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Suzanne Westover
Last published Nov. 2025 · On our record since 2019
Where this writer stands
Public safety1 piece
Prevention and restraintEnforcement and sentencing
“A simple four-way stop would also do the trick. Zebra stripes and a proper pedestrian yield sign — one enforceable by law — would also be stepping stones to safety.” Read the piece
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Recent work
- Barrhaven needs better traffic calming measures than mom-shaming | OpinionOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Nov 24, 2025
- Westover: Summer childcare challenges parentsOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Aug 15, 2025
- Westover: In praise of the ER staff at Queensway Carleton HospitalOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jul 26, 2025
- Westover: Remember the ice-bucket challenge? It's added a new causeOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jun 26, 2025
- Westover: It's time we talked honestly about childbirth and its dangersOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 13, 2025
- Westover: Our new dog upended our lives. We love him anywayOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 23, 2025
- Westover: Ottawa's new garbage rules — just a load of rubbish?Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Oct 1, 2024
- Westover: This Ottawa resident has reached the tipping point over tippingOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Sep 21, 2024
- Westover: Visiting 9/11 Memorial & Museum evoked fresh empathy, 23 years laterOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Sep 10, 2024
- Suzanne Westover: Visiting 9/11 Memorial & Museum evoked fresh empathy, 23 years laterOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Sep 9, 2024
- Opinion: Visit to 9/11 memorial evokes fresh empathy, 23 years laterOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Sep 9, 2024
- Westover: Surely we can make hospital emergency departments work betterOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Sep 5, 2024
- Westover: New York City — where theatre and cellphones do NOT mixOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Aug 2, 2024
- Westover: A little Ottawa teamwork, and a garbage problem got fixedOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jul 13, 2024
- Westover: In trees we trust — a City of Ottawa program that works beautifullyOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jul 5, 2024
- Homeless in Ottawa: no one wants to be sleeping on the street | OpinionOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jun 21, 2024
- Ontario's school cellphone ban is a very small step in the right direction | OpinionOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jun 7, 2024
- Westover: Our family's experience reminded us why primary care is so vitalOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · May 24, 2024
- Westover: City needs to crack down on stinky, crow-ridden open garbage padsOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 24, 2024
- Westover: How Malala is teaching my daughter about the right to educationOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 6, 2024
- Opinion: How Malala is teaching my daughter about the right to educationOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Apr 5, 2024
- Westover: How Malala is teaching my daughter about the right to educationOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Apr 5, 2024
- Westover: Navalny's love of country holds a lesson for CanadiansOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Feb 24, 2024
- Westover: Surely we can stop teens from participating in car theftOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Feb 17, 2024
- Westover: Merriam-Webster finally gets real with its word of the yearOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Dec 9, 2023
- Opinion: Merriam-Webster finally gets real with its word of the yearOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Dec 8, 2023
- Westover: Merriam-Webster finally gets real with its word of the yearOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Dec 8, 2023
- Westover: Long story short — here's why you should buy books for ChristmasOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Nov 18, 2023
- Westover: Fix the shortage of school-bus drivers once and for allOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Aug 30, 2023
- Westover: Real memories aren't dependent on your smartphoneOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jul 17, 2023
- Opinion: Real memories aren't dependent on your smartphoneOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jul 14, 2023
- Westover: With Vision Pro, I can give up ski lessons — and socializingOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jun 10, 2023
- Opinion: With Vision Pro, I can give up ski lessons — and socializingOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jun 9, 2023
- Westover: Sing and dance, no matter the size of the stageOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · May 19, 2023
- Westover: How I broke the addiction to my Mother's Day giftOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · May 14, 2023
- Westover: How I broke the addiction to my Mother's Day giftOpinion · Montreal Gazette · May 13, 2023
- Westover: In Ottawa, registering a child in swimming classes is a sport unto itselfOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 1, 2023
- Westover: A mushy winter may also have made Ottawans softOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Mar 13, 2023
- Westover: Chatbots will democratize writing, never replace itOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Feb 12, 2023
- Westover: Chatbots will democratize writing, never replace itOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Feb 11, 2023
- Westover: How hybrid work will force us to rethink past assumptionsOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 31, 2023
- Westover: How hybrid work will force us to rethink past assumptionsOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jan 30, 2023
- Westover: New year brings new reasons to fret — unless we opt outOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 6, 2023
- Westover: New year brings new reasons to fret — unless we opt outOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jan 4, 2023
- Westover: So much for the return to in-person Christmas shoppingOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Dec 23, 2022
- Westover: So much for the return to in-person Christmas shoppingOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Dec 20, 2022
- Westover: Let's plan to step into the breach whenever schools must closeOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Nov 18, 2022
- Westover: It's time to move Halloween to a weekendOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Nov 3, 2022
- Westover: Local candidates must earn our trust at the doorstepOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Oct 16, 2022
- Westover: Want kids to walk to school? Then make it safer for them, OttawaOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Oct 5, 2022
- Westover: When real life reframes that virtual friendshipOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Sep 10, 2022
- Westover: How I learned to put COVID measures into perspectiveOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Aug 13, 2022
- Westover: Life lessons on technology from the Rogers outageOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jul 16, 2022
- Westover: The end of the pandemic — sixth wave a charm?Opinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jun 11, 2022
- Westover: The end of the pandemic — sixth wave a charm?Opinion · Montreal Gazette · Jun 10, 2022
- Westover: In turbulent times, tidying up the street helped cleanse my spiritOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Apr 3, 2022
- Westover: Mask disruption — facial fashion is getting harder to anticipateOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 24, 2022
- Opinion: Mask disruption — facial fashion is getting harder to anticipateOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jan 23, 2022
- Westover: Work life has been changed by COVID, but our connection with people has perseveredOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 14, 2022
- Westover: The magic of a COVID Christmas, when Santa makes socially distanced house callsOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Dec 17, 2021