Annual inflation cools to 2.2%; core measure above 2% for first time in 6 years

OTTAWA — The country’s annual inflation rate cooled slightly last month — but at 2.2 per cent, it stayed hot enough to hover above the two per cent midpoint of the Bank of Canada’s ideal range, Statistics Canada’s inflation reading for April came in a little lower than the March number of 2.3 per cent — which had […]