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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.5 T$ ?3 c' @ V, M- Y1 I
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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.3 k+ N# L9 z0 L1 P
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Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.
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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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Z4 m+ I; f K& _In Calgary, the unemployment rate went up slightly -- 5.1 per cent in March, compared to 5.0 per cent in February.) h7 M0 t9 U& f9 {6 e
# N" E% k \% ~+ q2 \8 {. DYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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