Canada's economy lost 7,200 jobs in March

OTTAWA -- The economy shed 7,200 positions in March after a pair of strong monthly gains to start the year that helped the country still manage to close out its best quarter of job creation since late 2017, Statistics Canada said Friday. The agency's latest labour force survey found the unemployment rate held firm last month at 5.8 per cent. The March decline followed monthly increases of 66,800 net new jobs in January and 55,900 in February -- which was the country's best two-month start to a y