Economics

Canada sheds 18,000 jobs in April, unemployment rises

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Statistics Canada building and signs are pictured in Ottawa on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Canada’s unemployment rate rose 0.2 percentage points to 6.9 per cent in April, according to Statistics Canada.

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