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Margaret Sullivan, The Guardian U.S. columnist, left, and The Globe and Mail’s Robyn Doolittle, winner of this year’s World Press Freedom Canada career achievement award, at the WPFC awards luncheon at the National Arts Centre on May 1. The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson

Doolittle wins big at the Press Freedom Awards

FeatureBY STUART BENSON
  • World Press Freedom Canada hosted its annual luncheon on May 2 at the National Arts Centre, and an exclusive pre-reception the day before at the German residence.

Doolittle wins big at the Press Freedom Awards

FeatureBY STUART BENSON
  • World Press Freedom Canada hosted its annual luncheon on May 2 at the National Arts Centre, and an exclusive pre-reception the day before at the German residence.

in-depth feature

Liberal MP Yasir Naqvi, front left, NDP MP Lindsay Mathyssen, Liberal MP Terry Beech and NDP MP Peter Julian were among the participants at the 2023 Christie Lake Kids Parliamentary Basketball Tournament. Christie Lake Kids photograph by Amy MacDonald

Parliamentary basketball tourney is a slam dunk for Christie Lake Kids

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY
  • Plus, news from the embassies of Japan, the Netherlands, and Poland; Sen. Varone, MP Fisher and ex-MP Lametti all join new groups; and John Delacourt's latest novel is hitting the shelves.

Parliamentary basketball tourney is a slam dunk for Christie Lake Kids

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY
  • Plus, news from the embassies of Japan, the Netherlands, and Poland; Sen. Varone, MP Fisher and ex-MP Lametti all join new groups; and John Delacourt's latest novel is hitting the shelves.

heard on the hill

Louise Blais, top left, Peter Donolo, right, and Jeremy Kinsman co-host The Red Passport, a new podcast produced by the Canadian International Council. Photographs courtesy of the Canadian International Council

Red Passport: Trio of ex-diplomats launch a podcast

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY
  • Plus, nominations are open for the next Parliamentary Poet Laureate, Nunavut's premier is coming to Ottawa, and former TRC commissioner Marie Wilson has a new book.

Red Passport: Trio of ex-diplomats launch a podcast

FeatureBY CHRISTINA LEADLAY
  • Plus, nominations are open for the next Parliamentary Poet Laureate, Nunavut's premier is coming to Ottawa, and former TRC commissioner Marie Wilson has a new book.

the hill times photo gallery

Federal New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh and former leader Ed Broadbent chat for a moment as they canvas the Landsdowne farmers' market in Broadbent's old riding of Ottawa-Centre on Oct. 6, 2019, in the run-up to that year's election. Broadbent died on Jan. 11, 2024 at the age of 87. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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Ed Broadbent through the lens

photo of the day

Demonstrators march along Wellington Street on April 21, 2024, before Earth Day to call for the end of plastic pollution. The March to End the Plastic Era comes the week a United Nations negotiating committee on plastic pollution meets in Ottawa for its fourth session. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
PHOTO OF THE DAY

Rally to end plastic pollution

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Bill Graham, pictured in 2006 when he was the interim Liberal leader following Paul Martin’s defeat. Graham, a former federal Liberal foreign affairs minister and defence minister, died on Sunday, Aug. 7, at the 83, of cancer. The Hill Times file photograph
FROM THE ARCHIVES

From The Hill Times’ Photo Archives

BOOKS, BIG IDEAS, Q&AS

The uncertainty surrounding the full implementation of LaForme/Westmoreland Traore report is one reason why I agreed to write this book. New legislation to establish a new commission has the potential to be the most important law reform with respect to wrongful convictions in a generation, writes Kent Roach. Book cover courtesy of Simon & Schuster, 2023

Most wrongful convictions lurk below the surface, unrecognized and unremedied

FeatureBY KENT ROACH
  • The following is an excerpt from Kent Roach's Wrongfully Convicted: Guilty Pleas, Imagined Crimes and What Canada Must Do to Safeguard Justice, published by Simon & Schuster, and one of this year's five finalists for the Donner Prize for the best book public policy written by a Canadian. The prize will be awarded in Toronto on May 8.

Most wrongful convictions lurk below the surface, unrecognized and unremedied

FeatureBY KENT ROACH
  • The following is an excerpt from Kent Roach's Wrongfully Convicted: Guilty Pleas, Imagined Crimes and What Canada Must Do to Safeguard Justice, published by Simon & Schuster, and one of this year's five finalists for the Donner Prize for the best book public policy written by a Canadian. The prize will be awarded in Toronto on May 8.

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