Best World Press Photos of 2015 exhibit comes to Canadian War Museum
The annual World Press Photo exhibit arrived in Ottawa late last week. The contest’s winning images showcase some of the globe’s biggest stories and day-to-day realities of the past year. This year’s entries are from 5,775 photographers, 128 countries, and include 82,951 photographs. Eight categories of prizes were awarded to 41 countries. The top prize—10,000 euros […]
‘I needed a new adventure,’ Global News’ Bourbeau to leave Hill to head up Global’s newsgathering in Toronto
Jacques Bourbeau, the veteran Global News Hill bureau chief, will be heading to Toronto to become Global’s new director of newsgathering effective Aug. 1. Mr. Bourbeau, 56, said the opportunity came up and he decided to go for it after covering four prime ministers and working as bureau chief for the last 12 years in Ottawa. […]
Another attack in France as French ambassador hosts hundreds at Bastille Day party in Ottawa
As Canadians were almost ready to enjoy another summer weekend, with some perhaps approaching vacation time, we were hit last week with another reminder of how much hate and danger exists in the world. As of publication deadline, 84 people had been killed following Bastille Day celebrations in Nice, France, as a man drove a truck […]
Don’t rush war on terror
OTTAWA—I have come to the conclusion that Westerners—and Western governments—are not very patient. It is not clear, as least not to me, whether this is due to our 24/7 news cycle, the constant availability of, and distraction from, social media, or the very nature of our capitalist society where results are measured quarterly and not […]
U.S. should rethink gun control policies, now
Last Sunday, U.S. President Barack Obama held a press conference to talk about another mass killing in the United States, this time the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. It was the 15th time President Obama had to address the nation about a mass atrocity. He looked shaken. At 2 a.m. on Sunday, June […]
‘It’s pretty hard when you’re working on Macdonald to not become extremely impressed with Laurier,’ former Harper speechwriter preparing book on Laurier speeches
Arthur Milnes, a speechwriter for former prime minister Stephen Harper from 2012 to 2014 and a political history expert, has been putting together a book that includes some of the most important speeches of former prime minster Wilfrid Laurier and essays from several prominent Canadians that put Laurier’s stature in perspective. The book is called […]
“The Chinese Foreign Minister recently scolded a Canadian journalist for asking about China’s human rights record in a press conference in Ottawa and while here demanded a meeting with the PM. Do you think the federal government responded appropriately?”
Kate Purchase Liberal strategist “The freedom of press is essential to our democracy and country. “We believe it is the media’s job to ask tough questions—of our government and governments around the world. Canadian journalists should always raise issues of concern to Canadians, including human rights and consular cases. We thank the media for the […]
Family-friendly Parliament study expected this week, some measures could be implemented this year
A study into how to make Parliament more family-friendly is expected to be tabled this week, and members of the committee say some measures, including changes to Hill child care, could be made this year. “What we have with the report is really a snapshot of the highlights of things that we all feel are very […]
It will take a lot of digging to strike a new Canada-China ‘golden era’
When China’s foreign minister visiting Ottawa last week tore a strip off of a Canadian reporter for asking a critical question, it illustrated two very different things. Wang Yi, angrily waving his pen, said the reporter was “full of prejudice against China and arrogance” for asking about China’s human-rights record and its imprisonment of a Canadian, […]
Budget boost allowing CBC to expand local, international coverage, says Hill bureau chief
With the Liberal government injecting an extra $675-million into the CBC over the next five years, as set out in the 2016 budget, CBC parliamentary bureau chief Rob Russo says the public broadcaster will be investing in more international reporting, as well as more “primarily digital” local and regional reporting. “Look for an expansion in the […]
