with the creation of the Ontario Provincial Conservation Authority.
globalnews.ca
October 31, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Count me as very skeptical that we’ll be better off by “consolidating” conservation authorities in Ontario. These are agencies with significant local knowledge and experience that are tasked with making sure our communities don’t flood.
globalnews.ca/news/1150461...
globalnews.ca/news/1150461...
This is just so sad ottawacitizen.com/news/slain-j...
Slain Joshua Qiyuk was a 'total sweetheart,' Hintonburg restaurant boss says
The 21-year-old who had worked in Absinthe's kitchen for more than two years, was found stabbed to death in Ottawa's east end on Wednesday.
ottawacitizen.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Let’s be clear what happened here: a developer launched spurious complaints against people who oppose the Tewin development. It cost the city nearly $500k to investigate what amounted to rounding errors. An abuse of process and a waste of taxpayer money.
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Audits must be in public interest, subjects of three Ottawa campaign probes say
The City of Ottawa paid over $450,000 to audit 2022 candidates Shawn Menard and Doug Thompson and third-party advertiser Horizon Ottawa.
ottawacitizen.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Let’s be clear what happened here: a developer launched spurious complaints against people who oppose the Tewin development. It cost the city nearly $500k to investigate what amounted to rounding errors. An abuse of process and a waste of taxpayer money.
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Quite a takedown by Maureen Dowd! Fraidy-Cat at the Pentagon www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/o...
Opinion | Fraidy-Cat at the Pentagon
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October 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Quite a takedown by Maureen Dowd! Fraidy-Cat at the Pentagon www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/o...
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It's been 25 years since One-Big-Ottawa was imposed on us. The world has finally taken note: this thing doesn't really work for urban or rural residents. I wrote about why and what's next.
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October 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It's been 25 years since One-Big-Ottawa was imposed on us. The world has finally taken note: this thing doesn't really work for urban or rural residents. I wrote about why and what's next.
glebereport.ca/articles/ott... #ottawa #ottcity #deamalgamateottawa
glebereport.ca/articles/ott... #ottawa #ottcity #deamalgamateottawa
“A newspaper is more than a vehicle for delivering facts that entertain, enlighten and put a mirror up to society… it can also be to foster community, to build opportunities for real human connection, to create belonging” writes Citizen editor Nicole Feriancek. ottawacitizen.com/opinion/what...
Letter from the Editor: What I learned at the first ever Ottawa Citizen Best Restaurants event
Letter from the Citizen's editor about why they are celebrating Ottawa's best restuarants.
ottawacitizen.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
“A newspaper is more than a vehicle for delivering facts that entertain, enlighten and put a mirror up to society… it can also be to foster community, to build opportunities for real human connection, to create belonging” writes Citizen editor Nicole Feriancek. ottawacitizen.com/opinion/what...
Bob Ross’s ‘Happy Little’ Paintings Will Be Auctioned to Benefit Public TV www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...
Bob Ross’s ‘Happy Little’ Paintings Will Be Auctioned to Benefit Public TV
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October 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Bob Ross’s ‘Happy Little’ Paintings Will Be Auctioned to Benefit Public TV www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...
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An update on the truck traffic situation on Fernbank Road. Why there's such a high volume of trucks lately, and what the City is doing.
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Q&A: Truck traffic on Fernbank - Glen Gower | Councillor / Conseiller | Stittsville
Since early in 2025, we’ve received dozens of inquiries from residents about truck traffic on Fernbank Road, between Stittsville Main Street and Westridge Drive. Most of this truck traffic is accessin...
www.glengower.ca
October 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
An update on the truck traffic situation on Fernbank Road. Why there's such a high volume of trucks lately, and what the City is doing.
www.glengower.ca/information/...
www.glengower.ca/information/...
This is a heartbreaking story ottawacitizen.com/news/recover...
Recovery unlikely for Ottawa cyclist struck by vehicle in July
Ghost Padron had a serious brain injury after being struck by a vehicle while riding a bike in Stittsville in July.
ottawacitizen.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
This is a heartbreaking story ottawacitizen.com/news/recover...
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The Ottawa Police Service Fatal Collision Investigations Unit has laid charges in relation to a collision that occurred on Tuesday, July 22, in Stittsville.
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October 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The Ottawa Police Service Fatal Collision Investigations Unit has laid charges in relation to a collision that occurred on Tuesday, July 22, in Stittsville.
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Terrific story about the revunenation of the NCC in the @ottawacitizen.com today as reported by @egpayne.bsky.social ottawacitizen.com/news/ncc-rep...
The NCC wants a new reputation, and a different Ottawa
Long seen as secretive and sluggish, the National Capital Commission is trying to change the narrative one swimming dock at a time
ottawacitizen.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Terrific story about the revunenation of the NCC in the @ottawacitizen.com today as reported by @egpayne.bsky.social ottawacitizen.com/news/ncc-rep...
A great initiative from the Ottawa Heart Institute. Story by @egpayne.bsky.social ottawacitizen.com/news/heart-i...
1 million: Heart Institute's plan to screen Canadians, starting with Ottawa's mayor
The ambitious program to screen for heart-disease risks began Tuesday with Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe as Patient No. 1.
ottawacitizen.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:20 AM
A great initiative from the Ottawa Heart Institute. Story by @egpayne.bsky.social ottawacitizen.com/news/heart-i...
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Diagram of all current indefinite Temporary Speed Restrictions in effect on Line 1. This info has not been public but I finally got an MFIPPA released recently so I can share this. All TSRs except the ones at the ends are at the request of Alstom, and have been in place since the LRT inquiry in 2022
September 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Diagram of all current indefinite Temporary Speed Restrictions in effect on Line 1. This info has not been public but I finally got an MFIPPA released recently so I can share this. All TSRs except the ones at the ends are at the request of Alstom, and have been in place since the LRT inquiry in 2022
When Dementia Steals the Imagination of a Children’s Book Writer
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September 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
G2 driver travelling double the limit caught by OPP
Dozens of charges were laid in a late-night Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) traffic enforcement blitz this week. On Sept. 10 and 11, officers, undercover police and the OPP traffic enforcement plane c...
ottawa.citynews.ca
September 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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I crocheted Patti Smith’s Horses cover
September 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I crocheted Patti Smith’s Horses cover
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I live in Queensway Terrace North. My street FINALLY got a sidewalk & a decent drainage system. What a fantastic impact - more people out walking with strollers & mobility aids, decent management of rainwater, good access to the bus & incoming LRT, & it looks great.
@tkavanaghbayward.bsky.social
@tkavanaghbayward.bsky.social
This outcome is very disappointing.
As one resident with mobility challenges put it, accessibility is always more important than neighbourhood character.
This decision also sets a concerning precedent for an important active transportation policy. #OttWalk #OttRoll
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As one resident with mobility challenges put it, accessibility is always more important than neighbourhood character.
This decision also sets a concerning precedent for an important active transportation policy. #OttWalk #OttRoll
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
Councillor says sidewalks planned for Manor Park neighbourhood will be deferred
Rideau-Rockcliffe Coun. Rawlson King says a plan to install sidewalks in the Manor Park neighbourhood as part of a road renewal project will be deferred.
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September 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I live in Queensway Terrace North. My street FINALLY got a sidewalk & a decent drainage system. What a fantastic impact - more people out walking with strollers & mobility aids, decent management of rainwater, good access to the bus & incoming LRT, & it looks great.
@tkavanaghbayward.bsky.social
@tkavanaghbayward.bsky.social