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Miami Dolphins to lose two draft picks; owner suspended for tampering
FILE - Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross gestures at the end of an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons, on Oct. 24, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Fla. The NFL has suspended Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross and fined him $1.5 million for tampering with Tom Brady and Sean Payton following a six-month investigation stemming from Brian Flores' racial discrimination lawsuit against the league. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, FIle)
opinion
Tech against discrimination: The importance of diverse design
Karima-Catherine Goundiam
sports
Denver Broncos add Condoleezza Rice to ownership group
FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Secretary of State and Augusta National member Condoleezza Rice looks on during the during the Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, U.S., April 3, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
opinion
The problems with the federal data-privacy bill will disproportionately hurt marginalized Canadians
Erica Ifill
u.s. politics
Biden to sign executive orders seeking to counter state actions he sees as anti-LGBTQ
President Joe Biden speaks during the opening plenary session of the Summit of the Americas, Thursday, June 9, 2022, in Los Angeles. Biden announced the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity last week as he kicked off the summit, which gathered leaders from 21 countries across the Western Hemisphere, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Evan Vucci
canada
Indigenous leaders to study racism linked to status card use at banks, retailers
Judy Wilson, Chief of Neskonlith Indian Band and Executive Member of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, speaks during a news conference on the impact of Bill C-58 on Indigenous communities, in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on December 4, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
report on business
Former executive sues CIBC for $1-million over sexual, racial discrimination
FILE PHOTO: The new Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) logo is seen on a building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 27, 2021. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
world
WHO says no evidence monkeypox virus has mutated
FILE PHOTO: Maria Van Kerkhove, Head a.i. Emerging Diseases and Zoonosis at the World Health Organization (WHO), looks on during a news conference after a meeting of the Emergency Committee on the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Geneva, Switzerland January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
world
Disturbing footage shows aftermath of Al Jazeera reporter’s death during Israeli raid
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baseball
Rachel Balkovec to manage first game with Class A Tampa
Tampa Tarpons manager Rachel Balkovec, right, chats in the dugout with center fielder Jasson Dominguez, while making her debut as a minor league manager of the Tarpons, a Single-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, before a baseball game against the Lakeland Flying Tigers, Friday, April 8, 2022, in Lakeland, Fla. Balkovic is the first female to manage a professional baseball team. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
football
Six state AGs warn NFL to fix ‘hostile’ workplace culture
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell answers questions from reporters at a press conference following the close of the NFL owner's meeting, Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at The Breakers resort in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
hockey
Independent committee finds racism, discrimination in Greater Toronto Hockey League
The Greater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL) logo is shown in this undated handout photo. Canada's largest minor hockey association has postponed all competitive games until Thursday, effectively suspending play until the new year. The Greater Toronto Hockey League says the decision is in response to public health concerns amid surging rates of COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, GTHL *MANDATORY CREDIT*
politics
Proposed class action alleges Ottawa failed to protect female prison employees from harassment, discrimination, assault
Patches are seen on the arm and shoulder of a corrections officer in the segregation unit at the Fraser Valley Institution for Women during a media tour, in Abbotsford, B.C., on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017. Correctional Service Canada says three inmates at Fraser Valley Institution recently tested positive for COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
canada
Experts question Tory MP’s bill to protect political belief in Human Rights Act
Conservative MP Garnett Genuis's new private member's bill looks to add political belief and activity to the Canadian Human Rights Act as grounds of discrimination. Human-Rights-Legislation Conservative MP Garnett Genius rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, April 16, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
sports
Russians face more sports sanctions, but not at Paralympics
BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 03: A general view of athletes warming up during a Russian Paralympic Committee Para Ice Hockey training session at National Indoor Stadium on March 03, 2022 in Beijing, China. The International Paralympic Committee announced last night that the RPC and NPC Belarus will participate as neutrals under the Paralympic flag and will not be included in the medal table at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
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How Black porters made Canada a fairer place
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How to lead in a crisis? Communication is everything
Businesswoman, wearing a mask, standing at distance and talking to a colleague
opinion
Why speak up against Bill 21? Because it’s wrong
Marcus Gee
politics
Jagmeet Singh would back Ottawa intervening in court challenge to Quebec’s Bill 21
New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh responds to a question during a news conference in Ottawa on December 7, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
canada
Federal leaders remember sacrifices, injustices endured by Indigenous veterans
Sgt. Michael Wilson, left, husband of Tsleil-Waututh Chief Leah George-Wilson, a U.S. Army veteran from New Convert, Ala., who served in the Gulf War stands beside Pfc. Celina Dorame, a Tsleil-Waututh Nation member who was born in California and served with the U.S. Army, wearing blankets as they listen during a ceremony held by the First Nation to mark Indigenous Veterans Day, in North Vancouver, B.C., Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. Veterans Affairs Canada estimates that more than 12,000 First Nations, Inuit and Metis served during the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
politics
Significant number of Canadians experience discrimination because of race, ethnic background, says survey
More than a hundred people participating in a roving protest against racism briefly stop traffic and shut down an intersection on Main Street, in Vancouver, on Sunday, June 21, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
canada
Human-rights adjudicator can’t decide workplace discrimination complaint, Supreme Court says
The flag of the Supreme Court of Canada flies outside the building following a ceremony in Ottawa, Monday March 15, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
canada
Nova Scotia’s top court finds systemic discrimination of people with disabilities
Beth MacLean, the woman at the centre of a human rights case dealing with persons with disabilities and their attempts to move out of institutions, testifies at the inquiry in Halifax on Tuesday, March 6, 2018. Nova Scotia's highest court has issued a landmark decision finding there is systemic discrimination against people with disabilities seeking services and housing in the community. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
canada
UN asked to censure discrimination against off-reserve and non-status Indigenous People
FILE PHOTO: The logo of the United Nations is seen on the outside of the U.N. headquarters in New York, September 15, 2013. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
tokyo olympics
Multicultural Tokyo Olympic team shines light on Japan’s ongoing diversity challenges
Japan's Rui Hachimura watches while playing the men's preliminary round group C basketball match between Argentina and Japan during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama on August 1, 2021. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS COEX/AFP via Getty Images)
soccer
British women’s soccer team to take knee before matches at Tokyo Olympics, coach says
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Team GB Training - Loughborough, Britain - July 3, 2021 Team GB coach Hege Riise during training Action Images via Reuters/Craig Brough/File Photo
canada
Can racism cause schizophrenia?
opinion
Trudeau will fight discrimination against Muslims – so long as they don’t live in Quebec
Robyn Urback
british columbia
Vancouver mayor apologizes for city’s role in turning away South Asians in 1914
Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart speaks during a press conference in Vancouver on July 4, 2019. Stewart wants the B.C. government to conduct a review of policing across the province.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
u.s. politics
Biden administration restores transgender health protections in reversal of Trump-era policy
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 5: Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra speaks to the press after taking a tour of a vaccination site at Community of Hope, a community heath center, on May 5, 2021 in Washington, DC. Fudge and Becerra announced a joint-agency effort to increase access to COVID-19 testing and vaccines for disproportionately affected communities in the Unites States. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
canada
U.N. committee takes up racism complaint of N.S. Mi’kmaq fishermen against Ottawa
Members of the Sipekne'katik First Nation load lobster traps on the wharf in Saulnierville, N.S., after launching its own self-regulated fishery on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
opinion
Diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives do not belong in academia
Debra Soh
canada
CSIS asks court to throw out employee’s claim of racial discrimination
A sign for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service building is shown in Ottawa on May 14, 2013. Canada's spy agency is asking a court to toss out the claim of an employee who alleges he endured racial discrimination and physical abuse from colleagues. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
u.s. politics
Despite public outcry, U.S. states that passed anti-transgender laws face little political backlash
Protesters in support of transgender rights rally outside the Alabama State House, in Montgomery, Ala., on March 30, 2021.
canada
Evening Update: Canada accelerates plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions; Doug Ford apologizes for missteps in COVID-19 measures, pledges paid sick leave
World leaders appear on screen during a virtual Climate Summit, seen from the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 22, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
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Politics Briefing: Canada aims to cut emissions by up to 45 per cent by 2030
In this image from video world leaders participate in the White House Climate Leaders Summit via Zoom Thursday, April 22, 2021. The U.S. opened Thursday's summit, which is being held virtually by livestream because of the pandemic, with an ambitious pledge to cut by at least one-half the climate-wrecking coal and petroleum fumes that America is pumping out. (AP Photo)