By Glory Przekop

Region’s unemployment rate dips slightly

Feb 9, 2018 | 6:09 AM

Our region’s unemployment rate fell slightly in January and is now the same as the national rate.

According to Statistics Canada the area that includes Grande Prairie and stretches from Jasper to Peace River is sitting at 5.9 percent, compared to December’s 6.0 percent.

The number of jobs in Canada fell by 88,000 in January to give the labour market its steepest one-month drop in nine years.

The national rate reached a 40-year low in December at 5.8 percent but is now 5.9 percent

The January reading marked the end of a 13-month streak of job gains, however, about half of those positive numbers were within the survey’s margin of error.

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-with files from The Canadian Press