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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.( O2 x( F' S" N! E) L* x2 p
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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./ ]7 N/ {' M: Y; r
$ n5 b* Q7 A8 f' ]; d+ [Statistics 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.0 A- \$ N/ E/ t7 I
) q) K/ p) |4 Y9 b6 mIn Calgary, the unemployment rate went up slightly -- 5.1 per cent in March, compared to 5.0 per cent in February.+ J% L# ?1 G* @4 ~
7 X7 [7 h: y5 a0 e- b2 [Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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