Canada Unemployment Rate Rises to 6.8% as Alberta Jobs Fall
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Canadian employment was little changed in February and the unemployment rate jumped to a five-month high as an oil shock ripples through the economy.
Nationwide employment fell by 1,000 positions, and the jobless rate rose to 6.8 percent, the highest since September, from 6.6 percent in January, Statistics Canada said Friday in Ottawa.