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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., G# I' R2 Q$ [/ \
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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.: }7 r' f7 C" t( {
8 p- P {$ r6 SStatistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March." H* y* b( J% A7 q3 p/ g
4 E6 A3 T8 L, f! F7 bIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.
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( y9 {3 ^$ @ eIn Calgary, the unemployment rate went up slightly -- 5.1 per cent in March, compared to 5.0 per cent in February.4 L5 ~: B$ |6 ~2 \( r
1 H. x) t6 K7 u7 tYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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