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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., R0 G, c$ M; @& H( @6 c
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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.' h( e u W6 l+ @3 l
0 z7 o- S0 U$ j% m* eStatistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.
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" U% ]2 O$ {3 A, M, W8 @) @$ D: c6 H4 T* DIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.
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. p- o: a6 R0 MIn Calgary, the unemployment rate went up slightly -- 5.1 per cent in March, compared to 5.0 per cent in February.7 r7 W, t- V+ x( n: m; {; T
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Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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