The Hill Times media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place The Hill Times as leaning left. We have seen it on 15 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is The Hill Times biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place The Hill Times as leaning left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is The Hill Times left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place The Hill Times as leaning left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is The Hill Times reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for The Hill Times are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What The Hill Times has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with The Hill Times’s own report linked underneath.
Canada and the European Union are engaged in high-level discussions in Montreal, seeking to expand their partnership into new areas like strategic minerals and digital trade. The summit is viewed as a move to create an independent global stance.
The Hill Times reported it asCanada-EU relationship in spotlight during Montreal summit Oct. 29 (opens The Hill Times in a new tab)
The British Columbia Conservative Party has won a majority government, leading to the resignation of BC NDP leader David Eby. Eby was re-elected in his Vancouver-Point Grey riding.
The Hill Times reported it asB.C. voters back ‘chill guy’ Doerkson, punish Eby for 'cynicism' in election call, say politicos (opens The Hill Times in a new tab)
The US Embassy in Ottawa has accused the Canadian government of dismissing concerns about potential interference in US elections. Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford have denied these allegations, stating Canada is focused on its own affairs.
The Hill Times reported it asCanada should be ‘careful’ ahead of U.S. midterms, say some political players, but former MP McKay calls interference accusations ‘absurd’ (opens The Hill Times in a new tab)
Bill C-39, a 243-page piece of legislation central to the Carney government's economic agenda, has passed its first vote in the House of Commons. Conservatives joined the majority Liberals in supporting the bill's move to a special committee for further study.
The Hill Times reported it asBill C-39 in the House and Senate (opens The Hill Times in a new tab)
Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Vancouver to announce initiatives related to the energy industry and ocean protection. The visit comes as the Liberal government faces scrutiny from environmentalists.
The Hill Times reported it asCarney to announce energy investment in Vancouver (opens The Hill Times in a new tab)
Pierre Poilievre has stated Canada will "never be the 28th state of the European Union." His comments come as Prime Minister Mark Carney pursues deeper ties with Europe, a move Poilievre opposes, citing concerns over taxes, laws, and immigration.
The Hill Times reported it as‘Brain gain’ or a ‘remote possibility’? MPs weigh in on Canada’s future with the European Union (opens The Hill Times in a new tab)
The European Parliament will open a new office in Ottawa, Canada, to facilitate parliamentary exchanges and strengthen cooperation. The announcement comes ahead of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's address to the European Parliament.
The Hill Times reported it asCanada makes its case (opens The Hill Times in a new tab)
Canada is offering priority access to tax rulings for investors committing $1 billion or more to the economy. The move, announced by Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne, aims to reduce risk and encourage major projects.
The Hill Times reported it asAustralia High Commissioner to Canada Kate Logan to speak in Toronto on Sept. 14 (opens The Hill Times in a new tab)
The Bank of Canada is set to reveal a redesigned $20 bill featuring King Charles, replacing the late Queen Elizabeth II. The change, directed by former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s government, is the first Canadian paper currency to feature the new monarch.
The Hill Times reported it asMacklem unveils new vertical $20 bill featuring King Charles III (opens The Hill Times in a new tab)
The federal government is extending the suspension of fuel excise taxes until January 2027. The measure, intended to provide relief from higher energy costs, will see the tax gradually reinstated by April 2027.
The Hill Times reported it asChampagne announces gas tax-holiday extension (opens The Hill Times in a new tab)
The Liberal Party won all three federal byelections held on September 1, 2026, increasing its seat total to 173 and securing its majority government. The wins came amid an escalating trade war with the United States.
The Hill Times reported it asLiberals clinch three byelections in a ‘very bad’ night for Poilievre: politicos (opens The Hill Times in a new tab)
U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose a 50 per cent tariff on $28 billion of Canadian goods is scheduled to take effect just after midnight. The tariffs will be enacted unless officials finalize a trade agreement.
The Hill Times reported it as‘Plans for any situation,’ says Carney as tariff hike looms (opens The Hill Times in a new tab)
Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc remains in Washington as a 50 percent tariff on Canadian goods approaches. Negotiators are exchanging offers, but Canada is unsatisfied with the latest U.S. proposal, which lowers some sectoral tariffs but not enough, sources say.
The Hill Times reported it asLiberal lead over Conservatives could show ‘crack in the armour’ depending on U.S. trade talks outcome, say strategists, pollsters (opens The Hill Times in a new tab)
Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc remains in Washington as a 50 percent tariff on Canadian goods approaches. Negotiators are exchanging offers, but Canada is unsatisfied with the latest U.S. proposal, which lowers some sectoral tariffs but not enough, sources say.
The Hill Times reported it asLeBlanc and Charette meet with Greer in Washington (opens The Hill Times in a new tab)
A federal union held a rally in Ottawa to protest job cuts at Environment and Climate Change Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and Natural Resources Canada. The union says the reductions threaten climate disaster response as over 700 wildfires burn across Canada.
The Hill Times reported it asPublic service cuts require surgical precision, not broad slashes (opens The Hill Times in a new tab)
Prime Minister Mark Carney stated Canada’s support for the International Criminal Court is unequivocal, but did not address U.S. sanctions against Canadian judge Kimberly Prost. The U.S. has pledged to dismantle the ICC, while Prost seeks legal reversal of sanctions affecting her finances.
The Hill Times reported it asCanada’s ‘support’ for ICC muddied by ‘excessive caution’ in face of U.S. attacks, says former envoy (opens The Hill Times in a new tab)
Who says so
2 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
Very high factuality
Who owns it
We hold no ownership record for The Hill Times.
Where it publishes from
- Official site
- hilltimes.com
- Seen publishing on
- hilltimes.com
- Access
- Paywalled
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 15
- Reports listed
- 16
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 5 August 2026
16 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
We have not seen The Hill Times cover a story that outlets rated left were largely absent from.
Across the 15 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than The Hill Times’s on 2 of them. Overall it filed a median of 15 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 8 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 4 November 2026. Ratings pulled 9 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
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