New jobs report says Calgary’s unemployment increased

While employment nationwide rose again for the second straight month, the news wasn’t quite so rosy here in Alberta and the City of Calgary. Statistics Canada says in its monthly jobs report that Canada added 56,000 jobs in February, with most of those being full-time positions. Alberta’s employment level was mostly unchanged from January and last February, but the agency says the number of people looking for work has increased, pushing the provincial unemployment rate up to 7.3 perc