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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.7 \6 E) U: C% j% Z& K0 g) |$ Z* \
* F, C1 q; h3 @, A& M0 ~, ~Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.
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1 ]/ Q' ?5 m$ C5 `1 k6 B9 vIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.; |' D- s! w3 [( s4 r3 [3 m
+ P) x! D( w: q' }4 W! V1 r* ~In 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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4 U5 P! M* G6 l; U4 X7 J5 rYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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