Canada’s inflation rate slowed to 6.9% in September, but grocery prices soared at rate not seen for 41 years

Canada’s annual rate of inflation cooled to 6.9 per cent per cent in September, according to Statistics Canada.

The agency said the drop in the headline figure was largely thanks to lower gas prices.

But prices on food purchased from the grocery store continued to soar, rising 11.4 per cent to a new 41-year high.