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Alison Crawford

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Founder, Good Yarn Communications 🧶and award-winning journalist. Passionate about freedom of the press, judicial independence, strong libraries, democracy and knitting.

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Canadian Bar Association @cba-news.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Four months after the Supreme Court created a new tort of intimate-partner violence, how is it working in practice? Joanna Radbord, Shelley Hounsell and Tiffany Paulsen join @alisoncrawford.bsky.social on the latest episode of Verdicts & Voices. 🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/4AkYrSC
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Canadian Bar Association @cba-news.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
As AI becomes more common in the courts, so do new ways to misuse it. In the season premiere of Verdicts & Voices, law professor Amy Salyzyn joins @alisoncrawford.bsky.social to unpack the risks, from prompt injection to shadow AI. 🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/3TtSlie
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#BREAKING: Over public dissents from Justices Thomas and Alito, #SCOTUS *denies* the Trump administration’s request for a stay in the mail-in ballots case. The USPS Rule will remain blocked—almost certainly through the midterms.
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Alison Crawford @alisoncrawford.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I know I can think of thousands of better things to do for four hours.
This is a post from the BBC website with the headline: Five things you need to know about the new four-hour Elon Musk documentary.
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Alison Crawford @alisoncrawford.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Quite liked this morning’s Bizzaro cartoon.
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Alison Crawford @alisoncrawford.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
No labour today.
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Alison Crawford @alisoncrawford.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Whoah.
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Yummy Barbara Pratt c. 2020
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Alison Crawford @alisoncrawford.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
This story is insane www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Former Manitoba MP Inky Mark charged with firearms trafficking after hundreds of weapons seized | CBC News
Inky Mark, a former federal politician in Manitoba, has been charged after police say they seized hundreds of improperly stored firearms from his home last week.
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Alison Crawford @alisoncrawford.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Is it only Gen X readers rolling their eyes at this story in the Globe?
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Alison Crawford @alisoncrawford.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Power’s still out in our hood.
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Alison Crawford @alisoncrawford.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Pauline Charron Place in Ottawa.
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Canadian Bar Association @cba-news.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Can judges pursue Indigenous reconciliation without compromising their independence? New Supreme Court nominee Glenn Joyal shared his thoughts last year with Verdicts & Voices host @alisoncrawford.bsky.social, alongside BC Chief Justice Leonard Marchand. 🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/4exBnWM
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Canadian Bar Association @cba-news.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
How do today's law students view justice, the rule of law, and the legal profession in Canada? Justine Morin-Laporte, Sophie Poitras, and Maria Kalapurayil join @alisoncrawford.bsky.social on Verdicts & Voices. 🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/49T30YS
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Legal Affairs Canada @lawscribes.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
#Montreal mayor wants to create #bylaw speech offence [insulting #police officers] and remove access to trial courts to contest offence: “My worry is making sure that it is clear that you cannot be able to contest it in court,” Soraya Ferrada. #freespeech www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
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Montreal mayor open to municipal bylaw against insulting police officers
Montreal mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada says she would support the creation of a municipal bylaw against insulting police officers.
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Alison Crawford @alisoncrawford.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Yes!! This makes me happy www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
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Return of the schhhhhlorp: canned, frozen juice from concentrate makes a comeback | CBC News
Canadian freezers could soon be stocked with juice again, as grocery giant Loblaw confirms plans to bring frozen concentrated juice cans back to the Canadian market.
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Alison Crawford @alisoncrawford.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
As if we didn’t already have enough to worry about.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/06/2026
A sensitive Defense Department branch responsible for uncovering and defending against terrorism plots has a new appointee: a Jan. 6 rioter who was pardoned President Trump. nyti.ms/43MLamL
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Canadian Bar Association @cba-news.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
When Harvey Brownstone comes out, he's kicked out of the house. 20 years later, he's Canada's first openly gay judge. On Verdicts & Voices with @alisoncrawford.bsky.social he tells his story -- including his clerkship for Rosalie Abella. #Pride2026 🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/4enu2Jt
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Alison Crawford @alisoncrawford.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
A slap on the wrist, yet again www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Ottawa-area OPP officer demoted for 3 years for sexually harassing another officer | CBC News
An Ontario Provincial Police constable has been demoted for three years for slapping a colleague's buttock during an OPP charity golf tournament in 2024 — his third episode of misconduct since 2021.
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World Press Freedom Canada - Liberté de la presse Canada @wpfc-lpc.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said journalists are the only ones who care about his proposed reforms to the provincial freedom-of-information regime and that it does not concern the average person. What do you think? Read more about it: www.linkedin.com/posts/foi-cd... #pressfreedom #onpoli #cdnfoi
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Access to Information: Ottawa lacks the appetite for reform - World Press Freedom Canada | World Press Freedom Canada - Liberté de la presse Canada
📣 CALLOUT: What have you learned from news stories based on records released through freedom-of-information requests? ⬇️ Share your favourite examples below! The Ontario government has proposed chan...
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Alison Crawford @alisoncrawford.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
May in New Brunswick.
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Canadian Bar Association @cba-news.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The Supreme Court of Canada has recognized a new tort of family violence in Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia. Vanessa Lam and Shelley Hounsell join @alisoncrawford.bsky.social to discuss what the landmark ruling means for survivors. 🎧 Listen to Verdicts & Voices: bit.ly/4uVuipu
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Alison Crawford @alisoncrawford.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Whites-Only Community in Arkansas Sued for Discrimination www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/r...
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Whites-Only Community in Arkansas Sued for Discrimination
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Canadian Bar Association @cba-news.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
How do Gladue sentencing principles work in a place like Nunavut, where the trauma of colonialism affects virtually everyone? Qajaq Robinson and Hon. Neil Sharkey join @alisoncrawford.bsky.social on Verdicts & Voices. 🎧 Listen: bit.ly/4ucpFHG
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Alison Crawford @alisoncrawford.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Ontario spring. #trilliums
A patch of white trilliums in the forest. A red trillium on the forest floor. A field of sumac with budding birch trees in the background. Pilates woodpecker on a log.
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Canadian Bar Association @cba-news.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
The B.C. Supreme Court has upheld a controversial law that could subject lawyers to greater state control. Connor Bildfell joins @alisoncrawford.bsky.social to discuss the decision's consequences and silver lining. 🎧 Listen to Verdicts & Voices: bit.ly/4uvczVC
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Canadian Bar Association @cba-news.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Is it acceptable for the court system to cause harm? On the latest Verdicts & Voices, @alisoncrawford.bsky.social speaks with Donald Netolitzky, K.C., about how vexatious litigation can affect other parties, the courts, and the litigants themselves. 🎧 Listen: bit.ly/48xKAw9
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Amazonian royal flycatcher: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...
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Alison Crawford @alisoncrawford.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
End of November or end of April in Ottawa, you decide.
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Canadian Bar Association @cba-news.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
How are Canadian judges dealing with generative AI? B.C. Supreme Court Justice David Masuhara joins @alisoncrawford.bsky.social to talk about hallucinated citations and what happens when they show up in court. 🎧 New episode of Verdicts & Voices out now: bit.ly/41ySQIf
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Canadian Bar Association @cba-news.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Lawyers in Canada must meet a "good character" standard, but what does that mean, and how is it enforced? Tune in to the new episode of Verdicts & Voices with @alisoncrawford.bsky.social, Nadia Liva and Ben Kates. 🔗 bit.ly/47O1Pcf
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
In what world is it okay for the Defense Secretary to make multi-million dollar investments in defense companies: a) Ever; b) In the run-up to starting a war in the Middle East FT has the scoop: www.ft.com/content/744e... In a functional democracy, he would offer his resignation tonight.
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Alison Crawford @alisoncrawford.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Found this old hockey card invite to Ken Dryden’s hospitality suite at the 2006 Montreal leadership convention. He was such a gentleman. #cdnpoli
Hockey card-style photo of Ken Dryden in a suit with a cute smile.
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Canadian Bar Association @cba-news.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The new Verdicts & Voices examines the pros and cons of Bill C-16. For example, will it effectively target coercive control? Or does it risk criminalizing mental illness? With @alisoncrawford.bsky.social, Melanie Webb and Simona Jellinek. Listen now: bit.ly/4dacQYJ
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Alison Crawford @alisoncrawford.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Canada would not benefit from a two-party system. But this Angus Reid chart looks scary. #NDP angusreid.org/wp-content/u...
Angus Reid poll results chart showing 44% of former NDP voters don’t recognize any names of those running for the party’s leadership and 21% saying they don’t know who would be best leader for the party.
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Alison Crawford @alisoncrawford.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Awful news today in Ottawa www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Ottaw school crossing guard dies after being hit by truck | CBC News
A school crossing guard has died after being injured in a hit-and-run collision in south Ottawa Monday morning, according to city police.
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Bystander video is driving the biggest stories. The next era of journalism will be built on verifying it. Visual investigation skills are now mandatory. Here's how to do it, by Alex Mahadevan www.poynter.org/reporting-ed... via @poynterinstitute.bsky.social #journalism
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Bystander video is driving the biggest stories in America. The next era of journalism will be built on verifying it. - Poynter
From the Minneapolis shootings to the Guthrie kidnapping, visual investigation skills are now mandatory. Here's how to do it.
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Alison Crawford @alisoncrawford.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
It’s Tuesday in America.
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Alison Crawford @alisoncrawford.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Curious.
Photo of a sign on a building that reads Rideau MD, Immigration & Circumcision Clinic.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 10/03/2026
Americans demand to know who they have to bomb to lower gas prices
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Americans demand to know who they have to bomb to lower gas prices
HOUSTON, TX - American consumers shocked by sharply rising gas prices demonstrated their keen understanding of global geopolitics by demanding that the Department of War bomb some foreign country into...
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Alison Crawford @alisoncrawford.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
No words
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Alison Crawford @alisoncrawford.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The #maple sap is running strong!
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/03/2026
ProPublica Wins Lawsuit Over Access to Court Records in U.S. Navy Cases A judge ruled that the Navy’s long-standing policy to withhold records from its criminal trials violated the First Amendment.
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ProPublica Wins Lawsuit Over Access to Court Records in U.S. Navy Cases
A judge ruled that the Navy’s long-standing policy to withhold records from its criminal trials violated the First Amendment.
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 08/03/2026
If you are looking for the latest examples of misinfo involving the Russian-Ukrainian war currently making the rounds online, bookmark our Conflictmisinfo.org, an information management tool and database for monitoring online misinformation and disinformation about the war. conflictmisinfo.org
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Home - Russia-Ukraine ConflictMisinfo
Welcome to the Russia-Ukraine ConflictMisinfo Research Portal, a rapid response project of the Social Media Lab at Toronto Metropolitan University. The portal is a resource for analysts, researchers, ...
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 05/03/2026
Kristi Noem has done a stunning amount of damage and it’s good she’s gone. But this doesn’t change the fact that we need a complete overhaul of DHS, impartial investigations into the killings of two American citizens, and information on children that were taken from Minnesota.
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Alison Crawford @alisoncrawford.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Attention Justice Minister Fraser re: Bill C-16. #jordan #stays
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Alison Crawford @alisoncrawford.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Carney has not yet spoken to Canadian reporters since his trip began. His office cancelled a planned news conference following the meeting with Modi, citing his tight schedule. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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India and Canada reset ties with 'landmark' nuclear energy deal
A host of deals, including one to supply India with uranium, is unveiled as Mark Carney meets Narendra Modi in Delhi.
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 28/02/2026
Periods of war and political uncertainty are fertile ground for both misinformation and deliberate disinformation, which spreads quickly online by exploiting our emotions and reinforcing our biases.
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an illustration of a snake with the words misinformation preys on your emotions below it
ALT: an illustration of a snake with the words misinformation preys on your emotions below it
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Alison Crawford @alisoncrawford.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
This is prank is an effective tool of resistance. But Canadians shouldn’t feel too superior. Remember the Conservative Party’s real proposal for a « Barbaric Cultural Practices Tip Line »? I’m sure Kellie Leitch and Chris Alexander do. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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He made a fake ICE deportation tip line. Then a kindergarten teacher called.
A Nashville comedian’s deportation hotline, set up as a joke, has gone viral among viewers who say it shows the “banality of evil personified” in the U.S. immigration crackdown.
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