Inflation heats up as gasoline prices post year-over-year increase

The annual pace of inflation heated up in November as gasoline prices posted their first year-over-year increase since October 2018, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. The agency said the consumer price index rose 2.2 per cent compared with a year ago to end a three-month streak where the annual pace of inflation had held steady at 1.9 per cent. The increase in the pace of inflation compared with October came as energy prices in November posted their first year-over-year increase since April. Ene