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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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! P, C+ h2 ~( i" A" I7 n0 D0 _+ B+ eThe 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.( O6 ?2 q l u+ j
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Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.
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. P- m, k$ v; K- P6 e# A6 }7 SIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.& e( o/ N& ?4 \5 y
& E$ R; _6 E" g t g+ B# e+ \In 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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7 N' a6 V, U& X% B3 MYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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