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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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4 A# O3 q" p/ F2 `' {1 t# ^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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) s6 Y0 a6 b* x" T/ {9 y1 Y. `Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.
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& B4 O5 o; }% t: [% a XIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.
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5 s6 P% G/ [0 r. R2 cIn 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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) l. O+ I$ y# yYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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