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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.. J; b0 U, k- N+ d5 S0 G
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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./ x l8 F/ A8 s1 G3 E5 }
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Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.4 M7 e b1 x* q Z Y7 w. Z
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In Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.6 T' \8 @* Z& n1 D _
+ h* _# z* s5 f! U9 H9 W+ E4 ]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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