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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.1 z$ }; ~& s6 s, e) t" o* \- _
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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.( d# {; b6 }2 |9 k- o; V
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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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# x. P7 N# b; c! j) qIn 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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w" b4 `9 ~+ z4 o! ~3 |, {7 v; AYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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