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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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f6 g5 N; { p$ U% m0 I# s# FThe 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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' g5 s' \: l' ^Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March. Q {; ^: l$ w, I' w9 M
[3 I5 g, p8 o. y- \: TIn 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.9 l3 F/ y/ C9 H) ?
' Q: i/ G4 u+ r$ j1 uYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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