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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.
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7 d% b' E+ Y# o% E# v; DThe 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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* v. I2 c+ W- P+ PStatistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.( w7 O2 t/ }! C
5 b l/ i$ D+ F# eIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.; }2 d! s8 Y% R0 O U! o5 m$ k' K
% W$ O; [# V/ U# zIn 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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