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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.: y5 T$ Y. x9 y* M+ Y! `
- S0 h0 W6 D" Z2 |0 U& vThe 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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m5 L% f2 T- G3 l. f L8 IStatistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.
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( l" v' o+ ~& ~8 MIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February., d+ D, I$ y" e8 E" D
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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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Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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