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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.6 M3 F) N4 L9 ~) Z9 G% d
" e( g9 a2 y6 CThe 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.( i% I7 n# b$ b* R1 ~1 v
4 S& a/ U N0 f, t! L# c8 F4 oIn Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February." N. t5 P3 u( R; P8 a( ^- F# K
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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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Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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