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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.- W! G! D. X% n' X* O# J w, ?
1 f$ E8 ^: C8 L# U. z& I) IThe 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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9 q) g6 ~8 u' nStatistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.7 j1 M! V9 [+ j7 h* y" B
/ }6 A# }- ~6 R5 ~- ?# ? JIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.% x" p& f1 s4 F) z
( Q: J. \) D4 C- `7 U0 eIn 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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1 j# {$ R a' SYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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