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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.2 }/ P1 A4 |# `- o# y/ M9 A
3 j$ R0 K$ D5 zThe 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.( X% R" ?+ \$ ~. K
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Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.) R) d3 J+ y$ z$ ^% m+ q8 t- Z9 _
; p' _& U, O1 d( h8 LIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.5 h8 |2 h0 E) Y9 s
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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.
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Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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