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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.2 G- `6 Q/ O! n E& z5 O" B
: n$ O w% `7 r) ]. y+ O0 J( CThe 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.: o! H9 k% _) G
5 N: j( ~. D0 p1 f0 H+ G {Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March. R6 v2 s4 m1 O9 l" M7 N2 ^
6 z/ [, s) z5 g4 z8 ^3 WIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.. W8 f( ~! q# v( |% u
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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.
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, z# B0 n, n! H4 @Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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