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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.+ j4 N- }' y& }2 T' Y# U: J
0 H9 t) F! v9 X# t6 \6 c0 x/ oThe 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.) T4 P' p6 W9 O% `
! H( x1 C& i W9 e" ~+ rStatistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.% I: M" c* Z1 W! J7 e! [3 I
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In Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.& G* J4 r' c$ u2 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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( U; }- p0 G/ ]2 V0 ?( [Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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