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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.) G5 x6 L8 ?. `' L( I1 t9 Y5 \
) F; O. h4 c' ?- F: AThe 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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Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.6 @* E! x0 Y1 T+ Z& E5 V z" B& t$ |
( U" {3 G; L& m+ S( V% ^In Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.
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, F) u4 h1 K, I* R4 S" VIn 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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