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A remote community in Canada's North has been awarded a major United Nations prize for decades of work to help create a new national park and vast protected area.

SAINT-JEROME, Que. — The defence lawyer for Ugo Fredette, a Quebec man convicted of two murders in 2017, told a courtroom Friday that his client will die in jail if sentenced to 50 years behind bars.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has arrived at an anti-racism protest in Ottawa. It's one of multiple events in Canada today, following days of demonstrations against racism and police brutality in numerous American cities.

OTTAWA — Canada's employment minister says the federal government is rethinking a key COVID-19 benefit so workers have more incentive to get back on the job, in an effort to maintain a surprising boost in job numbers from May.

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Terre Chartrand says she recognizes it's not her place right now to be front and centre during demonstrations in support of black people decrying police violence.

Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19.

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.