Journalist Christie Blatchford dies at 68

[kmclaren]

She wrote about so many of the Canadian cases here on Websleuths, Victoria Stafford and Liknes/O'Brien murders immediately come to mind for me. Some of the headlines:

"A Giant in Journalism"
"A tenacious voice for victims, a thorn to the smug"
"Christie was unbeatable — and all us mortal reporters knew it"

Iconic Canadian journalist Christie Blatchford dies at age 68
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/christie-blatchford-columnist-journalist-dead-68-1.5460763

 

[deugirtni]

Thanks for posting. Heard this on the news just for one second this evening. I hadn't known she was ill. Sorry to see her go.

Here is another article about CB:

Christie Blatchford was a complex force in the world of sports writing