A quick look at Canada's November employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets):
Unemployment rate: 6.5 per cent (6.9)
Employment rate: 60.9 per cent (60.8)
Participation rate: 65.1 per cent (65.3)
Number unemployed: 1,477,800 (1,557,300)
Number working: 21,135,500 (21,081,900)
Youth (15-24 years) unemployment rate: 12.8 per cent (14.1)
Men (25 plus) unemployment rate: 5.6 per cent (5.9)
Women (25 plus) unemployment rate: 5.4 per cent (5.5)
Toronto police say eight people have been arrested after they allegedly broke into the office of a member of Parliament and refused to leave as part of a protest Thursday morning.
Mail delivery is set to resume on a limited basis after the union representing Canada Post employees announced it would transition from a countrywide strike to rotating stoppages starting Saturday morning.
British Columbia's Conservation Officer Service is warning residents after a bear attack this week in the Squamish area north of Vancouver.
A Liberal MP is warning a Senate committee studying changes to the Indian Act that it might end up doing more harm than good if it pursues changes to the Indian Act that were never endorsed by MPs.
The City of Surrey is proud to announce the members of the advisory board for the inaugural Surrey Sports Hall of Fame.
Charges have been laid against a man in relation to a hit-and-run in Prince George, B.C., that killed one cyclist and injured another who had been training for a local police and cancer fundraising event.