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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.. u$ N" I D' A, y
! N# _ _, b1 m0 _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.
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( A) n5 D R9 ^ N1 gStatistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.# {5 W, y/ A1 E( N: ^
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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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! D1 w8 H1 s. IIn Calgary, the unemployment rate went up slightly -- 5.1 per cent in March, compared to 5.0 per cent in February.* C) X/ y( }1 u- ?# T$ P, a8 X
/ n4 L8 H+ t0 c m$ _& t r3 ~Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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