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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.0 d: R; M" Z# k3 @$ _! S; g
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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.
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Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.2 A, t( E6 T* e7 k/ J
( Q& a" t/ i/ a7 R0 F xIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.; U. v6 k! G6 _: Q1 w: o3 z
4 W6 `5 M8 C" W1 K; x3 i IIn 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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9 H7 K; e/ s% W9 u* e+ u# n2 lYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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