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14 hours ago in National Derek Chauvin is already locked away in Minnesota's only maximum-security prison, held in a single cell for his own safety. But it will be two months before the former Minneapolis police officer learns his sentence for George Floyd's death. 14 hours ago in National, Trending A crew returned from the northernmost islands in the Hawaiian archipelago this week with a boatload of marine plastic and abandoned fishing nets that threaten to entangle endangered Hawaiian monk seals and other animals on the uninhabited beaches stretching ...

Here's the backstory for the law Furey cited when he sent voters to the polls in a pandemic Andrew Furey has been criticized for going to the polls too early, when the only reason the legislation exists is a former premier was accused of going too late. Social Sharing

‘I Was 36 Before I Figured It Out’ Minister Seamus O’Regan on ditching alcohol, coming out, and rising in Trudeau’s ranks. Second of two. Michael Harris, a Tyee contributing editor, is a highly-awarded journalist and documentary maker. His investigations have sparked four commissions of inquiry. SHARES ‘Repressing my sexuality’ says Seamus O’Regan, caused him to drink heavily. After rehab, he entered cabinet as Justin Trudeau’s minister of veterans affairs and now is minister of natural resources. Photo: Adrian Wyld, the Canadian Press. The horrors...

Ford Mitchelmore is a 5-time election loser. But this Independent candidate keeps coming back Green Island Cove resident Ford Mitchelmore is back for a sixth attempt at becoming a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador legislature. Social Sharing A powerlifting accident broke this strongman's back. But his political stubbornness is as stout as ever Posted: Feb 05, 2021 6:00 AM NT | Last Updated: February 5 Ford Mitchelmore is the independent candidate for the Northern Peninsula district of St. Barbe-L'Anse aux Meadows. This will be the sixth time since 1999 his name has been on an election b...

A native of Prescott, Ont., who moved to Victoria with his family as an infant, Hutchison began his 75-year career in journalism when he went to work as sports reporter for the Victoria Daily Times in 1918, when he was 16. He gained national fame as the author of 15 books, including The Unknown Country, his portrait of Canada that won the Governor General’s award for non-fiction in 1943. He also cultivated extensive contacts among politicians in Ottawa and Washington and for many years reported authoritatively from both capitals. Hutchison served as editor of the Times from 1951 to 1963,...