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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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$ L3 E2 W z3 Y6 g% Q/ C- ~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.# Z! U/ k- G) ~. ~5 N2 Z
6 X r8 Q, v& j8 C8 S; c% L d, p7 x- t/ gStatistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.
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In Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.
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5 A3 X3 k8 d4 P9 i( l/ N6 U- R+ @: @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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Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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