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Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says police misconduct is indefensible

Federal Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says police officers who use excessive force or appear to be discriminating on the basis of race need to be held to account.Blair says he is concerned about a number of instances in recent...

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George Floyd remembered in private funeral

Hundreds of mourners packed a Houston, Texas church today for the funeral of George Floyd. He was the black man whose death has inspired a worldwide reckoning over racial injustice. Floyd was killed May 25th as a white Minneapoli...

NDP won't support Liberal bill that would jail, fine CERB fraudsters : Jagmeet Singh

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says it is irresponsible and wrong-headed for the Liberal government to draft a bill that would fine or imprison people who made fraudulent claims under the Canada Emergency Response Benefit.Singh says a b...

29 new COVID-19 cases, no new deaths reported in B.C.

BC is reporting 29 new cases of COVID-19 over the past three days and no new deaths. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says that's a positive note as the province slowly lifts more COVID-19 restrictions. The province n...

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Bail kept at one million dollars for Minneapolis police officer charged in death of George Floyd

A judge has kept bail at one million dollars for a white Minneapolis police officer charged with second-degree murder in the death of a black man. Derek Chauvin said almost nothing during an 11 minute hearing in which he appeare...

Trudeau's attendance at protest confusing in COVID-19 era, Scheer says

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he can understand if Canadians are upset about the prime minister's appearance at an anti-racism rally.Justin Trudeau and several cabinet ministers attended a massive rally in the nation's ca...

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PM Trudeau attends anti-racism rally and takes a public knee in solidarity with demonstrators

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has attended an anti-racism rally and took a public knee in solidarity with demonstrators. Trudeau arrived on Parliament Hill in Ottawa with security guards Friday, wearing a black cloth mas...

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Trudeau offers premiers $14 billion to help reopen the economy safely

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is offering $14 billion to the provincial and territorial governments for measures to keep COVID-19 at bay.He says it's part of the federal government's support for restor...

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Family, celebrities, activists, others gather to remember George Floyd

The golden casket containing George Floyd's body is surrounded by floral arrangements and pictures. The black man died after a white police officer pressed a knee into his neck last month in Minneapolis. The first of three memori...

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Canada records job losses in January as labour market shows new signs of strain

Canada’s economy took a step backward in January as the country recorded a net loss of about 25,000 jobs, according to the latest Labour Force Survey released by Statistics Canada. The decline marks the first monthly drop in emplo...

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