Alberta lost nearly 15,000 jobs last month and its jobless rate jumped 4/10ths of a percentage point to 7.0 per cent, as the oil-related slump continued to take a toll. * {; _5 W/ |! |. @ c! l- Z
上个月阿省有1万五人丢掉饭碗。 / ]- w$ G) T$ l/ k5 ]8 E" t
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That was the biggest decline in employment among the provinces and leaves Alberta's unemployment rate at a five-year high.9 c! _) F7 ?- \5 o* T2 c
阿省是重灾区,在全国所有省中‘独占鳌头’,全国3万6人中, 阿省一个省就占1万5。但阿省人口占全国人口10%多一点。 " M! B, g5 `$ V这种情况的出现是理所当然的。
从分布看, 主要是能源大省灾情严重, 非能源大省没有多少变化。 5 Q+ Z) D2 ~$ K% o D+ O- XManitoba, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island also lost jobs, while employment in other provinces was relatively unchanged. 8 o. K, |9 K$ i; U0 y