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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.8 Q+ h0 x7 |+ a; e5 M3 W+ F0 g6 X
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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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+ i2 g# a8 q) s# Z3 pStatistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.5 [1 t [( ]2 R2 _: G# z
. N, E0 t% w- ~$ |+ d% D4 mIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.
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s, N( Y3 g2 \2 C1 LIn 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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