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Protests are taking place across Minneapolis Thursday after an unarmed U.S. citizen was shot and killed by federal ICE agents. The Trump administration claims the ICE agents were acting in self-defence. That’s being disputed by local police and eyewitnesses. At issue is whether the ICE agent who opened fire was in danger when the woman,...

Thousands across the U.S. are remembering George Floyd on the fifth anniversary of his death. Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis, was killed while being arrested by a white police officer. His death sparked worldwide protests against police brutality and racism. Candice Cole looks at how Floyd is being remembered and what has changed since...

Today marks five years since the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis, an incident which focused attention on race relations in the U.S. and elsewhere. In Montreal, groups gathered to mark the anniversary and to call attention to improvements they want to see in policing, particularly as it relates to racialized...

Groups gathered in Montreal on Sunday to mark the 5th anniversary of the death of George Floyd in the U.S. and to call attention to improvements they’d like to see in policing. Plus, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre met with their caucuses on Sunday to map out their priorities for the return of...

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre delivered speeches to their MPs on Sunday afternoon, outlining their priorities for the upcoming session of Parliament. Plus, thousands across the U.S. are remembering George Floyd on the fifth anniversary of his death. And King Charles travels to Ottawa Monday for his first visit to Canada,...

Jully Black and Sandy Hudson, leader of Canada’s Black Lives Matter movement, discuss the meaning of “defunding the police” in the context of Sandy’s book Defund: Black Lives, Policing, and Safety for All. They address the controversy around the term, the challenges of policing, and the ongoing fight against anti-Black racism, five years after George...

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...

Former Canucks player Gino Odjick has come to the rescue of a Prince George woman who couldn’t attend a Canucks game last November because of flooding, and who couldn’t get a ticket refund. Anne Drewa has the story.

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will spend 22.5 years in prison for murdering George Floyd. Jackson Proskow reports on the emotional impact statements from Floyd’s loved ones, how Chauvin’s mother broke her silence, and how Chauvin himself briefly spoke at the sentencing hearing.

Hundreds of people braved the sweltering heat to join a Black Lives Matter rally in Vancouver today. Participants renewed their calls for justice, as the former U.S. police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, learned how long he will spend behind bars. Kristen Robinson reports.

After the Global’s anti-Black racism series took a look back at how the George Floyd movement impacted different Black spaces in the GTA, we pose the question what needs to be done moving forward. Kamil Karamali reports.

Black musicians and painters say there has been a small shift towards change in the arts scene, but there’s still a lot of work that needs to be done. Kamil Karamali reports.

Allegations surrounding the death of a black woman in Toronto and the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis are having an impact the relationship between police and the Black community. Caryn Lieberman reports.

Since the death of George Floyd, there have been calls to defund police services. Caryn Lieberman speaks with a senior member of the Toronto Police Service who is also a member of the Black community to hear her thoughts.

Since the death of George Floyd, a Black-owned bookstore in Toronto featuring hundreds of books by Black Canadian authors and others, is seeing a huge increase in orders and interest. Caryn Lieberman reports.

Heavy smoke drifted into Prince George overnight, creating the illusion of darkness, well after sunrise. And as Richard Zussman reports, evacuees from the Shovel Lake wildfire flood into the city, looking for a place to stay.

Members of Ontario’s Black community are marking the one year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder by continuing a push for police reform. Kamil Karamali reports.

Flash flooding hammered parts of downtown Prince George on Tuesday after a severe thunderstorm. One of the hardest-hit areas was Winnipeg Street , which turned into a lake Tuesday afternoon before the water drained out.

Beaconsfield Mayor Georges Bourelle joined Global’s Elysia Bryan-Baynes to discuss municipal taxes, flood maps and lakeside properties, the reshaping of Centennial park and more.

U.S. Representative Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) called on Tuesday for people to continue protesting and demanding action until the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act gets signed into law as he marked the first anniversary of George Floyd’s death in an event in New York. Floyd died after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin held his...