CB Unemployment Up Slightly Over August

by Bobby NockOctober 7, 2022

Stats Canada says Cape Breton’s unemployment rate was 9.3 percent last month.

That compares with an August jobless rate of 9.1 percent and an unemployment rate of 11.5 percent in September of last year.

Meanwhile, the national unemployment rate fell .2 of a percentage point to 5.2 percent in September.

The federal agency says the economy created 21,000 jobs last month.

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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