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BlackburnNews.com imageUnlike the national and provincial unemployment rates, which both went up in February, the Stratford-to-Bruce Peninsula region saw slight decrease.
The jobless rate went from 5.7% to 5.6%.
Local employment saw a net gain of 500 jobs in both full-time and part-time between January and February. The highest gains were in educational services, health care and social assistance.
The Four County Labour Market Planning Board is reporting an upward trend of full-time employment since November 2015.
Cold weather warnings are issued whenever the temperature dips to -15 C or colder.
Windsor police are looking for a suspect who assaulted a driver following a road rage incident in South Windsor on Sunday.
The City of Windsor has added 24 shelter beds at emergency shelters as the community continues to face extreme cold temperatures.
Some American forecasters call the system, stretching across much of the continental U.S., "a generational storm."
Windsor Police are making a plea to the public to help them find a suspect in an ongoing fraud investigation.
Essex County OPP are asking for help identifying a person of interest in a shoplifting investigation.
