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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.2 m7 q- Y4 B" l& r/ B
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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., y" n5 K) t0 f; _3 i& W# o9 M
" n3 t; c @; P. N0 qStatistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.4 \$ ^$ `1 m+ H' V7 v0 ?; M
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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& p& m+ G dIn Calgary, the unemployment rate went up slightly -- 5.1 per cent in March, compared to 5.0 per cent in February.2 F/ b3 y' Q; |& F0 u' }
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Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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