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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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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.* F% P8 z& N' i) k' j
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Statistics 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.
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- R+ f, H. I2 [. V9 ?+ ]In Calgary, the unemployment rate went up slightly -- 5.1 per cent in March, compared to 5.0 per cent in February.2 z8 t; L, x/ r) b0 {6 V1 N' \3 y
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Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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