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Associate EU membership back on the table

Plus, the GDP report for August comes out today.

feature | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW, NEIL MOSS | October 30, 2026

Photo archives: Mercer, Cummings headline 2014 Hope Live fundraiser

feature | BY JAKE WRIGHT | October 27, 2026

Fraser ready to introduce MAID bill

Plus, the House will debate a Conservative motion on debt and taxes.

feature | BY PETER MAZEREEUW, RIDDHI KACHHELA | October 27, 2026

New Cliff Energy Centre is eye-catching

feature | BY ANDREW MEADE | October 26, 2026

LRB scoops up new parl affairs, research director from Treasury Board president’s team

Plus, Women and Gender Equality Minister Rechie Valdez has a new communications director, and there are updates for Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu’s office.

feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 26, 2026

First Nations-First Ministers’ Meeting in Ottawa on Oct. 26

Parliamentary Calendar | BY CHRISTINA LEADLAY | October 26, 2026

Jeremy Hansen appointed space adviser to the prime minister

Plus: Adam Scotti will chat about his time as Justin Trudeau’s longtime photog at Acadia University, Bill Morneau rejoins the C.D. Howe Institute, and award-winning director Sarah Polley lends her support to Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow’s re-election bid.

feature | BY CHRISTINA LEADLAY | October 26, 2026

First Nation chiefs take their grievances to Carney and the premiers

Plus, Prime Minister Mark Carney hosts a dinner for Abu Dhabi’s Crown prince.

feature | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA | October 26, 2026

Carney meets businesspeople in Istanbul

Plus, Canada will soon announce the $1-billion supercomputer project, says the AI minister.

feature | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW | October 23, 2026

An ‘unusual partnership’ and restoring 24 Sussex Drive

In 2024, former prime ministers Jean Chrétien and Stephen Harper offered to solicit millions of dollars from Canada’s corporate sector to pay for an overhaul of the abandoned building—a project they said the private sector was ready to support.

feature | BY DEAN BEEBY, IAN BAILEY | October 22, 2026

Regulators take part in major-project push

This week we have a dispatch from a picket line, a wrongdoing roundup at Health Canada, a case of digital transformation in action, and more.

feature | BY MARLO GLASS | October 22, 2026

Bloc calls for tax on streaming services

Plus, General Jennie Carignan will give an update on the tragedy at CFB Wainwright.

feature | BY PETER MAZEREEUW | October 22, 2026

Diving ‘Below’ at the Whalesbone on Elgin

Netflix Canada brought a taste of Newfoundland at the temporary ‘Linda’s Lounge’ on Oct. 20 to celebrate the launch of its new East Coast-based horror-mystery miniseries

HT Columns | BY STUART BENSON | October 21, 2026

Staff shakeup in Hajdu’s office, Provost finds new chief of staff

Changes in Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu’s office include a number of promotions, among them, Aya Al-Shalchi’s elevation to director status.

feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 21, 2026

Carney to meet Ford on the Hill, jet to Turkey tonight

Plus, the budget is coming on Nov. 5.

Pamela Wallin quietly signs off early from the Senate

Plus: Senator Cardozo joins a U.K. MP in a new podcast, Conservative MP Chris Lewis has a new caucus role, and longtime Liberal MP Hedy Fry’s son is elected mayor of Vancouver.

feature | BY CHRISTINA LEADLAY | October 21, 2026

Minister Mandy Gull-Masty to deliver Katherine A.H. Graham Lecture on Indigenous Policy on Oct. 22

Parliamentary Calendar | BY CHRISTINA LEADLAY | October 21, 2026
Mandy Gull-Masty

Albertans vote three-to-one to remain Canadian

Plus, the PBO delivers its fiscal outlook ahead of the fall budget.

Photo archives: illustrious Quebec actor Michel Coté bends minister Moore’s ear

feature | BY JAKE WRIGHT | October 20, 2026

Fresh comms staff, policy lead in place for Minister Chartrand

Plus, International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu has a new digital media assistant, and Public Services and Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound is down an aide.

feature | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | October 19, 2026
Rebecca Chartrand

Referendum finale 

Plus, Canada’s allies pay tribute after a tragic incident killed at least four officers and injured several others at a military base in Wainwright, Alta.

feature | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA | October 19, 2026

Newfoundlanders in Ottawa riding high on Netflix’s new series ‘Below’

Conservative Senator David Wells binge-watched it last weekend, Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson says everyone’s talking about it, Grit MP Tom Osborne liked all the Newfoundland details, and Tim Powers says it’s ‘all the rage in my NL network.’

feature | BY CHRISTINA LEADLAY | October 19, 2026

Alberta referendum happens Monday, Oct. 19

Parliamentary Calendar | BY CHRISTINA LEADLAY | October 19, 2026
Danielle Smith

All hands on deck for Alberta

Plus, federal, provincial and territorial health ministers gather in Winnipeg.

feature | BY RIDDHI KACHHELA, PETER MAZEREEUW | October 16, 2026

Right-to-strike rally outside Carney’s riding office

feature | BY ANDREW MEADE | October 15, 2026