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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.# K- b A- o% ^! O S! |7 C
6 ~8 [- x# n7 A0 m4 g' H: FThe 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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5 I; ^; C$ \- L( _9 \" Y8 P$ sStatistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.6 J8 z9 X; b9 W- X# Q
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In Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.
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8 u- I! q, w/ _9 }' YIn 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 H4 N8 g5 T+ b& P; LYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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