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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.4 z. N! R0 C7 ^5 n6 P K
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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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( A- }' |0 v6 s/ n3 w, s. z8 ~Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March., N- z5 q% u* g( K
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In Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.
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* g$ O( d/ T7 N2 E+ xIn 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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