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CB Unemployment Rate Hits 13.3% In December

Bobby Nockby Bobby Nock

Statistics Canada says Cape Breton’s unemployment rate was 13.3 percent in December.

That’s up from 12.9 percent in November and 10.1 percent in December of last year.

Meanwhile, the national unemployment rate held steady last month at 5.8 percent.

Nova Scotia’s jobless rate for December was 6 percent.

Bobby Nock

Bobby grew up in Whycocomagh before moving to Halifax to attend university where he earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Journalism degree. After university, Bobby moved back to Cape Breton where he began working as a freelance journalist and has done work for both print media and as a broadcast journalist. As the News Director, Bobby Nock will get your day started by bringing you information that helps connect you to the community with all the latest in local news.

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