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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. N, C* {& c# J! T% {
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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.* w$ f8 q6 W4 Z) |& R: ?$ l
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Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.+ W/ B, d+ r( a* Y
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In Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.
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( Y8 R1 @: q; n( ?3 t8 lIn Calgary, the unemployment rate went up slightly -- 5.1 per cent in March, compared to 5.0 per cent in February.
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( K0 e9 t6 K, |( N3 T: mYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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