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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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1 |& b3 x$ R: ?2 ]( c `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.% r0 Y8 |0 f; ~* h/ ^) d) U6 s
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Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.. X' n5 h; i1 [- |1 _) I- `
4 A$ p8 ^2 |. c; T4 [! FIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.: y* I, a! B0 a# I' W
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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.2 w. c' I1 s2 H$ [! K2 Z' |
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Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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