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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.1 v; r" d" w4 S: Y
6 N$ [& N k: }) p5 f- q; X- Y2 x6 JThe 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. D1 k) P" p4 E( |. Q2 h
5 Z$ `/ X+ W2 K PStatistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.
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x. X" k# V4 L/ H6 V4 LIn 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.
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) m# p& B' i q; e! A8 ^Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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