Open this photo in gallery: Phillip Crawley, the outgoing publisher and CEO of The Globe and Mail in Toronto on Aug. 29.Cole Burston/The Canadian Press In 1998, Canadian newspapers faced the toughest environment in decades amid the launch of the National Post, fresh competition that put media companies in a cutthroat competition to gain the most readers, advertisers and scoops. The Globe and Mail sent for Phillip Crawley. A newspaper veteran from Northumberland in England’s northeast, Crawley arrived in Toronto ready to do battle in the coming newspaper war. After a nearly six-decade career in journalism, including 25 years as...