James: B.C.’s May job numbers offer ‘glimmer of hope’


By Jeremy Hainsworth / Glacier Media
Canada unemployment hit 13.7% in May

Canada’s May unemployment rate was 13.7 per cent, the highest recorded since comparable data became available in 1976, Statistics Canada said in numbers released June 5. In February, prior to the COVID-19 economic shutdown, the unemployment rate was 5.6 per cent, increasing to 7.8 per cent in March and 13 per cent in April.…

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June 5, 2020

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