The following is excerpted from the 7 October 2011 edition of Reuters Canada.

Canada created six times as many jobs as expected in September, once again outshining the United States with an economy that is humming along even as other rich nations struggle with debt and slumping confidence.

Adjusted to take account of the relative sizes of the two economies and slightly different statistical methods, Canada's stunning gain of 60,900 new jobs, reported by Statistics Canada on Friday, would be comparable to half a million new U.S. positions...

This article is available in its entirety at:

http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCATRE7961MY20111007

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