Saskatchewan unemployment rate highest of provinces outside Maritimes

At more than one full point above the national average, Saskatchewan has the highest unemployment rate of any province outside the Maritimes, according to new data from Statistics Canada.
That translates to more than 43,000 Saskatchewan residents — or 7.1 per cent of the provincial labour force — looking for a job but unable to find one, up from 40,600 at the same time last year.
Unemployment rate growth is typically attributable to a decline in the number of jobs — 3,000 over