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Prince Charles and Camilla tour the National Capital Region
Prince Charles arrives at the Ottawa International Airport on May 17, 2022, to begin a three-day tour of the National Capital Region with his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade Prince Charles, and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, meet with students as they leave Assumption Catholic Elementary in Vanier […]
This just in: a look at Deputy PM and Finance Minister Freeland’s 30-plus staff ministerial team
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has more than 30 staff in her office, which is led by her chief of staff Leslie Church. Hill Climbers has been seeking to officially confirm Freeland’s staff team since late last year. To date, only a short list of staff has been confirmed, including Church, press […]
Wasn’t that a party: Chiu takes home Politics and the Pen’s top prize at Ottawa’s hot-ticket political power shindig
After a two-year hiatus, the Politics and the Pen 2022 shindig was the place to be on May 17 as the capital’s who’s who crammed into a few ballrooms and a really long hallway at the Château Laurier Hotel to celebrate literary excellence, and people. It was political Ottawa’s hottest ticket, with a friendly, boisterous […]
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Pope sets itinerary for formal apology to residential school survivors in July visit to Canada
Pope Francis is scheduled to visit Canada later this summer to deliver a formal apology from the Roman Catholic Church for its decades-long role in operating residential schools. Scheduled from July 24 to 29, the visit will include stops in Edmonton, Quebec City, and Iqaluit. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted on May 13 that the […]
A return to her birth city: Princess Margriet visits Ottawa
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands and her husband, professor Pieter van Vollenhoven, are photographed at a tulip bed on the south end of Dow’s Lake after the opening ceremonies for Ottawa’s Tulip Festival on May 14, 2022. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson shows Princess Margriet of the Netherlands a […]
PMO’s executive, HR, research, and correspondence teams updated
There’s lots of movement to catch up on in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office, including the departure of senior adviser Olivier Duchesneau and the addition of James Armbruster as the PM’s new special assistant. Duchesneau left the PMO at the end of January after two years as a senior adviser. A former press secretary to […]
It’s time to put an end to the horrors our elders endure
When eldercare makes headlines in Canada, it’s usually news of the worst kind. On June 26, 2017, former nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer was sentenced to life in prison for murdering eight vulnerable elders in care homes where she worked in southwestern Ontario. The inquiry that followed concluded that, had she not confessed, Wettlaufer would never have […]
