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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.% L/ S g( F5 U$ g, u7 b
+ \" B9 T3 K1 f( o" N) U7 _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.0 G+ R/ b% \! K% T. d
! ~4 @0 {; u# nStatistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.
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8 N Y1 d7 R' I: O' h: ~/ W" dIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.7 }" e3 Z' Z! Z6 }) H
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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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_1 `% h" U( w- oYear-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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