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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.% e- J0 e8 J& y8 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., t$ ]6 T# \& W! H: V
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Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.4 F9 c$ b8 V' L! H
% O# F0 M0 p5 T2 z, V3 @8 N1 k; NIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.' d6 h! e5 f7 |$ w7 o9 C, u1 F
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* Y. g0 I* @6 `" F8 mYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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