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Northwestern Alberta unemployment rate up

The unemployment rate in northwestern Alberta is up.

It rose 0.2 per cent last month to 4.9, which up more than a full per cent over this time last year.

However, Canada-wide, the jobless rate is the lowest it’s been since December 2008.

It lowered 0.2 per cent as well to 6.8, after a net gain of 74,000 new jobs last month.

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Alberta overall saw its rate drop half a per cent to 4.4, which is where it sat in September 2013 as well.

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