Peggy Blair
@peggyblair.bsky.social
Ottawa realtor, retired lawyer, mystery author, small publisher, level 6 boxer, doctorate in Indigenous law, Have a TV-watching dog. www.reboundpress.com!
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Peggy Blair
@peggyblair.bsky.social
· Feb 24
"Grieve not nor speak of me with tears
But laugh and talk of me as if I were beside you there
Please do not let the thought of me be sad
For I am loving you just as I always have."
But laugh and talk of me as if I were beside you there
Please do not let the thought of me be sad
For I am loving you just as I always have."
This is a major issue in my latest novel, THE BONE-FINDER.
The Parliamentary Budget Officer released a report on Tuesday saying the federal government must increase funding significantly it if plans to introduce legislation that recognizes First Nations policing as an essential service.
Report says federal government must increase funding to recognize First Nations policing | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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November 27, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This is a major issue in my latest novel, THE BONE-FINDER.
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Peggy Blair knows her shit about this stuff basically as well as anyone; I found her thoughts about it illuminating.
My thoughts on the Thomas King scandal: peggyblair.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/m...
My thoughts on the Thomas King scandal
I’ve been thinking about this business with Thomas King a lot. This was the week when he admitted he wasn’t Cherokee at all. First of all, I come from this as someone who is white and w…
peggyblair.wordpress.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Peggy Blair knows her shit about this stuff basically as well as anyone; I found her thoughts about it illuminating.
Book Review: THE BONE-FINDER (5/5 stars) peggyblair.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/b...
Book Review: THE BONE-FINDER (5/5 stars)
The Bone-Finder is Peggy Blair’s finest novel to date—and that is saying something, as all her previous works are first-class. In this book, Charlie Pike steps fully into the spotlight. Now a detec…
peggyblair.wordpress.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Book Review: THE BONE-FINDER (5/5 stars) peggyblair.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/b...
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“Being a member of a First Nation in Canada or a tribe in the U.S. isn’t about which one you claim to belong to, it’s about which nation or tribe claims you.”
My thoughts on the Thomas King scandal: peggyblair.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/m...
My thoughts on the Thomas King scandal
I’ve been thinking about this business with Thomas King a lot. This was the week when he admitted he wasn’t Cherokee at all. First of all, I come from this as someone who is white and w…
peggyblair.wordpress.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
“Being a member of a First Nation in Canada or a tribe in the U.S. isn’t about which one you claim to belong to, it’s about which nation or tribe claims you.”
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NEW: Doug Ford promised giant signs to replace speed cameras in school zones. Well, they've arrived and... they're huge. So big they don't fit onto existing poles.
Cities say they're too big, the province says they were briefed weeks ago. #Onpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154479...
Cities say they're too big, the province says they were briefed weeks ago. #Onpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154479...
Ford government says it will cover cost of installing oversized school zone signs | Globalnews.ca
Cities say the signs sent to replace speed cameras are too big. The transportation minister believes they should be able to 'figure out how to install a sign.'
globalnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
NEW: Doug Ford promised giant signs to replace speed cameras in school zones. Well, they've arrived and... they're huge. So big they don't fit onto existing poles.
Cities say they're too big, the province says they were briefed weeks ago. #Onpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154479...
Cities say they're too big, the province says they were briefed weeks ago. #Onpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154479...
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@peggyblair.bsky.social has written an excellent reflection on what has happened, and should still happen, with #ThomasKing. #CanLit #cdnpoli #cdnhist
My thoughts on the Thomas King scandal: peggyblair.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/m...
My thoughts on the Thomas King scandal
I’ve been thinking about this business with Thomas King a lot. This was the week when he admitted he wasn’t Cherokee at all. First of all, I come from this as someone who is white and w…
peggyblair.wordpress.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
@peggyblair.bsky.social has written an excellent reflection on what has happened, and should still happen, with #ThomasKing. #CanLit #cdnpoli #cdnhist
Fantastic review of THE BONE-FINDER! Still thinking about whether you want to buy this book or not? Check it out! peggyblair.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/b...
Book Review: THE BONE-FINDER (5/5 stars)
The Bone-Finder is Peggy Blair’s finest novel to date—and that is saying something, as all her previous works are first-class. In this book, Charlie Pike steps fully into the spotlight. Now a detec…
peggyblair.wordpress.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Fantastic review of THE BONE-FINDER! Still thinking about whether you want to buy this book or not? Check it out! peggyblair.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/b...
Third bungle this week: Indigenous Services Canada not responding to APTN reporters asking if there is a food crisis in Nunavut, following cuts to programming: www.aptnnews.ca/featured/peo...
‘Having a hard time getting food’: Nunavut hunger crisis continues
‘People are having a hard time now getting food’: Nunavut hunger crisis continues as Indigenous Services Canada refuses to answer questions
www.aptnnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Third bungle this week: Indigenous Services Canada not responding to APTN reporters asking if there is a food crisis in Nunavut, following cuts to programming: www.aptnnews.ca/featured/peo...
Second big mistake this week: not involving First Nations in these discussions/decisions. nationalnewswatch.com/2025/11/26/b...
B.C. Coastal First Nations vow oil pipeline to north coast 'will…
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
nationalnewswatch.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Second big mistake this week: not involving First Nations in these discussions/decisions. nationalnewswatch.com/2025/11/26/b...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Two National Guard members have been shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says.
November 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two National Guard members have been shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says.
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Speechless. Difficult to even begin processing.
Hong Kong fire: At least 36 killed in Hong Kong fire with 279 still missing, authorities say
Hundreds of firefighters have spent hours tackling the blaze, which began in apartment blocks surrounded by bamboo scaffolding.
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Speechless. Difficult to even begin processing.
“We held back the workers from finishing it so we could see how things fit together, how the computer design fits together and tailors the structure.” No, it wasn't finished because it was going to be disassembled. It was a prop for a photo op. This is really bad. torontosun.com/news/nationa...
PM Mark Carney's housing photo op faked, Privy Council Office admits
Prime Minister Mark Carney faced accusations of constructing 'Potemkin village' to promote new federal housing agency. Read more.
torontosun.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“We held back the workers from finishing it so we could see how things fit together, how the computer design fits together and tailors the structure.” No, it wasn't finished because it was going to be disassembled. It was a prop for a photo op. This is really bad. torontosun.com/news/nationa...
Live in the Ottawa area? Buy a book online from reboundpress.com between now and December 1st (next Monday!) and your name will be entered for one of these fabulous gift baskets (you can also buy one directly but there are only four left!). peggyblair.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/u...
November 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Live in the Ottawa area? Buy a book online from reboundpress.com between now and December 1st (next Monday!) and your name will be entered for one of these fabulous gift baskets (you can also buy one directly but there are only four left!). peggyblair.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/u...
Okay, this was stupid: they paid $ 32K to a build a fake housing construction backdrop for Carney's housing announcement and dismantled it. www.blacklocks.ca/admit-housin...
Admit Housing Photo Faked | Blacklock's Reporter
www.blacklocks.ca
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Okay, this was stupid: they paid $ 32K to a build a fake housing construction backdrop for Carney's housing announcement and dismantled it. www.blacklocks.ca/admit-housin...
Toby Award deadline is coming up December 15! If you are a self-published Canadian mystery author with a book out in 2025 and the ISBN is in your name or that of your imprint, check it out at tobyaward.wordpress.com!
November 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Toby Award deadline is coming up December 15! If you are a self-published Canadian mystery author with a book out in 2025 and the ISBN is in your name or that of your imprint, check it out at tobyaward.wordpress.com!
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
I will be at Mansfield's Shoes this Sunday around 10 a.m. to sign books. Who's coming? Pick up some nice socks and a great book to cozy up with, or as Christmas gifts -- I might even have a couple of gift baskets left to bring with me!
November 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I will be at Mansfield's Shoes this Sunday around 10 a.m. to sign books. Who's coming? Pick up some nice socks and a great book to cozy up with, or as Christmas gifts -- I might even have a couple of gift baskets left to bring with me!
My thoughts on the Thomas King scandal: peggyblair.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/m...
My thoughts on the Thomas King scandal
I’ve been thinking about this business with Thomas King a lot. This was the week when he admitted he wasn’t Cherokee at all. First of all, I come from this as someone who is white and w…
peggyblair.wordpress.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
My thoughts on the Thomas King scandal: peggyblair.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/m...
My thoughts on the Thomas King scandal: peggyblair.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/m...
My thoughts on the Thomas King scandal
I’ve been thinking about this business with Thomas King a lot. This was the week when he admitted he wasn’t Cherokee at all. First of all, I come from this as someone who is white and w…
peggyblair.wordpress.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
My thoughts on the Thomas King scandal: peggyblair.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/m...
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My gift to you for Christmas. Cozy Christmas poems 2025. Link to booklet is in the post.
mike54martin.com/2025/11/25/i...
mike54martin.com/2025/11/25/i...
In the Spirit of Christmas
In the Spirit of Christmas It would come as no secret to anyone who knows me that I love Christmas. I love everything about it. And sorry to the ‘haters’ out there, but it can’t start early enough …
mike54martin.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
My gift to you for Christmas. Cozy Christmas poems 2025. Link to booklet is in the post.
mike54martin.com/2025/11/25/i...
mike54martin.com/2025/11/25/i...
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The Federal Government is not the problem.
The problem is greed, the price of the units and local development costs.
Why should federal taxpayers subsidize this?
"The benchmark price for a new condo hit $1,031,764, up 2.5 per cent"
Single-family homes - $1,434,447.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
The problem is greed, the price of the units and local development costs.
Why should federal taxpayers subsidize this?
"The benchmark price for a new condo hit $1,031,764, up 2.5 per cent"
Single-family homes - $1,434,447.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
Only 54 new condos were sold in Toronto last month as group warns of looming ‘industry-wide shutdown’
Just 25 new condos were sold in the old City of Toronto last month as new homes sales across the GTA sank to a new low for October.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The Federal Government is not the problem.
The problem is greed, the price of the units and local development costs.
Why should federal taxpayers subsidize this?
"The benchmark price for a new condo hit $1,031,764, up 2.5 per cent"
Single-family homes - $1,434,447.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
The problem is greed, the price of the units and local development costs.
Why should federal taxpayers subsidize this?
"The benchmark price for a new condo hit $1,031,764, up 2.5 per cent"
Single-family homes - $1,434,447.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
Book Review: THE BONE-FINDER (5/5 stars) "Blair's finest novel to date ..." peggyblair.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/b...
Book Review: THE BONE-FINDER (5/5 stars)
The Bone-Finder is Peggy Blair’s finest novel to date—and that is saying something, as all her previous works are first-class. In this book, Charlie Pike steps fully into the spotlight. Now a detec…
peggyblair.wordpress.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Book Review: THE BONE-FINDER (5/5 stars) "Blair's finest novel to date ..." peggyblair.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/b...
Reposted by Peggy Blair
With her latest, “The Bone-Finder”, @peggyblair.bsky.social cements her standing as Canada’s top mystery writer. Read my review on Goodreads www.goodreads.com/book/show/23.... Perfect Christmas gift!
The Bone-Finder
Charlie Pike returns to Manomin Bay in this gripping, …
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November 26, 2025 at 2:15 AM
With her latest, “The Bone-Finder”, @peggyblair.bsky.social cements her standing as Canada’s top mystery writer. Read my review on Goodreads www.goodreads.com/book/show/23.... Perfect Christmas gift!
Fabulous review of THE BONE-FINDER! peggyblair.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/b...
Book Review: THE BONE-FINDER (5/5 stars)
The Bone-Finder is Peggy Blair’s finest novel to date—and that is saying something, as all her previous works are first-class. In this book, Charlie Pike steps fully into the spotlight. Now a detec…
peggyblair.wordpress.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Fabulous review of THE BONE-FINDER! peggyblair.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/b...
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“OpenAI’s court filing argued that the harms in this case were at least partly caused by Raine’s ‘failure to heed warnings, obtain help, or otherwise exercise reasonable care,’ as well as the ‘failure of others to respond to his obvious signs of distress.’”
OpenAI denies allegations that ChatGPT is to blame for a teenager's suicide
Adam Raine's family sued the AI company in August. On Tuesday, OpenAI said in a new court filing that it isn't responsible for the teen's death.
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
“OpenAI’s court filing argued that the harms in this case were at least partly caused by Raine’s ‘failure to heed warnings, obtain help, or otherwise exercise reasonable care,’ as well as the ‘failure of others to respond to his obvious signs of distress.’”