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Monday 17 February 2020

Conrad Black: In her essence, Christie Blatchford embodied what's best about Canada



It has been said that the opportunity should not be missed to pay tribute to Christie Blatchford, who has described herself as a magnificent, unshakable, generous and unpretentious member. She distinguished the reports from the comments, never overwritten the stories, always saw and highlighted both humor and sadness and in all aspects, the drama of each story. She was completely genuine and his criticism of others consisted essentially of the extent to which they were not genuine.

Likewise, it has been indicated that it was somehow the essence of the best of Canada. She was from the mining town of Rouyn-Noranda, in northern Quebec, where she acquired her love for winter sports and her appreciation for ordinary and decent people, and for the pleasures of the uninhibited party and relaxed social life. She liked honesty, courage, and sense of humor, exemplified all three, and if someone was equipped with that, he was not too concerned with the rest, particularly not with the economic level or the social level.


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Her focus on what is generally called human interest splendidly equipped her to be a sports or crime reporter. She immediately saw the qualities she admired and exemplified, and always suspected capricious opinion, especially the immediate condemnation of the accused.

It should be noted that after a while, his general popularity was such and the ranks of his fans and devotees were so numerous that she had nothing to fear from being a minority. But she had always been brave, throughout a 47-year career with the four daily Toronto newspapers, and long after becoming a formidable celebrity with a national audience, he remained the same unchanging and easily accessible personality that had always been.

Certainly, after having to interrupt his task of covering the 2019 federal election campaign due to persistent muscle pain, Blatchford was diagnosed in November 2019 with lung cancer that was found to have metastases in the bones of the spine and hip When it was detected. Blatchford was included in the Canadian News Hall of Fame the same month but was unable to attend the ceremony.

She finally said goodbye to writing his spine and sought treatment at the Princess Margaret Cancer Center, where he underwent several months of surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy. After that, she died in Toronto on February 12, 2020.

Source: Conrad Black | National Post

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