Saskatchewan’s unemployment rate fell in September as the number of people working rose slightly.
Statistics Canada reported Friday the unemployment rate was down 0.3 percentage points to 6.4 per cent.
All jobs gains in the month were for part-time positions, with 2,900 new positions created.
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That was offset by 1,000 losses in full-time positions.
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Overall employment in the province for the month was 571,000, up 0.3 percentage points from August.
On a year-over-year basis, 2,900 more people were working last month than in September 2017.
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