One thing is certain, there were big job losses across all sectors of industry, including oil and gas
Across the province late last week, news media outlets dutifully reported that the unemployment rate in BC was down. Down to 4.8% in May ... down from 5.0% in April and below the 5.6% from 12 months ago. Truth to tell, I don't actually recall many in the media reporting this -- perhaps due to the Ontario provincial election that saw Kathleen Wynne's LIBERAL party decimated by the Doug Ford Conservatives. Even Kamloops own CFJC News reported, "Kamloops Un-Employment Rate Plunges to 5.9% in May". But in their brief story, comes this fact ... around 1,500 fewer people looking for work (4,400) year-over-year) dropping the unemployment rate to 5.9 per cent. It seems like only the Alaska Highway News (June 8th) however dug a little deeper. Here's what they also included in their story: "In British Columbia, employment fell by 12,000 in the month , according to Stats Canada. For the first time since May 2015, emplo...