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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 x2 p7 z- x! G+ z: r
0 k( o |! m9 k% p! ?6 y# [" j, H+ o; hThe 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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4 \7 @1 V' S! l9 }7 }! oStatistics 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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# @% r2 x6 o9 R+ y& fIn 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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Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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