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Friday, 10 October 2008 10:08 |
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A drop in the jobless numbers in Prince George and the Cariboo regions last month. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.2 percent from 8.7 in August. The unemployment rate in the Cariboo slipped to 6.8 percent from 7.2 . BC's overall unemployment rate climbed to 4.6 percent from 4.3 while the national rate held steady at 6.1 per cent last month. Statistics Canada is reporting the economy created 107-thousand jobs in September,with almost all of the increases in part-time work.
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