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)
Louise Arbour has been named as Canada's next governor general to replace Mary Simon, who was appointed to the role in 2021 on the advice of former prime minister Justin Trudeau. She is expected to formally assume the role in a ceremony in early June.
Homicide investigators say a deadly daylight shooting at a business in Surrey, B.C., on Monday afternoon is believed to have been a "targeted incident."
A man accused of murder in a fatal Vancouver stabbing on a café patio more than three years ago was in an "unmedicated psychotic state" that impaired his ability to understand the consequences of his actions, his lawyer argued on Tuesday.
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has vowed to block the opening of a planned overdose prevention site in the city's downtown, promising to "use all tools available" in trying to do so.
Premier David Eby says neither the RCMP nor Canada's spy agency have ever raised concerns about his cabinet or caucus, after Vancouver's ex-mayor said a minister was being investigated for collaborating with China's government.
Warm weather across British Columbia has driven electricity demand to the highest level ever seen in May.