Manitoba unemployment rate up, By Paul Turenne, Sun Media, 10th July 2009

http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/manitoba/2009/07/10/10090896.html

Manitoba's unemployment rate rose in June as the province lost nearly 2,000 jobs during the month.

However, the number of full-time jobs in the province continues to grow.

Labour statistics released this morning by Stats Canada show that there were 495,600 full-time jobs in Manitoba in June, which is 100 more than there were in May and almost 6,000 more than there were in June 2008.

Part-time jobs are being shed in the province though. This morning's stats show a decline of 2,100 part-time positions from May to June 2009, and an overall decline of 8,000 over the past year.

Manitoba's unemployment rate was 5.2% in June, up from 4.9% in May and from 4.2% last June.

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