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Grande Prairie region unemployment lowest in province

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

Western Alberta unemployment rate increases to 5.1 per cent

The unemployment rate for western Alberta went up last month. Statistics Canada says the economic region that houses Grande...

Western Alberta unemployment rate drops to 4.8 per cent

The western part of Alberta once again has the second lowest unemployment rate in the province. Statistics Canada says...

Western Alberta unemployment rate jumps above 5 per cent

The unemployment rate in western Alberta jumped more than half a percentage point last month. Statistics Canada says the...

Area unemployment rate second lowest in province

The economic region that houses Grande Prairie and Peace River continues to have the second lowest unemployment rate in...

Slight increase in western Alberta unemployment rate

The unemployment rate in western Alberta rose slightly last month. The rate for the region that stretches from Peace...

Western Alberta unemployment rate drops slightly

The unemployment rate in western Alberta continues to hover around where it was a year ago. It dropped 0.1...

Western Alberta unemployment rate back down to 6 per cent

After three straight months of climbs, the unemployment rate in western Alberta has dropped. Statistics Canada says the rate...

Western Alberta unemployment rate up for third month

The unemployment rate for western Alberta has increased for the third straight month. The economic region that stretches from...

Western Alberta unemployment rate jumps up

For the first time this year, the unemployment rate in western Canada has gone up. It increased 0.8 per...

Western Alberta unemployment rate still on decline

The unemployment rate in western Alberta continues to drop. It was 5.1 per cent in the region that houses...

Western Alberta unemployment rate continues to fall

The unemployment rate for western Alberta has dropped by nearly 1.5 per cent over the past year. The Banff...

Pipeline projects could improve jobless rate: Chamber chair

More pipeline projects could help improve Canada's unemployment rate. That's the idea from Cris Seppola-Podsada, chair of the Grande...

Canada’s unemployment rate hits lowest level since 2008

The unemployment rate in western Alberta dropped last month. It fell from 5.8 per cent in October to 5.6...

Western Alberta unemployment rate unchanged in October

The unemployment rate in western Alberta held steady at 5.8 per cent last month. That's one per cent less...

Western Alberta unemployment rate up slightly from July

The unemployment rate for western Alberta increased slightly last month, after falling to its lowest point in seven months...

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