ckpgcPRINCE GEORGE- The numbers out of Stats Canada this morning show the country added 378,000 jobs in September as Canadians adapted to back-to-school routines and their parents back to work. The overall gains in September brought employment to within 720,000 of pre-pandemic levels. The national unemployment rate fell to 9 per cent from 10.2 in August ,continuing its slide down from the record-high of 13.7 per cent recorded in May. BC’s jobless rate dropped to 8.4 percent last month from 10.7 in August. However, the unemployment rate in Prince George crept up to 9.9 percent last month from 9.6 the previous month .

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