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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.
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7 E3 P% ?1 E; AThe 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.$ {9 I1 o2 X" a% Z
' x/ J# @' g4 [" H* b) h, |* V2 V! P- H# `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.3 S; w( _, N. i, T5 U8 x- t
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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.6 p3 B" X/ @ h
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Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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