in 1967, young bought a farm near omemee in cavan township and built a house there. in 1969, he asked to be transferred to the "globe"'s news bureau in ottawa. shortly after arriving in ottawa, he got into a dispute with his paper over the publication rights to excerpts from a book he had just written with punch imlach. the rights had been acquired by the "toronto telegram", but the "globe" wouldn't allow young's writing to appear in a competing newspaper. he quit the "globe" and accepted a job offer from bassett to become sports editor and columnist at the "telegram", moving back to toronto within weeks of his move to ottawa. young remained at the "telegram" until the paper folded in 1971. he then rejoined the "globe and mail". young and his second wife separated in 1976, and in the fall of 1977, he moved in with fellow "globe" writer margaret hogan. the two married in 1980. at the same time, young had a falling out with the "globe" over stories critical of imlach written by donald ramsay and quit. he worked with former toronto maple leafs owner conn smythe on smythe's autobiography, which would be published after smythe's death in november 1980.