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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.- }" b$ s! x) Y
1 w l' b! x& }; j4 C4 g9 R9 bThe 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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6 v; x/ [+ c5 ]* Y' E+ B, aStatistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.
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In Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.( S# A) ~! a/ }+ q9 z
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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.+ P# |6 v# w& u7 ?# z+ S2 G! L) z
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Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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