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      <image:caption>Amanda Godda poses for a picture in her home in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. Godda, 42, suffers from chronic pain and has been bedridden since August 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Amanda poses for a picture in her home in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Amanda Godda poses for a picture in her home in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. Godda, 42, suffers from chronic pain and has been bedridden since August 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Amanda Godda poses for a picture in her home in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. Godda, 42, suffers from chronic pain and has been bedridden since August 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs and Minister Responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency Rebecca Chartrand poses for a portrait in her office near Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. Spencer Colby / Winnipeg Free Press</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>National Silver Cross Mother Nancy Payne is pictured at the National War Memorial in Ottawa ahead of Remembrance Day on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. Cpl. Randy Joseph Payne, son of Nancy Payne, was killed in the line of duty on April 22, 2006 while serving with the 1st Garrison Military Police Company near Kandahar, Afghanistan. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>National Silver Cross Mother Nancy Payne is pictured at the National War Memorial in Ottawa ahead of Remembrance Day on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. Cpl. Randy Joseph Payne, son of Nancy Payne, was killed in the line of duty on April 22, 2006 while serving with the 1st Garrison Military Police Company near Kandahar, Afghanistan. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Former Member of the National Assembly of Quebec Emilie Foster is pictured in Ottawa on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Alberta Health Services researcher Sharon Roberts posses for a portrait at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre in Ottawa on Friday, May 23, 2025</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Alberta Health Services researcher Sharon Roberts posses for a portrait at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre in Ottawa on Friday, May 23, 2025</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Noah Levick is pictured during the Conservative Party of Canada election night watch party in Ottawa, on Monday, April 28, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>China's Ambassador to Canada, Wang Di, pictured at the Embassy of People's Republic of China in Ottawa, on Monday, April 21, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Eloe (last name withheld) who lives in a Gatineau encampment in the National Capital Region (NCR) posses for a portrait outside of her tent in Gatineau, Que., on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. The encampment has since been demolished and Eloe housing status is unknown. Spencer Colby/Postmedia</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Owner and Chef of Le Pied de Cochon, Guy Mervellet poses for a portrait in his kitchen on Saturday, Jun. 22 2024. Spencer Colby/Postmedia</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Parks Canada Resource Management Office Mathieu Lecompte is seen in a portrait at the housand Islands National Park entrance near Mallorytown, Ont., on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. Spencer Colby/Canada’s National Observer</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Governor of the Bank of Canada, Tiff Macklem, poses for a portrait in Ottawa on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Spencer Colby/ The Globe and Mail</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Executive Director of ImmigrantsCan Andrea Pierce poses for a portrait at Carleton University in Ottawa, on Wednesday, July 12, 2023.Spencer Colby/The Globe and Mail</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>D.W. Waterson, director of "Backspot", poses for a portrait in Toronto, on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Middle school teacher Zahra Hassan is seen in a portrait in Mississauga, Ont., Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Assembly of First Nations Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak touches a sacred item as its unveiled following their return from Vatican collection during an unveiling event at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Assembly of First Nations Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak touches a sacred item as its unveiled following their return from Vatican collection during an unveiling event at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Assembly of First Nations Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak touches a sacred item as its unveiled following their return from Vatican collection during an unveiling event at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Assembly of First Nations Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, centre, holds a Tikinagan baby cradle as sacred items are unveiled following their return from Vatican collection during an unveiling event at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Assembly of First Nations Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, centre, holds a Tikinagan baby cradle as sacred items are unveiled following their return from Vatican collection during an unveiling event at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A Canadian flag atop the Peace Tower is seen at half-mast during the Canadian Police and Peace Officers 48th Annual Memorial Service on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) plays the drums during the Canadian Police and Peace Officers 48th Annual Memorial Service on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Assembly of First Nations Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak touches a sacred item as its unveiled following their return from Vatican collection during an unveiling event at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Demonstrators march during the “Draw the Line” climate change protest in Ottawa, on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Pro-Palestinian protestors chant during a 'National March for Palestine' demonstration near Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Saturday, April 12, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>An officer from the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) walks toward roll call ahead of the 47th Annual Canadian Police and Peace Officers' Memorial Service in downtown Ottawa on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A well wisher places their hand on the casket of former prime minister Brian Mulroney as he lies in state at the Sir John A. Macdonald Building, across from Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A member of the Ottawa Police Service Underwater Search and Recovery Unit maneuvers an unmanned search and rescue vehicle while conducting an underwater search on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023. A teenager is dead and another is still missing after four youths fell through the ice on the Rideau River in Ottawa's south end late Wednesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>An officer from the Ottawa Police Service (OPS), right, hugs a person believed to be an immediate family member of one of four teenagers who fell through the ice near Nicholls Island Rd. in Ottawa's Manotick region, on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Members of the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) Emergency Services Unit (ESU) escort OPS and Ottawa Fire Service (OFS) vehicles out of the Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park parking lot following a raid on a supply camp managed by protesters from the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa, Ont. on Sunday, Feb. 06, 2022. Spencer Colby/The Globe and Mail</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) salute as the vehicle carrying OPP Sgt. Eric Mueller leaves the grounds of the Canadian Tire Centre (CTC) following a funeral in Ottawa, on Thursday, May 18, 2023. Sgt. Mueller was killed in the line of duty while responding to call on May 11 in the village of Bourget, Ont. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Damage is seen to Paroisse Saint-Hughes Church in the Sarsfield, Ont. near Ottawa, Ont. on Sunday, May 22, 2022 after a powerful spring weather rain and wind storm hit the region of Ottawa. Spencer Colby/The Globe and Mail</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, centre, marches along Alexandria Bridge during a protest in support of women in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada October 29, 2022. REUTERS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A Pro-Palestine protestor holds a Palestinian flag during a 'National Day of Action 100K March for Gaza' protest on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Debby Friday celebrates on stage after winning the 2023 Polaris Music Prize in Toronto, on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Debby Friday, right, celebrates backstage with band members after winning the 2023 Polaris Music Prize in Toronto, on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Unifor National President Lana Payne leads a chant infant of striking employees of the grocery store Metro are seen on the picket lines in Toronto, on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Atletico Ottawa's Gabriel Mendes Antinoro (11) kisses the North Star Cup following Atletico Ottawa’s victory over Cavalry FC in extra time during the Canadian Premier League finals soccer action in Ottawa, on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Montreal Alouettes running back Stevie Scott III (8) celebrates a touchdown during first half CFL action against the Ottawa Redblacks in Ottawa, on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby</image:caption>
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