National News

MONTREAL — Montreal is bracing for a transit strike that could severely disrupt bus and metro service starting Monday.

MONTREAL — A village in Quebec's Far North has lifted a state of emergency triggered by a months-long water shortage.

VANCOUVER — Seventy-one-year-old Roger Oake sat on a bench outside the Union Gospel Mission shelter in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside after breakfast.

OTTAWA — The Liberal government has introduced legislation aimed at cutting down barriers to internal trade by recognizing provincial and territorial rules at the federal level.

OTTAWA — Almost two in five Canadians say recent court rulings in the U.S., and the ongoing legal battle over President Donald Trump’s tariffs, have made them feel less confident in the future of trade relations, a new poll suggests.

OTTAWA — The national unemployment rate was 7.0 per cent in May. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities.

OTTAWA — Canada's national unemployment rate was 7.0 per cent in May. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 9.7 per cent (9.6) _ Prince Edward Island 8.

OTTAWA — A quick look at Canada's May employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 7.0 per cent (6.9) Employment rate: 60.8 per cent (60.8) Participation rate: 65.3 per cent (65.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney and Chinese Premier Li Qiang have agreed to regularize channels of communication between the two countries.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...