Local unemployment rate continues to fall
The economic region that includes Vernon and the North Okanagan saw it’s unemployment rate decline for a second straight month.
Statistics Canada reported the unadjusted unemployment rate for the Thompson-Okanagan was 4.8 per cent in June.
That was down from the rate of 5.2 per cent in May, as well as below the 5.0 per cent rate recorded in June of 2023.
The region’s unadjusted employment rate for June was recorded at 56.5 per cent.