Christie Blatchford
Christie Blatchford is a general columnist who spends most of her time gratefully indulging her interest in the criminal courts, which she has covered, off and on, as a reporter for about 25 years.
Her chronological career path saw her start at The Globe (first as a general assignment reporter, then as a sportswriter and columnist), move to the Toronto Star (general assignment and columnist), the Toronto Sun (humor columnist, then general columnist) and the National Post (general columnist), before returning to The Globe and Mail.
She won the 1999 National Newspaper Award for column-writing, and last year, her book about Canadian soldiers -- Fifteen Days, Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life and Death from Inside the New Canadian Army -- won the Governor-General's Award for non-fiction.
Christie lives in downtown Toronto with her white bull terrier, Obie, and a cat named Ojis.
In a lovely land I barely know, my dysfunctional home
The Olympic torch isn't the only one being passed at the moment
The case against the colonel: 'Lingerie break-ins' and a 'treasure trove' of photo evidence
Sources say Colonel Russell Williams has given police a lengthy and wide-ranging statement delivered in a crisp, almost business-like fashion
School secretary tried valiantly to give comfort to a dying boy
Stephanie Frasca was one of the first to find Jordan Manners
Teacher's evidence paints portrait of alleged gunman
Teen's return to shooting scene could be seen as brazen - or just guileless
A shocking school slaying rendered sterile in court
Brief description of dead student kicks off measured prosecution, in which photo lineups come in numbered envelopes