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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.- r* u' [1 H# i! Q& Q7 i( I- T
! ]: V" [3 [$ U" j0 r; p- @+ Q2 _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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7 @% ~& k* U: _, e0 r1 d3 s" h sStatistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.
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+ C9 m2 Y( T2 b1 u5 JIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February., e9 [9 r% b* Q( W1 m% Y
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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.* ~) I5 ?+ A: u, a8 b/ e4 W
2 Z) @/ i. t5 _8 sYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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