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VANCOUVER — Lawyers for Meng Wanzhou allege Canada's national spy agency was in on a plan for border officers to detain the Huawei executive for hours before her arrest and was mindful of the case's political implications.

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:01 p.m. on June 12, 2020: There are 97,943 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

While politicians demanded answers Friday after watching video of the violent arrest of a prominent northern Alberta First Nations chief, the province's top Mountie walked back his suggestion that the RCMP has no systemic racism.

CALGARY — Restaurateur Leslie Echino laughs at the notion that even as Alberta lifts many more COVID-19 restrictions her business could return to anywhere close to normal.

WINNIPEG — Police are defending the actions of officers who kneed and kicked a man while arresting him and are reaching out to Indigenous leaders to discuss what happened.

Canada's oldest journalism school is promising to address systemic racism within its walls following a call to action from current and former students.

OTTAWA — One of Canada's preeminent infectious disease experts says he is confident a vaccine for COVID-19 will be ready in months, not years. Dr.

OTTAWA — A drive to make the RCMP's workforce more diverse stalled last year as the Mounties struggled to become fully representative of the communities they police, newly available statistics show.

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. acknowledged a lack of diversity in its ranks and its role in past acts of racism on Friday as it pledged to overhaul how it does business.

MONTREAL — An Ontario woman visiting Montreal last year says she was arrested, injured by police and then, hours later, sexually assaulted by an off-duty officer in her hotel room.