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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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% U$ P( `: `: `4 @6 F: D4 |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.
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% I/ i' l' y) J! f7 C0 P7 rStatistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.: A! e3 s* F4 m2 d+ h
( H4 A) G+ d3 n0 S6 [In Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.
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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.' ] _, G; D: f3 V+ F# g
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Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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