By Brian Konrad

Unemployment rate falls in city and region in May

Jun 8, 2018 | 8:58 AM

Medicine Hat, AB. – Unemployment continues to fall in Medicine Hat and also within the Medicine Hat and Lethbridge region.
 
Stats Canada says the rate for the city last month was 5.1 per cent.  A year ago it was 6.2 per cent.  The rate for April this year was 6.7 per cent – but Stats Canada cautions against month to month comparisons because of a small sample size.
 
Regionally, the unemployment rate was 5.2 per cent , down from 6 per cent in April.

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Alberta’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.2 per cent.  It had been 6.7 per cent in April.