''iPolitics'' is a Canadian digital newspaper, which covers stories in

Canadian politics The politics of Canada function within a framework of parliamentary democracy and a federal system of parliamentary government with strong democratic traditions. Canada is a constitutional monarchy, in which the monarch is head of state. In pr ...

. The site was launched in 2010 by founding editor and publisher James Baxter, and offers daily coverage of political news, a quarterly print magazine, political analysis podcasts and specialized parliamentary monitoring services. Since October 2018, it has been owned by

Torstar Torstar Corporation is a Canadian mass media company which primarily publishes daily and community newspapers. In addition to the ''Toronto Star'', its flagship and namesake, Torstar also publishes daily newspapers in Hamilton, Peterborough, Ni ...

Columnist

Over the years, journalists and columnists for the site have included Elizabeth Thompson, BJ Siekierski, Kelsey Johnson, Michael Harris, Kyle Duggan, Don Newman, Lawrence Martin,

L. Ian MacDonald L. Ian MacDonald (born 1947) is a Canadian writer, broadcaster, and diplomat. Biography MacDonald graduated from Concordia University (Loyola) in 1969 with an honours degree in political science. He has been a columnist for the Montreal Gazette ...

, Chris Waddell, Peter Clark, Frank Graves, Paul Adams,

Eliza Reid Eliza Jean Reid (born 5 May 1976) is a Canadian-Icelandic writer and, since 2016, the First Lady of Iceland through her marriage to Icelandic President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson. Before becoming First Lady she co-founded the Iceland Writers Re ...

, Kathleen Harris, Laura Stone, James Munson, Janice Dickson, Beatrice Britneff, Catharine Fulton, Timothy Naumetz, Charlie Pinkerton, Holly Lake, Amanda Connolly, Paul Koring, Alan Freeman, Chloe Girvan,

Kady O'Malley Kady O'Malley is a Canadian political journalist, currently a writer for the digital political newspaper ''iPolitics''. Formerly with ''The Hill Times'' and then ''Maclean's'' magazine, she moved to CBC News as author of the "Inside Politics" bl ...

, Kathryn May, Kirsten Smith, Anna Desmarais, James Gragg-Reilly, Marieke Walsh, Rachel Emmanuel, and Jolson Lim. Matthew Usherwood is the staff photographer. Senior editors have included Ian Shelton, Susan Allan, Stephen Maher, Doug Beazley, Lisa Van Dusen and Peter Robb. iPoliticsINTEL, originally founded as the Alpheus Group by Danelia Bolivar, was handed off to Marguerite Marlin in 2018. With Marlin away on maternity leave, the INTEL department is staffed by Ciaran McCullough, Kevin Smith, and Felixe Denson.

History

iPolitics began in early 2009 in the top-floor offices of the Maclaren Street brownstone of Grey Clark Shih and Associates. Baxter, James Anderson and Adam Miron wrote the business plan and designed the initial website, which was created by web designer JB Lesage and graphic designer Jessie Willms. Shortly after, John Butterfield joined the team and the news service launched in March 2010 and has been a 24/7 source of Canadian political news ever since. In October 2018, the site was acquired by

as a complement to its existing news titles, including the ''

Toronto Star The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. The newspaper is the country's largest daily newspaper by circulation. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part ...

'' newspaper and the similar Ontario political news site ''QP Briefing'' run by Alexandria Shannon, who took over as Director of iPolitics in the 2018 asset acquisition. After the sale was completed, Torstar laid off five of the publication's staff and appointed Marco Vigliotti as the senior editor."iPolitics lays off five after ownership change"
''

The Hill Times ''The Hill Times'' is a Canadian twice-weekly newspaper and daily news website, published in Ottawa, Ontario, which covers the Parliament of Canada, the federal government, and other federal political news. Founded in 1989 by Ross Dickson and Jim ...

'', November 14, 2018. In 2021 the ownership structure of iPolitics changed to include Brian Storseth, former Member of Parliament for Westlock - St. Paul. Laura Pennell was hired as the Vice President of Business Development and Emrys Graefe was hired as the chief technology officer, the first in the company's history.

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