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Canada's unemployment rate ticks up to 6.9% in April — Canada's unemployment rate ticked up to 6.9 per cent in April, up from 6.7 per cent the month before, Statistics Canada said on Friday. More to come. ...

Canada's unemployment rate ticked up to 6.9 per cent in April, up from 6.7 per cent the month before, Statistics Canada said on Friday.

More to come.

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