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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.5 |' l; \9 d5 t9 U* o
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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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; Z9 W" G8 v, {/ e% IStatistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.. t( p- | L$ i5 ]
9 n2 L/ i- U& ` kIn 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.& T6 ^$ h1 y: {3 B$ ~
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Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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