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)
Premiers remain at odds over how best to respond to U.S. tariffs, a day after Prime Minister Mark Carney left a meeting in Washington without announcing any breakthroughs on a deal.
The Surrey Police Service says a man has been arrested after allegedly firing shots near a community police office and a SkyTrain station.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she's open to adjusting aspects of Alberta's industrial carbon pricing program, including the province's industrial carbon price.
The House of Commons immigration committee is recommending most adults eligible for birthright citizenship under the "Lost Canadians" bill fulfil similar requirements to immigrant applicants, on language, knowledge of Canadian history and security checks.
The federal jobs minister is urging the union representing striking Canada Post workers to respond to the Crown corporation's latest offers.
Fraser says it would be "unimaginable" for a federal government to steer clear of a case affecting Charter rights that will have lasting impacts and suggests the premiers' argument is "untenable."