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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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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.' \' E& O: d3 N8 V, a* [8 y5 \+ y
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Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.
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9 ]" o. B4 D/ i3 Y+ g6 j$ h7 e/ RIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.1 ?. c& e8 T* Q) q8 a
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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.1 B6 ?$ N& }4 v r: y! p
; [. e( x& ?' Q$ rYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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