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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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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., x. N" B* u; W: C6 ~ `
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Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.# q# M8 r: k0 g
- `) g K$ {9 V1 IIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.2 v/ ~! C8 | d! Q" n
8 ` s. }6 l, [) U3 @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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