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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. p6 t* N" L# u! R8 P% F
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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.; e8 x! K) Y! f. b9 p- Z
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Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March., W2 t$ J- h& t; s$ r* z4 d( J
7 z/ H6 [2 o. c" ?6 {In Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.4 Q2 M, U# F* K- k1 L) G' S$ _
1 ]$ w+ ~7 k' V+ ]( `( S# `" LIn Calgary, the unemployment rate went up slightly -- 5.1 per cent in March, compared to 5.0 per cent in February.( V2 C% _, |( X! X& R
$ ~2 A U' p0 C( c; V/ ^: RYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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