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Local unemployment dips

Statistics Canada says the local unemployment rate fell to 9.5 per cent in May, down from 10.1 per cent in May.

Statistics Canada says the local unemployment rate fell to 9.5 per cent in May, down from 10.1 per cent in May.

However, it’s still higher than at the same time last year, when it sat at 8.3 per cent.

It was also higher than the provincial rate of 7.6 per cent and the national rate of 7.4 per cent, which both declined slightly. The latter was the lowest since January 2009.

The figures cover East and West Kootenay.



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