‘Hole i in one. : JOSH LINTOTT. of Geotech Drilling in Prince George cleans up after the com- “pany did tests at the Kalum. Shell station site last week. Test results will be ~ important to Shell and station owner Giannino Pretto in helping determine what pollution i is there and who should clean it up. SARAH A ZIMMERMAN PHOTO « o . good news, it makes McIntyre nervous. .:". That’s because it.is made up of people - who have said they: are actively looking for work. “It means people are ‘either back at school or. they have taken themselves out of the la- bour market,” said McIntyre. MAZDA GRADUATE ond PDE foc crs ond $1,310 GSH (G4SDS6AAQ0)/NPV 6x srt 6S (DSSDS6M00) 07 men. PPSA and first 988, $24,798 (inchades $1,195 fre i arm 000 a $20,888/S25,998/$26, 6 GX (DANSSGACOO 95 dean Offers available fr 3, ited fi Ne ce oe per Ut fest eSSaTY. Ogainst WeOns mere inst the purchase or retail Sport GS (D5S: ); 4.9%, /S8,471/59 187, g 000, the mon ad other dealer March but there were fewer people, working "in the region’ compared. to one year ago,- ployed, it’s also down,” says McIntyre of the:” _ 4,200 people who said they weren’t working _ _ this March compared | to the: 5 600 figure of - In all, 48,900 people were listed as work- ‘WITH $4,195 DOWN PAYMENT Jobless rate still high ~ ing full time, part. time or unemployed,but looking for work last. March compared 10 46, 000 this March. And this March’s figure is a drop of 300 from February and 800 from January. being unemployed, it tells you they are at least looking. for work. Right now there are - people who aren’t even looking.” Still, McIntyre is confident the work situ- -ation will turn around as spring progresses. “We'll see activity in the ‘service indus-| — tries,” said McIntyre who also expects the . retail sector to, pick up. “Basically, this last economy here is ensuring there is $ activity throughout the winter.” “That March unemployment rate of 9. 1 per:cent, a drop from the 9.8 in February, . “means the northwest continues to lead the - province. The next highest is the Cariboo at. 6.1 per cent with B.C. itself coming in at 5.2 per cent’as an. unadjusted three month aver- age. Victoria is listed as havifig an unem- ployment rate of just 3.8 per cent, placing it almost on par with Alberta’s 3.4 per cent. - “Sometimes the unemployment rate does not tell you the whole story,” said Mcintyre. e - “At least if there were more people listed as winter we all went-to sleep. 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