Unemployment Nears 14 Percent
By 250 News
Friday, January 08, 2010 08:58 AM
Prince George, B.C.- The latest unemployment numbers show a near doubling of jobless compared to December of 2008. The rate last month in Prince George was 13.6 %.
The Cariboo region saw a similar jump, moving up to 12% from the 5.6% it had been the same month a year ago.
The Provincial numbers climbed to 8.4% up from 5.3% and the national rate was 8.5% up from 6.6% in December of 2008.
Job losses in the forest industry are being blamed for the increase in the Prince George and Cariboo region.
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