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Canada protests police violence, racism in shadow of U.S. tumult

Protesters across Canada this weekend joined those south of the border in standing up against police brutality in the wake of the death of a young Black woman in Toronto.

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Canada’s National Observer landed two Canadian Association of Journalists awards this weekend — one for human rights reporting and a second for data journalism.

"At a time when governments, including the Alberta government, are rolling back environmental protections, I think this story is more important than ever," says National Observer reporter Emma McIntosh. Photo by Elizabeth Cameron.

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