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Sophia Laporte

News | BY SOPHIA LAPORTE | January 5, 2026
Then-MP Belinda Stronach, left, and then-prime minister Paul Martin, pictured in May 2005, after announcing that Stronach would be joining the Liberals right before a critical vote in the House of Commons. Stronach also joined Martin's cabinet. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY SOPHIA LAPORTE | January 5, 2026
News | BY SOPHIA LAPORTE | January 5, 2026
Then-MP Belinda Stronach, left, and then-prime minister Paul Martin, pictured in May 2005, after announcing that Stronach would be joining the Liberals right before a critical vote in the House of Commons. Stronach also joined Martin's cabinet. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY SOPHIA LAPORTE | December 21, 2025
Mark Sutcliffe
Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe. The city's ByWard Market saw a 500-per-cent increase in overdose calls between 2018 and August 2024, according to Ottawa Police Service data. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHIA LAPORTE | December 21, 2025
News | BY SOPHIA LAPORTE | December 21, 2025
Mark Sutcliffe
Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe. The city's ByWard Market saw a 500-per-cent increase in overdose calls between 2018 and August 2024, according to Ottawa Police Service data. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHIA LAPORTE | December 18, 2025
Don Davies
NDP interim Leader Don Davies' Nov. 29 remarks at the Parliamentary Press Gallery Dinner were 'refreshing and honest,' say politicos. Screenshot courtesy of YouTube
News | BY SOPHIA LAPORTE | December 18, 2025
News | BY SOPHIA LAPORTE | December 18, 2025
Don Davies
NDP interim Leader Don Davies' Nov. 29 remarks at the Parliamentary Press Gallery Dinner were 'refreshing and honest,' say politicos. Screenshot courtesy of YouTube