Trish Audette-Longo

About Trish Audette-Longo

Trish Audette-Longo is an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University. Previously, Trish reported, edited and managed digital engagement with Canada's National Observer, and she covered politics and the environment for The Edmonton Journal.

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Centretown residents make their way along Bank Street during a “community safety walk,” in reaction to a protest against COVID-19 restrictions in Ottawa that is continuing into its second week, on Feb. 4, 2022. File photo by The Canadian Press/Justin Tang

With police unable or unwilling to end protests, Ottawa residents have been left to fend for themselves

During this pandemic, the phrase “We’re on our own” is not a sentiment that immediately mobilizes solidarity, putting it in stark contrast to the message, “We’re all in this together.”

Opinion | February 15th 2022

Federal government ordered to revisit emergency towing vessel contract

The federal government has been told to reevaluate its 2018 contract with a New Brunswick-based company for two emergency response vessels on B.C.'s coast.

News, Energy, Politics | January 8th 2019

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured in Ottawa on Nov. 26, 2018, pledged to bring Canadians together at his year-end news conference. Photo by Alex Tétreault

As pipelines, oil tensions divide Canadians, Trudeau pledges commitment to unity

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged to overcome "the politics of division" Wednesday, as Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer blasted his government from Alberta over energy policies that have triggered regional tensions.

News, Energy | December 19th 2018

Protesters line up in front of the U.S. embassy and demand that President Trump remove his travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries, Mon. Jan. 30, 2017 in Ottawa. Photo by Alex Tétreault

Press council comes down on Toronto Sun for 'serious breach' after false report about goats

The Toronto Sun committed a “serious breach of journalistic standards” for falsely reporting that refugees were slaughtering goats at a Scarborough hotel, said a self-regulating Canadian press council in a scathing statement released on Thursday night.

State of Journalism

News, Politics | December 13th 2018

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley speaks to reporters in Ottawa on Nov. 28, 2018. Photo by Alex Tétreault

Notley trolls Trudeau Liberals about Trans Mountain

Just in case the federal Liberals were in danger of forgetting what Alberta Premier Rachel Notley wants for Christmas this year, she sent them a reminder outside their annual holiday party in Ottawa this week.

Trans Mountain

News, Energy, Politics | December 13th 2018

Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to Ontario municipal leaders in Ottawa on Aug. 20, 2018. Photo by Alex Tétreault

No apologies from Ford for Hydro One intervention despite rejected merger deal

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he won't apologize for steps he took to "clean up the mess" at Hydro One despite a stunning assessment by a Washington state regulator that there was too much political interference to allow a merger with U.S. energy company Avista Corp.

News, Politics | December 6th 2018

Ontario Premier Doug Ford addresses the media outside of his Queen's Park office in Toronto on Monday, November 19, 2018. (Cole Burston for National Observer)

Washington state regulator torpedoes Hydro One deal over political interference by Doug Ford

As the two party leaders intent on knocking Kathleen Wynne out of the premier’s office this year talked about their plans for Hydro One, utilities commissioners in Washington were watching and listening. And they were becoming increasingly concerned that a merger between Hydro One and Spokane-based Avista Corp. would always be at risk of political interference.

News, Energy, Politics | December 5th 2018

Is Canada complicit?

NDP MP Hélène Laverdière demanded the Trudeau government launch an independent investigation Friday, in the wake of new evidence compiled by National Observer showing Canadian weapons being used in the Saudi-led war in Yemen.

News, Politics | November 30th 2018

Lac Megantic oil car explosion. Photograph creative commons. Wikipedia.

Is Canada's rail system going to be safer than ever?

As Alberta Premier Rachel Notley continues to pitch for more trains to carry 120,000 additional barrels of oil out of the landlocked province, Transport Minister Marc Garneau says Canada's rail system has become safer since a deadly train derailment, oil spill and explosion in Lac-Mégantic, Que. in 2013.

News, Energy, Politics | November 29th 2018

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley spoke to members of the Canadian Club of Ottawa on Nov. 28, 2018. Photo by Alex Tétreault

Alberta's Rachel Notley wants Trudeau government to invest taxpayer dollars in oil-by-rail

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said that she has asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to commit to co-purchasing two new unit-trains to transport an additional 120,000 barrels of Alberta oil a day.

News, Energy, Politics | November 28th 2018