Job growth lost momentum in October amid 'tug of war' between secure and pandemic-hobbled industries

Canadian employers added 84,000 jobs in October compared with 378,000 the month before, signalling the post-lockdown momentum seen in the jobs market during the summer months may be coming to an end. Unemployment remained virtually unchanged, slipping to 8.9 per cent last month from nine per cent in September. That is the lowest it has been since the pandemic high of 13.7 per cent in May, which captured the effects of a...