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Bell Media president Sean Cohan, left, and Canadian Identity and Culture Minister Marc Miller at the Canadian Media Producers Association's annual Prime Time conference on Jan. 28. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY JOSH TABISH | January 19, 2026
Added rules for surfacing CanCon could deter new streaming services, or even push existing platforms out of the Canadian market, writes Josh Tabish. Unsplash photograph by Glenn Carstens-Peters
Opinion | BY JOSH TABISH | January 19, 2026
Opinion | BY JOSH TABISH | January 19, 2026
Added rules for surfacing CanCon could deter new streaming services, or even push existing platforms out of the Canadian market, writes Josh Tabish. Unsplash photograph by Glenn Carstens-Peters
News | BY IREM KOCA | December 31, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre reflect on the past year and offer a look-ahead for 2026 in their multiple year-end interviews.
News | BY IREM KOCA | December 31, 2025
News | BY IREM KOCA | December 31, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre reflect on the past year and offer a look-ahead for 2026 in their multiple year-end interviews.
Opinion | BY ANDREW CLEMENT | December 10, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump’s alliance with big tech heightens Canada’s vulnerability as America can weaponize our digital dependence with threats to disrupt vital services. Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, appreciates this danger, writes Andrew Clement. White House photograph by Daniel Torok
Opinion | BY ANDREW CLEMENT | December 10, 2025
Opinion | BY ANDREW CLEMENT | December 10, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump’s alliance with big tech heightens Canada’s vulnerability as America can weaponize our digital dependence with threats to disrupt vital services. Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, appreciates this danger, writes Andrew Clement. White House photograph by Daniel Torok
News | BY STUART BENSON | December 10, 2025
The first appearance of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, second right, at this year's press gallery dinner had been in the works since June when his new director of communications, Katy Merrifield, centre, suggested he team up with his This Hour Has 22 Minutes 'clone,' Chris Wilson, third left. Photograph courtesy of Katy Merrifield
News | BY STUART BENSON | December 10, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | December 10, 2025
The first appearance of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, second right, at this year's press gallery dinner had been in the works since June when his new director of communications, Katy Merrifield, centre, suggested he team up with his This Hour Has 22 Minutes 'clone,' Chris Wilson, third left. Photograph courtesy of Katy Merrifield
Feature | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | December 3, 2025
Comedian Mark Critch has written a new book 'Sorry Not Sorry: An Unapologetic Look at What Makes Canada Worth Fighting For.' Photograph by Duncan DeYoung, courtesy of Penguin Random House
Feature | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | December 3, 2025
Feature | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | December 3, 2025
Comedian Mark Critch has written a new book 'Sorry Not Sorry: An Unapologetic Look at What Makes Canada Worth Fighting For.' Photograph by Duncan DeYoung, courtesy of Penguin Random House
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 27, 2020
CBC Ottawa News anchor Adrian Harewood says 'I have a little bit of power, I have a little bit of confidence, and I feel as if I can speak, and that I must speak, and that I have no choice but to speak.' Photograph courtesy of CBC
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 27, 2020
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | July 27, 2020
CBC Ottawa News anchor Adrian Harewood says 'I have a little bit of power, I have a little bit of confidence, and I feel as if I can speak, and that I must speak, and that I have no choice but to speak.' Photograph courtesy of CBC
Feature | BY PALAK MANGAT | July 13, 2020
Veteran Globe and Mail reporter Daniel Leblanc, shown at right in this 2005 file photograph with colleague Campbell Clark, is leaving the paper at which he has spent more than two decades. Mr. Leblanc is now headed to Radio-Canada. The Hill Times file photograph
Feature | BY PALAK MANGAT | July 13, 2020
Feature | BY PALAK MANGAT | July 13, 2020
Veteran Globe and Mail reporter Daniel Leblanc, shown at right in this 2005 file photograph with colleague Campbell Clark, is leaving the paper at which he has spent more than two decades. Mr. Leblanc is now headed to Radio-Canada. The Hill Times file photograph
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | July 8, 2020
Journalists attend a media availability at Rideau Cottage on May 29. The Conservatives are half-right: the news media is biased, however it’s not biased towards ‘liberals,’ it’s biased towards white supremacy and actively works to uphold that viewpoint, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | July 8, 2020
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | July 8, 2020
Journalists attend a media availability at Rideau Cottage on May 29. The Conservatives are half-right: the news media is biased, however it’s not biased towards ‘liberals,’ it’s biased towards white supremacy and actively works to uphold that viewpoint, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | July 1, 2020
Former U.S. ambassador to Canada Kelly Craft is pictured at the Fourth of July party at Lornado in 2018. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | July 1, 2020
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | July 1, 2020
Former U.S. ambassador to Canada Kelly Craft is pictured at the Fourth of July party at Lornado in 2018. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 29, 2020
Marc Dinsdale, head of media partnerships with Facebook Canada, left, and Gerry Arnold, executive editor with The Canadian Press. Mr. Arnold says CP will have 'complete rein' over how reporters will be assigned with 'no editorial input from Facebook whatsoever.' Photograph courtesy of Facebook, photograph courtesy of Gerry Arnold/The Canadian Press
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 29, 2020
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 29, 2020
Marc Dinsdale, head of media partnerships with Facebook Canada, left, and Gerry Arnold, executive editor with The Canadian Press. Mr. Arnold says CP will have 'complete rein' over how reporters will be assigned with 'no editorial input from Facebook whatsoever.' Photograph courtesy of Facebook, photograph courtesy of Gerry Arnold/The Canadian Press
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 15, 2020
Parliamentary Press Gallery reporters, pictured in the West Block on May 1, 2019, scrumming Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and then-international trade diversification minister Jim Carr, who is now Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's special representative for the Prairies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 15, 2020
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 15, 2020
Parliamentary Press Gallery reporters, pictured in the West Block on May 1, 2019, scrumming Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and then-international trade diversification minister Jim Carr, who is now Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's special representative for the Prairies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
CBC's Julie Van Dusen, pictured on June 27, 2017. Ms. Van Dusen has been one of the only reporters on the Hill to attend all ministerial briefings every weekday over the last three months. The Hill Times file photograph by Jake Wright
CBC's Julie Van Dusen, pictured on June 27, 2017. Ms. Van Dusen has been one of the only reporters on the Hill to attend all ministerial briefings every weekday over the last three months. The Hill Times file photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 3, 2020
From left to right: Jordan Bitove, NordStar Capital; Paul Rivett, NordStar Capital; and former Ontario premier David Peterson, incoming vice-chair of the Toronto Star. Photographs courtesy of NordStar
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 3, 2020
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | June 3, 2020
From left to right: Jordan Bitove, NordStar Capital; Paul Rivett, NordStar Capital; and former Ontario premier David Peterson, incoming vice-chair of the Toronto Star. Photographs courtesy of NordStar
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | June 3, 2020
Longtime CBC parliamentary reporter Julie Van Dusen, pictured in the West Block at a press conference on the COVID-19 pandemic on April 16, says in her post-Hill life she will be working on a book with her 94-year-old mother. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | June 3, 2020
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | June 3, 2020
Longtime CBC parliamentary reporter Julie Van Dusen, pictured in the West Block at a press conference on the COVID-19 pandemic on April 16, says in her post-Hill life she will be working on a book with her 94-year-old mother. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | June 1, 2020
NDP MP Heather McPherson, left, Conservative MP Kenny Chiu, Independent Senator Marilou McPhedran, and Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith will participate in a press conference on June 1 calling for the federal government to take 'further steps' against China's decision to impose a national security law in Hong Kong. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Twitter
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | June 1, 2020
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | June 1, 2020
NDP MP Heather McPherson, left, Conservative MP Kenny Chiu, Independent Senator Marilou McPhedran, and Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith will participate in a press conference on June 1 calling for the federal government to take 'further steps' against China's decision to impose a national security law in Hong Kong. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Twitter
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | May 27, 2020
Paul E.J. Thomas has most recently been a senior research associate at the Samara Centre for Democracy. He will start his new gig as director of the Parliamentary Internship Programme on July 1. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | May 27, 2020
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | May 27, 2020
Paul E.J. Thomas has most recently been a senior research associate at the Samara Centre for Democracy. He will start his new gig as director of the Parliamentary Internship Programme on July 1. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | May 18, 2020
A bottle of Canadian maple syrup sits alongside a bag of Colombian coffee on the Sri Lankan desk at the UN General Assembly on Oct. 12, 2010. Maple products have long been a gift of choice for Canadian diplomats. Photograph by Evan Schneider, courtesy of the United Nations
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | May 18, 2020
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | May 18, 2020
A bottle of Canadian maple syrup sits alongside a bag of Colombian coffee on the Sri Lankan desk at the UN General Assembly on Oct. 12, 2010. Maple products have long been a gift of choice for Canadian diplomats. Photograph by Evan Schneider, courtesy of the United Nations