CANADA STOCKS-TSX rises as jobs help offset mining retreat

By Solarina Ho TORONTO, March 7 (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index rose on Friday following better-than-expected U.S. jobs data, with gains in energy stocks offsetting a decline in mining. U.S. jobs growth picked up sharply in February despite an unusually cold winter, with 175,000 new jobs created, compared with a loss of 7,000 in Canada. Sentiment in Canada is often influenced by news out of the United States, the country's largest trading partner. "The U.S. jobs number was t