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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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( I$ z3 P7 l; qThe 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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- Q2 ~0 j* Z3 c" L3 q, ~3 wStatistics 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.
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5 Z8 R5 e$ I7 Y3 v( `; s4 MIn Calgary, the unemployment rate went up slightly -- 5.1 per cent in March, compared to 5.0 per cent in February.$ f+ p- c4 [( E0 z6 A9 T- j
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Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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