Inflation up across Maritimes in September

New Brunswick had the second-highest annual inflation rate in Canada last month, after Newfoundland and Labrador.

Stats Can says it hit 3% in New Brunswick, almost triple the national rate of 1.3%. Nova Scotia’s rate was 1.6% while PEI’s was 0.9% All three provinces went up, with Stats Can saying high gas prices had a bigger impact in the region because of a US pipeline disruption.