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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./ q* s. q; Z: {5 I$ o
0 n* R `. w/ t- g, Y' l) IStatistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.) }! h s0 z9 _5 ~/ i
" @+ A0 V* A/ {In Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.8 f% h; _# C" R& ?( 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.$ J& b% z# ^* R1 g0 ^. i
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Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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