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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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H7 ]& m7 t$ W3 `$ O! D5 aThe 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.) S7 }. q( L" J! E6 x
! U8 E0 ~4 U' q( P4 _5 OIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.+ @' |7 q. x7 S! {
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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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6 t) ?& v5 ~8 G5 z0 C' E* NYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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