Abbotsford adds 700 jobs in August as province loses thousands

Despite many parts of the province bleeding jobs in August, Abbotsford went through a period of significant growth.
Statistics Canada revealed that 700 local jobs were added last month, bringing the city to a total of 90,100.As a result, the employment rate saw a slight bump from 61.3 to 61.5 per cent.
The local unemployment rate saw an equal change in the opposite direction, dropping from its multi-year high of 8.6 per cent to 8.4 per cent.B.C. as a whole experienced a rough August, with the pr