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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.
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6 S0 ]4 e8 t+ k6 |7 R) [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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- k% }; U6 d( O' ]% e. m* q. rStatistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.' D8 ?) a$ I. |( q4 c+ P# v, F
8 T$ E5 y- h# h4 v4 c8 Y1 rIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.' _5 A# H# Q$ V4 V: ]% v5 R
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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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