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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.

But the funds will only be distributed when the federal government and each of the provinces reach a “safe-restart” agreement

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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.

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.