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Blair Edwards
Truth is stranger than fiction.
That’s one of the reasons I became a journalist: to bear witness to the sometimes mundane, sometimes exciting happenings of the world around me.
And to tell a story.
That’s the essence of journalism, to tie together the often chaotic people, places and events in our community, our nation, our world and tie them together in a story – this happened in your community and this is why it’s important.
The art of story is a discipline that takes years, sometimes decades to master, and I’ve only just begun the difficult journey of learning the necessary skills. But I am enjoying my travels, and sometimes I stop along the way to rest my fingers and my brain and enjoy the scenery along the way.
My bio?
To make a long story short (in the veni vidi vici vernacular) I came, I studied at journalism school, I wrote. I lay claim to the city hall beat for Metroland’s Ottawa papers.
Other than that, everything important about me can be gleaned from my articles.
The story’s the thing.
Council coup pushes through 4.9 per cent tax increase
Mayor Larry O’Brien’s hunt for a tax freeze was shot down by
his colleagues early into budget deliberations this week.
Ottawa’s arts community mount campaign against cuts to funding
Hundreds of people gathered at Ottawa council chambers on Monday, Nov. 18, to protest
a proposal to axe more than $6 million from all municipal arts, culture and
heritage funding next year.
Community holds fundraiser for family of former Laser after his unexpected death
Ottawa's west-end community will host a dinner fundraiser for family of former Kanata Valley Lasers goaltender who died from a heart condition on Sept. 29.
New light rail plan recommends building route to Kanata over next decade
City council should scrap its Transitway improvement projects
and support a plan bringing light rail to the city’s suburbs, with routes
extending to Riverside South, Kanata and Orleans within the next
decade, say Capital Coun. Clive Doucet and Kitchissippi Coun. Christine
Leadman.
Two Kanata players ejected in penalty-filled second game
The Kanata Stallions lost two games to the Pembroke Lumber Kings at the KRC on Tuesday night, Nov. 11 in a penalty-filled contest that saw two Stallions players ejected in the second match.
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