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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.) l% Q6 L: M- r1 J& \4 a3 k, m7 W
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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.8 _9 p: n; }) \# a; t
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Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March. x* I; {9 W3 S
8 C3 ]' w- x8 O, R7 J. \* I8 cIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.$ H0 M; b- U) Z
+ X1 w( Y! P# XIn Calgary, the unemployment rate went up slightly -- 5.1 per cent in March, compared to 5.0 per cent in February.* M7 X1 ]1 O4 g3 |" ~9 M$ W/ A% [+ o
N/ g& ~; P5 H TYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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