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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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Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.8 O% v! n$ R2 b$ U
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In Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February./ I( @3 k* [1 h$ q/ L r. ?
" p3 v) ~. T& E( D, ~$ jIn 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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, N" U1 P; x5 |6 V( J+ X# kYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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