{
  "id": 15615970,
  "title": "CP NewsAlert: Former broadcaster Pamela Wallin resigns from Senate",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/cp-newsalert-former-broadcaster-pamela-wallin-resigns-from-senate",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T15:02:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Winnipeg Free Press",
    "slug": "winnipeg-free-press",
    "url": "https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/2026/10/19/cp-newsalert-former-broadcaster-pamela-wallin-resigns-from-senate"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Ottawa - Former broadcaster Pamela Wallin has resigned from the Senate, as confirmed by her Senate biography. Appointed to the Upper Chamber in 2009 by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Wallin made history as the first woman to serve as CTV News bureau chief in Ottawa in 1985. However, her career was marred by controversy when she was implicated in the Senate expenses scandal in 2013, leading to her removal from the Conservative caucus. An audit revealed that approximately $140,000 in expenses charged to the Senate were deemed improper, primarily for travel related to her corporate board positions. Wallin, who represented Saskatchewan, remains two years away from the mandatory retirement age of 75.",
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    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Global News",
        "title": "Pamela Wallin resigns Senate seat 2 years before mandatory retirement",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/pamela-wallin-resigns-senate-seat-2-years-before-mandatory-retirement",
        "published": "2026-10-19T16:24:26.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}