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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.; k5 l/ A* n) @- @; P4 Q) `' x
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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./ p" L9 n! \7 U% u& W5 P2 y
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Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.1 ^$ k& Q. Y2 R
& c0 n( p6 h4 g6 RIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.8 ]6 c- r3 C- X. @* t
" P# p& O V- m6 ]1 k$ Z# IIn 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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Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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