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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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& H: r6 [6 o' g8 ~" x: H& `- |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.1 L" {2 Q! K, y* u1 e' p
' K: `2 i* Y' H0 c0 q- wStatistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.6 q5 N# q, P' P$ \. r( U
" b( c: S9 ]% p3 b( g1 V& s! `/ DIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.
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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.5 [+ n t4 n7 y2 W
% G* _3 A+ f( ]$ N1 |3 O4 uYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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