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Alberta continues to churn out jobs at a frenetic pace amid what one analyst described Friday as a period of "blockbuster" employment growth across the country.

The province's unemployment rate dipped to 5.4 per cent in September - from 5.6 per cent in August - following a fifth straight month of job gains, Statistics Canada reported Friday.

The federal agency recorded 8,600 new jobs, bringing to almost 98,000 the number of new jobs created during the past year.

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"Private-sector job growth in the province was up a massive 8.8 per cent year-over-year in September, the strongest growth since 1981 and even outpacing growth seen at the height of the energy boom in 2007."