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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.9 y c9 P9 m# j8 F( L( z
; T! m5 @. _! ^# h8 b7 I* ~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.4 V7 v: r4 E# ^, B6 S
' J8 v% c* v8 @* \4 h0 VStatistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.
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$ D1 l, @4 r0 [In Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.* L. {. b* n7 ?2 h! r. R
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In Calgary, the unemployment rate went up slightly -- 5.1 per cent in March, compared to 5.0 per cent in February. G( i1 M5 [# D; ?5 G2 z
' }# Z1 p; o5 B3 `) `) nYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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