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Nearly half a year has passed since the killing of George Floyd set off a global reckoning with anti-Black racism that spanned countries and industries, including the media. Here are some of the actions CBC newsrooms have taken since then to be more inclusive and diverse and to make our journalism more accurate, authentic and relevant to all Canadians.

Four former employees of Toronto MP Yasmin Ratansi — who left the Liberal caucus this week after admitting she employed her sister for years on the public dime — allege she repeatedly made offensive comments and created a "toxic and verbally abusive" environment at her office.

Master warrant officer (Retd) George Chow was many things. A soldier. A father. An instructor. A decorated war hero.

It's part of a collaboration between the Mi'kmaq Confederacy of P.E.I.'s Indigenous Justice Initiative and the RCMP on P.E.I.

Even as world leaders continue to call and offer U.S. President-elect Joe Biden their congratulations on his victory, the U.S. secretary of state said today that there will be a "smooth transition to a second Trump presidency."

Even as world leaders continue to call and offer U.S. president-elect Joe Biden their congratulations on his victory, the U.S. secretary of state said today that there will be a "smooth transition to a second Trump presidency."

Advocates for Canadians with disabilities are sounding the alarm over a bill to expand medical assistance in dying, warning that it will devalue the lives of vulnerable people.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday grappled with whether all of Obamacare should be thrown out in a challenge by Republican-governed states, backed by President Donald Trump's administration, with two conservative justices suggesting the law should remain intact even if one provision is struck down.

Alek Minassian, the man accused of killing 10 people and hurting 16 others after driving a van down a busy Toronto sidewalk has pleaded not guilty at the start of his trial today and is asking the court to find him not criminally responsible for his actions.

Alek Minassian, the man accused of killing 10 people and hurting 16 others after driving a van down a busy Toronto sidewalk has pleaded not guilty at the start of his trial today and is asking the court to find him not criminally responsible for his actions.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau publicly called on the country's premiers and mayors today to "do the right thing" and impose restrictions to counter the recent rise in COVID-19 cases.

Widespread shutdowns are coming as Manitoba's premier and top doctor order the entire province into the red, or critical, level of the provincial pandemic response plan.

Widespread shutdowns are coming as Manitoba's premier and top doctor order the entire province into the red, or critical, level of the provincial pandemic response plan.

Resolute Forest Products is seeking $100 million in damages from Canada, alleging $124 million in assistance from Nova Scotia's then-NDP government in 2012 transformed a failed paper mill in Port Hawkesbury, N.S., into a market leader at Resolute's expense.

B.C.'s premier is urging people to "get with the program" and cut back on social interactions, warning that a return to tighter restrictions is possible if the province's COVID-19 case numbers don't come down. 

One of Canada's last surviving Second World War veterans says he's won his 'third world war' — a bitter 32-month fight to restore his dignity and clear his name before he dies.

The N.W.T. government issued a request for proposals in October, seeking bidders who would conduct a feasibility study on developing the region’s gas fields, including building pipelines and two offshore liquefaction and tanker loading platforms.

A B.C. Supreme Court judge blocked a teenager from undergoing a gender-affirming double mastectomy earlier this month, granting the child's disapproving mother an order to stop the operation the day before it was scheduled to go ahead.

The pandemic has led Canada's immigration authorities to release most of the people who were being detained.

The pandemic has led Canada's immigration authorities to release most of the people who were being detained.

Legislating the medical system's involvement in ending the life of persons with disabilities and chronic illness in this way amounts to a deadly form of discrimination, write Trudo Lemmens and Leah Krakowitz-Broker.

A British man has spent the better part of the last seven decades quietly honouring the sacrifice made by a Canadian airman who died in the closing months of the Second World War. In doing so, John Charlesworth is keeping a promise his grandmother made.

The significance of this year's presidential election for U.S. climate policy came down to a basic difference between the two rivals. One candidate accepted the reality of climate change and wanted to do something about it. The other denied the threat and actively reversed attempts to combat it.

An Ottawa man says he's frustrated by what he sees as inaction from Canadian officials to help reunite families following the explosion in Beirut in August.

The B.C. agency responsible for the group home where Cree teen Traevon Chalifoux-Desjarlais died has seen the deaths of at least four other Indigenous youth in its care or aged out of its care, CBC News has learned. 

A man from the small town of Willingham, U.K., bought a special poppy pin in 2016, commemorating Pte. Michael J. Jackman of the Newfoundland Regiment, who died in Beaumont-Hamel in 1916. He recently contacted CBC News to help find one of the soldier's living relatives.

The trial of Alek Minassian, the man accused of committing one of Canada's worst instances of mass violence when he drove a van into pedestrians on Toronto's Yonge Street, killing 10 and injuring 16, begins today under pandemic restrictions that will see the much-anticipated proceeding conducted entirely online.

Central bankers have handed us rates near zero to keep the economy going during the pandemic recession, but watch out, the good news is a reminder that bad news can’t last forever.

Tavern Matchett's body was found six hours after he died at Extendicare Halton Hills in Georgetown, Ont., despite orders that he be checked hourly. His son, Joshua Matchett, is now calling for long-term care homes to face harsher punishments if they repeatedly violate provincial laws.

Both the present and former ombudsmen for federal prisoners say the Correctional Service of Canada must make changes to a prison practice called 'dry celling,' where prisoners are kept in a cell with the lights constantly on, without a flushing toilet or running water.

The family of an Manitoba woman wants to know why she died in an RCMP jail cell hours after being picked up on suspicion of being intoxicated.

One of the country’s former top military commanders is helping to lead a push to honour some veterans of combat in the Afghanistan war with Canada’s highest military honour — the Victoria Cross.

A Toronto chemical engineering professor has won the $1 million Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal, the country’s top science prize, for her work designing gels that mimic human tissues.

Yasmin Ratansi, the Liberal MP for Don Valley East, has been employing her sister for years using public funds in violation of Parliament’s rules, CBC News has learned.

The richest prize for Canadian fiction goes to Souvankham Thammavongsa for her short story collection How to Pronounce Knife.

The richest prize for Canadian fiction goes to Souvankham Thammavongsa for her short story collection How to Pronounce Knife.

The optimistic buzz about Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine gets a dose of caution from experts.

Halifax-based shellfish giant Clearwater Seafoods announced Monday it has a billion-dollar deal to sell the company to a partnership of Premium Brands of British Columbia and a coalition of Mi'kmaq First Nation communities led by the Membertou band in Cape Breton and Miawpukek in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Witnesses testifying in support of Quebec's Bill 21 said the hijab always represents sexist values, regardless of why someone decides to wear it.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said he has signed a deal with the leaders of Azerbaijan and Russia to end the military conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region on Tuesday morning local time after more than a month of bloodshed.

Students and staff at Westmount High School in a suburb of Montreal celebrated Monday after former student Kamala Harris was voted the first female vice-president-elect of the United States, saying her win shows 'anything is possible.'

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump is "100 per cent within his rights" to question election results that declared Joe Biden the winner and consider legal options.