Christie Blatchford is a Canadian newspaper columnist and broadcaster. A columnist is a journalist who produces a specific form of writing for publication called a column. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and the Internet. ...

Born in Québec in the early 1950s, after attending North Toronto Collegiate Institute^[1], Blatchford studied journalism at Ryerson University in Toronto, and wrote for the campus newspaper, The Eyeopener. She subsequently worked as a sports reporter for the Globe and Mail, and as a columnist at the Toronto Star, before moving to the tabloid paper, the Toronto Sun. She remained at the Sun for almost twenty years, first as a lifestyle columnist, and then as a city columnist featured on page five of the paper. She was hired away by the National Post when it was launched. She later moved to take up a columnist's job at The Globe and Mail. During the 1960s, a terrorist group known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices. ... The 1950s was the decade spanning from the 1st of January, 1950 to the 31st December, 1959. ... North Toronto Collegiate Institute (NTCI) is a non-semester public high school of about 1,000 students located in Toronto, Ontario. ... Journalism is a discipline of collecting, analyzing, verifying, and presenting news regarding current events, trends, issues and people. ... Ryerson University is a publicly funded post-secondary education institution located in the heart of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... The Eyeopener is one of two weekly student newspapers at Ryerson University in Toronto. ... The Globe and Mail is a large Canadian English language national newspaper based in Toronto. ... The Toronto Star is Canadas highest-circulation newspaper, though its print edition is distributed almost entirely within Ontario. ... Newspaper sizes in August 2005. ... The Toronto Sun is an English language daily newspaper published in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... The National Post is a major Canadian English-language national newspaper based in Don Mills, Ontario, a district of Toronto. ... The Globe and Mail is a large English language national newspaper based in Toronto, Canada, and printed in seven cities across Canada. ...

Blatchford is known as a conservative columnist. Many of her columns focus on crime and coverage of court proceedings, most notably the trial and subsequent legal hearings of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. She has been accused of having an uncritical attitude towards the police, particularly in her days at the Sun. Conservatism is a political philosophy that usually favors traditional values and strong foreign defense. ... A trial at the Old Bailey in London as drawn by Thomas Rowlandson and Augustus Pugin for Ackermanns Microcosm of London (1808-11). ... Karla Homolka & Paul Bernardo on their wedding day Paul Kenneth Bernardo (he later assumed the name Paul Teale) (born August 27, 1964 in Scarborough, Ontario) is a Canadian serial killer, known for the murders he committed with his wife Karla Homolka. ... Karla Homolka Karla Leanne Homolka, also known as Karla Leanne Teale (born May 4, 1970 in Port Credit, Ontario, Canada), is a Canadian serial killer who attracted worldwide media attention when she was convicted of helping her husband, Paul Bernardo, rape and murder teenage girls, including her own sister Tammy...

A Globe and Mail column published on 6 May 2006 immediately following the 2006 Toronto terrorism arrests garnered particular attention in the Canadian press; the column alleged that Canadian authorities were going out of their way to dispel any suggestion of a link between the suspects and Islam. ^[1] This article sparked a considerable media response, including an article by Robert Fisk entitled "How racism has invaded Canada" and a column by Toronto Star Antonia Zerbisias which initially referred to Blatchford's column as "a Christie-nacht screed against a single community." May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (127th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... On June 2 and June 3, 2006, police and security agencies in Ontario, Canada carried out a series of counter-terrorism raids in the Greater Toronto Area that resulted in the arrest of 17 alleged members of an Islamic terrorist cell. ... Islam (Arabic:  ) is a monotheistic religion based upon the Quran, its principal scripture, whose followers, known as Muslims (مسلم), believe God (Arabic: الله ) sent through revelations to Muhammad. ... For people named Robert Fiske, see Robert Fiske (disambiguation). ... The Toronto Star is Canadas highest-circulation newspaper, though its print edition is distributed almost entirely within Ontario. ... Antonia Zerbisias (born Montreal) is a Canadian journalist and media critic. ...

While she is best known as a columnist, she also contributes commentary to radio station CFRB and is frequently heard on the air being interviewed on local issues. CFRB, or CFRB 1010 as it is often referred to, is an AM radio station in Toronto, Canada, broadcasting on 1010 kHz, with a shortwave radio simulcast by CFRX on 6070 kHz. ...

References

• ↑  Ignoring the biggest elephant in the room, Globe and Mail, 5 June 2006

June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• The Eyeopener
• I Hate Christie Blatchford