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David Eby
B.C. Premier David Eby, who had been one of the country’s most popular premiers, now has a 40-per-cent approval rating, writes Andrew Caddell. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | June 11, 2025
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith would have been in her late teens when the Exxon Valdez forever changed the public attitude on pipelines on B.C.’s northern coast, so maybe she didn’t pay much attention, writes Les Whittington. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Jim Brickett
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | June 11, 2025
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | June 11, 2025
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith would have been in her late teens when the Exxon Valdez forever changed the public attitude on pipelines on B.C.’s northern coast, so maybe she didn’t pay much attention, writes Les Whittington. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Jim Brickett
Opinion | BY JOSIE SABATINO | May 14, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, will have an in-person meeting with Canada’s premiers in Saskatchewan on June 2. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY JOSIE SABATINO | May 14, 2025
Opinion | BY JOSIE SABATINO | May 14, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, will have an in-person meeting with Canada’s premiers in Saskatchewan on June 2. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | March 7, 2025
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau answers questions at 90 Elgin Street in Ottawa on Feb. 7, 2023, before meeting with Canada's premiers to discuss health-care funding. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | March 7, 2025
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | March 7, 2025
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau answers questions at 90 Elgin Street in Ottawa on Feb. 7, 2023, before meeting with Canada's premiers to discuss health-care funding. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | March 5, 2025
Andrew Furey
There are capable people putting their hand up to succeed Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey, but his service won’t be forgotten, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | March 5, 2025
Opinion | BY TIM POWERS | March 5, 2025
Andrew Furey
There are capable people putting their hand up to succeed Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey, but his service won’t be forgotten, writes Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | February 13, 2025
Clockwise from top left: French President Emmanuel Macron, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | February 13, 2025
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | February 13, 2025
Clockwise from top left: French President Emmanuel Macron, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | October 2, 2019
Beverley McLachlin was Canada's longest-serving chief justice of the Supreme Court and the first-ever woman to hold the position. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | October 2, 2019
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | October 2, 2019
Beverley McLachlin was Canada's longest-serving chief justice of the Supreme Court and the first-ever woman to hold the position. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | September 25, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Sept. 18 during a scrum on his campaign plane in which he apologized for having previously donned blackface and brownface. Trudeau’s insensitive costuming mistakes from the past are putting the election choice in sharper relief, writes Les Whittington. Screen capture of an Associated Press video
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | September 25, 2019
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | September 25, 2019
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Sept. 18 during a scrum on his campaign plane in which he apologized for having previously donned blackface and brownface. Trudeau’s insensitive costuming mistakes from the past are putting the election choice in sharper relief, writes Les Whittington. Screen capture of an Associated Press video
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | August 28, 2019
The G7 country leaders, pictured on Aug. 25, met in Biarritz, France, where U.S. President Donald Trump upped the ante on his usual three days’ worth of confusion and chaos, writes Les Whittington. White House photograph by Shealah Craighead
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | August 28, 2019
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | August 28, 2019
The G7 country leaders, pictured on Aug. 25, met in Biarritz, France, where U.S. President Donald Trump upped the ante on his usual three days’ worth of confusion and chaos, writes Les Whittington. White House photograph by Shealah Craighead
News | BY NEIL MOSS, AIDAN CHAMANDY | August 21, 2019
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May has taken a strong stance in opposition to Bill 21, but the secularism issue is still alive in the party, and candidates are being warned off of taking a strong stance. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS, AIDAN CHAMANDY | August 21, 2019
News | BY NEIL MOSS, AIDAN CHAMANDY | August 21, 2019
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May has taken a strong stance in opposition to Bill 21, but the secularism issue is still alive in the party, and candidates are being warned off of taking a strong stance. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | August 19, 2019
Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Jonathan Vance pictured with then-Lt.-Gen. Paul Wynnyk in a change of command ceremony on Parliament Hill on July 16, 2018. Gen. Vance will be at the Aug. 20 change of command ceremony where Lt.-Gen. Wayne Eyre will become the next Army commander. The Hill Times photograh by Andrew Meade
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | August 19, 2019
Feature | BY NEIL MOSS | August 19, 2019
Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Jonathan Vance pictured with then-Lt.-Gen. Paul Wynnyk in a change of command ceremony on Parliament Hill on July 16, 2018. Gen. Vance will be at the Aug. 20 change of command ceremony where Lt.-Gen. Wayne Eyre will become the next Army commander. The Hill Times photograh by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | August 5, 2019
The federal carbon tax is not exactly much-ado about nothing, but it's hardly worthy of the angry clamour on one side and the earnest panegyrics on the other, writes columnist Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | August 5, 2019
Opinion | BY SUSAN RILEY | August 5, 2019
The federal carbon tax is not exactly much-ado about nothing, but it's hardly worthy of the angry clamour on one side and the earnest panegyrics on the other, writes columnist Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ | July 22, 2019
'This particular phenomenon has never expressed itself in Canada [until now]. The differences across the people who are attracted to ordered or authoritarian populism and everybody else are on a scale that we haven’t seen in the past,' says EKOS pollster Frank Graves. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ | July 22, 2019
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ | July 22, 2019
'This particular phenomenon has never expressed itself in Canada [until now]. The differences across the people who are attracted to ordered or authoritarian populism and everybody else are on a scale that we haven’t seen in the past,' says EKOS pollster Frank Graves. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | July 22, 2019
Conservative Leader Andrew has to avoid Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, left, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, right, outshining him on the national stage. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY NEIL MOSS | July 22, 2019
News | BY NEIL MOSS | July 22, 2019
Conservative Leader Andrew has to avoid Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, left, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, right, outshining him on the national stage. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | July 17, 2019
B.C. Premier John Horgan, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, and Quebec Premier François Legault were among those huddled July 9-11 for the last Council of the Federation meeting, setting the stage for federal election’s energy fight. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia, The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, photograph courtesy of Louis Roy
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | July 17, 2019
Opinion | BY LES WHITTINGTON | July 17, 2019
B.C. Premier John Horgan, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, and Quebec Premier François Legault were among those huddled July 9-11 for the last Council of the Federation meeting, setting the stage for federal election’s energy fight. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia, The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, photograph courtesy of Louis Roy
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | July 15, 2019
Time keeps on slippin' into the future: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, and People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | July 15, 2019
Opinion | BY GERRY NICHOLLS | July 15, 2019
Time keeps on slippin' into the future: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, and People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 15, 2019
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 15, 2019
Opinion | BY EDITORIAL | July 15, 2019
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ | July 10, 2019
Environment Minister Catherine McKenna put forward a motion in the House last month, declaring a climate emergency. The next day, the government reapproved the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, drawing condemnation from environmentalists. But the environment and fighting climate change is emerging as a top issue in this election, said Forum Research's Lorne Bozinoff. 'We’re seeing a fundamental shift. This could be the year for climate change.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ | July 10, 2019
News | BY BEATRICE PAEZ | July 10, 2019
Environment Minister Catherine McKenna put forward a motion in the House last month, declaring a climate emergency. The next day, the government reapproved the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, drawing condemnation from environmentalists. But the environment and fighting climate change is emerging as a top issue in this election, said Forum Research's Lorne Bozinoff. 'We’re seeing a fundamental shift. This could be the year for climate change.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade