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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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Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March./ |3 q+ R7 f; }6 ]" i
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In Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.; [8 U2 U8 D/ U% V& R8 f
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In Calgary, the unemployment rate went up slightly -- 5.1 per cent in March, compared to 5.0 per cent in February.6 j1 l8 e; a% Q/ B8 c5 y4 J
7 C, k5 s9 a* @, F! Z8 pYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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