Western Standard opens a new Ottawa bureau
On March 14, the Western Standard opened a new Ottawa bureau with two new reporters on the federal politics beat, Rachel Emmanuel and Matthew Horwood. Horwood most recently worked at The Hill Times, and has also freelanced for Ottawa Life Magazine, The Kitchissippi Times, and The Ottawa Business Journal. Emmanuel, who most recently worked at iPolitics and interned […]
Lobbyists to hold shindig for popular hangout, Métropolitain Brasserie, on Wednesday, March 23
MONDAY, MARCH 21 House Sitting—The House of Commons is sitting March 21-April 8. It will take a two-week break, April 11-22, and will return on April 25-May 20. It will break from May 23-27, and will sit May 30-June 23. It will break for the summer on June 23 and will return on Sept. 19 […]
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Parliament meets for Zelenskyy address on March 15
Parliament reconvened on March 15 after House Speaker Anthony Rota approved a special request to host an address by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who spoke by video to a packed House of Commons.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia Commons, speaks to Parliament on March 15.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia Public Safety Minister […]
New comms, parliamentary aides in Government House Leader Holland’s office
A handful of new aides have joined Government House Leader Mark Holland’s office since the 44th Parliament began, including Alexandra Maheux, who’s taken on the role of press secretary. Maheux started on the job in Holland’s office in January after almost two-and-a-half years as a media relations specialist with the Canadian Institute for Health Information. […]
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Paul Wells and Marie-Danielle Smith take a tandem departure from Maclean’s Hill bureau
Senior writer Paul Wells and associate editor Marie-Danielle Smith have both left the Ottawa bureau of Maclean’s magazine. Wells posted on LinkedIn on March 11 that he had resigned from the publication. He had been a columnist, editor or writer at Maclean’s since 2003, aside from one year as a columnist with the Toronto Star. […]
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Fresh catches abound in Fisheries Minister Murray’s office
There’s a largely new team in place in new Fisheries, Oceans, and Canadian Coast Guard Minister Joyce Murray’s office this Parliament, where Jason Rondeau, one of five holdovers, has been promoted to director of policy. Rondeau first joined the fisheries team as a policy and Atlantic regional affairs adviser in late 2019, after his boss, […]
Bruce Carson remembered by friends; Marc Roy joins Sandstone; Dale Eisler writes a book; and Kate Purchase has a baby
Bruce Carson, a former top aide and senior adviser to former prime minister Stephen Harper, died on March 5, at the age of 76 after months of deterioration due to cancer. The Ottawa-born native grew up in the Old Ottawa East neighbourhood, just steps from the Rideau Canal, and had a deep passion for skating and […]
