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Alberta lost 11,000 jobs in March, a figure Statistics Canada said is the first “notable” decline in over two years.# e% H, b g0 d7 Y0 V
0 h e% B3 M; g; \0 D7 W# gThe province’s unemployment rate is still the lowest in the country -- 4.8 per cent in March, a rise of 0.3 percentage points over the February figure.; ]' |( r% f+ Y. f. U* J
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Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.
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2 n$ h; M" l% s- l: l5 ~- fIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.
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2 w( `, B: Q' z& O% t: JIn Calgary, the unemployment rate went up slightly -- 5.1 per cent in March, compared to 5.0 per cent in February.9 h! x* |5 F: J/ Q8 g
. { @+ a/ c) W, j8 j) Q+ l# [ }Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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