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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.0 b) L9 Z5 ]% l8 ?' J& y0 L
1 ]' J0 [; {2 h6 vThe 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.! q/ g% \* l, |1 E- N
8 Q) I6 H9 N; F/ l& D; Z" }) kStatistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March./ C! Y+ w; ^- A. D* y
! }& f& V+ f2 r3 I: p% EIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.
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7 C. V# l0 D1 Y& C+ k, Y* ?: k1 qIn Calgary, the unemployment rate went up slightly -- 5.1 per cent in March, compared to 5.0 per cent in February.! D$ Z- s# u, X+ ~
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Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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