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Volunteering is about giving back to the community, which strongly aligns to the sense of duty and service that military members develop during their careers, writes Alyson Mahar. Pexels photograph by Kampus Production
Opinion | BY NUJMA BOND | November 11, 2024
Standard poodle Caliber, left, is a service dog paired with retired CAF veteran Kenda Doody, centre. German shepherd service dog Cora, right, is paired with retired RCMP veteran Ed Brake. Photos courtesy of Fire Team K9 Service Dogs
Opinion | BY NUJMA BOND | November 11, 2024
Opinion | BY NUJMA BOND | November 11, 2024
Standard poodle Caliber, left, is a service dog paired with retired CAF veteran Kenda Doody, centre. German shepherd service dog Cora, right, is paired with retired RCMP veteran Ed Brake. Photos courtesy of Fire Team K9 Service Dogs
Amy Meunier, assistant deputy minister of the commemoration and public affairs branch of the Department of Veterans Affairs, spoke to the House Veterans Affairs Committee on Dec. 7, 2023, during a meeting to discuss the experiences of women veterans. ParlVu screencapture
Amy Meunier, assistant deputy minister of the commemoration and public affairs branch of the Department of Veterans Affairs, spoke to the House Veterans Affairs Committee on Dec. 7, 2023, during a meeting to discuss the experiences of women veterans. ParlVu screencapture
Opinion | BY TOM MACGREGOR | November 11, 2024
The federal government wants to create a securely controlled parliamentary campus to allow the safe and free delivery of personnel and services between the area’s buildings, and is in separate talks to close portions of Wellington, Metcalfe, and O’Connor streets. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY TOM MACGREGOR | November 11, 2024
Opinion | BY TOM MACGREGOR | November 11, 2024
The federal government wants to create a securely controlled parliamentary campus to allow the safe and free delivery of personnel and services between the area’s buildings, and is in separate talks to close portions of Wellington, Metcalfe, and O’Connor streets. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP EMMANUEL DUBOURG | November 11, 2024
The struggles faced by veterans include finding employment after leaving the military, coping with multiple injuries, and mental health issues, writes Liberal MP Emmanuel Dubourg. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP EMMANUEL DUBOURG | November 11, 2024
Opinion | BY LIBERAL MP EMMANUEL DUBOURG | November 11, 2024
The struggles faced by veterans include finding employment after leaving the military, coping with multiple injuries, and mental health issues, writes Liberal MP Emmanuel Dubourg. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY FARDOUS HOSSEINY | November 11, 2024
National Remembrance Day ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on Nov. 11, 2019.
People place their poppies on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, on Nov. 11, 2019. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY FARDOUS HOSSEINY | November 11, 2024
Opinion | BY FARDOUS HOSSEINY | November 11, 2024
National Remembrance Day ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on Nov. 11, 2019.
People place their poppies on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, on Nov. 11, 2019. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY SEAN BRUYEA | April 4, 2016
The 95 per cent of VAC bureaucrats who never served in the military don’t get it. Former rank is everything, especially when it determines one’s professional and financial worth in a frustrating world of disability. All that holds many disabled veterans together is pride in one’s rank. This is a demotion in a veterans’ purpose-giving status. One would think that Veterans Affairs deputy minister and former top general Walt Natynczyk would get this, writes Sean Bruyea. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Opinion | BY SEAN BRUYEA | April 4, 2016
Opinion | BY SEAN BRUYEA | April 4, 2016
The 95 per cent of VAC bureaucrats who never served in the military don’t get it. Former rank is everything, especially when it determines one’s professional and financial worth in a frustrating world of disability. All that holds many disabled veterans together is pride in one’s rank. This is a demotion in a veterans’ purpose-giving status. One would think that Veterans Affairs deputy minister and former top general Walt Natynczyk would get this, writes Sean Bruyea. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Opinion | BY PHIL UPSHALL | February 25, 2016
Opinion | BY PHIL UPSHALL | February 25, 2016
Opinion | BY PHIL UPSHALL | February 25, 2016
News | BY RACHEL AIELLO | February 22, 2016
News | BY RACHEL AIELLO | February 22, 2016
News | BY RACHEL AIELLO | February 22, 2016
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | February 15, 2016
Many veteran Hill reporters have announced they’re changing jobs or leaving the Parliamentary Press Gallery in recent weeks, and it remains to be seen what the absence of their experience and institutional knowledge will have on coverage of federal politics. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | February 15, 2016
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | February 15, 2016
Many veteran Hill reporters have announced they’re changing jobs or leaving the Parliamentary Press Gallery in recent weeks, and it remains to be seen what the absence of their experience and institutional knowledge will have on coverage of federal politics. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
Opinion | February 8, 2016
Opinion | February 8, 2016
Opinion | February 8, 2016
News | BY RACHEL AIELLO | February 8, 2016
News | BY RACHEL AIELLO | February 8, 2016
News | BY RACHEL AIELLO | February 8, 2016
Opinion | February 1, 2016
Opinion | February 1, 2016
Opinion | February 1, 2016
News | BY DEREK ABMA | February 1, 2016
In the swim: Pictured front left and clockwise, NDP MP Pierre-Luc Dusseault, Conservative MP David Sweet, Liberal MP Will Amos, Liberal MP Anthony Housefather, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, Conservative MP Steven Blaney, and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, centre, on Jan. 28 at the Chateau Laurier Hotel pool at 6:45 a.m. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY DEREK ABMA | February 1, 2016
News | BY DEREK ABMA | February 1, 2016
In the swim: Pictured front left and clockwise, NDP MP Pierre-Luc Dusseault, Conservative MP David Sweet, Liberal MP Will Amos, Liberal MP Anthony Housefather, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, Conservative MP Steven Blaney, and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, centre, on Jan. 28 at the Chateau Laurier Hotel pool at 6:45 a.m. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY RACHEL AIELLO | January 25, 2016
News | BY RACHEL AIELLO | January 25, 2016
News | BY RACHEL AIELLO | January 25, 2016
News | BY ABBAS RANA, RACHEL AIELLO | January 18, 2016
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Nov. 4, 2015, at Rideau Hall in Ottawa after he and his Cabinet were sworn into office. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY ABBAS RANA, RACHEL AIELLO | January 18, 2016
News | BY ABBAS RANA, RACHEL AIELLO | January 18, 2016
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Nov. 4, 2015, at Rideau Hall in Ottawa after he and his Cabinet were sworn into office. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 18, 2016
'We ran on a National Housing Strategy. We are making social housing investments over the course of the next 10 years, and how Veterans Affairs ties and taps into those opportunities for our veterans is what we will do,' says Veterans Affairs Minister Kent Hehr. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 18, 2016
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | January 18, 2016
'We ran on a National Housing Strategy. We are making social housing investments over the course of the next 10 years, and how Veterans Affairs ties and taps into those opportunities for our veterans is what we will do,' says Veterans Affairs Minister Kent Hehr. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright