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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.) ^6 B# @7 g$ j$ F0 T5 B0 q- i8 o
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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.& v' x ^7 B& P3 u; }# E
4 @3 X. u! W2 y9 Y7 \) @. kStatistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.
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9 W& E0 ^( O; B8 X6 s% ?In Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.6 f" c7 }' e1 q# T! t6 w
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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. l8 v/ y/ [2 G$ n" S
1 Q6 G) v- H* i, {$ XYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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