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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.
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The 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.
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( Q; g7 }( f3 kStatistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.0 n9 f* `+ T+ q9 s
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In Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.
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5 ]! d+ \+ W% i9 BIn Calgary, the unemployment rate went up slightly -- 5.1 per cent in March, compared to 5.0 per cent in February. j& I9 o( J# ]) q4 {
* ~6 Z! i' J9 T! ?$ `Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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