By rdnewsNOW staff and The Canadian Press

Positive jobless numbers for Red Deer area

Apr 6, 2018 | 8:21 AM

RED DEER- Stats Canada is out with unemployment numbers for March.

The Red Deer area saw a sizeable drop from 5.5% in February to 4.9% last month.

The unemployment rate for our area in March 2017 was 9.5%.

The Alberta unemployment rate dropped from from 6.7% to 6.3%.

Nationally, the economy delivered 32,300 net new jobs last month as Canada generated a rush of full-time work that helped hold the national unemployment rate at a record low of 5.8%.

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Stats Canada says the labour force produced 68,300 full-time positions, which was partially offset by a loss of part-time jobs.