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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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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.' F# w! G) O) X0 {. S% U$ I/ S
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Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.' J* Q* D! z" v5 W4 c" g- n
- `6 E, I# C/ b2 u; |3 X) ?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 t7 h! y* B& t$ q# g# g2 `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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; ^7 @" F* G) l2 EYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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