A quick look at Canada's May employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets):
Unemployment rate: 6.6 per cent (6.9)
Employment rate: 60.7 per cent (60.5)
Participation rate: 65.0 per cent (65.0)
Number unemployed: 1,482,400 (1,566,400)
Number working: 21,121,500 (21,033,700)
Youth (15-24 years) unemployment rate: 13.4 per cent (14.3)
Men (25 plus) unemployment rate: 5.6 per cent (5.8)
Women (25 plus) unemployment rate: 5.3 per cent (5.7)
Five British Columbia communities reached record temperature highs on Thursday as warm weather blanketed much of Western Canada.
Kenneth Law, an Ontario man accused of selling lethal substances online to people who later used them to take their own lives, has pleaded guilty to 14 counts of aiding suicide in the province.
Statistics Canada says economic growth stalled in the first quarter, leading to a second consecutive decline in real gross domestic product.
Canada’s largest redevelopment project, Oakridge Park, officially opened its doors on Thursday, transforming a major stretch of Vancouver into a sprawling destination for luxury retail, dining, art and community experiences.
The Immigration Department says more than 24,000 travel documents could be suspended by the federal government's measures to keep Ebola out of Canada.
The United States, Mexico and Canada on Thursday issued a trilateral statement on public health travel measures in the wake of the Ebola virus outbreak in parts of Africa.