May’s jobless rate sees big jump in Lethbridge-Medicine Hat region
LETHBRIDGE, AB – The Lethbridge-Medicine Hat economic region’s unemployment rate saw a dramatic spike last month.
The jobless rate was 9.0 percent in May. That’s up from 6.8 percent in April.
The Lethbridge-Medicine Hat rate was the lowest of all the economic regions in Alberta.
Both the provincial and national economies have felt the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic over the past few months.