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Unemployment Inches Up To 7.5%

Unemployment in London-St.Thomas is back up to where it was in September: 7.5%.

The rate inched up 1/10 of a percentage point from the October rate of 7.4%.

Nationally, joblessness continues to improve. Stats-Can reports October's rate across Canada is 6.5%, down from 6.8% and the lowest in six years. The economy generated 43,100 net new jobs in October.

The report says Ontario, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia added jobs.

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Youth volunteers practice coastal conservation

Nine young volunteers aged 11 to 17 spent three days exploring and protecting the Lake Huron coastline during the Coastal Conservation Youth Corps' inaugural program in Grand Bend from July 21 to 23.