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B.C. unemployment rate spikes to 11.5% as nation reports worst job losses in recent memory
By Chuck Chiang/ Glacier Syndicated
B.C. continued its historic job-market slide in April due to the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, seeing the unemployment rate spike to 11.5% in April from 7.3% the previous month, Statistics Canada said Friday. The provincial figures follow the general trend across the nation, where every province reported an unemployment rate higher than 10%.…
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May 8, 2020
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