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)
Veteran legislator Jason Nixon is the new cabinet minister in charge of Alberta’s money.
The Supreme Court of Canada will hear British Columbia's appeal of a ruling that found the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the provincial mineral claims regime are "inconsistent."
Surrey is set to welcome its first purpose-built on-campus student housing residence as Western Community College, Lark Group and ICT Group officially broke ground on City Centre 5, a major new development in the city’s rapidly expanding Health and Technology District.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is calling Israel's treatment of people aboard an intercepted flotilla "abominable" and "unacceptable," and says Ottawa is seeking assurances about the safety of Canadians involved.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has laid out prerequisites for a possible new oil pipeline from Alberta to the British Columbia coast after B.C. Premier David Eby warned the project would reward separatist behaviour.
Canada's foreign service cuts are disproportionately affecting positions based abroad, with those rotational positions being eliminated at three times the rate of those for Global Affairs staff based in Canada.