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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.7 ~$ y& t$ L- y2 S4 ?3 L: n
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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.: v8 z2 x4 A) _2 L, c2 N9 z- V
d3 u8 f% u# U: fStatistics 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.4 [ }1 K3 ?, [5 L
7 w0 X9 W" s0 \& x8 J4 `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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