Alberta's job losses lead nation in Oct.: StatCan
Tue, 11/10/2009 - 1:25pm — awm
According to the Calgary Herald Nov 6 2009:
CALGARY - Alberta experienced the largest job losses in the country in October, according to Statistics Canada.
The federal agency reported today that employment in Alberta decreased by 15,000 last month, pushing the unemployment rate up 0.4 percentage points to 7.5 per cent. Since October 2008, Alberta's employment has fallen by 3.3 per cent or by 68,000 jobs, the steepest rate of decline among all provinces.
Nationally, following two months of moderate growth, employment decreased by 43,000 in October, all in part time. This drop pushed the unemployment rate up 0.2 percentage points to 8.6 per cent, said Statistics Canada.
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