'Exciting futures': Alberta's unemployment rate drops to 5.2 per cent in October

Alberta's unemployment rate dipped slightly last month as residents battled inflation and the rising cost of living. According to Statistics Canada's October 2022 Labour Force Survey, Alberta had an unemployment rate of 5.2 per cent last month, down 0.3 percentage points from September and a decrease of 2.6 percentage points from the same month last year. "October’s numbers not only cite an increase of 14,000 full-time jobs, they show us that since this time last year, Albertans gaine