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Zainab Al-Mehdar

Among 18 defeated incumbents, British Columbia, Ontario see most unseated MPs; Conservatives drop nine incumbents, Liberal lose eight

news | BY ZAINAB AL-MEHDAR | September 28, 2021

This just in: Politics and the Pen goes virtual again, on Sept. 22

feature | BY ZAINAB AL-MEHDAR | September 20, 2021

Legislative change needed on access to information, but ‘overheated rhetoric’ doesn’t help, says Wernick

news | BY ZAINAB AL-MEHDAR | September 16, 2021

The race for Parliament Hill: Liberals, NDP jockey to fill void left in Ottawa Centre

news | BY ZAINAB AL-MEHDAR | September 13, 2021

At least 22 former MPs running to win back seats in the 2021 election

news | BY ZAINAB AL-MEHDAR | September 2, 2021

Canada’s podcasters take on the election

news | BY ZAINAB AL-MEHDAR | September 1, 2021

Life in the City of Dirty Water: memoir takes readers into the life of Clayton Thomas-Müller, environmental activist

feature | BY ZAINAB AL-MEHDAR | August 30, 2021

Politicos worry snap election, short campaign a barrier to nominating women in key ridings

news | BY ZAINAB AL-MEHDAR | August 26, 2021

‘Incredible feeling’ to lead Centre Block work says Canada’s incoming, sixth-ever Dominion sculptor

feature | BY ZAINAB AL-MEHDAR | August 23, 2021

Senator Brazeau releases report on Indigenous issues, and federal government’s ‘inertia’

feature | BY ZAINAB AL-MEHDAR | August 16, 2021

‘They just said we’d like to be treated like humans’: Senate report an ‘eye-opener’ on rights gaps in prisons

news | BY ZAINAB AL-MEHDAR | August 3, 2021

Wernick to release ‘the definitive handbook for political leaders’ on Oct. 25

feature | BY ZAINAB AL-MEHDAR | August 2, 2021

Sharp-witted ISG Senator Keating remembered as a ‘relentless champion’ with an ‘insatiable intellect,’ sardonic sense of humour

news | BY ZAINAB AL-MEHDAR | July 22, 2021

Efforts to search for missing, buried residential school children need to be Indigenous-led, chiefs say

news | BY ZAINAB AL-MEHDAR | July 20, 2021

Trudeau appoints new chief information officer of Canada, reappoints CRA commissioner

feature | BY ZAINAB AL-MEHDAR | July 19, 2021

ITK’s strategy to combat food insecurity crisis ‘a step along the way to a solution,’ says Obed

news | BY ZAINAB AL-MEHDAR | July 12, 2021