Kelly Egan
Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Past articles by Kelly:
Egan: The language of modern cuisine is getting harder to digest
Once, for example, bread was just bread. Now, it's slow-milled whole wheat, cheddar, rosemary garlic sourdough, and a thing called ciabatta. → Read More
Egan: John died, then his life was thrown away
We often say, after a fire or other calamity, 'it’s only stuff. It can be replaced.' But it can't. It's part of your family's story. → Read More
Egan: And so it has come to this... farewell, with hope and gratitude
After 2,500 columns and four decades in the journalism industry, our columnist reflects on the stories he's told and the ways they've changed him → Read More
Egan: We had real storms to deal with, not fake change in the air. Ottawa, as you were.
Did we re-elect Doug Ford on Thursday or just forgive him for being mediocre for four years? → Read More
Egan: Giant LRT shed called 'white monstrosity' spoiling best view of Ottawa
For LRT Stage 2, the city is building a "light maintenance and storage facility" on the north side of the Queensway west of Moodie Drive. → Read More
Egan: Storm knocks Ontario election off the radar — it was barely a beep anyway
I blame the world — the storm in Ottawa paused the campaign, but then there's the pandemic, and Ukraine, and kids killed in a Texas school → Read More
Egan: Many of its barns were crushed, but Navan's spirit remains aloft
"We've been raised to believe that what goes around comes around. We live in a great community here." → Read More
Egan: Without power, hardened by catastrophe, Ottawa lights a way forward
"In trying to reconstruct more robust infrastructure, we've possibly evolved into more resilient people." → Read More
Egan: Hot dog legend Terry Scanlon collapses at grill, 'luckily' survives heart attack at dawn
Terry Scanlon, Ottawa's hot dog king, is recovering in hospital from a heart attack these days, relishing his good luck. → Read More
Egan: 'Crisis to crisis' — Matt Fleury, kid councillor now Dad, on the need to pause
Mathieu Fleury was first elected in 2010 as a fresh-faced lifeguard, not long out of school, age 24. → Read More
Overnight shelter at Tom Brown Arena closing this week, community arena use to return in fall
In response to a virus outbreak in the city's shelter system, it was used from mid-January forward to house about 70 people experiencing homelessness overnight. → Read More
Egan: On a Mission — a borrowed food truck rolls into 7,000 meals a week
"When the pandemic struck, there was no food truck at the Mission shelter, which used to serve mostly in the Waller Street dining room. Then came one, on loan." → Read More
Egan: In the dark over tinted windows — $172 ticket in Quebec lights up Ontario driver
On his way to have a dog bite looked at in hospital, John Taylor was pulled over by Quebec police and dinged for a too-dark side window → Read More
Egan: Feisty Eganville Leader 'in crisis' after weekly loses presses
"The Leader is not just any community paper, some "fun fair" photos wrapped around a pile of flyers. It is one of the finest independent weeklies in Ontario." → Read More
Egan: No bouncy castles, no hot tubs at Rolling Thunder. This time we mean it.
"We have the resources we believe we need to execute our plan," the interim police chief says in advance of 'Rolling Thunder.' → Read More
Egan: New North Side + arena, for three towers with 1,200 units — a trade we should make?
There's much to like about the redevelopment plan — although the addition of 1,200 highrise units is likely to get a frosty reception → Read More
Egan: A licence to bill — more outrage over Quebec fines for Ontario plate stickers
"It's been a long time since I've heard so many outrageous-sounding stories than Tuesday's outpouring about Quebec police targeting Ontario motorists for expired stickers on their licence plates." → Read More
Egan: The COVID diaries — one man's journey, 25 notebooks and counting
George Goracz works in the restaurant industry and is a dedicated world traveller (69 countries ticked on a map on the kitchen wall) so the pandemic truly… → Read More
Egan: Shopify's Harley Finkelstein and his offline web — $1.5M gift helps Jewish student centre expand
The centre is a community hub offering comfort and support to any Jewish young person making their way through life and work and academics. → Read More
Egan: Government cheques in the mail — a creepy kind of bribery
The government — all of them — should stop giving us “free” stuff and sending cheques in the mail → Read More