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Unemployment rate rises to 7.0 % as more people join the labour market in search of work.

The August job numbers are out. Statistics Canada reports that 54,000 full time new jobs were added but they were largely matched by a loss of 42,000 part time jobs. The net result was to bump up the national unemployment … Continue reading

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