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City staff and council will be undergoing anti-racism training as issues of race have found their way to city hall. By Chris Jones

Edmonton’s CFL team says its club name invokes “toughness, hardiness and the ability to perform in cold weather,” especially during important fourth-quarter performances in frigid November. By KRISTY KIRKUP Photo Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS

An Edmonton man has been charged with assault following a racist rant and physical altercation with Filipino Canadians in an apartment complex on the west side of Edmonton last week. By Rumneek Johal Photo Credit: Patricia Anne Medrano/Facebook

The RCMP are investigating a racist letter sent last week to the leader of a First Nation who successfully battled for the end to decades of pulp effluent being poured into a lagoon near her Nova Scotia community. By Michael Tutton Photo Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

Victoria council is introducing new motions to try and tackle systematic racism.

The hate crime unit of the Edmonton Police Service is investigating after Canada's oldest mosque was spray-painted with racist graffiti. By Wallis Snowdon Photo Credit: Greg Southam

A group of business leaders announced a new partnership on Tuesday that will support the BlackNorth Initiative, a strategy that aims to combat anti-Black systemic racism in Canada’s business world.

The world is fighting to honor the life of George Floyd, an African-American man who was murdered by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin; all under the passive eyes of officers Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane, and Tou Thao. Floyd’s murder sparked international protests demanding accountability for a system plagued by racism that facilitates the oppression of minorities. By Hiba Chihab

VANCOUVER -- One of the first Indigenous women to join the RCMP in Manitoba is the lead plaintiff in a proposed class-action lawsuit that alleges systemic racism within the force. By Brenna Owen Photo Credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand