B.C. hit with 15,000 jobs lost in July
British Columbia suffered significant job losses in July, notably in the wholesale and retail trade sector and in scientific and technical services.
Following two months of little change, employment in B.C. declined by 15,000 last month, pushing the unemployment rate up 0.4 percentage points to 7 per cent, according to Statistics Canada.
Overall, the Canadian economy's job creation came to an abrupt end, suffering the first major reversal in almost a year with the shedding of 30,400 jobs, pushing up the national unemployment rate up by one-tenth of a point to 7.3 per cent.
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