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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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8 P; D4 q& K5 s- wThe 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." ^! _; P6 l- M2 p6 g
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Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.
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, s& D7 q( [! f" \% mIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.- t$ `% j' s$ @5 u, Z
9 N1 [+ G' y1 H4 cIn Calgary, the unemployment rate went up slightly -- 5.1 per cent in March, compared to 5.0 per cent in February.9 I! a+ {. M% J% Q! n6 t$ r
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Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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