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Alberta loses 16,000 jobs, still has best unemployment rate in Canada$ z7 k5 u; _% P7 m6 g& b
Last Updated: Friday, January 9, 2009 | 10:54 AM MT Comments1Recommend3
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9 @1 r% T8 j) w* ~, N+ OAlberta was the only province in Canada in December to see a big decline in the number of full time jobs, but its unemployment rate is still the lowest in Canada, according to figures released Friday by Statistics Canada.
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Alberta lost nearly 16,000 full time jobs in December, the agency said.$ y+ j1 K+ A2 V
7 d) h, C( F9 ?% k( @. V/ {The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Alberta was 4.1 per cent in December, compared to 3.4 per cent in November., L' i; u5 V9 E" h$ b! E
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The national jobless rate sat at 6.6 per cent in December. Overall, Canada lost 71,000 full time jobs in December, a loss that was partially off-set by an increase of 36,000 part time jobs.6 b9 U1 I& b& b9 B, g
+ ~4 v) Y0 ^8 s3 zThe unemployment rates were 3.6 per cent in Edmonton and 3.9 per cent in Calgary. Both numbers are seasonally adjusted and based on three-month moving averages.
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4 L8 |6 {) p8 O- t- vIn 2008, Saskatchewan registered the strongest employment growth in the country — 3.1 per cent.
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/ g+ c5 G* [( _Alberta and Manitoba, with growth rates of 1.3 per cent and 1.7 per cent, respectively, joined Saskatchewan as the only provinces with employment growth above the national average of 0.6 per cent in 2008. |
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