Hundreds more found jobs locally in May

While unemployment dipped slightly last month, both provincially and nationally, it inched up by .2 points in Brantford-Brant to 5.9 percent after more people joined the labour force.According to the latest estimates from Statistics Canada, the local jobless rate changed because 1,100 more people began looking for work and 800 of those individuals found a job.That was similarly seen in surrounding areas like Hamilton, St. Catharines-Niagara and Guelph.The Workforce Planning Board, which runs a