Nova Scotia's provincial government and the Government of Canada announced on Thursday that a joint "independent review" would take place into the mass shooting in the province that left 22 people dead and many grieving. The announcement, however, falls short of the public inquiry many victims' family members, academics, advocates and politicians were calling for. Alicia Draus reports on reaction to the decision and what the review will entail.

Canada's top soldier, Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Jonathan Vance, announced on Thursday he would be resigning from his position. He announced in a statement he would relinquish command "in the months to come." As Mike Le Couteur reports, the decision comes after the Liberal government declined to nominate Vance for the position of chairman of the Military Committee of NATO, which is the alliance's top military officer.

COVID-19 cases in Canada continue to see an uptick, and it has health officials concerned about the possibility of losing control of the virus weeks after flattening the country's curve. As Mike Drolet reports, health officials are advising long-term strategies are needed to manage outbreaks happening not just now, but in the future.

Conversion therapy is a controversial practice, seen as an attempt to remove a person's feelings of same-sex attraction or changing their gender identity, but is not seen as a medically certified form of "therapy," nor is there any scientific basis for the practice or evidence that it works. Crystal Goomansingh reports on the efforts to outlaw the practice in the United Kingdom.

As the 2020 U.S. presidential election inches closer, President Donald Trump and Republicans continue to push their "law and order" agenda - one seen as layered with issues on race - in an effort to maintain the White House and Senate, while also hoping to retake the House of Representatives. Eric Sorensen takes a look at the agenda, used previously by former president Richard Nixon to win voters, and why the context is different this year.

The Edmonton CFL football team announced it would change its name on Tuesday, removing the word "eskimo" from its name. Heather Yourex-West reports on the complicated history of the term 'eskimo,' as Edmonton's CFL team undergoes a name change.

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