CB Unemployment Rate Up Last Month

by Bobby NockOctober 6, 2017

The latest numbers from Stats Canada show Cape Breton’s unemployment rate went up slightly last month.

The unemployment rate of 13.8 per cent is three-tenths of a percentage point higher than August.

It’s also nine-tenths of a point higher than September of last year.

Meanwhile, the national unemployment rate was unchanged last month at 6.2 percent.

That number matches the low of October 2008.

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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