Political scientist Sarah Martin says the food supply chain is shaped more like an hourglass, rather than a straight line.

Statistics Canada said gas prices fell 18.1 per cent year-over-year in April, thanks mostly to the end of the carbon price, ...

Canada’s inflation rate cooled to 1.7 per cent in April, helped by the removal of the consumer carbon tax and low oil prices, ...

Canada's annual inflation rate fell to 1.7% in April due to a drop in energy prices, but analysts said a rise in closely ...

Canada's annual inflation rate fell to 1.7% in April from 2.3% in March, owing primarily to a sharp 12.7% decline in overall ...

Prior to Tuesday’s Statistics Canada release, economists largely expected overall inflation to have fallen to 1.6 per cent ...

Analysts say inflation may prove the bigger concern, pushing mortgage rates higher and keeping headline interest rates at the ...

The headline figure, however, concealed a bundle of sharply higher prices on food, cars and rent, and adds to a raft of ...

Behind that 3.8 per cent figure lie significant increases across key food categories. Meat prices climbed 5.8 per cent year over year, with beef leading the pack at a staggering 16.5 per cent. Egg ...

“In April, prices for food purchased from stores grew at a faster pace,” Statistics Canada said. “Prices for food purchased from stores have been increasing at a faster rate than the all-items ...

Canada's annual inflation rate in April fell to 1.7% from 2.3% in March as overall energy prices plunged 12.7% after the ...