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The beauty and artistry of black and white: A photographer shares favourites from his archive


Posted: Apr 11, 2021 8:00 AM NT | Last Updated: April 11
Facing deportation, Leticia Cables, a nanny from the Philippines, took sanctuary in a Roman Catholic church in Edmonton for three months in 1999. She was eventually deported, but was subsequently allowed to return to Canada. (Paul Daly)
I am an old-school photojournalist. I miss the simplicity of film black and white, colour and transparencies, or slides, if you will. 
Before photographs, there were etchings and paintings, both with so much texture. I learned photography from the photojournalists at the Sunday Tribune, the newspaper in Dublin where I started my career.
As a junior photographer, I was taken to the National Gallery of Ireland to study composition of paintings and we discussed how that image would have been taken as a photograph. I especially enjoyed the Norman Rockwell exhibitions and books; his compositions were amazing. ....

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Government of Canada awards contract for reconfiguration work on Canadian Coast Guard Ship Sir Wilfred Grenfell


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VICTORIA, BC, Feb. 17, 2021 /CNW/ - Through the National Shipbuilding Strategy, the Government of Canada is ensuring the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) has the vessels it needs to keep Canadian waterways safe and accessible, while generating significant economic benefits to communities across Canada. 
Following an open and competitive process, Public Services and Procurement Canada, on behalf of the CCG, has awarded a $17.3-million contract to Allied Shipbuilders Limited, in North Vancouver, British Columbia, for vessel life extension (VLE) work on the Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS)
 Sir Wilfred Grenfell. 
The vessel will undergo VLE work, enabling it to take on a broader range of tasks, notably buoy tending and search and rescue. Work will include painting the hull and deck, updating navigation equipment and networks, installing a new cargo hold and hatch, replacing propulsion thrusters, modifying the ballast system ....

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