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By Justin Goulet/LethbridgeNewsNOW

Lethbridge-Medicine Hat’s jobless rate at 5.7% in June, lowest in Alberta

Jul 9, 2021 | 11:35 AM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – The Lethbridge-Medicine Hat economic region has the lowest unemployment rate in all of Alberta.

The latest jobless statistics have been released, and the local area’s rate was 5.7 per cent for the month of June 2021. That’s a significant drop from 7.3 per cent in May.

Unfortunately, the province-wide rate went up to 9.3 per cent last month. That’s a jump from 8.7 per cent in May.

Below is a list of each economic region in the province’s unemployment rate for June, with May’s rate listed in parenthesis:

• Red Deer: 10.2 per cent (10.2)
• Edmonton: 9.7 per cent (10.3)
• Calgary: 9.1 per cent (8.9)
• Banff-Jasper-Rocky Mountain House-Athabasca-Grande Prairie-Peace River: 8.9 per cent (9.5)
• Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake: 6.6 per cent (7.1)
• Camrose-Drumheller: 6.5 per cent (6.9)
• Lethbridge-Medicine Hat: 5.7 per cent (7.3)

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