January unemployment rate increases to 5.8%

WALKERTON – In January, the unemployment rate for the Stratford-Bruce Peninsula  Economic Region jumped to 5.8 per cent, also the biggest increase (+2 percentage points) across Ontario, after sitting at one of the lowest in the province for months. Meanwhile, the provincial unemployment increased by 0.3  percentage point to 7.2%, both unadjusted for seasonality.  In…