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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., [! v* X6 _- f) y
. l( i0 I" H _- R2 T' zThe 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.0 u2 R: Z8 D( O4 s$ D/ Z
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Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.# O) _" Y2 f( D7 X1 I% H
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In Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February. K7 g% r+ ~7 x* X( h8 I/ d
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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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Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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