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The number of rural Ontarians working in January dropped 2.7 per cent from recent averages as the second COVID-19 lockdown clobbered retail, food services and recreation jobs in small towns, new figures show.
About 16,000 fewer people were employed last month in small towns and rural Ontario compared to averages over the last three years, according to a report from the Rural Ontario Institute.
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“There was some backsliding in what had been a story of recovery,” said Norman Ragetlie, the institute’s executive director. “January numbers showed a drop . . . that’s pretty significant for one month, and that represents another lockdown.”
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