joblessA decrease in the year to year unemployment rate for the North Bay area.  Stats Canada says the jobless figure last month was 5.6 per cent.  That’s lower by 1.3 per cent than July of last year but the difference is not deemed to be statistically signifigant. The stats include information compiled from North Bay, Callander, East Ferris and Bonfield.  In the northeast, the rate is up from 6.9 per cent 12 months ago to 7.7 per cent last month. 

The .8 per cent difference is not deemed to be statistically signifigant.