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Chelsea Nash is The Hill Times’ acting digital editor. Previously, she was The Hill Times’ deputy editor and reporter covering immigration, foreign affairs, agriculture and food, and the NDP. She has one gold and one silver Canadian Community Newspaper Award, and one silver Canadian Online Publishing Award.

Indigenous communities battle for fire safety

  • Plus, the Tories demand more meetings.
A damning report by Statistics Canada has revealed that Indigenous people are more susceptible to fire-related deaths than non-Indigenous people. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Indigenous communities battle for fire safety

  • Plus, the Tories demand more meetings.

Indigenous communities battle for fire safety

  • Plus, the Tories demand more meetings.
A damning report by Statistics Canada has revealed that Indigenous people are more susceptible to fire-related deaths than non-Indigenous people. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Summer House committee meetings are running hot

  • Plus, who let the bots out?
Federal public servant Diane Daly appeared before the House Public Accounts Committee to testify about her knowledge of the ArriveCan procurement process on Aug. 7, 2024. Screenshot courtesy of ParlVu

Summer House committee meetings are running hot

  • Plus, who let the bots out?

Summer House committee meetings are running hot

  • Plus, who let the bots out?
Federal public servant Diane Daly appeared before the House Public Accounts Committee to testify about her knowledge of the ArriveCan procurement process on Aug. 7, 2024. Screenshot courtesy of ParlVu

Labour minister’s trial-by-fire

  • Plus, the spotlight is back on ArriveCan.
Labour Minister Steve MacKinnon met with representatives from CN, CPKC, and TCRC on Monday to help resume labour negotiations. The Hill Times photo by Andrew Meade

Labour minister’s trial-by-fire

  • Plus, the spotlight is back on ArriveCan.

Labour minister’s trial-by-fire

  • Plus, the spotlight is back on ArriveCan.
Labour Minister Steve MacKinnon met with representatives from CN, CPKC, and TCRC on Monday to help resume labour negotiations. The Hill Times photo by Andrew Meade

The U.K.’s far-right melts down

  • Plus, Harris picks a veep.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer chaired an emergency meeting on Monday after far-right violence broke out in cities across the U.K. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The U.K.’s far-right melts down

  • Plus, Harris picks a veep.

The U.K.’s far-right melts down

  • Plus, Harris picks a veep.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer chaired an emergency meeting on Monday after far-right violence broke out in cities across the U.K. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

A timeline of political violence and rising security on Parliament Hill since 2014

  • Death threats, arson, violent imagery, vandalism, and more: Canadian politics is becoming more violent, MPs say.
List | BY CHELSEA NASH | August 5, 2024
Members of the Parliamentary Protective Service prevent protesters bearing large wooden flagpoles from entering Parliament Hill grounds on Jan. 28, 2023, the anniversary of the Freedom Convoy protest. The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson

A timeline of political violence and rising security on Parliament Hill since 2014

List | BY CHELSEA NASH | August 5, 2024
  • Death threats, arson, violent imagery, vandalism, and more: Canadian politics is becoming more violent, MPs say.

A timeline of political violence and rising security on Parliament Hill since 2014

List | BY CHELSEA NASH | August 5, 2024
  • Death threats, arson, violent imagery, vandalism, and more: Canadian politics is becoming more violent, MPs say.
Members of the Parliamentary Protective Service prevent protesters bearing large wooden flagpoles from entering Parliament Hill grounds on Jan. 28, 2023, the anniversary of the Freedom Convoy protest. The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson

Ready, set, campaign

  • Plus, Sport Minister Carla Qualtrough responds to the women's soccer team spying scandal.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is off to campaign with his party's local candidate in the Montreal-area riding of LaSalle-Émard-Verdun, today. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Ready, set, campaign

  • Plus, Sport Minister Carla Qualtrough responds to the women's soccer team spying scandal.

Ready, set, campaign

  • Plus, Sport Minister Carla Qualtrough responds to the women's soccer team spying scandal.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is off to campaign with his party's local candidate in the Montreal-area riding of LaSalle-Émard-Verdun, today. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Feds respond to Jasper wildfires

  • Plus, Canada's homicide rate went down from 2022 to 2023.
Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan will provide an update on the federal response to the Alberta wildfires this morning. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Feds respond to Jasper wildfires

  • Plus, Canada's homicide rate went down from 2022 to 2023.

Feds respond to Jasper wildfires

  • Plus, Canada's homicide rate went down from 2022 to 2023.
Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan will provide an update on the federal response to the Alberta wildfires this morning. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Right-wing media follows Trudeau on vacation

  • Plus, Joe Biden's parting message.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is confronted on a Tofino, B.C. beach by Keean Bexte. Screenshot courtesy of Keean Bexte on YouTube

Right-wing media follows Trudeau on vacation

  • Plus, Joe Biden's parting message.

Right-wing media follows Trudeau on vacation

  • Plus, Joe Biden's parting message.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is confronted on a Tofino, B.C. beach by Keean Bexte. Screenshot courtesy of Keean Bexte on YouTube

Macklem’s decision day

  • Plus, behind the Conservatives’ fight for summer committee meetings. 
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem is expected to once again reduce the policy interest rate this morning. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Macklem’s decision day

  • Plus, behind the Conservatives’ fight for summer committee meetings. 

Macklem’s decision day

  • Plus, behind the Conservatives’ fight for summer committee meetings. 
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem is expected to once again reduce the policy interest rate this morning. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Pierre’s record’: Liberals try to see ‘what sticks’ to Poilievre

  • Plus, getting to the bottom of a Conservative MP’s claim that IRCC tried to censor him. 
Pierre Poilievre
Pierre Poilievre
The Liberal Party launched a new website attacking Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured, for various positions he's taken throughout his 20 year political career. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Pierre’s record’: Liberals try to see ‘what sticks’ to Poilievre

  • Plus, getting to the bottom of a Conservative MP’s claim that IRCC tried to censor him. 

‘Pierre’s record’: Liberals try to see ‘what sticks’ to Poilievre

  • Plus, getting to the bottom of a Conservative MP’s claim that IRCC tried to censor him. 
Pierre Poilievre
The Liberal Party launched a new website attacking Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured, for various positions he's taken throughout his 20 year political career. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canadian politics is ‘not safe’ right now, and MPs ‘are in harm’s way’: former public safety minister

  • ‘Many’ MPs work ‘in a perpetual state of fear,’ says Liberal MP Marco Mendicino. NDP MP Charlie Angus was recently accosted at a beach
News | BY CHELSEA NASH | July 22, 2024
Liberal MP Marco Mendicino, who was the public safety minister from 2021-2023, was spat on by a protester in Ottawa in June. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canadian politics is ‘not safe’ right now, and MPs ‘are in harm’s way’: former public safety minister

News | BY CHELSEA NASH | July 22, 2024
  • ‘Many’ MPs work ‘in a perpetual state of fear,’ says Liberal MP Marco Mendicino. NDP MP Charlie Angus was recently accosted at a beach

Canadian politics is ‘not safe’ right now, and MPs ‘are in harm’s way’: former public safety minister

News | BY CHELSEA NASH | July 22, 2024
  • ‘Many’ MPs work ‘in a perpetual state of fear,’ says Liberal MP Marco Mendicino. NDP MP Charlie Angus was recently accosted at a beach
Liberal MP Marco Mendicino, who was the public safety minister from 2021-2023, was spat on by a protester in Ottawa in June. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Pressure works

  • Plus, the PM tries to have a non-scandalous vacation.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks on during Biden's state visit to Ottawa. The 81-year-old will no longer run for re-election in November. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Pressure works

  • Plus, the PM tries to have a non-scandalous vacation.

Pressure works

  • Plus, the PM tries to have a non-scandalous vacation.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks on during Biden's state visit to Ottawa. The 81-year-old will no longer run for re-election in November. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

PMO won’t speculate on rumours about itself

  • Plus, a fact-check on the origins of Trudeau’s housing policy.
Justin Trudeau
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to shuffle his cabinet before the cabinet retreat in Halifax at the end of August, though he'll name one new minister today. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

PMO won’t speculate on rumours about itself

  • Plus, a fact-check on the origins of Trudeau’s housing policy.

PMO won’t speculate on rumours about itself

  • Plus, a fact-check on the origins of Trudeau’s housing policy.
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to shuffle his cabinet before the cabinet retreat in Halifax at the end of August, though he'll name one new minister today. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

MPs grill former Boissonnault business associates

  • Plus, the premiers deliver their verdict from Halifax.
Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault
Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault
The House Ethics Committee is meeting to study Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault's business relationships today. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

MPs grill former Boissonnault business associates

  • Plus, the premiers deliver their verdict from Halifax.

MPs grill former Boissonnault business associates

  • Plus, the premiers deliver their verdict from Halifax.
Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault
The House Ethics Committee is meeting to study Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault's business relationships today. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Whitecap apology ‘coming for a long time’

  • Plus, Poilievre 'happy' suspected Trump shooter is dead.
Gary Anandasangaree
Gary Anandasangaree
Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree will deliver a formal apology to nine Dakota and Lakota First Nations this morning for the Canadian government's decision to label them refugees and deny them the rights afforded to other First Nations. The Hill Times photograph by Jesse Cnockaert

Whitecap apology ‘coming for a long time’

  • Plus, Poilievre 'happy' suspected Trump shooter is dead.

Whitecap apology ‘coming for a long time’

  • Plus, Poilievre 'happy' suspected Trump shooter is dead.
Gary Anandasangaree
Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree will deliver a formal apology to nine Dakota and Lakota First Nations this morning for the Canadian government's decision to label them refugees and deny them the rights afforded to other First Nations. The Hill Times photograph by Jesse Cnockaert

Is populism popular in Canada? Researchers say yes

  • Populist, far-right politicians have not only made gains in France, but are becoming a stronger threat across Europe and in the United States. In
News | BY CHELSEA NASH | July 8, 2024
Pierre Poilievre, left, who has dismissed suggestions that he is embracing populism, often frames his party as ‘common sense Conservatives,’ in contrast to the ‘ivory tower elites’ who support Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Is populism popular in Canada? Researchers say yes

News | BY CHELSEA NASH | July 8, 2024
  • Populist, far-right politicians have not only made gains in France, but are becoming a stronger threat across Europe and in the United States. In

Is populism popular in Canada? Researchers say yes

News | BY CHELSEA NASH | July 8, 2024
  • Populist, far-right politicians have not only made gains in France, but are becoming a stronger threat across Europe and in the United States. In
Pierre Poilievre, left, who has dismissed suggestions that he is embracing populism, often frames his party as ‘common sense Conservatives,’ in contrast to the ‘ivory tower elites’ who support Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

CSIS director takes a bow

  • Plus, the United Kingdom wakes up to a new political era.
David Vigneault announced his retirement as director of CSIS after seven years in the role. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

CSIS director takes a bow

  • Plus, the United Kingdom wakes up to a new political era.

CSIS director takes a bow

  • Plus, the United Kingdom wakes up to a new political era.
David Vigneault announced his retirement as director of CSIS after seven years in the role. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Energy ministers meet in Calgary

  • Plus, the PBO prices tax breaks for ‘clean’ tech.
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is getting together with his provincial and territorial counterparts in Calgary this week to talk policy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Energy ministers meet in Calgary

  • Plus, the PBO prices tax breaks for ‘clean’ tech.

Energy ministers meet in Calgary

  • Plus, the PBO prices tax breaks for ‘clean’ tech.
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is getting together with his provincial and territorial counterparts in Calgary this week to talk policy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The West’s next step to the right

  • Plus, the MPs who want a dedicated force to respond to natural disasters.
French President Emmanuel Macron suffered a blow in the first round of the French legislative elections on June 30. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The West’s next step to the right

  • Plus, the MPs who want a dedicated force to respond to natural disasters.

The West’s next step to the right

  • Plus, the MPs who want a dedicated force to respond to natural disasters.
French President Emmanuel Macron suffered a blow in the first round of the French legislative elections on June 30. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Justin Trudeau’s best-before date

  • Plus, a look into the government's procurement of $80-billion worth of war ships.
Discourse around Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's leadership reached a fever pitch this week, and shows no signs of subsiding. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Justin Trudeau’s best-before date

  • Plus, a look into the government's procurement of $80-billion worth of war ships.

Justin Trudeau’s best-before date

  • Plus, a look into the government's procurement of $80-billion worth of war ships.
Discourse around Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's leadership reached a fever pitch this week, and shows no signs of subsiding. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Some 25 MPs, Senators promise to ‘call out abuse and harassment’ in Parliament this fall

  • The 75-member Canadian Association of Feminist Parliamentarians, now headed by NDP MP Lindsay Mathyssen and Senator Marilou McPhedran, has relaunched, and it wants to
News | BY CHELSEA NASH | June 27, 2024
Senator Marilou McPhedran, left, and NDP MP Lindsay Mathyssen are the co-chairs of the Canadian Association of Feminist Parliamentarians. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Some 25 MPs, Senators promise to ‘call out abuse and harassment’ in Parliament this fall

News | BY CHELSEA NASH | June 27, 2024
  • The 75-member Canadian Association of Feminist Parliamentarians, now headed by NDP MP Lindsay Mathyssen and Senator Marilou McPhedran, has relaunched, and it wants to

Some 25 MPs, Senators promise to ‘call out abuse and harassment’ in Parliament this fall

News | BY CHELSEA NASH | June 27, 2024
  • The 75-member Canadian Association of Feminist Parliamentarians, now headed by NDP MP Lindsay Mathyssen and Senator Marilou McPhedran, has relaunched, and it wants to
Senator Marilou McPhedran, left, and NDP MP Lindsay Mathyssen are the co-chairs of the Canadian Association of Feminist Parliamentarians. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Nurturing nature

  • Plus, Trudeau and three ministers celebrate a landmark decision in B.C.’s Nemaiah Valley.
Steven Guilbeault.
Steven Guilbeault.
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is hosting a gathering of Canadian environment ministers and senior public servants in Ottawa today. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Nurturing nature

  • Plus, Trudeau and three ministers celebrate a landmark decision in B.C.’s Nemaiah Valley.

Nurturing nature

  • Plus, Trudeau and three ministers celebrate a landmark decision in B.C.’s Nemaiah Valley.
Steven Guilbeault.
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is hosting a gathering of Canadian environment ministers and senior public servants in Ottawa today. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Toronto-St. Paul’s byelection: Was it worth the hype?

  • Plus, how do you take your electric cars?
Voters in Toronto-St. Paul's chose a new MP in a byelection yesterday. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Toronto-St. Paul’s byelection: Was it worth the hype?

  • Plus, how do you take your electric cars?

Toronto-St. Paul’s byelection: Was it worth the hype?

  • Plus, how do you take your electric cars?
Voters in Toronto-St. Paul's chose a new MP in a byelection yesterday. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Race of the insiders

  • Plus, it's the Fête nationale du Québec, and the leaders are in la belle province to celebrate.
The byelection in Toronto-St. Paul's is seen as a test for both Pierre Poilievre, left, and Justin Trudeau. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Race of the insiders

  • Plus, it's the Fête nationale du Québec, and the leaders are in la belle province to celebrate.

Race of the insiders

  • Plus, it's the Fête nationale du Québec, and the leaders are in la belle province to celebrate.
The byelection in Toronto-St. Paul's is seen as a test for both Pierre Poilievre, left, and Justin Trudeau. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Freedom from/on the Hill

  • Plus, this Senator wants sponsored travel to be put under the microscope.
Freedom Convoy spokesperson Derek Noonan pictured at a previous press conference on Parliament Hill, beside Chris Dacey. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Freedom from/on the Hill

  • Plus, this Senator wants sponsored travel to be put under the microscope.

Freedom from/on the Hill

  • Plus, this Senator wants sponsored travel to be put under the microscope.
Freedom Convoy spokesperson Derek Noonan pictured at a previous press conference on Parliament Hill, beside Chris Dacey. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Senators aim for early exit

  • Plus, a House committee gets one more chance to grill Dominic LeBlanc.
The Senate Speaker’s Parade, pictured on Feb. 6, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Senators aim for early exit

  • Plus, a House committee gets one more chance to grill Dominic LeBlanc.

Senators aim for early exit

  • Plus, a House committee gets one more chance to grill Dominic LeBlanc.
The Senate Speaker’s Parade, pictured on Feb. 6, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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A room full of famous women

  • Successful and impressive women filled a ballroom at the Westin hotel in Ottawa for the Famous 5 Persons Case Awards luncheon celebration on April 21,
News | BY CHELSEA NASH | April 27, 2016
Monique Bégin, one of this year's recipients of the Persons Case Award, walks up to the stage at the annual Famous Five Luncheon. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

A room full of famous women

News | BY CHELSEA NASH | April 27, 2016
  • Successful and impressive women filled a ballroom at the Westin hotel in Ottawa for the Famous 5 Persons Case Awards luncheon celebration on April 21,

A room full of famous women

News | BY CHELSEA NASH | April 27, 2016
  • Successful and impressive women filled a ballroom at the Westin hotel in Ottawa for the Famous 5 Persons Case Awards luncheon celebration on April 21,
Monique Bégin, one of this year's recipients of the Persons Case Award, walks up to the stage at the annual Famous Five Luncheon. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Climate change, visa-lifting key for Saint Kitts and Nevis envoy

  • Shirley Skerritt-Andrew is an environmentalist, a feminist, and Saint Kitts and Nevis’ new high commissioner to Canada. Ms. Skerritt-Andrew arrived in Canada in mid-August
News | BY CHELSEA NASH | April 27, 2016
Shirley Skerritt-Andrew attended the University of the West Indies on a Canadian bursary. The Hill Times photograph by Chelsea Nash

Climate change, visa-lifting key for Saint Kitts and Nevis envoy

News | BY CHELSEA NASH | April 27, 2016
  • Shirley Skerritt-Andrew is an environmentalist, a feminist, and Saint Kitts and Nevis’ new high commissioner to Canada. Ms. Skerritt-Andrew arrived in Canada in mid-August

Climate change, visa-lifting key for Saint Kitts and Nevis envoy

News | BY CHELSEA NASH | April 27, 2016
  • Shirley Skerritt-Andrew is an environmentalist, a feminist, and Saint Kitts and Nevis’ new high commissioner to Canada. Ms. Skerritt-Andrew arrived in Canada in mid-August
Shirley Skerritt-Andrew attended the University of the West Indies on a Canadian bursary. The Hill Times photograph by Chelsea Nash

Ministers, parliamentarians at Taiwan event anger China

  • The Chinese Embassy has blasted Canadian parliamentarians and cabinet ministers for attending a dinner reception last week held by Taiwanese authorities, noting that “This is inconsistent with
News | BY CHELSEA NASH | April 20, 2016
Liberal MPs Hedy Fry, left, and Wayne Easter speaking last week at an Ottawa event held by Taiwanese authorities in Canada. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia

Ministers, parliamentarians at Taiwan event anger China

News | BY CHELSEA NASH | April 20, 2016
  • The Chinese Embassy has blasted Canadian parliamentarians and cabinet ministers for attending a dinner reception last week held by Taiwanese authorities, noting that “This is inconsistent with

Ministers, parliamentarians at Taiwan event anger China

News | BY CHELSEA NASH | April 20, 2016
  • The Chinese Embassy has blasted Canadian parliamentarians and cabinet ministers for attending a dinner reception last week held by Taiwanese authorities, noting that “This is inconsistent with
Liberal MPs Hedy Fry, left, and Wayne Easter speaking last week at an Ottawa event held by Taiwanese authorities in Canada. The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia

Taiwan impressively keeps 16 politicians to minute-long speeches

  • Packed. That’s one word to describe Taiwan Night, the annual party thrown by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada. The Chateau Laurier
Feature | BY CHELSEA NASH | April 20, 2016
Parliamentarians and other VIPs at Taiwan Night 2016 raise a glass in celebration. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Taiwan impressively keeps 16 politicians to minute-long speeches

Feature | BY CHELSEA NASH | April 20, 2016
  • Packed. That’s one word to describe Taiwan Night, the annual party thrown by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada. The Chateau Laurier

Taiwan impressively keeps 16 politicians to minute-long speeches

Feature | BY CHELSEA NASH | April 20, 2016
  • Packed. That’s one word to describe Taiwan Night, the annual party thrown by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada. The Chateau Laurier
Parliamentarians and other VIPs at Taiwan Night 2016 raise a glass in celebration. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Pursuit of peace spurred Cyprus envoy to join foreign service

  • Pavlos Anastasiades, Cyprus’s new high commissioner to Canada, was displaced from his hometown when he was 21 years old and says he hasn’t been able to
News | BY CHELSEA NASH | April 20, 2016
High Commissioner Pavlos Anastasiades stands in front of flags of Canada, the EU, and Cyprus in his new office. The Hill Times photograph by Chelsea Nash

Pursuit of peace spurred Cyprus envoy to join foreign service

News | BY CHELSEA NASH | April 20, 2016
  • Pavlos Anastasiades, Cyprus’s new high commissioner to Canada, was displaced from his hometown when he was 21 years old and says he hasn’t been able to

Pursuit of peace spurred Cyprus envoy to join foreign service

News | BY CHELSEA NASH | April 20, 2016
  • Pavlos Anastasiades, Cyprus’s new high commissioner to Canada, was displaced from his hometown when he was 21 years old and says he hasn’t been able to
High Commissioner Pavlos Anastasiades stands in front of flags of Canada, the EU, and Cyprus in his new office. The Hill Times photograph by Chelsea Nash

Mulcair looking at ‘awkward two years’

  • New Democrat Members of Parliament don’t agree on whether Thomas Mulcair should stay on as leader for up to two years after he received
News | BY CHELSEA NASH | April 13, 2016
Tom Mulcair speaks to delegates at the NDP convention on Sunday. The Hill Times photograph by Laura Ryckewaert

Mulcair looking at ‘awkward two years’

News | BY CHELSEA NASH | April 13, 2016
  • New Democrat Members of Parliament don’t agree on whether Thomas Mulcair should stay on as leader for up to two years after he received

Mulcair looking at ‘awkward two years’

News | BY CHELSEA NASH | April 13, 2016
  • New Democrat Members of Parliament don’t agree on whether Thomas Mulcair should stay on as leader for up to two years after he received
Tom Mulcair speaks to delegates at the NDP convention on Sunday. The Hill Times photograph by Laura Ryckewaert

Sikhs celebrate with Trudeau on the Hill

  • Vaisakhi is a Sikh celebration of springtime, harvest and renewal. It’s vibrant, colourful and full of life. The Vaisakhi celebration on Parliament Hill on
Feature | BY CHELSEA NASH | April 13, 2016
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets guests at the Vaisakhi celebration on April 11. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Sikhs celebrate with Trudeau on the Hill

Feature | BY CHELSEA NASH | April 13, 2016
  • Vaisakhi is a Sikh celebration of springtime, harvest and renewal. It’s vibrant, colourful and full of life. The Vaisakhi celebration on Parliament Hill on

Sikhs celebrate with Trudeau on the Hill

Feature | BY CHELSEA NASH | April 13, 2016
  • Vaisakhi is a Sikh celebration of springtime, harvest and renewal. It’s vibrant, colourful and full of life. The Vaisakhi celebration on Parliament Hill on
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets guests at the Vaisakhi celebration on April 11. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Meet Jody Thomas, first woman to head the Canadian Coast Guard

  • OTTAWA—It’s a typical, quiet Friday morning for Canadian Coast Guard Commissioner Jody Thomas. She is getting her daily operations briefing on the status of
Feature | BY CHELSEA NASH | April 4, 2016
Jody Thomas says her achievement of becoming the first woman commissioner of the Coast Guard is more of an indication of the times rather than a result any personal headway she has made in her role as a woman leader. The Hill Times photograph by Chelsea Nash

Meet Jody Thomas, first woman to head the Canadian Coast Guard

Feature | BY CHELSEA NASH | April 4, 2016
  • OTTAWA—It’s a typical, quiet Friday morning for Canadian Coast Guard Commissioner Jody Thomas. She is getting her daily operations briefing on the status of

Meet Jody Thomas, first woman to head the Canadian Coast Guard

Feature | BY CHELSEA NASH | April 4, 2016
  • OTTAWA—It’s a typical, quiet Friday morning for Canadian Coast Guard Commissioner Jody Thomas. She is getting her daily operations briefing on the status of
Jody Thomas says her achievement of becoming the first woman commissioner of the Coast Guard is more of an indication of the times rather than a result any personal headway she has made in her role as a woman leader. The Hill Times photograph by Chelsea Nash

Chronicle-Herald Hill bureau still going despite newsroom strike

  • The Halifax Chronicle Herald‘s Parliament Hill reporter is still filing stories because she’s not part of the union that includes 61 newsroom workers who have been on strike
News | BY CHELSEA NASH | March 7, 2016

Chronicle-Herald Hill bureau still going despite newsroom strike

News | BY CHELSEA NASH | March 7, 2016
  • The Halifax Chronicle Herald‘s Parliament Hill reporter is still filing stories because she’s not part of the union that includes 61 newsroom workers who have been on strike

Chronicle-Herald Hill bureau still going despite newsroom strike

News | BY CHELSEA NASH | March 7, 2016
  • The Halifax Chronicle Herald‘s Parliament Hill reporter is still filing stories because she’s not part of the union that includes 61 newsroom workers who have been on strike

‘Suicide is a dark spirit and we need to be careful with how we move forward with this bill’

  • Newly-elected Liberal MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette doesn’t give up. He’s blunt, sometimes controversial, and a fighter. He comes by it naturally. His mother, Sharon Ouellette, was a
News | BY CHELSEA NASH | February 29, 2016
Liberal MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette, who represents Winnipeg Centre, Man., performed a pipe ceremony—a sacred ritual joining physical and spiritual worlds—on the front steps of Centre Block in the middle of a snowstorm on Feb. 23. The Hill Times photograph by Cheslea Nash

‘Suicide is a dark spirit and we need to be careful with how we move forward with this bill’

News | BY CHELSEA NASH | February 29, 2016
  • Newly-elected Liberal MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette doesn’t give up. He’s blunt, sometimes controversial, and a fighter. He comes by it naturally. His mother, Sharon Ouellette, was a

‘Suicide is a dark spirit and we need to be careful with how we move forward with this bill’

News | BY CHELSEA NASH | February 29, 2016
  • Newly-elected Liberal MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette doesn’t give up. He’s blunt, sometimes controversial, and a fighter. He comes by it naturally. His mother, Sharon Ouellette, was a
Liberal MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette, who represents Winnipeg Centre, Man., performed a pipe ceremony—a sacred ritual joining physical and spiritual worlds—on the front steps of Centre Block in the middle of a snowstorm on Feb. 23. The Hill Times photograph by Cheslea Nash

Liberals have yet to ‘walk the talk’ on renewing nation-to-nation indigenous relationship, ‘Silence is deafening’

  • Helen Knott’s blood runs thick with the history of First Nations peoples in Canada. Her great-great grandfather was the last First Nations chief to
News | BY CHELSEA NASH | February 29, 2016
Helen Knott, a Cree and Dane-Zaa from Fort St. John in northern British Columbia, and a group of other Peace River Valley farmers and First Nations peoples have decided to peacefully occupy the development site of B.C. Hydro’s 'Site C Clean Energy Project.' The group calls themselves the 'Treaty 8 Stewards of the Land' and set up camp on Dec. 31, 2015, to protest the energy development. B.C. Hydro started construction in June 2015 and began clear-cutting the land last fall. The Hill Times photograph by Cheslea Nash

Liberals have yet to ‘walk the talk’ on renewing nation-to-nation indigenous relationship, ‘Silence is deafening’

News | BY CHELSEA NASH | February 29, 2016
  • Helen Knott’s blood runs thick with the history of First Nations peoples in Canada. Her great-great grandfather was the last First Nations chief to

Liberals have yet to ‘walk the talk’ on renewing nation-to-nation indigenous relationship, ‘Silence is deafening’

News | BY CHELSEA NASH | February 29, 2016
  • Helen Knott’s blood runs thick with the history of First Nations peoples in Canada. Her great-great grandfather was the last First Nations chief to
Helen Knott, a Cree and Dane-Zaa from Fort St. John in northern British Columbia, and a group of other Peace River Valley farmers and First Nations peoples have decided to peacefully occupy the development site of B.C. Hydro’s 'Site C Clean Energy Project.' The group calls themselves the 'Treaty 8 Stewards of the Land' and set up camp on Dec. 31, 2015, to protest the energy development. B.C. Hydro started construction in June 2015 and began clear-cutting the land last fall. The Hill Times photograph by Cheslea Nash

Covering New Hampshire primary an eye opener in American political psyche

  • Signs, T-shirts, and U.S. Secret Service are everywhere. People get up early on Saturday and Sunday mornings in order to get a spot at
Feature | BY CHELSEA NASH | February 19, 2016
U.S. Republican nominee Donald Trump, pictured at the New Hampshire primary. The Hill Times photograph by Chelsea Nash

Covering New Hampshire primary an eye opener in American political psyche

Feature | BY CHELSEA NASH | February 19, 2016
  • Signs, T-shirts, and U.S. Secret Service are everywhere. People get up early on Saturday and Sunday mornings in order to get a spot at

Covering New Hampshire primary an eye opener in American political psyche

Feature | BY CHELSEA NASH | February 19, 2016
  • Signs, T-shirts, and U.S. Secret Service are everywhere. People get up early on Saturday and Sunday mornings in order to get a spot at
U.S. Republican nominee Donald Trump, pictured at the New Hampshire primary. The Hill Times photograph by Chelsea Nash

Record-setting snowfall in Ottawa wreaks havoc for MPs

  • Liberal MP Ali Ehsassi’s week is off to an unconventional start, after he was delayed by a few hours flying in from Ottawa to
News | BY CHELSEA NASH | February 17, 2016
Liberal MPs Ali Ehsassi, Andy Fillmore and Bernadette Jordan, pictured on the Hill Wednesday during one of two fire alarms. The Hill Times photographs by Chelsea Nash

Record-setting snowfall in Ottawa wreaks havoc for MPs

News | BY CHELSEA NASH | February 17, 2016
  • Liberal MP Ali Ehsassi’s week is off to an unconventional start, after he was delayed by a few hours flying in from Ottawa to

Record-setting snowfall in Ottawa wreaks havoc for MPs

News | BY CHELSEA NASH | February 17, 2016
  • Liberal MP Ali Ehsassi’s week is off to an unconventional start, after he was delayed by a few hours flying in from Ottawa to
Liberal MPs Ali Ehsassi, Andy Fillmore and Bernadette Jordan, pictured on the Hill Wednesday during one of two fire alarms. The Hill Times photographs by Chelsea Nash

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