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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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! @* z' R$ T% \1 a! mThe 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.
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Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.
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, O! h# k3 x' R1 IIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February. v% B8 T* p# X( r3 j; ?$ N
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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." `, [5 E% {7 s9 g7 ~
4 k! `6 {8 ^2 `. CYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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