A drop in the unemployment rate and increases to both the participation rate and employment rate in the latest report from Stats Canada for the Sault.
The April unemployment rate fell more than 2% to 4.5% while the employment rate rose half-a-percent to 54.2%.
Last year, more people were not working than working.
The participation rate increased last month by more than 4% to 56.9% compared to April of a year ago