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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., b: v& N6 {$ G. 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.' k" [8 F$ m q6 Q$ p3 `
6 j7 F+ U& i* PStatistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.( g5 l6 k. c$ z8 z: l p, ?: i X
/ d, Z) Z' h0 _/ C8 vIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.1 @9 y2 X, r7 _0 G3 H8 a! c
3 g- |5 d1 F) ~$ `1 [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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! F3 m' h& |1 i- q! @6 FYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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