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Heather Hiscox signed off from the CBC morning show on Nov. 6 after 20 years at its helm. Screenshot courtesy of CBC News
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
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | August 18, 2025
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Reporters file their stories at the Conservative Party's event at the Rogers Centre on election night April 28, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | August 18, 2025
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | August 18, 2025
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Reporters file their stories at the Conservative Party's event at the Rogers Centre on election night April 28, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | July 22, 2025
Jasper National Park
The Municipality of Jasper is evaluating its response to the second-most costly wildfire in Canadian history, now one year on from 2024's devastation, as wildfire seasons continue to worsen. Photograph courtesy of Jasper National Park
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | July 22, 2025
News | BY ELEANOR WAND | July 22, 2025
Jasper National Park
The Municipality of Jasper is evaluating its response to the second-most costly wildfire in Canadian history, now one year on from 2024's devastation, as wildfire seasons continue to worsen. Photograph courtesy of Jasper National Park
News | BY HANNAH DALEY | July 21, 2025
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‘The beginning of the problem’ is that CBC had not had a ‘real mandate review in more than 30 years,” says Jessica Johnson of the Centre for Media, Technology, and Democracy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY HANNAH DALEY | July 21, 2025
News | BY HANNAH DALEY | July 21, 2025
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‘The beginning of the problem’ is that CBC had not had a ‘real mandate review in more than 30 years,” says Jessica Johnson of the Centre for Media, Technology, and Democracy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | February 28, 2024
Press conference organizer and Freedom Convoy rep Derek Noonan denied being invited by any MP and says the Hill press conference on Feb. 16 was his own initiative. Noonan was joined by fellow protestors Chris Dacey and Lynne Brooke, despite the pair having recently been barred from entry into the House of Commons by the PPS. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STUART BENSON | February 28, 2024
News | BY STUART BENSON | February 28, 2024
Press conference organizer and Freedom Convoy rep Derek Noonan denied being invited by any MP and says the Hill press conference on Feb. 16 was his own initiative. Noonan was joined by fellow protestors Chris Dacey and Lynne Brooke, despite the pair having recently been barred from entry into the House of Commons by the PPS. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | February 21, 2024
While many decry the expectation of free news, a model whereby the financing of journalism was downloaded from advertising dollars to consumer dollars was unsustainable, writes Erica Ifill. Unsplash photograph by Priscilla Du Preez
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | February 21, 2024
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | February 21, 2024
While many decry the expectation of free news, a model whereby the financing of journalism was downloaded from advertising dollars to consumer dollars was unsustainable, writes Erica Ifill. Unsplash photograph by Priscilla Du Preez
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 19, 2024
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre likes to go after individual reporters on the Hill which plays well to his base. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 19, 2024
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 19, 2024
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre likes to go after individual reporters on the Hill which plays well to his base. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY CHELSEA NASH | February 16, 2024
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau's new relationship has recently become fodder for foreign tabloids, with the Daily Mail recently going so far as to hire out-of-town paparazzi to photograph her, her new partner, and her children as they left a restaurant in Ottawa last weekend. The Hill Times photograph Cynthia Münster
News | BY CHELSEA NASH | February 16, 2024
News | BY CHELSEA NASH | February 16, 2024
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau's new relationship has recently become fodder for foreign tabloids, with the Daily Mail recently going so far as to hire out-of-town paparazzi to photograph her, her new partner, and her children as they left a restaurant in Ottawa last weekend. The Hill Times photograph Cynthia Münster
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | February 12, 2024
CTV Ottawa, pictured. BCE Inc. is selling off almost half its radio stations and eliminating 4,800 jobs across the country as so-called heritage media continues to lose advertising revenue to social media outlets, writes Sheila Copps. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia/Michel Rathwell
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | February 12, 2024
Opinion | BY SHEILA COPPS | February 12, 2024
CTV Ottawa, pictured. BCE Inc. is selling off almost half its radio stations and eliminating 4,800 jobs across the country as so-called heritage media continues to lose advertising revenue to social media outlets, writes Sheila Copps. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia/Michel Rathwell
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 12, 2024
Bell Media announced on Feb. 8 that it's cutting 4,800 jobs across the country, cutting jobs at CTV, BNN Bloomberg, and will sell 45 radio stations. Screenshot courtesy of CTV NEWS
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 12, 2024
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | February 12, 2024
Bell Media announced on Feb. 8 that it's cutting 4,800 jobs across the country, cutting jobs at CTV, BNN Bloomberg, and will sell 45 radio stations. Screenshot courtesy of CTV NEWS
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | February 2, 2024
Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge told the Canadian Media Producers Association's Prime Time conference that 'none of us really know exactly the extent of the changes that artificial intelligence is going to bring forward.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | February 2, 2024
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | February 2, 2024
Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge told the Canadian Media Producers Association's Prime Time conference that 'none of us really know exactly the extent of the changes that artificial intelligence is going to bring forward.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | January 24, 2024
The French media’s selective critique of Quebec Premier François Legault rarely, if ever, focuses on the concerns of the province’s 1.25 million English-speakers, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | January 24, 2024
Opinion | BY ANDREW CADDELL | January 24, 2024
The French media’s selective critique of Quebec Premier François Legault rarely, if ever, focuses on the concerns of the province’s 1.25 million English-speakers, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 22, 2024
Rebel News personality David Menzies, centre, following his arrest on Jan. 8 in Richmond Hill, Ont., after questioning Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland about the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The charges against Menzies were later dropped. Screenshot courtesy of Rebel News/Youtube
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 22, 2024
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | January 22, 2024
Rebel News personality David Menzies, centre, following his arrest on Jan. 8 in Richmond Hill, Ont., after questioning Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland about the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The charges against Menzies were later dropped. Screenshot courtesy of Rebel News/Youtube
Opinion | BY PETER MACLEOD | January 18, 2024
It's been 88 years since the founding of the CBC/Radio-Canada. Is there still a legitimate role for any government in determining the focus, much less the existence, of Canada's public broadcaster? The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Opinion | BY PETER MACLEOD | January 18, 2024
Opinion | BY PETER MACLEOD | January 18, 2024
It's been 88 years since the founding of the CBC/Radio-Canada. Is there still a legitimate role for any government in determining the focus, much less the existence, of Canada's public broadcaster? The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | January 8, 2024
Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge told reporters that the government is 'looking at every tool we can use to persuade Facebook and Meta that their platform is better with news content on it.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | January 8, 2024
News | BY STEPHEN JEFFERY | January 8, 2024
Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge told reporters that the government is 'looking at every tool we can use to persuade Facebook and Meta that their platform is better with news content on it.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | December 11, 2023
Freelance journalist Stephen Maher says Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured, 'has the opportunity to both ignore the media and also attack it using the cultural war techniques that look to me to be familiar from the United States and in particular, from Trump.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | December 11, 2023
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | December 11, 2023
Freelance journalist Stephen Maher says Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, pictured, 'has the opportunity to both ignore the media and also attack it using the cultural war techniques that look to me to be familiar from the United States and in particular, from Trump.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade