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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. ~' Y6 {# N$ _5 k' c1 u
3 B( j: H5 r6 q6 Q3 O% oThe 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.
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. J! }& A/ h3 B1 q; gIn 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.! S3 `$ K' Z- q1 W2 F3 T7 b( U0 v
1 M* p8 V, @) g* q0 ZYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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