Owen Sound Owen Sound Sun Times

Region’s unemployment rate still the second lowest in province

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The region’s unemployment rate fell 0.5 percentage points to 3.8 per cent in October and remains the second lowest in the province. Provincially, unemployment was at 7.2 per cent last month — both figures are unadjusted for seasonality. In October, the region’s overall population increased by 400 but the labour force size decreased by 2,500 […]

London Free Press Unemployment

London unemployment rate holds steady, even as more jobs created

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The London area added 1,400 new jobs in October, the second straight month of employment gains for the region, Statistics Canada reported Friday. Despite the gains, which followed an abysmal summer in which London shed about 7,300 positions, the jobless rate for the region was unchanged from September’s 6.4 per cent. That’s the result of […]

London Free Press Unemployment

London jobless rate improves slightly with small job gains after months of losses

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London’s unemployment rate went down in September by the slightest of margins thanks to modest job gains that helped break a three-month streak of losses. The London area, which also takes in Strathroy, St. Thomas and portions of Elgin and Middlesex counties, added 700 new jobs last month, Statistics Canada reported Friday. That helped bring […]

London Free Press

A snapshot of London’s economy – the good, and the bad

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London’s economic development agencies are reporting job and employment growth in the city, just as the Conference Board of Canada says employment and economic performance are stagnant. The city’s major economic officials have submitted their annual reports to city hall, offering a snapshot of the diversity of the work being done here to support industry. […]