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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.0 ~; ]# S9 L0 D, b# {, _" w1 b
0 e! G! `9 W9 RThe 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.# A1 X% c+ q, r6 F2 M( w) x# R
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Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.
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) O* |, u$ w6 jIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.
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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.9 }) r3 e0 ~& H2 k. u1 Z* f% ]" e
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Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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