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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. W9 x* ]6 a2 o+ \" s4 C
0 [/ ?" \, @, ]( ?: FThe 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.9 R0 }6 z, E' `6 ]& ~
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Statistics Canada reports that the Canadian economy lost 54,500 jobs in March.
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z$ x) y9 f, K6 p$ Z- _' \In Edmonton, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 per cent in March from 4.4 per cent in February.
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; O$ ^, P: y. u6 f* N3 N6 ` kIn Calgary, the unemployment rate went up slightly -- 5.1 per cent in March, compared to 5.0 per cent in February.9 O9 e M; { a. q/ Y7 h/ b, E
9 Q; U7 ^% h# k L* F8 {Year-over-year figures show Alberta saw an employment growth of 1.7 per cent. |
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