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Canada lost 68,000 jobs in September as unemployment rose to 6.5%

Employment across Canada fell by 68,000 in September, a drop of 0.3%, according to Statistics Canada. The employment rate declined 0.2 percentage points to 60.6%, while the unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage points to 6.5%.