News & Reviews

Christie Blatchford, Chedoke Presbyterian church, Nov 16/10, Hamilton, ON. Click image to watch video highlights.

• National Post, Feb 10/12: Christie Blatchford: Caledonia loses brave, feisty voice as Regional shuts its doors (see also: LINK, LINK, )
• National Post, Jan 04/12: Christie Blatchford: No regrets in the battle for justice in Caledonia (arrest of ‘Caledonia Eight‘ member Merlyn Kinrade)
• National Post, Jan 06/12: Christie Blatchford: Court decision points at OPP’s failure in Caledonia
• National Post, Jan 02/12: Christie Blatchford: Bad logic behind light Caledonia sentence (sentencing of man who nearly murdered Sam Gualtieri)
• National Post, Sept 29/11: Christie Blatchford: Caledonia, the issue that dare not speak its name
• National Post, July 13/11: National Post editorial board: The shame of Caledonia continues
• National Post, July 13/11: The Caledonia farce continues
• National Post, July 11/11: Christie Blatchford: Deal tries to hush up disgrace of Caledonia
• National Post, July 08/11: Settlement reached in Caledonia class action suit
• National Post, June 02/11: Post ‘defining voice’ Christie Blatchford back in the fold
• Yahoo News/Canadian Press, June 01/11: Journalist Christie Blatchford leaves Globe and Mail for Postmedia (owner of the National Post)
• Globe & Mail, Christie Blatchford, May 04/11: Caledonia activist free to drop by Canadian Tire [PDF]
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  “…the law in Haldimand County operates as the law in America’s Deep South once worked, where there was one law for the white man, who could break it with impunity, and another for the black man. In Haldimand County, since the occupation began, there has been one law for natives and another for non-natives.”
• Globe & Mail, Christie Blatchford, Feb 28/11: For sheer abuse of state power nothing touches Caledonia [PDF]
• Suite101 blog, Feb 15/11: Helpless: Caledonia’s Nightmare…by Christie Blatchford – Review
• TVCogeco Ontario, Feb 01/11: Helpless in Oakville [3:08] (Blatchford speaks at Oakville Public Library)
• HelplessByBlatchford, Jan 13/11: TVO’s ‘The Agenda’ tonight: ‘Christie Blatchford: Helpless in Caledonia’
• Globe & Mail, Christie Blatchford, Dec 20/10: For a group of B.C. fishermen, another Caledonia [PDF]
• Tillsonburg News, MPP Toby Barrett, Dec 13/10: Have you read Christie Blatchford’s book on Caledonia? [PDF]
• Moose & Squirrel, Dec 12/10: A must read: “University of Waterloo takes a stand for free speech and Christie Blatchford’s Caledonia story” (M&S points out the contrast between between the attitude of uWaterloo vs. the OPP re their respective willingness – or lack thereof – to understand the Caledonia issue)
• HelplessByBlatchford, Dec 11/10: University of Waterloo takes a stand for free speech and Christie Blatchford’s Caledonia story
• Moose & Squirrel, Dec 08/10: Christie Blatchford speaks to a packed house at Waterloo
• Kitchener Record, Dec 08/10: Security tight for Blatchford’s return to UW
• IFPS-Canada, Dec 07/10: Kudos to Caledonia Regional News and Bill Jackson
• HelplessByBlatchford, Dec 03/10: Blatchford set to speak at UofW next Tuesday, ‘students’ promise to disrupt
• North Shore News, Dec 03/10: Caledonia crisis grew from deep roots, Christie Blatchford tells the full story in Helpless [PDF] (discusses Ipperwash Inquiry)
• University of Waterloo, News Release, Nov 23/10:Christie Blatchford to discuss Helpless at uWaterloo on Dec. 7 [PDF]
• HelplessByBlatchford, Nov 22/10: Dr. Frances Widdowson on Blatchford, McHale, Vandermaas vs. academic intimidation 
• HelplessByBlatchford, Nov 22/10: CANACE video – Christie Blatchford on targeting of “law abiding” McHale by “prime minister’s new best friend”
• National Post, Nov 21/10: Activist’s status as grad student up in the air (Dan Kellar, leader of intimidation protest vs. Blatchford isn’t who/what he claims to be)
• National Post, Nov 20/10: Rex Murphy: University of Waterloo ignoramuses accomplish their doltish goal
• Dr. Frances Widdowson, Offended By Offence, Nov 20/10: University protests and freedom of speech
• Globe & Mail, Christie Blatchford, Nov 19/10: Three protesters shut me down once; they won’t do it again [PDF] (“I think I’ll bring my own bike lock when I’m back at Waterloo, with a suggestion where Mr. Kellar might put it.”)
• Globe & Mail, Christie Blatchford, Nov 19/10: Arbitrator assails Fantino’s ‘willy nilly’ disbanding of police squad six years ago [PDF] (mirrors irresponsible Fantino behaviour in Caledonia)
• National Post, Helpless excerpt #4 of 4, Nov 19/10: Christie Blatchford: “I’m a broken person, I’m just broken’ [PDF] (the story of one family living on the 6th Line in Caledonia without policing for 4 years)
• YorkRegion.com/Vaughan Citizen, Nov 18/10: Critics take aim at Tory tactics in Vaughan (muzzling of Fantino & impact of Helpless, CAF)
• MPP Toby Barrett email, Nov 18/10: Caledonia Update – Christie Blatchford Hamilton meeting [PDF]
• Moose & Squirrel, Nov 18/10: I love it when the enemies of free speech fail
• HelplessByBlatchford, Nov 18/10: UoW pseudo-leftists create “surge” in HELPLESS sales publisher reports
• National Post, Helpless excerpt #3 of 4, Nov 18/10: Christie Blatchford: The place in Ontario where the police dare not go [PDF]
• National Post, Father Raymond de Souza, Nov 17/10: How Caledonia was betrayed [PDF]
• National Post, Helpless excerpt #2 of 4, Nov 17/10: Christie Blatchford: Arrested for making the police look bad [PDF]
• HelplessByBlatchford, Nov 17/10: Donna Laframboise: Former VP of CCLA offers unique perspective on Blatchford UoW incident
• Western Standard, Nov 17/10: UofW issues apology to Christie Blatchford [PDF] (see also)
• Hamilton Spectator, Nov 17/10: The discipline of diversity [PDF]
• National Post, Nov 17/10: Today’s letters: Why do universities fear what this woman has to say? [PDF]
• Moose & Squirrel, Nov 17/10: University of Waterloo apologizes to Christie Blatchford
• HelplessByBlatchford, Nov 17/10: University of Waterloo apologizes to Christie Blatchford: “freedom to speak and to learn is fundamental”
• Hamilton Spectator, Nov 17/10: Blatchford, protesters clash at book signing [PDF]
• Calgary Herald, Nov 17/10: The mob wins again [PDF]
• National Post, Helpless excerpt #1 of 4, Nov 16/10: Christie Blatchford: If the suspect wasn’t white, the police learned to walk away [PDF]
• No Frakking Consensus, Nov 16/10: Suzuki’s Children (The Political Kind) (unique perspective on Blatchford incident from former VP of Canadian Civil Liberties Association)
• University of Waterloo bulletin, Nov 16/10: Apology after author is silenced [PDF]
• National Citizens Coalition email to members, Nov 16/10: Free Speech is alive and well at Canadian Universities – Not! [PDF]
• MPP Toby Barrett, Nov 16/10: “Distasteful treatment of our friend Christie Blatchford at the University of Waterloo” [PDF]
• International Free Press Society Canada, Nov 15/10: Speech by columnist Christie Blatchford sparks protest [PDF] (Blatchford’s University of Waterloo speech cancelled due to student intimidation)
• The Gods of the Copybook Headings, Nov 15/10: “Protest” disrupts Christie Blatchford speech on Caledonia
• National Post, Nov 15/10: Latest tool in war on free speech: bike locks [PDF] (Blatchford’s University of Waterloo speech cancelled due to student intimidation)
• The Record, Nov 15/10: Blatchford’s appearance at UW derailed by protesters [PDF]
• Macleans, Nov 14/10: Shouting ‘racist’ in a crowded university – protest shuts down Blatchford speech at Waterloo [PDF]
• Toronto Sun, Peter Worthington, Nov 13/10: Caledonia crisis of facts [PDF]
• Globe & Mail, Helpless review by Suanne Kelman, Nov 12/10: In Caledonia, all wrongs and no rights [PDF] (Suanne Kelman is interim chair of Ryerson School of Journalism)
• Global Toronto, Show Transcript, Nov 06/10: Policing Caledonia – w/Christie Blatchford, and illegal tobacco [PDF] (addresses issue of political/OPP brass interference in discretion, rebuttal to image of Gary McHale as ‘provacateur’)
• VoiceofCanada, Nov 05/10: Shoddy Caledonia journalism continues: Toronto Sun reporter didn’t read ‘Helpless’ before publishing OPP rebuttal to Blatchford, Worthington allegations
• Regional News (Caledonia), Nov 03/10: Comment by Bill Jackson [PDF] (re vindication of Regional News coverage and CANACE efforts to oppose racial policing in light of Helpless)
• APTN National News, Nov 03/10: OPP Aboriginal unit fell under sway of Six Nations in Caledonia: book [PDF]
• The Sachem (Caledonia), letter to editor, Nov 02/10: Gayle Hagan – ‘Kudos for column’ [PDF]
• Toronto Sun, Nov 01/10: OPP boss defends force over Caledonia [PDF] (Note: see also VoC, Nov 05/10 – Shoddy Caledonia journalism continues…)
• The Sachem (Caledonia), Oct 28/10: Book on Caledonia ‘nightmare’ exposes OPP and government [PDF]
• MPP Toby Barrett, Oct 28/10: Hudak charges “failure of leadership” in Caledonia (cites Blatchford’s Helpless, and Peter Worthington review)
• Toronto Sun, Peter Worthington, Oct 27/10: Helpless in Caledonia: Worthington [PDF]
• MPP Toby Barrett, Oct 27/10: McGuinty silent on charges of meddling in Caledonia policing – Leadership vacuum highlighted in Blatchford’s Helpless [PDF]
• HelplessByBlatchford, Oct 26/10: MPP Toby Barrett: Is Blatchford’s ‘Helpless’ the final word on Caledonia?
• Globe & Mail, Christie Blatchford, Oct 24/10: The town that law forgot [PDF]
• HelplessByBlatchford, Oct 24/10: ‘Helpless’ excerpt #1: Caledonia: the town that law forgot (incl. reference links)
• HelplessByBlatchford, Oct 15/10: Hamilton Spec re ‘Helpless’: New OPP mission after police attacked by natives – ‘protect natives’
• Hamilton Spectator, Oct 15/10: A nightmare of fear and anarchy [PDF]
• HelplessByBlatchford, Oct 14/10: Watch the inspiring promo video for ‘Helpless’
• Conservatives Against Fantino, Oct 13/10: Blatchford & Tory hammer Fantino & McGuinty on CFRB 1010
• Toronto Sun, Oct 12/10: Fantino needs to answer for Caledonia [PDF]
• Conservatives Against Fantino, Oct 12/10: VIDEO: Caledonia activists on CHCH TV today re Fantino-Caledonia-Blatchford book
• Caledonia Victims Project, Oct 10/10: Christie Blatchford in HELPLESS: Front line OPP officers ‘sold down the river’ by Fantino & Boniface
• Caledonia Victims Project, Sept 03/10: ‘HELPLESS’ – Christie Blatchford’s Caledonia book ready for pre-order
• Regional News (Caledonia), Sept 01/10: ‘Helpless’: book about Caledonia’s struggle [REPRINT]