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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./ ^0 }: U! T5 t) d4 p& I, G8 ^
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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.* d3 E* Y$ V3 A; J/ e
' S2 d; l" }6 C( BIn 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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6 c: A( G, v7 j) z* N& T" UYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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