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Alberta manufacturing sales hit a record $11.4 billion in September, Statistics Canada says

Factory sales in Alberta climbed 7.2% in September to $11.4 billion, the province's best month on record, Statistics Canada said. Petroleum and coal products posted the biggest gain there, up 20.0%. Across the country, manufacturing sales were basically flat at $80.2 billion, with Quebec seeing the sharpest drop among six provinces that slipped. The agency said higher prices pushed national petroleum and coal product sales up 10.0% to $11.5 billion, and it pointed to the continuing Middle East conflict as a source of pressure on refined petroleum prices.

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