Year-over-year unemployment rate rises in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS — Bad news on the unemployment front in Kamloops.
Fresh numbers from Statistics Canada show the year-over-year unemployment rate rose to 9.2 per cent in September, up from 6.5 per cent in September 2016.
“That represents 6,100 people unemployed this September compared to 4,400 last year,” says Labour Analyst Vincent Ferrao. “There were 60,400 pepole working in September and a year ago there were 62,800.”
Looking at the Thompson-Okanagan region as a whole, Ferrao says there were fewer people working in manufacturing, professional, scientific and technical services along with accommodation and food services.