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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.
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$ H2 R5 }* c7 tStatistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.1 `/ t! h$ R% m: u/ n% t1 w! k
8 z2 w+ U: r7 \! |9 _In Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.
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# }4 m2 x, s* X; Q7 B- `- aIn 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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Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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