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Prime Minister Mark Carney will make an announcement on border security today. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
David Adams Richards in 2019 by Andrew Meade
Conservative Senator David Adams Richards, who's also an award-winning novelist from New Brunswick, will retire from the Senate on Oct. 17. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Rob Ashton, left, Avi Lewis, and Heather McPherson are three of the four candidates approved so far to run in for NDP leadership, which party members will select at their convention in March 2026. Photographs courtesy of Rob Ashton, X/Avi Lewis, The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Johannes Winkel has been a member of the Bundestag, Germany's federal Parliament, since last March. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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