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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.! G0 C( _9 }9 _: ]5 R1 d* Y. p
0 D8 Q; k+ C4 W6 T. OThe 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.1 ?0 i1 X; e+ \8 z! M
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Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.+ p4 b4 _1 O X4 ^5 a9 A
7 e( ^ D, Q# K3 z" lIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.
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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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1 a2 w/ J) \ ?Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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