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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.& u/ _, b2 h I& a& t) C
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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.8 Z- y% R) Y8 O# K9 j3 l5 w. M
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Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.: u' t2 _+ f5 k! W
8 d5 D' b. {) I; H' TIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.0 i/ K9 o6 g7 W- c- _$ y: s
! j) N5 X6 I, rIn 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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% e3 w2 Y) {8 u' R+ g! v0 }5 `+ ^Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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