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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.& n" q0 @" C. y0 K3 g
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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.
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- h- g8 N/ `5 l# l' bStatistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March., w" f3 [) c6 Z5 {9 z* w
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In Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.5 m2 p/ _1 [5 O' O; P
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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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Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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