Inflation accelerates as higher airfares, vegetable prices offset cheaper gas

OTTAWA — Canada’s annual inflation rate accelerated to two per cent last month as higher costs for airfares and fresh vegetables offset cheaper prices at the pump. Statistics Canada says year-over-year consumer prices picked up their pace in December after inflation was just 1.7 per cent in November. Economists had expected a year-over-year increase of 1.7 per cent for December, according […]