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Unemployment up from December to January in Grande Prairie economic region

The economic region which includes Grande Prairie continues to report the lowest unemployment rate in Alberta in January.

According to Statistics Canada, in January 4.4 per cent of people were unemployed in the Banff – Jasper – Rocky Mountain House and Athabasca – Grande Prairie – Peace River region, which is up over a per cent from the previous month and a fraction of per cent from the same month the previous year.

Red Deer’s unemployment rate was the highest in the province to start off the year with 7.9 per cent.

The provincial unemployment rate stayed steady at 6.7 per cent seeing no change from the previous month.

Kass Patterson
Kass Patterson
Born and raised in Calgary, Kass, from a young age, developed a love for learning people's stories and being able to share them with the community (or her family, or whoever would listen). In addition to working in communities like Okotoks and Calgary, Kass has also spent her summers travelling with the World Professional Chuckwagon Association since 2019, to help provide a peek behind the barn door into the world of chuckwagon racing. Outside of work and anything horse related, Kass is a reader and an avid country music fan, and most likely can be found with the biggest cup of coffee possible.
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