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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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+ L2 z$ l0 z, @4 _& Y pThe 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.# P8 T2 \& d4 f
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Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.0 {9 t$ x- ]* @5 V; r1 d' B1 p
) k0 S% p7 J7 Y& a1 ?/ JIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.
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4 R$ _1 F% k6 ]In Calgary, the unemployment rate went up slightly -- 5.1 per cent in March, compared to 5.0 per cent in February.8 H: E7 h4 _* i/ z+ ~
, i) S6 H- o0 w Y+ ~; c1 ~Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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