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Press gallery to ‘mug’ six former members on May 29

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Former press gallery members Pam Mackenzie, top left, Phil Ling, Sharon Musgrave, Ian Wood, bottom left, Luigi Della Penta, and Emily Haws will be honoured by their peers on May 29.The Hill Times photographs by Stuart Benson and Sam Garcia, courtesy of Twitter and APTN

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BY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

May 27, 2026

Six former members of the Parliamentary Press Gallery will each receive a commemorative silver mug at a special lunch hosted by the gallery on May 29 at the Sir John A. Macdonald Building.

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