Sonja Koenig

News reader at CBC Ottawa. MFA student. New York mystery chaser. Does not suffer fools.

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Cudos to the driver of #octranspo bus 4633 today. I saw that guy who took out his frustration with bus and train service in the city on you. You stayed calm. And kept driving #ottawa

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An evocative read. This piece by @DanBarryNYT

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Tommy Rath, addicted to meth, vanished one day from “The Jungle,” a generations-old homeless encampment in Ithaca, N.Y. What happened to him? And what does the Jungle’s long existence tell us? My story, with powerful photos by ⁦@heislerphoto⁩. https://t.co/rXLscSzAKv

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@rupasubramanya I am so sorry. This is so hard. Your kitty sounded like a wonderful friend. I had a mourning period after I lost my dog that included eating lots of fried chicken and cupcakes ❤️

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@myfanwycbc Oh I am sorry to hear this. Your father sounded like an interesting and charming fellow. Thinking of you …

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@sometherapist 2/ While it was tough to do and hurt our friendship, a few years later she called me out of the blue to tell me I was right. He had turned out to be emotionally and sexually abusive. Child porn was later found on his computer. She left that marriage and carved out a new life.

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@sometherapist 1/ Many years ago my best friend was engaged to a guy who made me seriously uncomfortable. I couldn’t put my finger on it but I just had a bad “feeling” about him. When she asked me to be a bridesmaid in her wedding I couldn’t. My gut feeling was so strong.

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@JeanneCBC @watersCBC congratulations! You are one of the best! I remember you vetting a documentary I did years ago. You complimented my work, then came the email with more than a dozen suggestions on how to improve it!! Those suggestions guide me to this day. Thank you.

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@LaurieSarkadi Glad to see Wanda in her element ! And the tour of my old stomping ground. Great things will come of this

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@Theholisticpsyc Thank you ! I am about to have a convo with a friend whose incessant negativity I have finally realized is now affecting my mental well being. There needs to be some boundaries. I am bracing for the question of why "I've changed"...

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@Theholisticpsyc Thank you for writing about this. I become parentified after my father died when I was 12. It resulted in a serious co-dependency with my mother that led to a loss of identity, and made forming romantic attachments difficult. I am now - finally - working it through.

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You know you live in Ottawa when the person trying to come to your house to pick up something you are selling sends you a text saying they can't get to you because the roads are closed due to #biden #yow

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Have you seen this quilt? ⛵️🪡

Saint Johner Sarah Mulroney worked for 6 months on this quilt - before it went missing, with her checked bag, on a direct flight from Moncton to St. John's, NL. She's looking everyhere from aiports to thrift stores

Someone's gotta know something!

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@thewrightpage @StvnWbb @CBCNB Steve Congratulations! I count you among my earliest mentors in this business. I am sure you have helped many along the way. Enjoy retirement!

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@MireMarke I am so sorry. I am still working on a book I started 10 years ago. Every story has a time. I once heard a writer say he "sat" with a story for 10 years because it took that long for the ending to come to him. Please keep going !!

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@BSBreastCancer "I do not know why you are so upset about getting a double mastectomy. They are just appendages" Yeah right. Until it happens to you.

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@ThanksCancer People always told me "you're not alone" when I was going through my cancer - as a way of expressing their support. But when the door of that radiation room closed, and that big machine began to move and whrrr I realized in that moment it really was just me against the illness.

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@b_popps @HarperCollinsCa This looks so intriguing! Congratulations and adding to my list of reads!

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@saramfung I have! I was in New York City and someone me where I was from. "You don't sound American, but not British either ?"

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@MindHaste You will likely never know "why" ...

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@emilyhaws @CBCNorth As @CBCNorth alum - congratulations! I think every reporter should spend time working in the North. You will see this country differently - and it will inform your journalism for the rest of your career.