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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.8 I: i: v; V6 ], K
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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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6 k! @# t3 Z4 ^6 K0 mStatistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March./ x: E: _; e1 ]1 r; k% P( s. x
v$ X" ?' P& b2 H6 P& o& P$ G& |9 D: fIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.6 Y; ?. K6 Z5 o6 @. M3 t
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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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) X( A( B0 r3 p" \Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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