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   Number of EI claimants falls for second straight month   
      
      
   October 27, 2009   
      
      
   OTTAWA -- The number of people collecting regular employment insurance   
   benefits fell 2.4% in August, with decreases occurring in nearly all   
   provinces, Statistics Canada reported Tuesday.   
      
   The decline of 19,100 claimants was the second consecutive monthly   
   reduction, having fallen 3.8% in July, the first decrease in 11 months.   
      
   On a yearly basis, however, the number of claimants stood at 763,200 in   
   August, up 52.5% from October 2008, the federal agency said.   
      
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