More People Working Locally

Friday, February 04, 2011 11:42 AM

Prince George, B.C. - The local unemployment rate saw another drop last month to 6.1-percent, according to figures released by Statistics Canada.

That's a drop of three-percentage points over Decembers 6.4-percent rate, and a remarkable turnaround when compared to last January's rate of 13-percent.

Nationally, the employment rate rose for the second consecutive mont with 69,000 people finding work across the country in January. However, the national UE rate inched up .2-percent to 7.8-percent, as more people were looking for work.

In B.C., the provincial unemployment rate rose .6-percent to 8.2-percent.

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Posted on Friday, February 04, 2011 11:42 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: PrinceGeorge on February 4 2011 1:26 PM

Good news indeed for the Prince George area!

Very positive!

Posted by: hood rich on February 4 2011 1:27 PM

Labour participation rate would give a better picture. This is incomplete info.

Posted by: mythoughts on February 4 2011 1:39 PM

Don't forget, there are 2 sawmills and a planner mill that are still shutdown - Rustad and the Winton Global sawmill & their planner. Many are not working and many of those that are working are not making even half the money they made before. It's too bad those companies aren't paying severance or at the very least letting the employees know what is happening and if they will ever have their jobs back. The employees can't move on until they do.

Posted by: He spoke on February 4 2011 2:08 PM

Well, my thoughts. one must be pretty naive to be waiting for those two sawmills to call the workers back. In reality, if I were in that position, I would be looking to either upgrade myself or find a reasonable paying job, instead of putting your life on hold.

The average person changes their occupation 8 times in their carreer. A long term employee is now ten years. Gone are the days of clocking in 40 years with one company. So, the reality is, do the best that you can to stay with that company, if the company don't show signs of appreciating this effort, than move on. In return, give the employees what they need to get the job done safely, and reward those that deserve them, but the company is not in the business to employ people, it is in the business to make money by employing people.

Posted by: DPJ on February 4 2011 6:39 PM

with delivering food for a local restaurant, I can tell how the economy is by the amount and value of food ordered. This last January has been the busiest month per delivery day ever in my 7 years of working in this job. The economy has definetely improved dramatically over the past year. Looks like the good times will continue for a few years considering the aisian markets are hungry for B.C. resources.

Posted by: mythoughts on February 5 2011 8:03 AM

He Spoke, that may be true for the young ones, but my husband was employeed in one of those mills for over 30 years and only a few years away from retirement and a pension. Many of his coworkers are in the same boat and most, including my husband, don't have their grade 12. No one will hire them. Their too old & uneducated. My husband has had several jobs since the mill closed, all low paying and none are permanent. He has been a sawmill worker all his life and doesn't know anything else. If the mills are not going to open, then honour the contract and pay the guys severance.