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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.
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* Q! X$ p( }. ^) xStatistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.
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# i+ Q& a, C ~* Z) HIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February., N: _- F6 \( T! P/ Y
; C' b5 C: I& ?6 v/ }! ~In Calgary, the unemployment rate went up slightly -- 5.1 per cent in March, compared to 5.0 per cent in February. `8 S2 k5 R0 D f* b5 v, V. N) i
2 S3 j. E: \/ zYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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