The unemployment rate in northwest Alberta rose last month, but is still down from a year ago.
The Athabasca – Grande Prairie rate sat a 3.9 per cent in March, which was up 0.2 per cent from February, but is down 0.2 per cent from March 2013.
The increase was worse province-wide, as the rate jumped to 4.9 per cent from 4.3 the month before, but sits the same as this time last year.