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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.( k, @& }. w) g5 L _4 R
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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.
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Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.3 k# a" @7 b1 }8 f2 q8 y4 R3 a
5 D3 y, O) u- ^In Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.
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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.
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Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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