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Big TSX companies tripled number of Black board members in past year — but there are still only 26

This story is part of a CBC News exploration of systemic racism, including anti-Black racism, and the promises for change made last summer....

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How these 3 teachers bring anti-racist education to their elementary school classes

This story is part of a CBC News exploration of systemic racism, including anti-Black racism, and the promises for change made last summer....

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Teacher who came out as transgender at school inspires students and colleagues to live their truths

Michael Megenbir was someone who generally kept his personal life separate from work. That is, until one June day in 2017. Sitting among...

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‘Rainbow capitalism’ is pandering, pure and simple, but it can still help drive social change

This column is an opinion by Aimee Langer, a Master of Public Policy candidate at the School of Public Policy at the University of...

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Mi’kmaq, supporters hold vigil for 215 residential school victims at Sir John A statue

About 80 P.E.I Mi’kmaq and other Indigenous and non-Indigenous supporters gathered in downtown Charlottetown Monday morning at a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald for...

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Manitoba officials didn’t heed warnings about a 3rd COVID-19 wave. Now hospitals are overwhelmed

Across Canada, most provinces are relaxing pandemic restrictions or planning on reopening their economies later this spring or in the early summer — but Manitoba...

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I wanted to do things perfectly: How the model minority myth affects me and other Asian people

This first person piece was written by Florence Hwang, a journalist with CBC Saskatchewan. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please...

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Why experts say 2nd vaccine doses should be rolled out now

This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly roundup of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers every Saturday morning. If you...

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Residential school survivors society calls for action following discovery of children’s remains

WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. The Indian Residential School Survivors Society (IRSSS) is calling on the federal government and...

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Joyce Echaquan’s death lays bare, once again, problems in Quebec’s health-care system

At the courtroom in Trois-Rivières, Que., family and friends of Joyce Echaquan have listened, at times in tears, at others in stunned silence,...

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Photo of massive tree being hauled down Vancouver Island highway sparks global outrage

B.C. officials have confirmed that a massive spruce log photographed as it was hauled down a highway this week was cut on north Vancouver...

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Federal COVID Alert app caught 400 cases of COVID-19 in April

The federal government’s COVID Alert app sent out 35,000 exposure notifications last month that resulted in the identification of at least 400 COVID-19 cases,...

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Auditor general grading Ottawa’s performance on PPE, pandemic response in Indigenous communities

Canada’s auditor general is releasing audits today of the federal government’s performance in securing personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical devices before and during the pandemic,...

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Doctors said this Quebec man would die of COVID-19. His family had other ideas

Peter Simard squints into the bright spring sunshine as his wife, Céline Lafrenière, pushes his wheelchair through the front door and down the ramp...

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Ottawa failed to properly implement sexual misconduct report, top Defence civil servant says

Canada’s deputy minister of National Defence says the military’s operation to end sexual misconduct in its ranks “lost its way” because the government failed...

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Black market in Google reviews means you can’t believe everything you read

When Roman Abramovich, a Russian billionaire and owner of the English Premier League’s Chelsea Football Club, appeared to have posted a Google review...