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EDMUNDSTON, N.B. — A 26-year-old Indigenous woman from British Columbia has been shot and killed by police in northwestern New Brunswick.

EDMONTON — Seven environmental and Indigenous groups have asked the Alberta government to restart oilpatch monitoring as soon as possible given that other activities are coming out of the COVID-19 shutdown.

IQALUIT, Nunavut — A man who was arrested by being knocked over by a police vehicle was later beaten by another prisoner in lockup because there was no room to house all inmates separately, say Nunavut RCMP.

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:31 p.m. on June 4, 2020: There are 93,726 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

HALIFAX — The gunman who killed 22 people in Nova Scotia during a 13-hour rampage was described by police Thursday as an "injustice collector" whose grudges built up over time and eventually exploded in horrific violence. RCMP Supt.

As Lily Speed-Namox watched news about the Minneapolis man whose death in police custody ignited a massive anti-racism movement across the United States, she says it reminded her of her father.

OTTAWA — For the first time, Canadian biologists have come up with a list of plants, insects and animals that live only in this country and say many of them are in danger of extinction if they haven't died out already.

CALGARY — Tomas Manasek says he's thrilled that his beliefs about Alberta independence didn't end up costing him his personalized FREE AB licence plate. Manasek, who is 68, has lived in Calgary for the last 35 years.

OTTAWA — As the Trudeau government prepares new gun-control legislation, a victims group says all firearms' magazines should be limited to five bullets to reduce the damage a mass shooter can do.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The death of a 15-year-old Innu boy while in the care of Newfoundland and Labrador child protection services has renewed calls from the Innu Nation for an inquiry promised by the provincial government three years ago.