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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 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
CBC
‘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
CBC
‘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
Opinion | BY KEVIN PERKINS | July 21, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured on the Hill on June 19, 2025. The Carney government has an unprecedented opportunity to lead by example, writes Kevin Perkins. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY KEVIN PERKINS | July 21, 2025
Opinion | BY KEVIN PERKINS | July 21, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured on the Hill on June 19, 2025. The Carney government has an unprecedented opportunity to lead by example, writes Kevin Perkins. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | July 9, 2025
Sharon Musgrave
Recently retired senior CBC producer Sharon Musgrave is an unforgettable force, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | July 9, 2025
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | July 9, 2025
Sharon Musgrave
Recently retired senior CBC producer Sharon Musgrave is an unforgettable force, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia
News | BY MARLO GLASS | June 27, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney is reportedly willing to discipline top bureaucrats who aren’t meeting his standards and delivering on his 'nation-building' agenda. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MARLO GLASS | June 27, 2025
News | BY MARLO GLASS | June 27, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney is reportedly willing to discipline top bureaucrats who aren’t meeting his standards and delivering on his 'nation-building' agenda. 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
Opinion | BY CHRISTOPHER DORNAN | December 11, 2023
Justice Minister Arif Virani speaks with reporters after the Liberal cabinet meeting in West Block on Sept. 19, 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY CHRISTOPHER DORNAN | December 11, 2023
Opinion | BY CHRISTOPHER DORNAN | December 11, 2023
Justice Minister Arif Virani speaks with reporters after the Liberal cabinet meeting in West Block on Sept. 19, 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | December 11, 2023
CBC president Catherine Tait announced that approximately 600 positions will be cut from the organization over the next year, as well as another 200 vacant positions. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | December 11, 2023
News | BY MIKE LAPOINTE | December 11, 2023
CBC president Catherine Tait announced that approximately 600 positions will be cut from the organization over the next year, as well as another 200 vacant positions. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | December 6, 2023
CBC president Catherine Tait dropped the bomb on Dec. 4 that the public broadcaster would be cutting 800 jobs at a time when journalism is falling apart, misinformation is on the rise, and the distribution of that journalism is most critical, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | December 6, 2023
Opinion | BY ERICA IFILL | December 6, 2023
CBC president Catherine Tait dropped the bomb on Dec. 4 that the public broadcaster would be cutting 800 jobs at a time when journalism is falling apart, misinformation is on the rise, and the distribution of that journalism is most critical, writes Erica Ifill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade