Percentage Point: Statistics Canada

Statistics Canada: Nova Scotias unemployment rate dipped half a percentage point to nine per cent between March and April, Statistics Canada reported Friday, according to The Chronicle Herald. The Labour Force Survey from Statistics Canada showed that a reduction in full-time employment among youth in Nova Scotia was offset by gains in employment among women aged 25 years and older and The unemployment rate across the country was steady at 7.2 per cent in April, about the same as in March, the agency said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.