Regional unemployment rate rose almost one percent between December and January
LETHBRIDGE, AB – Jobless rates in the region rose almost a full percentage point in one month.
The latest labour force statistics have been released. In Alberta, the unemployment rate in December 2018 was 6.4%. Last month, that went up to 6.8%, according to the Statistic Canada assessment.
The change was much more drastic in the Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region.
In December of last year, the unemployment rate was listed at 4.5%.