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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.( |# z/ O9 u5 S+ z
, |8 K# n- L3 ] {, w" N: rThe 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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: p' p* s" h6 ]. q% N% u; T) z3 ~Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.3 H1 S3 y* Y9 a! _
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In Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.6 D S) ~: m. ^2 w$ U
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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.
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/ y1 L# x5 l9 P7 q$ HYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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