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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, v5 n1 t5 I7 K2 a K
" i2 @0 @! k6 [5 Y" m) L( n+ A* a3 ^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.5 M7 b, \/ b) o, Z* K; D& P
D& m9 b( M, P/ U0 Z0 K/ R% |Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.4 k5 \6 @# h6 b
Y& z/ G* T D7 D9 z2 m% w" ~In Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.) O$ h$ l0 |( P3 |7 z
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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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0 i# }" k, e9 I0 _Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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