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A committee set up to improve relations between police and Vancouver’s black community has suspended ties with the VPD Board. The African Descent Advisory Committee was created by the board itself in the wake of the social unrest stirred up by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. But this week, volunteers had enough. Julia...

Residents in St. George, N.B. say they are uneasy after excessive rain water caused flooding in the region. The water reached about 10 feet above normal water levels. Nathalie Sturgeon reports.

It’s been nearly four years since thousands of Black Lives Matter demonstrators filled Calgary streets following the death of George Floyd. Tracy Nagai takes a look back at some of the changes that were sparked by rallies and the work still underway by the City of Calgary and the Calgary Police Service (CPS).

Former police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted in the murder of George Floyd, was stabbed by another inmate and seriously injured Friday at a federal prison in Tucson, Ariz. Minnesota attorney general’s office spokesman Brian Evans denounced the attack on Saturday and said that prosecutors have heard that Chauvin is expected to survive the...

Dr. Gerges Ambarak is calling out racism in Newfoundland and Labrador’s school system, after his daughter was attacked. Heidi Petracek explains how Dr. Ambarak’s viral online post has sparked calls for action, and a flood of support for him and his family.

Three years after his death, the U.S. Department of Justice has determined the Minneapolis Police Department engaged in patterns of racial discrimination and excessive force that the DOJ says allowed for George Floyd’s murder to happen. Jackson Proskow dissects the findings, and looks at the hope this review will lead to long-awaited reforms.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland took the podium on Friday to announce the four findings of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) practices related to the 2020 killing of George Floyd while he was in custody. The findings included patterns of police use of excessive force and multiple violations...

Manitoba is reeling from a crash along the Trans-Canada highway between a transport truck and a passenger bus, which left 15 people dead and injured 10 others. What’s known about the collision so far, why residents believe the intersection where the crash happened is dangerous, the grief, and the lack of safety measures at rural...

A record number of people died from police-related incidents in Canada in 2022, according to researchers from the Tracking (In)Justice data and transparency project. The study also found persistent racial disparities. As Heather Yourex-West reports, calls amplified for policing reform following the May 2020 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, but in Canada, the situation...

Fears are growing China could supply Russia with weapons to bolster its faltering invasion of Ukraine, as Chinese President Xi Jinping prepares to unveil his own “peace plan,” signalling his government’s stance on the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s plea to meet with Xi, and NATO’s warning to Beijing. The horrific death toll from a...

U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris spoke at the funeral of Tyre Nichols on Wednesday and blasted the actions of the officers charged in the murder of the 29-year-old, saying that “Tyre Nichols should’ve been safe.” She said the officers’ actions that night were “not in the interest of public safety” and called on Congress to pass...

Policing has been under a spotlight for years, but it came to a head this year with the death of George Floyd. In Edmonton, city council re-directed $11 million from the Edmonton Police Service budget. The decision came with a promise to reform the service, but some activists say that isn’t enough. Vinesh Pratap sat...

Minneapolis, Minn. Mayor Jacob Frey on Wednesday called for Hennepin County attorney Mike Freeman to charge the white police officer who arrested George Floyd, a black man, and was seen on video, appearing to press his knee onto Floyd’s neck. Floyd could be heard pleading that he could not breathe and eventually stopped moving. The...

Asked to address comments from Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey that he’d like the arresting officer implicated in the death of George Floyd to face charges, Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo said the actions of the four officers fired following the incident “in no way reflect” the values and culture he’d like to see at the...

Protesters took to the streets in Los Angeles on May 27, shutting down a major highway and burning an American flag in solidarity with similar protests in Minneapolis and across the country. George Floyd died earlier this week when a police officer put his knee on Floyd’s neck while he lay with his face against...

During a roundtable discussion in Dallas, Texas on Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump said that there are “bad apples” in any profession, including within law enforcement, but added that there are “not too many.” Trump said if police officers are “allowed to do their job, they’ll do a great job.” The president’s remarks come after...

The death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police and the ensuing wave of protests around the world has created strain on Black people’s mental health, and advocate Svetlana Chernienko has a few ways the community can help. She joins Global’s Laura Casella.

The family of a 26-year-old Black man in Brampton, Ont., is reeling after he was fatally shot by police in April, nearly two months before George Floyd‘s death shook the world. “My son was a fun-loving guy, but he had a mental issue,” Claudius Campbell, D’Andre’s father, told Global News, adding that his son had...

U.S. Attorney General William Barr claimed in an interview on CBS’ Face The Nation on Sunday that projectiles were thrown at Park Police in Washington, D.C. on Monday during an operation he approved to increase the perimeter around the White House and build a more permanent fence around Lafayette Park.

Montrealers took to the streets again Sunday to speak out against racism, systemic discrimination and police brutality.