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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.# O) {; Q9 c* U, q) I: \' `, Y& i
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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.* U/ T( J; f; k" S2 d, h& M
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Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.: h1 Z/ } c' ]
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In Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.$ _6 i' m: n- @8 o0 p5 M$ `
2 x. S5 u( m p) k9 N/ nIn Calgary, the unemployment rate went up slightly -- 5.1 per cent in March, compared to 5.0 per cent in February.
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Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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