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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.8 ^/ z; t, W# }7 G/ `, O
, g, u5 b- T7 g, j2 TThe 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.3 T$ c6 Y# r! _( s) n& }; o+ @
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Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.
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In Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.; [7 o0 z n# \) n/ ]% T2 |9 P
$ c+ q) }6 ?* a$ X7 E& [In Calgary, the unemployment rate went up slightly -- 5.1 per cent in March, compared to 5.0 per cent in February.% K& U7 r% a! a" G7 s* t
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Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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