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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 | November 5, 2025
As Canadian media increasingly seeks public money to remain in operation, Postmedia journalists say cutting international funding opportunities would only further erode the industry and accelerate the growth of Canada's news deserts. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | November 5, 2025
News | BY STUART BENSON | November 5, 2025
As Canadian media increasingly seeks public money to remain in operation, Postmedia journalists say cutting international funding opportunities would only further erode the industry and accelerate the growth of Canada's news deserts. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | October 13, 2025
Mark Carney
In a recent fundraising email, the Canada Strong and Free Network said that leaders such as Prime Minister Mark Carney 'betray Canadian values.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | October 13, 2025
News | BY JESSE CNOCKAERT | October 13, 2025
Mark Carney
In a recent fundraising email, the Canada Strong and Free Network said that leaders such as Prime Minister Mark Carney 'betray Canadian values.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 29, 2025
Perrin Beatty, left, David Suzuki, U.S. late-night talk show hosts Jimmy Kimmel, and Stephen Colbert. Kimmel's late-night talk show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, was temporarily cancelled by ABC and Stephen Colbert's show, The Late Show, will be cancelled in 2026 by CBS. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, handout, and courtesy of Commons Wikimedia, X
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 29, 2025
News | BY CHRISTOPHER GULY | September 29, 2025
Perrin Beatty, left, David Suzuki, U.S. late-night talk show hosts Jimmy Kimmel, and Stephen Colbert. Kimmel's late-night talk show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, was temporarily cancelled by ABC and Stephen Colbert's show, The Late Show, will be cancelled in 2026 by CBS. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, handout, and courtesy of Commons Wikimedia, X
Feature | BY ALICIA WANLESS | September 11, 2025
Alicia Wanless is the director of the Information Environment Project at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and author of The Information Animal: Humans, Technology and the Competition Reality, published this year. Book cover and author photo courtesy of Hurst Publishing
Feature | BY ALICIA WANLESS | September 11, 2025
Feature | BY ALICIA WANLESS | September 11, 2025
Alicia Wanless is the director of the Information Environment Project at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and author of The Information Animal: Humans, Technology and the Competition Reality, published this year. Book cover and author photo courtesy of Hurst Publishing
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | August 22, 2025
A Public Policy Forum report looking at media coverage of the 2025 federal election found some communities did not have any reporting about local candidates or public debates to hear from those running to become MPs. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | August 22, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | August 22, 2025
A Public Policy Forum report looking at media coverage of the 2025 federal election found some communities did not have any reporting about local candidates or public debates to hear from those running to become MPs. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | September 23, 2020
The Prime Minister's Office recently announced a shake-up in the senior public service ranks, with past the Public Health Agency of Canada president joining the Privy Council Office as a 'senior official.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | September 23, 2020
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | September 23, 2020
The Prime Minister's Office recently announced a shake-up in the senior public service ranks, with past the Public Health Agency of Canada president joining the Privy Council Office as a 'senior official.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY CATHERINE TAIT | September 2, 2020
As awareness of the pandemic grew, audiences turned to public media in record numbers for the trusted, accurate, and reliable news and information that they provide, writes Catherine Tait, on behalf of the Global Task Force for public media. Pexels photograph by Ketut Subiyanto
Opinion | BY CATHERINE TAIT | September 2, 2020
Opinion | BY CATHERINE TAIT | September 2, 2020
As awareness of the pandemic grew, audiences turned to public media in record numbers for the trusted, accurate, and reliable news and information that they provide, writes Catherine Tait, on behalf of the Global Task Force for public media. Pexels photograph by Ketut Subiyanto
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | September 2, 2020
A statue of Sir John A. Macdonald was toppled by protestors in Montreal on Aug. 29. The flood of online propaganda and extremist views, whether from the right or left, is disheartening, writes Andrew Caddell. Screenshot courtesy of CBC News
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | September 2, 2020
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | September 2, 2020
A statue of Sir John A. Macdonald was toppled by protestors in Montreal on Aug. 29. The flood of online propaganda and extremist views, whether from the right or left, is disheartening, writes Andrew Caddell. Screenshot courtesy of CBC News
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | August 26, 2020
The National War Memorial is pictured on Nov. 11, 2019, during the National Remembrance Day ceremony. From 2001 to 2014, 158 Canadians soldiers died in the mission in Afghanistan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | August 26, 2020
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | August 26, 2020
The National War Memorial is pictured on Nov. 11, 2019, during the National Remembrance Day ceremony. From 2001 to 2014, 158 Canadians soldiers died in the mission in Afghanistan. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | July 29, 2020
The biggest savings in Senate expenses, $9.1-million, was a result of reduced Senator spending, helped by less sitting days due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2019 federal election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | July 29, 2020
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | July 29, 2020
The biggest savings in Senate expenses, $9.1-million, was a result of reduced Senator spending, helped by less sitting days due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2019 federal election. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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