Margaret Reddekopp who runs the Clean Shoppe in Saskatoon, a family-owned dry cleaning business that’s been around for 25 years, said she was she was forced to lay off most of her staff when the COVID-19 pandemic first hit.
Sask. s 2020 unemployment rate highest in more than 40 years: StatsCan
Saskatchewan s unemployment rate averaged 8.4 per cent in 2020, according to Statistics Canada data. It s a massive increase over the 2019 rate of just 5.6 per cent.
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Posted: Jan 27, 2021 12:16 PM CT | Last Updated: January 27
The Saskatchewan government is disputing some of the numbers found in a recent report released by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.(Stefani Langenegger/CBC)