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N.B. police shooting of Indigenous woman leads to questions on 'wellness checks'
A 26-year-old Indigenous woman from British Columbia who was fatally shot by police in northwestern New Brunswick was remembered Friday as a caring person as questions were raised about police conduct of so-called "wellness checks."
N.B. police shooting of Indigenous woman leads to questions on 'wellness checks'
James sees 'glimmers of increased confidence' as jobless rate hits 13.4 per cent
British Columbia's jobless rate continues to climb upwards, hitting 13.4 per cent last month, but there are signs of building confidence.
James sees 'glimmers of increased confidence' as jobless rate hits 13.4 per cent
Black Canadians say racism here is just as harmful as in the United States
The death of George Floyd in Minnesota following a police intervention has spurred massive protests in both Canada and the United States and societal soul-searching on the need to fight racism on both sides of the border.
Black Canadians say racism here is just as harmful as in the United States
Minister says reckoning on police violence against Indigenous people needed
Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says Canada needs a reckoning over a repeated and disgusting pattern of police violence against Indigenous people. Miller says he "watched in disgust" video and reports this week of violence against a 22-year-old Inuk man in Nunavut and a 26-year-old First Nations mother in New Brunswick.
Minister says reckoning on police violence against Indigenous people needed
Canada unemployment rate hits new record
Canada clawed back 289,600 jobs in May as provincial governments began easing public health restrictions and businesses reopened, Statistics Canada said Friday. Still, the unemployment rate in May rose to 13.7 per cent, the highest level in more than four decades of comparable data.
Canada unemployment rate hits new record
Anti-racism protesters march in Toronto; Trudeau calls systemic racism real
The head of Toronto's police service took a public knee on Friday in solidarity with marching anti-racism demonstrators protesting police killings of black people, with similar demonstrations planned in other Canadian cities.