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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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. t! }! l! @/ 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.( J9 B/ s" _ Z. N; d! x
: ~* r( Z {6 X$ g+ ^2 Y# |Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.
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7 F) N* T/ I8 ~' m3 hIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.* O5 E. V& o9 s/ y/ C3 T T# @! h
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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.! Y4 U! l' q! e% x! l* ~# o& u
# ^7 F8 x$ G$ d. _1 VYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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