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)
Police in the Fraser Valley say an officer had to break the window of a van to shut off the vehicle after a 14-year-old autistic girl gained access and crashed into multiple obstacles while trying to keep driving.
The federal Conservatives are proposing a trio of employment insurance reforms they argue would make parental leaves more flexible for modern families.
More than two-thirds of Canadians support banning access to social media and AI chatbots for children under 16, a new poll indicates.
Prime Minister Mark Carney said he will consult with an independent advisory board set up under former prime minister Justin Trudeau before he moves to fill a growing list of Senate vacancies.
The federal privacy watchdog says there have been more than 42,000 breaches at the Canada Revenue Agency since 2020 as a result of people gaining unauthorized access to, or modifying, taxpayer information.
Two Canadians who disembarked a cruise ship that's been hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak are in Ontario and have been isolating since they returned home, the province's health minister says.