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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday he will push provincial premiers to equip police with body-worn cameras as a rapid, substantive solution to allegations of racism and brutality.

YORKTON, Sask. — A Saskatchewan man has been awarded more than $6.7 million in damages nearly 14 years after an assault during a camping trip left him with a life-changing brain injury.

EDMONTON — Two RCMP officers have been charged in the shooting death of a 31-year-old man in northern Alberta almost two years ago. Cpl. Randy Stenger and Const.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday his decision to attend an anti-black racism rally even amid ongoing restrictions on gatherings related to COVID-19 was a matter of balancing important competing interests.

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:15 p.m. on June 8, 2020: There are 96,244 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

TORONTO — Three days after kneeling publicly in solidarity with anti-racism protesters in downtown Toronto, the city's police chief announced his plans Monday to step down this summer.

MONTREAL — A day after demonstrators in Montreal criticized Francois Legault for his refusal to acknowledge systemic racism in the province, the Quebec premier held firm on his position.

IQALUIT, Nunavut — The head of the RCMP in Nunavut says she's trying to find ways to bring police and Inuit together. But Chief Supt.

MONTREAL — For generations of Quebec viewers, the bumbling, doughnut-loving cartoon dad Homer Simpson didn't speak with the American accent of voice actor Dan Castellaneta, but rather the Quebecois lilt of Hubert Gagnon.

WINNIPEG — A student leader who was a candidate for the Manitoba Liberals in last year's provincial election apologized Monday after a photograph surfaced of him wearing blackface at a Halloween party.