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Hill History: Relics from bygone Bytown’s base

Unwedded Bliss: The Divorce Act, the Senate and a victory for women

Gatekeepers: Restoring Parliament Hill’s heritage Queen’s Gates

Weathered Beauty: Restoring Centre Block’s century-old facade

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War and Peace: How Centre Block’s Senate Chamber bears witness to Canada’s wartime sacrifices

November 10, 2025 – Construction of Centre Block’s Senate Chamber began at the height of the First World War and was completed on the eve of the second. Small wonder the theme of war and its terrible toll features prominently here.

Rising youth unemployment could lead to lost generation: Senator Mohamed

November 6, 2025 – We must restore the critical stepping stones that help youth gain confidence and skills — like summer jobs, paid co-ops, apprenticeships and meaningful volunteer opportunities, Senator Farah Mohamed writes.

Hill History: Relics from bygone Bytown’s base

November 4, 2025 – During the major archaeological dig on Parliament Hill from 2019 to 2020, crews found more than 205,000 fragments of objects and artefacts among the ruins of the military base where the Rideau Canal project was headquartered.

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October 29, 2025 – Senators’ work takes them all over Canada! See where they’ve been and who they’ve met along the way!

Senator David M. Wells: Is the Hydro-Québec deal good for Newfoundland and Labrador?

October 21, 2025 – The Gull Island hydro project is critical to Newfoundland and Labrador’s future and the project’s memorandum of agreement should be independently reviewed to ensure it’s the best deal for the province, Senator David Wells writes.

‘I don’t retire’: Senator David Adams Richards turns the page on his Red Chamber career

October 17, 2025 – An award-winning novelist, non-fiction author and screenwriter, Senator David Adams Richards dedicated much of his writing to portrayals of working-class and poor communities in his home province of New Brunswick. After joining the Senate in 2017, Senator Richards never stopped writing, publishing four more...

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