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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.. _( z2 L4 L2 n. C% O) M
9 C- F! N& B# J9 L; |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.* |' l- O" t7 I& p+ v3 N
; e% D) f1 k. `2 e. y. aStatistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.2 L+ Z2 `# c' u6 i
& k( o9 D4 V# H6 y, FIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.1 I3 y# p6 }7 S8 Q, G9 [
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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.) n6 h% q) S- g# T. Y
# |- A/ k% {4 NYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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