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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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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.' x" g/ h9 l7 Y: e) r% G1 b1 ~
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Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.- i( @) c! j \) H5 ?+ E; {8 t
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In Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.5 B, g( g9 x( J
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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.
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. D* s. b4 U6 \( U' b8 @- IYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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