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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.* ]% y' X p% v0 p+ Y2 ^' C2 r
2 ^. u9 |% y( Y% ]. K; _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.# E9 w( J8 Z. J! q8 e6 m# b+ A
. I% Z4 a* J; t1 GStatistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.
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0 r4 ^& l9 e5 K( KIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.! ]8 M* p6 W! b
! l$ ^* p* ?6 YIn Calgary, the unemployment rate went up slightly -- 5.1 per cent in March, compared to 5.0 per cent in February.3 x; ?& T$ Q5 W# s+ O
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Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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