OTTAWA – Canada’s national unemployment rate was 7.0 per cent in October. Here’s what happened provincially (previous month in brackets):
_ Newfoundland and Labrador 14.9 per cent (13.6)
_ Prince Edward Island 11.7 (10.8)
_ Nova Scotia 7.6 (8.1)
_ New Brunswick 10.0 (9.3)
_ Quebec 6.8 (6.9)
_ Ontario 6.4 (6.6)
_ Manitoba 6.4 (6.4)
_ Saskatchewan 6.9 (6.8)
_ Alberta 8.5 (8.5)
_ British Columbia 6.2 (5.7)
