by Cape Breton’s unemployment rate went down slightly last month. The three-month moving average from May was 16.3%– three tenths of a percentage point below April and 1.2% below May of last year. Unemployment numbers also went down provincially last month, when Nova Scotia recorded a seasonally adjusted figure of 8.8%– down from 9.3 in April. Nationally, unemployment stayed steady at 6.8% for the fourth straight month. The country saw 59,800 net new jobs in May, though Stats Canada says that the jobless figure remained the same because more people entered the workforce. Last month’s job gains offset losses in April, though the numbers come after Statscan said last week that the economy had contracted at an annualized rate of 0.6 percent in the first quarter of 2015.
Dave Desveaux
Dave Desveaux, a native of New Waterford leverages his experience and passion for research in The Coast 89.7 Newsroom where as the Weekday Newscaster. His foray into radio began with a research position at The Coast, which led to the production of a radio documentary on the music of the Mi’kmaq people. The program, entitled “First Nations, First Music” was co-produced with fellow Coast personality Ron Neville and released in early 2011. A graduate of Breton Education Centre, Dave went on to get a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Sociology from Cape Breton University, as well as a Master of Arts Degree in Sociology from Dalhousie University. He has worked as a teaching assistant at Dalhousie, and in various short-term customer service and research positions.
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